CSUN STUDENT WANTS FANS TO GO CRAZY.Byline: GERRY GITTELSON Staff Writer Cal State Northridge's men's basketball team doesn't get much fan support, averaging fewer than 1,000 spectators per game at the Matadome, compared to more than 3,100 on the road. Part of the reason is CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge is just 11-12 -- though 8-3 at home. A bigger problem is the university is basically a commuter school, so it's never going to be like UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX or USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. even if the team were to go undefeated. One man determined to inject some school spirit no matter Northridge's disadvantages is Ryan Ridley, a 22-year-old senior who leads a small but devoted group of rowdy student supporters. He never misses a game and is a master trash-talker. "I just love Division I basketball, and I love Cal State Northridge," Ridley said. "I want this to be like the Cameron Crazies The Cameron Crazies are the student supporters of Duke University's basketball teams, named for Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Crazies stand courtside in a 1,500 seat student section and begin cheering during warmups. at Duke. A thousand kids in a gym here can mean something." Ridley was at his best Thursday in CSUN's 89-69 Big West victory against UC Riverside. "How in the world did you beat Fullerton?" he barked at one of the UCR (Under Color Removal) A method for reducing the amount of printing ink used. It substitutes black for gray color (equal amounts of cyan, magenta and yellow). Thus black ink is used instead of the three CMY inks. See GCR and dot gain. players. "You guys are garbage!" There is hope CSUN can draw some extra fans to the Big West tournament in Anaheim next month, based on a special $5 student promotion that provides a ticket, transportation and a Matador matador In bullfighting, the principal performer, who works the capes and attempts to dispatch the bull with a sword thrust between the shoulder blades. Most of the techniques used by modern matadors were established in the 1910s by Juan Belmonte (b. 1894–d. T-shirt. Information: jbm42305@csun.edu. Div. I state champion Canyon High's football dominance has continued, even during Super Bowl Sunday. During halftime, Canyon lineman Mike Hollinger won an annual hot dog-eating contest at Route 66 restaurant in Canyon Country, edging teammate Nick Madia. Give Hollinger props. He's just a 5-foot-10, 155-pound junior, while Madia, the event's defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del tÃtulo defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre , is 6-foot and 260 pounds, and also happens to be the Foothill League's strongest player, bench-pressing 395 pounds. The Campbell Hall Campbell Hall can refer to:
Here's a high school team that has gone from worst to first: After winning one game last season, the Hillcrest Christian of Granada Hills girls' basketball team has made a nice comeback. The Heritage League-champion Eagles, ranked No.5 in the Southern Section Div. V-A V-A abbr. ventriculoatrial poll, are 14-9 overall and 9-1 in league play. Among the key players are Brittany Espinoza, Leila Meimandi and Jackie Habashy. Coach Debbie Haliday was a three-year starter at UCLA and a member of the Bruins' national championship team in 1978. In her senior season at national power UCLA, former Valencia High standout Jaisa Creps finally has cracked the starting lineup For the line of action figures, see . A starting lineup in sports refers to the set of players actively participating in the event when the game begins. The players in the starting lineup are commonly referred to as starters, whereas the others are substitutes as a catcher.- She's alternating with freshman Kaila Shull. The Bruins have played two games, with Creps going 0 for 2 in a 1-0 opening loss to Texas, followed by Shull going 1 for 2 with a home run in a 14-4 victory against Syracuse at the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Ariz. Baseball phenom Christian Lopes, a 13-year old from Santa Clarita who's ranked as the nation's No. 1 player in his age group, said he's moving from Golden Valley High's boundary area to Valencia's, specifically to play for the Vikings. "I don't want to be a big fish in a small pond. I want to be a big fish in a big pond," Lopes said. Lopes, who's 5-foot-9, can hit a baseball 400 feet, and his fastball already is close to 90 mph. He's also a top football running back with blazing speed. gerry.gittelson@dailynews.com (661) 257-5218 |
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