DAILY UPDATE.COLLEGES 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. After a standout two-year stint with the football team, James Laurence is weighing his options at where he'll be playing next season as a junior. The 6-foot-5, 230-pound wide receiver recently came back from an official visit to Western Washington
Western Washington is a region of the United States defined as that part of Washington west of the Cascade Mountains. . Laurence was pleased with the visit to Bellingham, which is close to his hometown of Kent, and could announce his intentions to commit with the Division II program as soon as today. - Sean Ceglinsky 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 The Antelopes are making a habit of claiming Golden League football 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. honors. Quarterback Johnny Walker was named league MVP for the second year in a row, marking the third consecutive season an Antelope Valley player has earned the honor. Antelopes quarterback Demetre Booker was the 2000 MVP. Antelope Valley has six representatives on the first team. Offensive lineman Josh King, tight end Danny Leist, fullback Sean Wallace, linebacker Marcos Huerta, defensive lineman Frank Morin and Kreig Peters were honored for their part in helping Antelope Valley to a share of its third consecutive league title. - Heather Gripp Highland The wrestling team took first place in the Littlerock tournament this weekend. Littlerock had been ranked No. 1 in Southern Section Division VI. Ryan D'Errico, John Ikahihifo, Dan Luna and David Sigal lead the team into a home meet today against Ventura and this weekend at the Quartz Hill Classic. - Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Lancaster The wrestling team finishes nonleague competition with two meets this week, including today's three-way dual meet with Desert and Granite Hills at 5:30 p.m. Lancaster begins Golden League competition Jan. 8 at Quartz Hill. - Heather Gripp Littlerock Former boys' soccer player Leonard Griffin For the football player of the same name see Leonard Griffin (football player). Leonard Griffin (born September 11, 1982 in Pasadena, California) is an American soccer player who currently plays for the Portland Timbers of the United Soccer Leagues First Division. , who started as a defender on UCLA's NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association championship team this season, is believed to be the school's first national champion in any sport. Griffin's younger brother Wiki is aware of the following uses of "'Younger Brother":
``He comes home for Christmas and practices with the team,'' Littlerock coach Eric Stanford said of the elder Griffin. ``He's still friends with a lot of guys on the team. It's just been a wonderful thing.'' Stanford said he hoped to honor Griffin at a game this season. Littlerock (4-3) was set to host Rosamond on Tuesday. - Ross Siler Palmdale Former baseball standout Chris Testa was selected by the Dodgers in Monday's minor-league portion of the Rule-5 draft. Testa, a left-handed hitting outfielder, had been in the Colorado Rockies' organization. He batted .253 with 56 RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in and eight home runs this year for Single-A Asheville (N.C.). - Heather Gripp Paraclete The football team is trying to finalize its nonleague schedule for next season. Chaminade of West Hills, a Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. school which lost two close games to the Spirits the last two seasons, decided not to continue the series. Paraclete will play neighborhood rival Quartz Hill again, and coach Jeff Cortez has talked with another Golden League school, Lancaster, about playing. One hindrance hin·drance n. 1. a. The act of hindering. b. The condition of being hindered. 2. One that hinders; an impediment. See Synonyms at obstacle. Paraclete has in finding opponents is that the Spirits have beaten several larger schools in recent years, including Chaminade, Quartz Hill and Kaiser of Fontana. - Chris Cocoles Quartz Hill Senior Kristen Voyson of the girls' volleyball team made first team All- Southern Section Division I. The Long Beach State-bound middle blocker was the only member of the Golden League to earn All-Southern Section honors. - Heather Gripp |
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