CITY SECTION VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP: GRANADA HILLS ROLLS ADVANCES TO SEMIFINALS AGAIN WITH WIN.Byline: Daily News It's tough to get Granada Hills middle blocker Josh Chong to smile on a 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. court. The Highlanders' menacing 6-foot-4 inside force is typically stoic during matches, intimidating in·tim·i·date tr.v. in·tim·i·dat·ed, in·tim·i·dat·ing, in·tim·i·dates 1. To make timid; fill with fear. 2. To coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats. opponents with his sharp glares and physical play. But there was Chong grinning with the rest of his teammates Thursday as they took apart visiting 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 a dominating 25-23, 25-12, 25-9 City Section Championship quarterfinal quar·ter·fi·nal adj. Of or relating to one of four competitions in a tournament, whose winners go on to play in semifinal competitions. n. 1. quarterfinals A quarterfinal round. 2. A quarterfinal match. victory. With Chong controlling the middle with nine kills and seven blocks and outside hitters Trevor Westmoreland (14 kills), Jason Yang yang (yang) [Chinese] in Chinese philosophy, the active, positive, masculine principle that is complementary to yin; see yin, under principle. (11 kills) and Arthur Mogilevski (seven kills) slamming shots past the Dolphins, the Highlanders easily advanced to their fourth successive semifinal appearance. Top-seeded Granada Hills (15-1) plays host to Taft of Woodland Hills - which defeated Reseda in three games - in Tuesday's semifinals. ``We got it going pretty good, especially in the last two games,'' Westmoreland said. ``We felt pretty good about how we played.'' Especially Chong, who teamed with 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. Eric Rosenfield (39 assists) on a number of bullying Bullying Chowne, Parson Stoyle terrorizes parish; kidnaps children. [Br. Lit.: The Maid of Sker, Walsh Modern, 94–95] Claypole, Noah bully; becomes thief in Fagin’s gang. [Br. Lit. kills to set the tone for Granada Hills. And it even drew some wide smiles from Chong. ``With how big he is and how high he jumps, he's capable of having big games like that,'' Granada Hills coach Tom Harp Tom Harp was a college football coach at Cornell, Duke, and Indiana State. From 1961 to 1965, he coached at Cornell, where he compiled a 19-23-3 record. From 1966 to 1970, he coached at Duke, where he compiled a 22-23-1 record. said. ``He was on tonight. Everybody was. It was nice to see.'' - Vincent Bonsignore --Taft d. Reseda, 3-0: Mo Noorzay had 17 kills and five aces for Taft of Woodland Hills (11-5) in a 25-19, 25-22, 25-22 quarterfinal victory over Reseda. --Chatsworth d. Narbonne 3-0: Robert Pate spiked 16 kills in a 25-22, 25-21, 25-23 quarterfinal victory for second-seeded Chatsworth (14-2) over visiting Narbonne of Harbor City, the 10th seed. ``Narbonne was the best team we've faced in the playoffs. It was like we were playing a fourth or fifth seed,'' Chatsworth coach Greg Saltzberg said. ``This was a wake-up call for us. It was a great challenge.'' Cody Loe had career-best 15 kills for Chatsworth, and the 6-foot-8 middle blocker added five blocks. --Grant d. Venice 3-0: Gilbert Feinstein had 17 kills, Mike Avecilla added eight kills and David Castaneda seven kills for host Grant of Van Nuys in a 25-16, 25-21, 25-21 quarterfinal victory over visiting Venice (14-3). Feinstein also had seven blocks for Grant (17-0), which advances to the semifinals for the first time in more than four years. ``Our one goal this season was to get to the championship game. We're close,'' Grant coach Howard Cahn said. ``We're the underdogs, but we're not going to be intimidated in·tim·i·date tr.v. in·tim·i·dat·ed, in·tim·i·dat·ing, in·tim·i·dates 1. To make timid; fill with fear. 2. To coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats. by Chatsworth. We have to play our 'A' game. We know how we have to play to be successful.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Taft players react to a point, left, and Mo Noorzay attempts to block a Reseda shot Thursday. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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