COURT LOSS IS POLO PLUS; CAMPBELL PROVES TOUGH ON DEFENSE.Byline: Heather Gripp Gripp talking raven, beloved pet of half-wit Barnaby Rudge. [Br. Lit.: Dickens Barnaby Rudge] See : Birds Daily News Staff Writer Erin Erin (ĕr`ĭn, ēr`–), ancient and poetic name of Ireland. Campbell Campbell, city, United States Campbell, city (1990 pop. 36,048), Santa Clara co., W Calif., in the fertile Santa Clara valley; founded 1885, inc. 1952. doesn't does·n't Contraction of does not. hesitate anymore when she's asked to name her favorite sport. It took nearly two years, however, to realize the answer. The girl who grew up playing any sport she could find spent her first two years at Newbury Park High playing basketball. The summer after her freshman year, Campbell decided to try water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. , playing for the Panthers during summer league. When the winter-sports season rolled around, the avid AVID Cardiology A clinical trial–Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators that compared the effect of implantable defibrillators vs the best medical therapy–antiarrhythmics for survivors of MI or those with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia swimmer was forced to chose between water polo and basketball, the sport she'd played for several years. Water polo won out this year and Campbell and the Panthers couldn't be happier. ``I've always loved basketball,'' Campbell said. ``That was my first love, so it was hard to give it up, but I'm glad I'm playing water polo. I'll be playing again next year. ``I love it. This is the best I've had in any sport. I just like how you can go out and be aggressive. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. , I just like everything about it.'' Campbell combined her swimming ability with her strong arm from softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' and the defense she learned in basketball to become a key contributor for the Panthers water polo team that is in the hunt for a playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. berth. ``She's been a real pleasant surprise for us this year,'' Panthers coach Jeff Warshaw said. ``She's been important on both offense and defense. ``She's fit in very well. She's got a very easy personality and has turned out to be the type of leader the girls can turn to.'' Campbell, a 17-year-old junior, is the team's second-leading scorer behind Katy Fick. She enters this weekend's Dos Pueblos tournament with 26 goals and 31 assists, including three assists in Wednesday's 8-3 win over Westlake. ``It's so nice to have someone else there,'' Fick said. ``My whole team's improved around me this year, but you can see she's something we were missing last year. She's just the extra strong link. She's been a wonderful addition. ``She's still learning - we all are - but she does catch on real quick. She absorbs it like a sponge. Everyone makes mistakes, but she doesn't make the same one twice.'' It was her friends, like Fick from the swim team, who convinced her to join the water polo team, but Campbell feels it's her basketball skills that benefit her the most. ``Basketball has helped me,'' said Campbell, who recently switched to the hole position. ``The defense is basically the same in both sports; getting on the right side of your player and coming off transitions. ``I think my defense is probably better than my offense. My defense was better in basketball, too.'' Warshaw agreed. ``She's got a lot of good sense for the game,'' he said. ``Because of her basketball background, she understands the flow of the game, the transitions between offense and defense, those kind of similarities. ``As far as terms of swimming and understanding the game, she's doing fine. It's just a question of getting more game experience. It'll be interesting to see what she does next year.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Newbury Park junior Erin Campbell enjoyed basketball, but she has switched allegiances to water polo. Myung J. Chun/Daily News |
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