DAY IN SPORTS: WEATHERSPOON IS FORCE FOR GRANT.Byline: Daily News When Grant High girls' basketball star Krystal Clay picked up her fourth foul in the third quarter of Friday's game against Hollywood and had to sit down, the 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 needn't have worried: They had their other star, Alexis Weatherspoon, to pick up the slack. Weatherspoon scored 30 of her 34 points in the second half as Grant pulled away from the Sheiks for a 70-47 victory in a Sunset 6 League game at Hollywood. Weatherspoon, who scored 18 points in the fourth quarter, also had six steals for the defending league-champion Lancers (10-7, 2-0). Clay added 21 points, 14 rebounds, four assists and three steals despite sitting out half of the third and fourth quarters. Michelle Hariston had 10 points and 11 rebounds for Grant, which suited up just six players because of various injuries and illnesses. In other girls' basketball: --Murphy's Mounties: Sophomore Eshaya Murphy Eshaya "Shay" Murphy (born April 15 1985, in Canoga Park, California) is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx. Murphy attended college at USC and graduated in 2007. , a returning all-area pick, scored 24 points to lead undefeated Montclair Prep (14-0, 3-0) to a 58-35 Delphic League win over host Whitney (9-9, 2-1). Jasmine jasmine (jăs`mĭn, jăz–) or jessamine (jĕs`əmĭn), any plant of the genus Jasminum of the family Oleaceae (olive family). Wesley added 22 points for the Mounties. --Saugus holds first: Annemarie Summerhays scored 21 points and sophomore Jessi Loring added 14 to lead host Saugus (16-2, 3-0) past Burroughs of Burbank 56-44 in Foothill League play. Burroughs fell to 0-3 in league. --Standout in defeat: Christine Kepenekian of Burbank (4-10, 0-3) had game-highs of 28 points, 16 rebounds and eight steals in her Bulldogs' 48-43 Foothill League loss to host Canyon (12-7, 1-2). --Rebels tumble: Pasadena Poly (13-4, 5-0) took over first place in the Prep League with a 48-32 win over host and previous co-leader Flintridge Prep (8-4, 4-1). --Sherman paces Huskies: Richelle Sherman totaled 29 points and 14 rebounds to lead North Hollywood (9-8, 2-0) to a 58-29 win over host Poly (3-10, 1-1) in Sunset 6 League play. --Norhiro sharp: Desiree Norhiro had 10 points, 12 assists and seven steals to pace visiting Monroe (7-5, 2-0) past 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. in Valley Mission League play. --Chancellors prevail: Liz Sun had 11 points, 10 rebounds, nine steals and six assists for No. 9-ranked Chatsworth (12-5, 2-0) in the Chancellors' 55-35 West Valley League win over Granada Hills. --Cardinals chirp: Amber Beuhlman of Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Christian scored 23 points and Veronica Gottardi and Stacey Leonard added 10 points apiece a·piece adv. To or for each one; each: There is enough bread for everyone to have two slices apiece. [Middle English a pece : a, a; see a as the Cardinals (10-4, 2-0) held first place in the Westside League with a 66-13 win over West Valley Christian. In boys' soccer: --Regents roll: Willy willy Noun pl -lies Brit, Austral & NZ informal a childish or jocular word for penis Sims scored twice and goalkeeper Gabriel Venegas had four saves as No. 9-ranked Reseda (15-4-1, 1-1) scored a 4-0 Valley Mission League win over Van Nuys, which fell to 0-2 in league. --Wild win: No. 7-ranked 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. (7-2-4, 3-0-1) scored a 3-2 win over Moorpark (2-6-3, 0-3) in a Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. game that produced five yellow cards and five player ejections. Nathan Chu scored the winning goal on a penalty kick in the final minute for the defending league-champion Lancers. In girls' soccer: --In the mix: Chelsea Krawczyk and Rachel Gillis each had two goals as Saugus (10-4-5, 2-1-1) stayed near the Foothill League lead with a 6-0 win over Burbank, 0-3 in league. --Turnaround year: Jessica Aparicio and Marleni Macia scored as host Van Nuys, fifth in the six-team Valley Mission League last year, improved to 8-3-1, 2-0 with a 2-0 win over Reseda, dropping the Regents to 0-1-1 in league. In men's volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. : --Matadors sweep: John Baxter had 42 assists, Eckhard Walter 18 kills and Ozer Ozkaya 10 kills to lead Cal State Northridge (2-0) to a 31-29, 40-38, 30-16 win over UC Irvine (0-1) in the West Coast Challenge at Irvine. In other tournament play, Pepperdine rallied past 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 30-26, 24-30, 26-30, 30-27, 15-7. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Angela Edeza of Kennedy struggles for possession during the Golden Cougars' 37-34 Valley Mission League loss to visiting Sylmar. Eric Grigorian/Special to the Daily News |
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