DAY IN SPORTS: SAUGUS DOMINATING ON DEFENSE.Byline: Daily News Saugus High entered Tuesday's girls' basketball game against Burroughs of Burbank giving up an average of fewer than 31 points a contest against Foothill League opponents. And that didn't bode bode 1 v. bod·ed, bod·ing, bodes v.tr. 1. To be an omen of: heavy seas that boded trouble for small craft. 2. well for Burroughs. Top-ranked Saugus put forth a typically tough defensive effort, allowing the Indians to score in double digits Double Digits was a pricing game on the American television game show, The Price Is Right. Played from April 20, 1973 through May 18, 1973's show, it was played for a car and used small prizes. in just one quarter en route to the 62-30 victory at home. ``We hang our hats on defense,'' Saugus coach Eric Olsson said. Saugus' defense allowed just three points in the second quarter to enter halftime with a 36-12 lead. ``We played good solid half-court man-to-man defense Man to man defense is a type of defensive tactic used in basketball and Football (Soccer) in which each player is assigned to defend and follow the movements of a single player on offense. Often, a player guards his counterpart (e.g. , forcing (Burroughs) to take tough shots. We got rebounds that way and a lot of chances to run the floor. This was one of our best games of the year.'' In other girls' basketball: --Paraclete 62, L.A. Baptist 60: Nikki Cordova Cordova, Spain: see Córdoba. made two free throws and Dani Gaeta converted 1 of 2 of her attempts in the waning seconds, clinching the nonleague victory for host Paraclete of Lancaster (10-3). In boys' basketball: --Oaks Christian 92, Arrowhead arrowhead, any plant of the genus Sagittaria, widely distributed marsh or aquatic herbs of the primitive family Alismataceae (water-plantain family). The name derives from the arrowhead-shaped leaves of many species. Christian 52: Mike and Matt Hornbuckle combined to score 42 points in the nonleague victory for host Oaks Christian of Westlake Village (14-2), which scored 34 third-quarter points. In girls' soccer: --St. Genevieve 10, Holy Family 1: Erin Fitchew fitch·ew also fitch·et n. Archaic The Old World polecat or its fur. [Middle English ficheux, possibly from Walloon ficheau, diminutive of Middle Dutch vitsche, visse.] had three assists and scored three goals, upping her total to 22 on the season for visiting St. Genevieve of Panorama City (9-3-3, 4-1) in the Horizon League game. --Canoga Park 3, Hollywood 2: Freshman goalkeeper Amber Meyers totaled 14 saves in her varsity debut, preserving the Sunset Six League victory for Canoga Park (2-2-1, 2-0). Also: --Area coaches: The Daily News is taking boys' and girls' basketball statistics Statistics in basketball are kept to evaluate a player or a team's performance. Some statistics are
PRIME TIME PLAYERS BOYS' BASKETBALL --John Murray (Viewpoint) 29 points --Clayton Collins (Faith Baptist) 22 points, 12 rebounds GIRLS' BASKETBALL --Shia Fields (Paraclete) 29 points --Lindsay Sanders (L.A. Baptist) 29 points --Jeanine Deno (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. ) 27 points GIRLS' SOCCER --Erin Fitchew (St. Genevieve) 3 goals, 3 assists CAPTION(S): box Box: PRIME TIME PLAYERS (see text) |
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