COUGARS GO INTO OVERTIME : EVEN MANAGER FILLS IN AS INJURIES, ILLNESS CATCH UP TO CANYONS TEAM.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News Anna Meticchechia got more than she bargained for as team manager of College of the Canyons' women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. team. On occasion, she has filled in as a baby-sitter for a player's child during practice. With a shortage of players in recent practices, Meticchechia has been handed a practice uniform to help out during scrimmages. That also means running lines at the conclusion of the workout Workout Informal repayment or loan forgiveness arrangement between a borrower and creditors. workout 1. The process of a debtor's meeting a loan commitment by satisfying altered repayment terms. . ``She asked if she had to run, too,'' Canyons coach Greg Herrick said. ``I said of course, you're just like anyone else on the team.'' Herrick hasn't put Meticchechia in a game yet, but he certainly was tempted to in the Sacramento tournament when his Cougars were down to eight players because of injury and illness in the championship game Dec. 22. Canyons (9-2), buoyed by a career-high 18 points and 10 rebounds from freshman forward Gohar Tumanian, however, managed to hold on for a 74-69 win for its fifth victory in a row. The Cougars, ranked third in the state preseason poll, were without a leading scorer and point guard Kyetra Brown, who stayed home from the the three-day tournament because she had a cold. Canyons had nine players available in Sacramento, including guard Amanda Chelette, who was slowed with a hamstring injury hamstring injury Sports medicine A muscle injury of biceps femoris, seen in sprinters and runners, when a contracted muscle meets a lengthening force, overpowering intrinsic muscle resiliency Management RICE, NSAIDs, gradual ↑ of pain-free activity–eg, , and forward Nikki Turner, who was playing with a sprained wrist. To make matters worse, Lacey lac·ey adj. Variant of lacy. Cordell was sidelined by the flu the day of the championship, leaving Herrick with just eight players. ``We were just hanging on,'' Herrick said. ``We had to back off the full-court pressure because we were out of gas. We were calling timeouts so we could rest.'' Guard LaCresha Clark helped pick up the slack in Brown's absence, playing 40 minutes in the championship and contributing 15 points and 10 assists. Clark, the tournament's most valuable player, played 39 minutes and had 29 points and six assists to help Canyons pass Solano, the top-ranked team in Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern , 75-72 in the first round. ``We probably played our best in the first game against Solano,'' Tumanian said. ``We had intensity and were hyped up hyped up Adjective Old-fashioned slang stimulated or excited by or as if by drugs to play a rated team. By the championship, we were all pretty tired.'' Center Zevette Mitchell, who pulled down 18 rebounds in the Cougars' 70-59 semifinal victory over Sierra, was also selected to the all-tournament team for Canyons. ``Things didn't go as expected,'' freshman Tami Ross said. ``We were just pulling for each other.'' The Cougars are counting on having 10 players ready for this weekend's Fullerton tournament, which includes Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley , L.A. Valley, Harbor and Irvine Valley Irvine Valley may refer to:
Canyons, seeking its second tournament title in three years, played Ohlone College For the American Indian tribe of the same name, see . Ohlone College is a community college located in Fremont, California. It was established in 1965. It is the main campus of the Ohlone Community College District; there are two satellite locations in Newark, California. from Fremont in the first round Friday. Play will continue today and Sunday and will conclude with the championship Monday. A lack of players was hardly a concern for Herrick before the season. The Cougars started with 14 players, but the number has slowly dwindled to a point where car problems, illness and injuries left Canyons with just six players during one practice. Jamie Vahoviak has been unable to play because of a back injury, and Jackie Cuptz, a starting forward, moved to Michigan after the fall semester se·mes·ter n. One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year. [German, from Latin (cursus) s . Another player quit because of personal reasons. The day before Christmas, sophomore guard Lala Aratoon had surgery to remove a cyst cyst, abnormal sac in the body, filled with a fluid or semisolid and enclosed in a membrane. Cysts can be congenital but are usually acquired, the most common locations being the skin and the ovaries. from her back. ``It's been difficult to have a practice,'' Herrick said. ```We've got our manager and coaches out there. Pretty soon, I'm going to have to sneak my son out of the house and throw him in, too.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) LaCresha Clark, left, filled in for point guard Kyetra Brown, who was ill, at a Sacramento tournament. (2) Gohar Tumanian scored a record 18 points against Sacramento. Hans Gutknecht/Daily News |
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