COLLEGE TEE TIME PREP STANDOUTS MOVING UP.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer The players who played some of the biggest roles in the success of their high school teams are making the step up to the college ranks this year. Two-time Southern Section qualifier qual·i·fi·er n. 1. One that qualifies, especially one that has or fulfills all appropriate qualifications, as for a position, office, or task. 2. James Logeman moves on to Long Beach State after jump-starting Oak Park from an average program to a position as the Daily News' No. 1-ranked team last year. Carey Evans, who helped 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:
n. The quality, state, or characteristic of being respectable. Noun 1. respectability - honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation reputability in its return to golf, next tries Auburn Auburn (ô`bərn). 1 City (1990 pop. 33,830), Lee co., E Ala.; inc. 1839. The city's economy centers around Auburn Univ.; there is some manufacturing. 2 City (1990 pop. 24,309), seat of Androscoggin co. in the wake of a senior season that earned him a berth in the CIF/SCGA Championship - the closest Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, high school golfers get to a state final. Brian O'Flaherty, who led Westlake to an 11th consecutive Marmonte league The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. title this year, makes the switch to Pepperdine. So does Ryan Benko, after leading tiny Village Christian of Sun Valley to consecutive Alpha League championships in its first two full seasons of golf. Jacob Curtier, who helped Quartz Hill end Highland of Palmdale's three-year Golden League title run, will try to help College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. make back-to-back appearances in the state final. So will Highland's Lawrence Jarvey, who became his school's first qualifier for the Southern Section final. As for Jeff Osborn of Flintridge Prep in La Canada, well, this Rebel is heading south. Osborn, one of the most successful players produced at one of the area's tiniest high schools (290 students), begins classes today at Tulane, where, weather permitting and in the opinion of his high school coach, he'll shoot his way into the starting lineup For the line of action figures, see . A starting lineup in sports refers to the set of players actively participating in the event when the game begins. The players in the starting lineup are commonly referred to as starters, whereas the others are substitutes . ``He'll make that team,'' said Flintridge Prep coach Bob Loughrie, who watched Osborn finish fifth in the Southern Section as a sophomore and sixth in CIF/SCGA as a senior. ``He'll will himself to make it because of the challenge, and he'll fit it in and get straight A's. He's always been able to have his priorities.'' Speaking by telephone Tuesday from New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded , Osborn sounded more concerned about whether it would ever stop raining long enough for him to practice for the five-round team qualifying competition scheduled to start Thursday. ``It's raining now,'' he said. ``It seemed fine this morning and we were going to play but after three holes there was all this lightning.'' Osborn said golf ranks behind baseball and football on the Tulane buzz scene, but he's happy there after opting for the Green Wave because he liked coach Tom Shaw Tom Shaw is the name of:
``I wasn't even thinking about them,'' Osborn said, ``and then I met the coach at a tournament. He's a good guy - right up my alley, personality-wise. He's new himself this past year, but he's going to try and turn it around a little bit. They haven't been that great, but they got a bunch of new recruits and they're thinking this year it could be better.'' Loughrie almost would guarantee it with Osborn in the picture - and not even so much for his graduated captain's considerable golf skills, which this summer produced a top-10 finish in an American Junior Golf Association The American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) is a "501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. event and low-amateur honors in the State Open. ``He was a lot of things to Flintridge Prep,'' said Loughrie, who long ago had a spot reserved for his four-year starter on the Rebels' golf Wall of Fame. ``He was an honor student, a peer counselor. ... He did so many things, golf was just one of the sidelights, really. ``His leadership is going to be so hard to replace. I think I'm going to have a real good team next year, and a lot of that is because he helped set the table.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Flintridge Prep grad Jeff Osborn will try to make the Tulane golf team this season as a freshman. John Kennedy/Special to the Daily News |
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