DEFENSE IS DIFFERENCE FOR HOOVER\Center Russell scores career high helps beat Agoura underneath\Hoover 76, Agoura 65.Byline: Bill Schlotter Daily News Staff Writer Nervous at the start, the Hoover High School Hoover High School may refer to any of the following:
Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant night and won a 76-65 Southern Section I-AA first-round game from Agoura at Hoover. Down by three heading into the fourth quarter, the No. 8-ranked Tornadoes (16-9) kept this memorable season alive with tough defense and by pushing the ball in low to center Andrew Russell Andrew Russell may refer to:
"We felt we had to turn the defense up a notch notch (noch) incisure; an indentation on the edge of a bone or other organ. aortic notch dicrotic n. cardiac notch 1. and we did," said Hoover sophomore Mark Hull. "We put our hearts on the floor." Those hearts kept the Chargers (14-9) scoreless for just over five minutes of the fourth quarter as the Tornadoes charged from 56-52 deficit to a 66-56 lead. "We're we're Contraction of we are. we're we are a pretty streaky streak·y adj. streak·i·er, streak·i·est 1. Marked with, characterized by, or occurring in streaks. 2. Variable or uneven in character or quality. team," said Chargers leading scorer Brian The name Brian (sometimes spelled Bryan) comes from an Irish backround. It is of Celtic origin and its meaning may be "hill" or "strong, noble, and high"[1]. Laibow (20 points) who played his last high school game. "I think that when it came down to it, we were rushing too much, trying to come back too quick. And we had a lot of turnovers throwing away passes." On offense, Hoover beat up the Chargers inside in the fourth quarter, working the ball inside to Russell Russell, English noble family. It first appeared prominently in the reign of Henry VIII when John Russell, 1st earl of Bedford, 1486?–1555, rose to military and diplomatic importance. , who had a career-high 22 points. "No. 50 (Russell) just took apart our big guys offensively," Laibow said. "He was off a little bit in the third quarter, but he came back big in the fourth." Indeed, Russell had 12 points in the final quarter. Russell gave credit to guards Arbi Baghdasarian (20 points) and Martin Avanessian for getting him the ball. "They were driving and I was just following for the rebounds," Russell said. "And they did a good job of dishing it off." Hoover seemed a little sluggish in the early going and trailed 34-32 at the half. "I think we were a little nervous," said head coach Kirt Kohlmeier, whose Tornadoes advance to the second round for the first time since 1983. "The other team had been to the playoffs the last three years in a row, but we haven't had that experience for a while." The Tornadoes trailed by three at the beginning of the fourth quarter before outscoring Agoura 29-15 the rest of the way. Also scoring in double figures for Hoover was Hull with 13. Josh JOSH Joshua JOSH Job Scheduling Hierarchically Portnoy had 15 for Agoura, which was playing its third straight game without second-leading scorer Joel Weiss, who was lost to ankle injuries. The victory was another triumph in a season that has seen the Tornadoes win their first Pacific League title since 1984. The winners advance to the I-AA second round where they will meet Esperanza, which beat Eisenhower 74-47 on Friday. Esperanza is the tournament's second-seeded team, but has been handicapped by the loss of star player Josh Greer to a broken leg. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Hoover's Andrew Russell was down on this play, but he stood tall for the Tornadoes, scoring 22 points. Joe Binoya / Special to the Daily News |
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