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CITY SECTION VOLLEYBALL: GRANADA HILLS STAYS IN RUNNING : BOYS OUTLAST VENICE IN PLAYOFFS.


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The Granada 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's bid for a second consecutive City Section 4-A Division title is alive. But just barely.

The Highlanders outlasted Venice 15-11, 13-15, 14-16, 15-10, 15-12 in a first-round playoff game Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff
game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours"

playoff - any final competition to determine a championship
 Tuesday night at Granada Hills Tuesday in a 2 hour, 40 minute match.

Junior Michael Aleman had 22 kills and Stacy Witherill added 15 for Granada Hills (10-4). The No. 8-seeded Highlanders play top-seeded 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).  in the quarterfinals Thursday.

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 contributed 14 and 12 kills, respectively, and Frank Nguyen, the Highlanders' lone returner from last season, had 55 assists.

Granada Hills scored six consecutive points in the fifth game to open a 13-6 lead.

Ninth-seeded Venice (7-7), which was swept in three games by Granada Hills in a nonleague match earlier this season without two starters, withstood two match points and climbed to within 14-12 before Chad Pearl sealed the victory with an ace.

``It was a team effort,'' Aleman said. ``Everybody contributed and we didn't give up after the third game. We were able to keep it up.''

--- Kirby Lee

In other City 4-A openers:

Westchester d. Chatsworth: The Chancellors finished the season 6-8 after losing 15-11, 15-5, 12-15, 15-8 at Westchester in a first-round match. John Tanar had 20 kills and Henok Tirfe added 31 assists for Westchester (10-4), which will play Kennedy in the second round.

Taft d. Banning: The undefeated and second-seeded Toreadors (13-0) used eight kills from Mike Gledhill and five aces from Elan (Emulated LAN) A virtual LAN in the ATM world. See LANE and virtual LAN.

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 Yakovee and defeated Banning 15-1, 15-2, 15-3 to move on to the second round.

Palisades d. Birmingham: Michael Johnson Michael Johnson or Mike Johnson may refer to:
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 had five kills for the No. 16-seeded Braves (4-9) in a first-round loss to the top-seeded Dolphins (14-0) at Palisades.

CITY 3-A

Sylmar d. Hamilton: Ervin Gonzalez had 13 kills, Lucas Johnson four blocks, Cesar Chavez Noun 1. Cesar Chavez - United States labor leader who organized farm workers (born 1927)
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 eight kills and Fabian Landeros 35 assists as the fifth-seeded Spartans knocked off Hamilton 15-7, 15-3, 15-5.

Eagle Rock d. Canoga Park: The second-seeded Eagles (12-2), behind Huy Quach's 22 kills and Albert Coba's 31 assists and seven aces, advanced to the second round with a 15-9, 15-4, 15-4 win over the visiting Hunters. Reccie Canonigo added six kills for Eagle Rock.

Poly d. Fremont: The third-seeded Parrots
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 move on to face Fairfax after a 15-4, 15-2, 15-12 win over Fremont. Gilbert Ramos had 16 kills and 18 assists, James Word had 12 kills and Gavino Quiroz added 33 assists for Poly (11-3).

Monroe d. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  CES: Hugo Cabadas had five kills and Wes Degracia added three blocks as the host Vikings (11-3) defeated Los Angeles CES 15-3, 15-5, 15-1.

Van Nuys d. Franklin: The eighth-seeded Wolves (10-4) knocked off the visiting Panthers 15-13, 15-10, 15-13, behind 20 kills from Ioannis Alvramis and 70 assists from David Chae.

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PHOTO Granada Hills No. 23 Stacy Witherill spikes over a Venice player during Tuesday's match. Granada Hills won.

Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:May 6, 1998
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