CROSS COUNTRY: MAGIC IN MARKERS MUSTERS MOTIVATION.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News It is anybody's guess what gimmick the Lancaster High girls' cross country team will come up with for the Southern Section Division I preliminaries at Mt. San Antonio College Mt. San Antonio College (commonly called Mt. SAC; pronounced as the word "sack") is a community college located in the Los Angeles suburb of Walnut, California, next to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona which is just over a hill. Mt. today. In the Golden League finals last week, the Eagles dressed up as commandos. The idea was conjured up when images of a combat zone came to mind while passing through a construction zone along the 3-mile course at Pelona Vista Park. The squad used markers to write ``Rambo'' on their biceps and colored their legs green to resemble army fatigues. For good measure, senior Michele Kafchenool coincidentally co·in·ci·den·tal adj. 1. Occurring as or resulting from coincidence. 2. Happening or existing at the same time. co·in had a roll of hot-pink tape used to mark courses. The junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. runner convinced the team to wear it as a ninja-warrior-style headband. In the second league meet at Quartz Hill's treacherous home course at Rattlesnake rattlesnake, poisonous New World snake of the pit viper family, distinguished by a rattle at the end of the tail. The head is triangular, being widened at the base. The rattle is a series of dried, hollow segments of skin, which, when shaken, make a whirring sound. Hill, the team inscribed in·scribe tr.v. in·scribed, in·scrib·ing, in·scribes 1. a. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface. b. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters. ``Eagles eat rattlesnakes for dinner'' on their legs. The tactics appear to be paying dividends. After losing the first league meet to Quartz Hill, Lancaster posted team victories in the final two meets to defeat the two-time defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Rebels and win their first league girls' title. ``It is just something to get our team spirited,'' Lancaster senior Rosanna Kirkendall said. ``That was probably the reason we did not win the first race - because were weren't pumped.'' Lancaster will need all the motivation that the team can find if it hopes to advance out of its Division I heat this morning. So far, none has come to mind. ``It is a long bus ride; I am sure somebody will bring markers,'' Kirkendall said. ``Usually somebody will start saying something. We'll brainstorm and come up with a funny saying everybody agrees on to motivate us. I am sure it is going to have to do something with one of the hills.'' A large stuffed Eagle, borrowed from chemistry teacher Michael Lewis' classroom by junior Meiling Cabral, has been the motivation on hills the last two races. The stuffed animal
A stuffed animal is toy animal stuffed with straw, beans, cotton or other similar materials. Some stuffed animals are very old – home made cloth dolls stuffed with straw go back to at least the was placed at the top of the longest incline at Rattlesnake Hill. The Eagle was also on hand at the league finals. The Eagle, which has become the team's good-luck charm, will make the trip to Mt. SAC, but future appearances are in doubt. Lewis became angered when Cabral returned the stuffed animal after the second league meet with one of its eyes missing. ``I heard she got in trouble after she brought it back after one of the eyes popped out,'' Kirkendall said. ``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. if we'll get to carry it around anymore.'' Mouthing off: The Lancaster girls are not hard to spot at the starting line starting line n. Sports The point or line at which a race begins. Noun 1. starting line - a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game scratch line, scratch, start , and they are definitely easy to hear during their team huddle. The Eagles have growled before races for their team cheer for the last two years. In practice last week, they shouted, ``Food,'' because they were hungry. In low-key meets this fall, the runners have also yelled a more traditional ``Champions!,'' a chant inspired from attending the champions running camp this summer. In recent weeks, however, that mantra has tapered off because some of the younger runners such as sophomores Gidget Vaughan and Dedra Johnson have become a little intimidated in the bigger races toward the end of the season. Color me blue: The Lancaster boys, the three-time Golden League champions, have not gone to as great extremes as their female counterparts. Last year, the team left their shoelaces at the top of the hill at Littlerock after winning the league championship. This year, the Eagles, whose school colors are navy, blue and red, dyed their hair silver for the league finals. Why silver? The team tried a trial run with blue dye in practice the previous week. The dye did not get into their eyes as feared by coaches Dawn Dziuban and Lisa Williams Lisa Williams (born in Birmingham, England) is a self-described medium and clairvoyant starring in a show on Lifetime called Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead. The show follows Williams on a typical day, as she allegedly communicates with the dead, investigates haunted , but there were other difficulties. ``It was hard to see. We needed to find another color that would show up better,'' sophomore Ryan Rogers said. Seeing is believing Seeing is believing is an idiom first recorded in this form in 1639 that means "only physical or concrete evidence is convincing".[1] Seeing is Believing may refer to:
Basketball has not been as easy to give up. Ramirez plans to play at least one more season before concentrating solely on running. ``I can always go back to volleyball, but I want to concentrate on running to reach my potential,'' Ramirez said. ``Basketball is something I enjoy. This will be my final year and then I will become a full-time runner.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Ryan Rogers and his Lancaster teammates go for the silver. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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