CITY SECTION: TAFT GETS CHANCE TO TRY FOR A HIGH FIVE TAFT 3, G. HILLS 1.Byline: Lee Barnathan Staff Writer The Granada Granada, city, Nicaragua Granada (gränä`thä), city (1995 pop. 74,396), W Nicaragua, on Lake Nicaragua. It is Nicaragua's third largest city and the center of commerce on Lake Nicaragua. Hills High boys' volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. team knew it had to stop Taft of Woodland Hills middle blocker Joel Joel, book of the Bible Joel, prophetic book of the Bible. It is a collection of the oracles of an otherwise unknown prophet, dated variously from the 9th to the 3d cent. B.C., though a date in c.400 B.C. is likely. Rodstein. Until the fourth game, it did. But Granada Hills didn't stop middle blocker Josh JOSH Joshua JOSH Job Scheduling Hierarchically Zagha. Or outside hitters Yaniv Shimon and Mike Bellante for that matter. And so, for the fifth consecutive season, the Toreadors will play for the City Section championship, having beaten their West Valley League rival 15-12, 15-2, 6-15, 15-3 Tuesday night at Taft High. Next up is another league foe, top-seeded and undefeated Chatsworth. The two schools will play Friday at Cal State Northridge at 7:30 p.m. If the Toreadors win, they will be the only City school ever to win four consecutive titles. Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). and University have won three in a row. Taft (10-4) lost in the City final 1998 and has won the past three. The Toreadors often had a go-to hitter such as Joe Nargi, Mike Gledhill or Bryan Capper cap·per n. 1. One that caps or makes caps. 2. Informal Something that surpasses or completes what has gone before; a finishing touch or finale. 3. to lead the way. And they had a veteran coach in Doug Magorien. Now, they have depth and a younger coach, Arman Mercado For the hispanic surname "Mercado", please see de Mercado. Mercado first originated in Spain. In English it means 'market'. Is the last name of the 'Great' Fifa Soccer player Eswold. , but they're still in the finals. While Granada Hills (11-3) worked on Rodstein and limited him to eight kills in the first three games, Zagha had 10 kills and three blocks and Shimon had 10 kills in the same span. Bellante had six kills, four blocks and two aces, and he served nine points in the second game. Zagha finished with 14 kills and three blocks. Shimon had 12 kills and Rodstein had 11 kills and seven blocks. Setter setter: see sporting dog. setter Any of three breeds derived from a medieval hunting dog that would set (lie down) when it found birds so that it and the birds could be covered with a net. Setters have long hair on the ears, chest, legs, and tail. Maihan Noorzay had 47 assists. ``That's the whole point of a team, to be that deep,'' Rodstein said. ``I rely on my teammates as they rely on me. I'm only as good as my team is. It's good to see they're there for me as I was for them.'' Mercado also had issues to overcome. He's just 26, much younger than his predecessor, so his players had to get used to him. They thought he could be their buddy, but Mercado quickly showed that's wrong. He structured his practices similar to UCLA's: Practice hard with match- like intensity to win playing time. At one point, Taft was 2-4. Now, the Toreadors will have a chance to successfully defend their title a third consecutive time. ``They started believing in each other,'' Mercado said, ``and they started believing in me a little bit.'' Taku Uechi led Granada Hills with 18 kills and Kris Manansala added 15 kills. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Granada Hills' Kris Manansala tries to block Josh Zagha (40) of Taft, who finished with 14 kills. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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