DAY IN SPORTS: FARMAR'S 46 POINTS LEAD TAFT TO VICTORY.Byline: Daily News The Chatsworth High boys' basketball team knew it was going to be in for a long game Friday when Jordan Farmar Jordan Robert Farmar (born November 30, 1986) is an American professional basketball player at starting point guard for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. He was previously the starting point guard for the UCLA men's basketball team. scored 14 first-quarter points. The Taft of Woodland Hills senior didn't let up in the second quarter either, scoring 13 more. ``He got pretty hot,'' said Taft coach Derrick derrick: see crane. Derrick famous hangman; eponym of modern hoisting apparatus. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 170] See : Execution Taylor of Farmar, who finished with 46 points in the host Toreadors' 76-55 West Valley League victory. ``Our main objective is to get him 20 to 25 shots a game. We recognized that he was shooting the ball extremely well and we started feeding him. When he has his thing going, it's hard for teams to beat us.'' That was the case Friday, when Farmar finished 13 of 23 from the field, 5 of 8 from 3-point range and 12 of 14 from the free-throw linem, adding four steals in three quarters of play. His 46 points was a season high but not a career best - he scored 54 points against Valencia last season. IN OTHER BOYS' BASKETBALL West Valley League --Cleveland 102, Birmingham 52: Four Cleveland of Reseda players scored in double figures led by Nick Young, who had 26 points and eight rebounds in a road victory for the Daily News' top-ranked team. Teammate Loren Leath added 24 points, Jason Hill scored 11 and seldom-used reserve Andre Murray finished with 17 for Cleveland (18-3, 4-1), which is outscoring its league opponents by more than 31 points in its victories this season. Foothill League --Hart 70, Valencia 52: Senior Adam Rich Adam Rich (born on October 12 1968) is an American actor born in Brooklyn, New York City. He is arguably best remembered for playing youngest son Nicholas Bradford on the 1970s television drama Eight is Enough had a career-high 35 points and 12 rebounds, and teammate Brandon Williams
GIRLS' BASKETBALL West Valley League --Chatsworth 66, Taft 32:!off Alisha Bryant had 17 points and 10 rebounds as first-place Chatsworth (10-5, 4-0) held the visitors to a basket in the first quarter and three points in the second quarter. Valley Mission League --Sylmar 91, San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. 27: La Shay shay n. Informal A chaise. [Back-formation from chaise (taken as pl. )] Noun 1. Fears scored 22 points and had eight assists and seven steals for host Sylmar (9-5, 4-0), and teammate Seyram Gbewonyo also played well, finishing with 22 points, 10 rebounds, seven steals and seven assists. Pacific League --Crescenta Valley 66, Arcadia 36: Jeanine Deno, averaging 27.2 points a game, scored 29 points for Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. of La Crescenta (16-5, 5-0), which remained in first place with the victory at home. The senior guard was 6 of 10 from the field, 3 of 5 from 3-point range and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line free-throw line n. See foul line. . GIRLS' SOCCER Foothill League --Canyon 1, Valencia 0: Canyon accomplished what no other team had this season, handing Valencia (16-1-3, 4-1-0) its first loss to move into first place in league. McKenzie Hill's shot, which deflected de·flect intr. & tr.v. de·flect·ed, de·flect·ing, de·flects To turn aside or cause to turn aside; bend or deviate. [Latin d off a Vikings defender, found the back of the net in the 50th minute. Hill had forward Alexia alexia /alex·ia/ (ah-lek´se-ah) a form of receptive aphasia in which ability to understand written language is lost as a result of a cerebral lesion. Zatarain to thank for the opportunity; Zatarain, a sophomore, recognized she didn't have a clean look at the goal and passed the ball back to Hill. ``She's a smart girl,'' Canyon coach Lisa Rollo said of Zatarain. ``She knows exactly what to do in every situation.'' Canyon (8-4-3, 4-0-1) didn't stop pressuring Valencia after the goal. The Cowboys made more runs into the penalty area, and Vikings keeper Brooke Gauvin made several quality saves. PRIME-TIME PLAYERS Boys' basketball --Jordan Farmar (Taft) 46 points --Adam Rich (Hart) 35 points, 12 rebounds --Junior Rodriguez (Canoga Park) 31 points, 15 rebounds --Dominique Lewis (Kilpatrick) 26 points, 10 assists --Mike Danielian (Grant) 29 points --Rai Colston (El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Girls' basketball --Joy Sterling (Alemany) 30 points, 13 rebounds --Jeanine Deno (Crescenta Valley) 29 points --La Shay Fears (Sylmar) 22 points, 8 assists, 7 steals --Rosa Martin (Hollywood) 19 points, 7 assists, 6 steals --Lauren Trenor (No. Hollywood) 18 points, 14 rebounds --Gynisha Gilpen (Hollywood) 17 points, 17 rebounds Boys' soccer --Dylan Riley (Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. ) 2 goals --Allenyire Lopez (Canoga Park) 2 goals --Dimitri Antoinou (Granada Hills) 2 goals Girls' soccer --Kristy Krohn (L.A. Baptist) 4 goals --Sammy Stoll (Oak Park) 3 goals, 2 assists --Rachel Levine (Oak Park) 1 goal, 3 assists CAPTION(S): box Box: PRIME-TIME PLAYERS (see text) |
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