CITY SECTION TENNIS PLAYOFFS: GRANADA HILLS ADVANCES NEW-LOOK STEINBERG, HIGHLANDERS WILL MEET ECR.Byline: Rich Hammond Rich Hammond Los Angeles Daily News sports writer. Instrumental in bringing the Los Angeles Kings hockey organization closer to the fans. He is the atypical "what a guy" to Kings fans everywhere. Rich Hammond on himself. Staff Writer Brad Steinberg rubbed the stubble on his chin and smiled broadly as he explained why a razor has not touched his face for almost two weeks. ``It's for good luck, I guess. I haven't shaved shave v. shaved, shaved or shav·en , shav·ing, shaves v.tr. 1. a. To remove the beard or other body hair from, with a razor or shaver: since playoffs started,'' said Steinberg, a Granada Hills High senior who perhaps figures he needs something on his side in order to avoid another team defeat in the City Section boys' tennis finals. Steinberg advanced to his fourth championship match Wednesday afternoon when the Highlanders beat Taft of Woodland Hills 20 1/2-9 at the 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, but Steinberg will be trying for his first title when third-seeded Granada Hills meets El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
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Top-seeded El Camino Real crushed Eagle Rock 27 1/2-2 in the other semifinal and beat Granada Hills twice during the regular season, but by just one point both times. ``I really feel like I've got nothing to lose,'' Steinberg said. ``This is why I play tennis, to have a chance to win the title. Every year it's us and them, and some of the younger guys don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. the history, so I'll talk to them about it. ``Maybe that's an advantage for us. I think it's all a mental thing.'' Steinberg also realizes that El Camino Real has a formidable lineup, as the Conquistadors showed against fourth-seeded Eagle Rock. First singles Dan Nguyen gave his teammates a bit of scare in the first match of the afternoon when Eagle Rock's T.J. Maarup put himself in position for an upset. But Nguyen held on to win 7-5 and beat his other opponents 6-1, 6-2, 6-0. El Camino Real breezed through doubles play, and Maarup won two of his four matches for the Eagles' only points, which left the Conquistadors rightfully confident. ``This is so sweet, it's absolutely wonderful to be in the finals for the third year in a row,'' coach Marvin Jones Marvin Jones may refer to:
Odyssey concerning Odysseus’s difficulties in getting home after war. [Gk. Myth.: Odyssey] You Can’t Go Home Again revisiting his home town, a writer is disillusioned by what he sees. [Am. Lit. . It's always good to see the two best teams square off in the finals.'' Granada Hills finished with a comfortable victory over seventh-seeded Taft, but the Toreadors made it interesting by shifting three of their regular singles players to doubles. Taft figured that since it couldn't match up in singles, it would try to win every doubles match and hope for a couple of upsets in singles. It didn't work, as Granada Hills, led by Nima Roshan with scores of 6-1, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0, swept the 16 singles matches and didn't appreciate Taft's tactics. ``It's kind of cheap to do that,'' Roshan said. ``They had to try something, but if you have to do that to win, and you still can't win, it looks bad. We were a little concerned, but our doubles did an excellent job of holding their own.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: El Camino Real's Dan Nguyen, shown here, beat Eagle Rock's T.J. Maarup 7-5 in Wednesday's City Section semifinals tournament. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Staff Photographer |
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