DAY IN SPORTS: OAKS CHRISTIAN BEATS ST. FRANCIS WITH EASE.Byline: Daily News Oaks Christian of Westlake Village, the defending Southern Section Div. IV-AA champion, easily won its own tournament for the third year in a row with a 76-51 victory over St. Francis of La Canada. Using a full-court press full-court press n. 1. Basketball An aggressive defensive strategy in which one or two players harass the ball handler in the backcourt while the rest of the team maintains a close man-to-man or zone defense. 2. , Oaks Christian led 25-11 after the first quarter and led 38-13 in the second quarter before going leading 49-24 at halftime. Senior Mike Hornbuckle had 15 points in the first half and finished with 19 despite still battling the flu. Alec Avedissian chipped in with 13 points for Oaks Christian. ``This was a good win for us,`` Oaks Christian coach Gary Abraham said. ``We were able to work on some things we are trying to get better at, so we will be very good come February. It was nice to see Avedissian, (Brandon) Denham and (Scott) Freeman play well tonight.'' Scott Burton scored 18 points to lead St. Francis, and Chris Johnson Chris Johnson may refer to: In sports:
Oaks Christian improved to 8-1 with its only loss to divisional counterpart Campbell Hall Campbell Hall can refer to:
- Jacob H. Pollon In boys' basketball: Mission Prep Tournament --Sylmar 74, Chaminade 71: Chris Booker scored 16 points and Michael Smith Michael or Mike Smith may refer to: Journalists
Sylmar (4-1) won despite 25 points by Adrian Aye-Darko of Chaminade. Bell-Jeff Tournament --Grant 81, University 65: Mike Danielian scored a career-high 30 points, including six 3-pointers, to give Grant of Van Nuys the consolation championship against University of 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. . Danielian hit 9 of 19 from field and Grant (5-4) helped seal the victory by shooting 18 of 19 from the free-throw line free-throw line n. See foul line. in the fourth quarter. In girls' soccer: Sylmar Tournament --Taft 4, Monroe 3 (OT): Loren Shofield scored one of her two goals in the fourth minute of overtime to seal the championship for Taft of Woodland Hills. Shofield has scored 10 goals, breaking a school record, and has revived a Taft program that had won just six games in five years before winning 12 a year ago. Joanna Joanna, in the Bible Joanna, in the New Testament. 1 Wife of Herod's steward Chuza. She was a follower of Jesus and was one who found the tomb empty. 2 Ancestor of St. Joseph. Guetemala also added two goals for Taft (6-0-1), which tied 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. earlier in the day to reach the championship game. |
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