DAILY UPDATE ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE.COLLEGE Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. Sophomore Cory King Cory King (February 14 1977) is an African American television actor who is best known as "Gordon" on The WB's The Parent 'Hood. King has also appeared in ER, Sister, Sister and The Steve Harvey Show was a leader both on and off the field for the football team this season. For his efforts he was selected to the J.C. Gridwire Scholastic All-America team. He ranked among the Marauders' top tacklers with 66 and was second on the team with five sacks. In the classroom, King, majoring in history, had a 3.5 GPA GPA abbr. grade point average Noun 1. GPA - a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted . Offensive lineman Blake Gaskins gas·kin n. 1. The part of the hind leg of a horse or related animal between the stifle and the hock. 2. gaskins Obsolete Galligaskins. [Probably short for galligaskins.] was an honorable mention. HIGH SCHOOLS 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 Jerry Tarkanian Jerry Tarkanian (born August 8 1930), also known as "Tark the Shark", is a former college basketball coach known for colorful behavior, including habitually chewing on a towel during games, and for his public criticisms of and clashes with the NCAA. has his Fresno State Bulldogs (7-2) in the top 25 of men's college basketball College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. History
Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. , upset USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. this season in the Maui Invitational. Tarkanian coached Antelope Valley boys' basketball in 1958. Since then, he has compiled a 766-189 record in 30 years as a college head coach at Fresno State, UNLV UNLV University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Long Beach State. - Matthew Kredell Highland Two local girls' basketball teams with playoff aspirations meet tonight when Highland hosts Canyon in a nonleague game at 7. Canyon should have a size advantage, as the Cowboys are led by 6-foot forward Ashley Palmer, while the Bulldogs starting forwards are 5-7 and 5-6. But those forwards, Tionna Cunningham and Amy Burleson, are versatile players who will make the Cowboys play strong defense. - Rich Hammond Lancaster The girls' soccer team will try to move above .500 today when the Eagles play at the South Torrance tournament. Lancaster improved to 2-2 be defeating Sultana 2-2 in a nonleague game Thursday. The three-weekend South Torrance tournament will continue through Dec. 15. - Heather Gripp Littlerock Former football standout Marcus Raines, an All-Daily News linebacker in 1999, is awaiting trial on murder and assault charges. He allegedly was involved in the beating that led to the death of a fellow teen-ager at a party in Palmdale on May 19-20, 2000. Raines' trial, which has been delayed several times, is scheduled for Jan. 14 at Los Angeles Superior Court. - Gerry Gittelson Palmdale Three former Falcons will be going bowling near the end of this month. Defensive end Matt Leonard and his Stanford Cardinal (9-2) will play in the Seattle Bowl against Georgia Tech (7-5) at 1 p.m. Dec. 27. Former Palmdale receiver Tyrone Culver and quarterback Terry Furlow and their Fresno State Bulldogs (11-2) will play Michigan State (7-5) in the Silicon Valley Bowl at noon Dec. 31 in San Jose. Leonard was the 1997 Daily News defensive player of the year as a senior at Palmdale. Furlow and Culver are freshmen. - Matthew Kredell Paraclete If their third postseason meeting in as many seasons is anything like the 2000 and 1999 games, then tonight's Southern Section Division XII championship game between Paraclete and Montclair Prep figures to be decided deep into the fourth quarter. The Spirits, behind quarterback Craig Herrera's two touchdown passes, beat the Mounties 14-12 on the same Valley College field hosting tonight's 7:30 title game. Two years ago, Paraclete and Montlcair Prep played a classic Division XII quarterfinal. Sophomore Joe Martin, now the Spirits' defensive and emotional leader, preserved a 35-34 victory, also at Valley College, with a blocked extra point in the fourth quarter. - Chris Cocoles Quartz Hill Running back Mychael Williams was without question the Rebels' MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. . The Golden League's coaches couldn't agree more, naming the senior back of the year after Williams rushed for 1,348 yards and 11 touchdowns. The Rebels placed offensive lineman Josh Mealey, tight end B.A. Harrell and linebacker Matt Jacobs on the All-Golden League team. Harrell is just a junior and should be on the league's top returnees next year. Offensive lineman John Arslanian, linebacker Shane Gates and defensive lineman Alex Albaum were second-team selections. - Chris Cocoles |
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