CROSS COUNTRY RAMIREZ LOOKS GOOD AS GOLD HIGHLAND JUNIOR FAVORED TO WIN LEAGUE TITLE AGAIN.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News Cassie Ramirez is the one to watch in today's Golden League cross country finals 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. But the Highland High junior might not be the best one to follow. Ramirez, the defending league champion, took a wrong turn while leading a Division I race at prestigious 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. 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. two weeks ago. Despite going off course by 50 yards, Ramirez recovered to win in 18 minutes, 51 seconds. The mark was just eight seconds off her best for the hilly hill·y adj. hill·i·er, hill·i·est 1. Having many hills. 2. Similar to a hill; steep. hill , 2.95-mile course, where she finished 14th in the 1999 Southern Section championships. Ramirez is hoping the excitement of today's race will be limited to the challenge from a strong contingent from host Quartz Hill. ``I think it is going to be one heck of a race,'' Ramirez said. ``All the (Quartz Hill) girls are always right there packing it up.'' The Rebels, ranked sixth in the state, were runaway winners in both league meets with seniors Jenny Yadon, Katie Schettig and Jenny Groman, sophomore Tarah Novelli and freshmen Amanda Morgan, Amanda O'Neal and Lacey lac·ey adj. Variant of lacy. Troth. Ramirez faded to third in the first league meet after being overtaken by eventual winner Yadon. But Ramirez rebounded to win the second meet. ``(Yadon) gave me that extra push,'' Ramirez said. ``I was upset because I did not lose because I was training hard. I just gave up first place. Obviously, I learned to push it until the end.'' Quartz Hill does not figure to be threatened for the team title, but the race for second between defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Lancaster and Highland will be close. The top three teams advance to the Southern Section Division I preliminaries at Mt. SAC Sac: see Sac and Fox. SAC - 1. An early system on the Datatron 200 series. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. on Nov. 11. Highland has a strong duo with Ramirez and senior Kelsey Wright. Wright finished third in the second league meet and was the runner-up to Ramirez in the Mt. SAC Invitational. Lancaster has superior depth with juniors Gidget Vaughan and Dedra Johnson, who finished fourth and ninth, respectively, in last year's league final. In the boys' competition, three-time defending champion Lancaster is the heavy favorite. The Eagles are led by John Lanigan, winner of the first two league meets, and junior Ryan Rogers, the defending league champion. Paul Sparks of Littlerock, Daniel Bauder of Palmdale and Quartz Hill's John Kitahara and B.J. Bokkheimer are also contenders. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Highland junior Cassie Ramirez will be looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a second straight individual title in Golden League cross country championships at Rattlesnake Hill. Kirby Lee/Special to the Daily News |
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