CROSS COUNTRY: FROSH GIVE REBELS FRESH START.Byline: Chris Cocoles Daily News Staff Writer The freshman class of Quartz Hill High School Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Lancaster, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive high school in the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). girls' cross country runners is going to be a special group. If coach Kellie Marsh needed any more proof, she got it last week at the second Golden League meet of the season. The Rebels, ranked fourth in the latest Southern Section Division I poll, plowed plow also plough n. 1. A farm implement consisting of a heavy blade at the end of a beam, usually hitched to a draft team or motor vehicle and used for breaking up soil and cutting furrows in preparation for sowing. 2. through the other four schools to remain perfect on the season. Quartz Hill runners ran first, second, fourth, sixth, 10th and 11th. And it could have been even more lopsided lop·sid·ed adj. 1. Heavier, larger, or higher on one side than on the other. 2. Sagging or leaning to one side. 3. had a couple of the freshmen not taken a wrong turn on the sprawling course at Palmdale's Paloma Park. ``It was a frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: site,'' Marsh said of the extra quarter-mile run by her girls. When they discovered their mistake, the freshmen were nearly reduced to tears. ``They felt they let the team down. The kids are still inexperienced in·ex·pe·ri·ence n. 1. Lack of experience. 2. Lack of the knowledge gained from experience. in enough that they didn't know we had already won,'' Marsh said. ``It's a great group of kids, and not just the top five or six. I have 16 girls, and they all have a good work ethic work ethic n. A set of values based on the moral virtues of hard work and diligence. work ethic Noun a belief in the moral value of work . . . . They really want to be out here.'' The Rebels usually have a guaranteed 1-2 finish among league schools. Senior Danielle Day, the steady veteran among all of the youth, came in 19 minutes, 53 seconds. Her teammate Shell Blevins, one of four Quartz Hill freshmen, was second at 20:42. Junior Carly Harrill was fourth, with younger sister Kim one place behind. Jenny Yadon, one of the freshmen who strayed off course, still managed a 10th-place effort in 24:03. Even the Rebels' non-scoring sixth runner, freshman Katie Schettig, came home in 11th. ``Quartz Hill is awesome. One of the best teams in the state,'' said Highland coach John Johnston
Quartz Hill's domination overshadowed some other individual success. Highland junior Josephine Bravo BRAVO Cardiology A clinical trial–Blockade of the GP IIB/IIIA Receptor to Avoid Vascular Occlusion– which evaluated lotrafiban in preventing strokes and acute MI. See GP IIB/IIIA. , a first-year cross country runner, surprised everyone with a third-place showing. ``It was the best race of her life,'' Johnston said of Bravo. Palmdale, a distant second to Quartz Hill in the overall standings, also is young. Coach Steve Wilson Steve Wilson can refer to:
``There's no shame for us to be in second,'' Wilson said. ``I think Quartz Hill is one of the top three teams (in California).'' While the boys' individual competition is reduced to Justin Patananan and everyone else, the Highland senior won Wednesday's race by 46 seconds, the team race is too close to call. Lancaster defeated Palmdale in the first league meet, but the Falcons outlasted the Eagles this time. Littlerock is a close third. ``We've got a pretty good rivalry Rivalry Robbery (See THIEVERY.) Rudeness (See COARSENESS.) Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane bully and show-off compete for Katrina’s hand. [Am. Lit. working (with Lancaster),'' said Palmdale coach Roy Johnston, whose uncle John is Highland's girls' coach. ``The difference is always between one or two runners. We had two guys really step up today. . . . The Golden League finals is going to be another close race.'' Lancaster coach Dawn Dziubian never expected her team to be a Golden League contender when she became the new Eagles coach in August. ``I had just six runners on the team when I showed up. Three of them had never run before. Now we have 17,'' she said. ``They've been amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. .'' Lancaster, a school in its third year of existence, has no seniors. Palmdale's top finisher Wednesday, junior Dan Cobian, placed second after Patananan. Cobian is a former football player who had never run cross country before this season. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: The Quartz Hill girls' team dominated last week's Golden League meet at Palmdale's Paloma Park, placing five runners in the top 10. Jeff Goldwater / Daily News |
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