CITY SECTION TENNIS PLAYOFFS: ECR EDGES GRANADA HILLS IN SEMIS.Byline: Sean Martin Sean Martin may refer to:
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El Camino Real narrowly beat Granada Hills 15.5-14 Wednesday at Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). Sports Center in Encino. ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) will play for a sixth consecutive City title at 1 p.m. Friday at Balboa. ECR, which will face 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). of Pacific Palisades in the final, has beaten Granada Hills in the City Section finals four times during its stretch of five consecutive City titles. Wednesday's match might have been ECR's toughest this postseason. It was ECR's closest playoff match since a 17-12.5 victory over Granada Hills in the 2000 final. ``They are always our toughest competitor,'' ECR coach Marvin Jones Marvin Jones may refer to:
For that reason, Granada Hills coach Simon Robertshaw thought the matchup shouldn't have taken place until the title game. The teams would have squared off Friday had Granada Hills been seeded No. 2 or 3 instead of No. 4. ``I don't understand the rationale behind the rankings,'' Robertshaw said. ``We (were City runners-up), finished second behind (ECR) in league, and were seeded No. 2 last year. We finished second in league again this year but somehow lost spots (in the seedings). I think the West Valley League's No. 2 team should always be seeded second until proven otherwise.'' Two doubles matches were key to ECR's narrow victory. ECR's No. 1 team, Alex Tobon and Jonathan Jacobs, defeated Granada Hills' Jared Novak and Jeremy Choo, one of the City Section's top duos. Tobon and Jacobs won 7-5 after trailing 5-4. ECR's No. 3 team, Bobak Amuzegar and Joshua Falakassa, beat Granada Hills' No. 2 team, Aaron Novak and Chris To, 6-4. ``We feel like this was the win that got us the (victory),'' Amuzegar said. The victory was especially satisfying because Amuzegar and Falakassa knew Granada Hills was relying on a win in the match with Aaron Novak and To, Falakassa said. --Palisades 17, Taft 12.5: Palisades of Pacific Palisades will play for its first City Section title since 1999 after defeating Taft of Woodland Hills at Balboa. Twelve of Palisades' 17 points came from winning eight of nine doubles sets. Palisades led 4-3 in four singles matches, but won only one of them. ``I could tell the singles players didn't have a lot of energy,'' Palisades head coach Bud Kling said. Palisades' George Hudak, playing his first varsity match A varsity match is a sporting fixture between two university rivals. Popular British and Irish Varsity matches
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Stein came to acting and drama naturally but haphazardly. 6-2. Palisades' Stephen Surjue was the only singles player on his team to win two sets. Sean Martin, (818) 713-3607 sean.martin(at)dailynews.com |
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