DAY IN SPORTS: KENNEDY WIN FORCES 3-WAY TIE.Byline: Daily News There should be no question that Kennedy High of Granada Hills has the hottest boys' basketball team in the Valley Mission League after its 78-39 romp Friday over visiting Sylmar. But the league champion will not be known until today, when coin flips will be used to break up a three-team logjam log·jam n. 1. An immovable mass of floating logs crowded together. 2. A deadlock, as in negotiations; an impasse. Noun 1. atop the standings. The coin flips will take place before the City Section playoff-seeding meeting at 9 a.m. on the campus of Manual Arts High in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Kennedy's win and Monroe of North Hills' victory Friday night over 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. have created the tie for first among Kennedy (17-8, 8-2), Sylmar (16-9, 8-2) and Monroe (14-8, 8-2). Kennedy (17-8, 8-2) defeated Monroe 79-59 on Wednesday. Robert Valentine scored 21 points to lead the Cougars as Kevin Kanemura beat Sylmar for the first time in six seasons in six seasons as Kennedy coach. In other boys basketball: --Monroe 87, San Fernando 73: Brandon James scored 21 points with 10 rebounds and Ronaldo Nunez made seven 3-pointers and scored 23 points for visiting Monroe. Justin Ridder and Stuart Marroquin each added 15 points for the winners. GIRLS' BASKETBALL SUNSET SIX --Grant 59, Hollywood 43: Mallory Flot had 11 points, five assists and five steals as Grant of Van Nuys clinched the league title with a win over visiting Hollywood. Mariam Asaryan scored 17 points and Andrea Chavez added 14 for Grant (20-3, 10-0), which finished second last season. VALLEY MISSION --Sylmar 80, Kennedy 31: Seyram Gbewonyo scored 20 points with nine steals as Sylmar defeated visiting Kennedy of Granada Hills (0-10 in league). Sylmar (16-8, 10-0), which has won 40 consecutive league games over four seasons, also got strong efforts from LaShay Fears (11 points, seven steals) and Ilda Llamas (17 points, eight rebounds.) GIRLS' SOCCER MARMONTE --Royal 4, Calabasas 0: Senior Lauren Faerber scored twice and Jeanine McDonall and Jessie Zuehlsdorf added goals as Royal of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. (16-3-5, 8-2-4) earned a share of its first league title since 1989 with the victory at Newbury Park. Royal, which tied with 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. (13-3-2, 9-3-2), will enter the Southern Section Div. II playoffs as the league's No. 1 entry. Westlake (12-3-4, 8-3-3), which had won the past six league titles, will be the No. 3 entry. TRI-VALLEY --Oak Park 2, Bishop Diego 0: Tatiana Camacho and Melanie Gaball scored on assists from Sam Stoll and Amy Nevers as Oak Park (14-6-3, 9-1) claimed its sixth consecutive league title. COLLEGE BASEBALL College baseball is baseball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education, predominantly in the United States. Compared to American football and basketball in the United States, college competition plays a less significant contribution to cultivating --Rained out: Rain Friday forced the postponement baseball games involving Cal State Northridge, 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 , USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. and Pepperdine. A makeup date for CSUN's home opener Friday against UCLA has not been determined, but today's game in the series - at Jackie Robinson Stadium - has been pushed back to 6 p.m. Sunday's series finale will begin at 1 p.m. at CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge . Pepperdine plans to make up its game against visiting Cal Poly as part of a doubleheader Sunday at 10 a.m. USC's game against Long Beach State was rescheduled for May 25. CAPTION(S): box Box: PRIME-TIME PLAYERS |
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