DECATHLETES TO FACE TOP TEXAS TEAM IN TITLE HUNT.Byline: Mary F. Pols Daily News Staff Writer The El Camino Real High School El Camino Real High School (also known locally as "ECR" and by some more recently as "ELCO") is a public secondary school located in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California. Academic Decathlon decathlon (dĭkăth`lŏn), in modern Olympic games, a contest for men held over two days and composed of 10 track-and-field events. team met the enemy Wednesday - and its name is Taylor High. Specifically, that would be Taylor High School Taylor High School may refer to:
Taylor won the Texas tournament with a score of 50,500 points, as compared to the 49,500 points that the Woodland Hills school racked up during last month's state tournament. ``It's scary,'' said El Camino co-coach Dave Roberson in a telephone interview from the Ramada ra·ma·da n. Southwestern U.S. 1. a. An open or semienclosed shelter roofed with brush or branches, designed especially to provide shade. b. An open porch or breezeway. 2. Inn in St. George, Utah St. George is a city located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Utah, and the county seat of Washington County, Utah.GR6 It is the principal city of and is included in the St. George, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. , where the El Camino team has been hunkered down since Tuesday night, preparing for testing today and Friday. ``But our kids have been working hard. We can gain 1,000 points in a night of studying if we work hard enough.'' Roberson and Sharon Markenson, the team's other coach, strolled over to meet the Taylor coaches Wednesday. They discovered, to their dismay, that the Texans use all the same intense studying methods they do, right down to summer sessions and early recruitment. ``They are already starting to put their team together for next year,'' Roberson said. Adding fuel to the rivalry is the fact that last year the El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
The school follows the classic high school model serving grades 9 through 12 and is the largest school in the Pasadena Independent School District. , in the national competition. Dobie lost to Taylor in the Texas state championship this year. This is El Camino's third trip to the national tournament, but so far, victory has eluded the team. In addition to last year's close call, El Camino placed fourth in 1991. On Wednesday, while Roberson nursed a cold in his room - and tried not to spread germs to his nine-member team - Markenson patrolled the halls of the hotel, and the kids did some last-minute studying. ``All you want to do is just stay sharp,'' Roberson said. ``It's not an intense cram right now.'' They lounged by the pool under sunny skies, but they brought their books with them. And no one seemed to be complaining about the study sessions. ``He gave us a half-hour off,'' team member Roger Rees Roger Rees (born May 4, 1944) is a Welsh-born American actor. Rees was born in Aberystwyth, Wales, the son of Doris Louise (Smith), a shop clerk, and William John Rees, a police officer. said cheerfully. The team focused on the subject areas they still have trouble with, and on Super Quiz questions. Usually the only public portion of the competition, the highly charged Super Quiz event is scheduled for Friday afternoon. It is generally considered a good indicator of who will win the championship. The overall winner will be announced at a banquet Saturday. For the first time in the competition's history, scores from today's testing - all subjective materials, including essays and personal speeches - will be posted in the evening. And in another change, a selection of team members will be asked to give their speeches for an audience after the Super Quiz. In past years, the public never heard any of the speeches. |
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