DAY IN SPORTS: GRANT, CHARLESTON DISPOSE OF PALISADES.Byline: Daily News The secret is out: Mike Charleston and the Grant High boys' volleyball team are that good. Beating perennial city power Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). in 70 minutes proves that. Charleston, signed to Cal State Northridge, had 23 kills and seven blocks against just five hitting errors to lead the top-seeded Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. of Van Nuys (15-0) to a 15-7, 15-7, 15-11 City championship division quarterfinal victory over No. 8 Palisades on Thursday at Grant. ``We're a good team when the kids play together,'' Grant coach Howard Cahn said. ``This is our best match since Taft.'' Charleston had 10 kills in the first game without an error and 16 kills through two games with just two errors. But he insisted he was playing no differently than at any other time. ``This is how I play all year; I try to at least,'' Charleston said. ``We seem to step up against great teams.'' No other Grant player had more than Chris Kelly's seven kills. Greg Hampar led Palisades (10-5) with 15 kills. Grant will play host to Monroe of North Hills in Tuesday's semifinal. - Lee Barnathan In other City championship games: --Taft d. Huntington Park Huntington Park, city (1990 pop. 56,065), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential and industrial suburb of Los Angeles; founded 1856, inc. 1906. Its varied manufactures include metal, glass and rubber products and industrial equipment. 3-0: Nick Armstrong had 10 kills and six blocks to lead Taft of Woodland Hills (14-1) to a 15-3, 15-4, 15-4 victory over Huntington Park (12-3) at Taft. The Toreadors' front line dominated the match in all three sets. All three starters had at least five kills apiece. The Spartans showed some resilience in the second set, forcing a number of sideouts, but failed to convert chances on serves. Huntington Park was led by Eduardo Hernandez Eduardo Hernandez (Ed Hernandez) is the trombone player and a backup vocalist for the ska band Mad Caddies. He was raised in Whittier, California. External links
For Taft, the win brings the team one step closer to a showdown with Grant, the only team to knock them off this year. ``We really want to play Grant again,'' said Taft coach Doug Magorien, whose team must first defeat Chatsworth in Tuesday's semifinal before getting a rematch REMATCH Cardiology Clinical trials–Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance Therapy as an alternative in Congestive Heart failure–related to use of a portable, electric left ventricular-assist system–LVAS–eg, HeartMate® . ``I just hope our focus remains on Tuesday's game.'' - Christian Kinney --Chatsworth d. Roosevelt 3-0: ``We want Taft,'' and ``Down, down, down, Taft's going down,'' were the rally cries of the Chancellors after they swept visiting Roosevelt 15-11, 15-7, 15-13 in a quarterfinal match. The Chancellors, whose only two losses this season have been to Taft, were led by Paul George Paul George is a Canadian environmentalist living in Gibsons, B.C. He is married to Adriane Carr, former leader of the Green Party of British Columbia, for which he ran in 1991, receiving 0.82% of the popular vote in the riding of Surrey-Newton. with 18 assists and eight kills. Jeff Sperling chipped in with 11 assists and two blocks for Chatsworth (13-2). ``I think our team defense and intensity was better than theirs,'' Chatsworth coach Greg Saltzberg said. ``We served real tough and when they started to rally, we came up with key hits.'' Raudell De La Riva led Roosevelt with 10 kills and eight blocks. Allen Vasquez and Tyrone Conde added 17 and 12 assists, respectively, for the Rough Riders Rough Riders, popular name for the 1st Regiment of U.S. Cavalry Volunteers, organized largely by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War (1898). Its members were mostly ranchers and cowboys from the West, with a sprinkling of adventurous blue bloods from the (13-2). Matt Cornell, Doug Turner and Matt Gudis had nine, eight and seven kills for the Chancellors. - Jack Pollon --Monroe d. Venice 3-2: The Vikings of North Hills advanced to the semifinals with an 8-15, 15-12, 15-4, 8-15, 15-13 victory over the Gondoliers at Monroe. Monroe (13-2) had strong net play, led by outside hitter Oscar Avelar, who had 19 kills, three solo blocks and assisted on three others. Gil Lingamen added 13 kills. Monroe handed Venice (13-2) its only two losses of the year. Outside hitter James Zandueta had a strong all-around performance for the Vikings with 19 kills, 20 assists and five solo blocks. Setter setter: see sporting dog. setter Any of three breeds derived from a medieval hunting dog that would set (lie down) when it found birds so that it and the birds could be covered with a net. Setters have long hair on the ears, chest, legs, and tail. Esteban Aldana had 34 assists for Monroe. - Steve Goldstein In City Invitational games: --University d. Verdugo Hills 3-0: Michael Young had 20 kills and five blocks and Roger Johnson Roger Johnson can refer to:
University used its size advantage to counter the quickness of Verdugo Hills. After surrendering 15 consecutive points in game one, the Dons took a 10-6 lead in game two. - Rob Moscato Moscato can have several meanings see:
CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Grant's Mike Charleston soars over Palisades' Navis Askari Askari is an Arabic, Turkish, Somali, Persian and Swahili word meaning "soldier" (Arabic: عسكري ‘askarī). for one of his match-high 23 kills. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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