CITY SECTION VOLLEYBALL: TAFT GETS LONG-AWAITED REMATCH.Byline: RAMONA SHELBURNE Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer For 361 days, Taft of Woodland Hills girls' volleyball players This is a list of top international volleyball players. : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A
For 361 days, there was only one opponent they wanted to play. Once, a few months ago at a tournament, they almost got a shot at their nemesis, but it never materialized. But in some ways it was fitting the long-awaited rematch REMATCH Cardiology Clinical trials–Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance Therapy as an alternative in Congestive Heart failure–related to use of a portable, electric left ventricular-assist system–LVAS–eg, HeartMate® of last year's City Section girls volleyball championship between Taft of Woodland Hills' and San Pedro didn't happen at that tournament. Tuesday night, Taft swept Grant of Van Nuys (25-13, 25-8, 25-7) in the City Section semifinals and made sure that its rematch with San Pedro (a three-game winner over 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 other semifinal) will take place on the only stage fitting for such a rivalry: Friday night at Occidental College History The Birth of Occidental College Occidental College (commonly referred to as Oxy) was founded on April 20, 1887, by a group of Presbyterian clergy and laymen. , with a City title on the line. ``This was our only goal this year,'' senior 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. Terry Soltani said. ``To win City and sweep every (City) game 3-0. ``I really want to play San Pedro too. I would've been mad if they lost (in the semifinals) and we played someone else. I feel like we need to play them again.'' Two weeks ago, Taft coach Armen Mercado made his team watch the video of last season's game. Many of the players had avoided watching it until then. ``I've been watching it every night before I go to sleep for the last few weeks,'' said senior outside hitter Savannah Savannah, city, United States Savannah, city (1990 pop. 137,560), seat of Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of entry on the Savannah River near its mouth; inc. 1789. Thomas, who led Taft with 15 kills Tuesday night. ``This has all we've been focused on this year.'' After the victory Tuesday night though, a couple of players celebrated by trying to douse douse 1 also dowse v. doused also dowsed, dous·ing also dows·ing, dous·es also dows·es v.tr. 1. To plunge into liquid; immerse. See Synonyms at dip. 2. Mercado with a bucket of Gatorade. He saw it coming and scampered out of the way unscathed. ``All we care about is winning a City title,'' said Mercado, who has lost in six City championship games between his boys' and girls' teams since 2001. ``You notice we don't hang league title banners or individual awards. ``We only want the City title.'' Soltani and junior Samantha Potter each had five kills. Senior middle blocker Kaiyana Johnson had six kills for the Toreadors. San Pedro 3, Palisades 0: Alex Bubica had seven kills, seven digs and four aces as top-seeded San Pedro (30-1) defeated Palisades 25-21, 25-22, 25-11 in the semifinals of the City Championship bracket. Chatsworth 3, Bell 0: Shayna Cooperstone, Chelsea Duran, and Lauren Danner each had seven kills as 16th-seeded Chatsworth (10-9) defeated 21st-seeded Bell 25-15, 25-14, 25-18 in the Invitational semifinals. Setter Nicole Voetz added 15assists and four aces for Chatsworth. Huntington Park Huntington Park, city (1990 pop. 56,065), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential and industrial suburb of Los Angeles; founded 1856, inc. 1906. Its varied manufactures include metal, glass and rubber products and industrial equipment. 3, Eagle Rock 1: Arlene Hurtado had 15kills and Mary Velis had 12 as Huntington Park (17-3) defeated visiting Eagle Rock 25-15, 17-25, 25-15, 25-22 in the Invitational semifinals. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Above, Taft's Terry Soltani, right, blocks a shot during the City Section girls' volleyball semifinal match against Grant High School on Tuesday evening. (2) Left, Taft's Savannah Thomas, left, spikes the ball in Tuesday's match. Taft swept Grant and will face San Pedro in the City Section final Friday at Occidental College in Eagle Rock. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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