CROSS COUNTRY NOTES: BLEVINS SET FOR ACTION : SHOWDOWN WITH KIRKENDALL POSTPONED FROM LAST WEEKEND.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News The showdown between Shell Blevins of Quartz Hill and Rosanna Kirkendall of Lancaster was put on hold after illness forced Blevins to withdraw from last week's Golden League meet. Blevins, the defending Golden League champion, will be back in action on Saturday for the Rebels in the Kenny Staub Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. at La Crescenta Park. The race will be the junior's first competition in three weeks after missing both the Ojai Invitational and the Golden League meet because of strep throat Strep Throat Definition Streptococcal sore throat, or strep throat as it is more commonly called, is an infection of the mucous membranes lining the pharynx. Sometimes the tonsils are also infected (tonsillitis). . ``I am really mad about (missing the meets), but I am anxious to go out there and run,'' Blevins said. In the absence of Blevins, Kirkendall, a Southern Section Division I finalist at 1,600 meters as a junior last season, posted a comfortable victory in the first of three league meets. Despite the absence of Blevins, Quartz Hill, lifted by the 2-3 finish of junior Jenny Yadon and freshman Tarah Novelli, went 5-0 in the combined league competition last Wednesday scored as dual meets between each of the schools, with Lancaster in second at 4-1. Sister, sister: Blevins has been joined on the Quartz Hill cross country team this fall by her sister, Laura, after encouragement from Shell. Although swimming was her primary sport, cross country would seem to be a logical choice for Laura, a junior. Father Kevin is the Quartz Hill girls' coach and mother Cindi is the team's scorekeeper score·keep·er n. An official who records the score throughout a game or competition. score  keep .
Rebel yell rebel yell n. Chiefly Southern U.S. See wahoo4. : Quartz Hill has gained acclaim for the success of its girls' team in recent years. The Rebels boys, however, are also on the rise under third-year coach Mike Davis. The Quartz Hill boys defeated two-time defending league champion Lancaster to go 5-0 in the first Golden League meet, led by the B.J. Bookheimer and A.J. Reyes, who were second and third behind Palmdale's Daniel Bauder. Three's company Three's Company is an American sitcom that ran from 1977 to 1984 on ABC. It is a remake of the British sitcom Man About the House. Description Jack, Janet and Chrissy lived in apartment 201, directly above the landlord unit. : The battle for the Golden League girls' title could turn into a three-way battle with the emergence of Highland sophomore Cassie Ramirez. In the Bell-Jeff Invitational on Saturday, Ramirez, who is running her first season of cross country after playing volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. as a freshman, defeated Kirkendall to place 10th in 18:17 over the 2.9 mile course at Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large public park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is situated in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,210 acres (17 km²) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. on Saturday. Kirkendall was 11th in 18:26. Small wonders: Desert Christian has established itself among the best small-school programs in the state. This fall, the Knights might be the best in the 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 . Desert Christian, which won the team titles in the High Desert Invitational, swept the Div. V titles in the Bell-Jeff Invitational with the fastest team times of any area school in the competition featuring nearly 100 schools and 4,000 runners. The boys team, ranked first in the state, ran 1:23:46, a minute faster than last year's team which went on to place eighth in the state. Zach Schroeder was third in 15:48 and Daniel Miller People called Daniel Miller include:
James Grover Thurber, Thurber were fifth and eighth in 16:15 and 16:39 for the Knights, who defeated Maranatha, 53-67, for the team title. Sophomore Jennifer Wright placed third in 18:17 in the girls' Division V race to knock 34 seconds off her time last season for the Desert Christian girls which ran 3:13 faster than the 1998 team which was third in the state. Pam McClaren and Bethany Spoelstra were eighth and 10th in 19:38 and 19:49. Claytonia Terrazi and Deann Matteson rounded out the scoring in 14th and 15th in 20:11 and 20:15 to help Desert Christian hold off Chadwick, 50-56, for the title. CAPTION(S): Photo, Box Photo: Quartz Hill High cross country runner Shell Blevins will be in action on Saturday after missing three meets due to illness. Kirby Lee/Special to the Daily News Box: KEEPING TABS |
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