DIV. V VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP: PERFECT SEASON SAVED VIEWPOINT 30-0 WITH TITLE VICTORY VIEWPOINT 3, PASAD. POLY 2.Byline: Erik Boal Special to the Daily News CYPRESS - For the first two games of Saturday's Southern Section Div. V boys' volleyball final, top-seeded Viewpoint High of Calabasas looked nothing like a team that had won 29 consecutive matches. In the final three games, the Patriots demonstrated every reason why they completed their season 30-0. After losing only three times in 94 games prior to its showdown with third-seeded Pasadena Poly, Viewpoint was on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of losing three in a row at Cypress College Cypress College is a community college located in Cypress, California. Opened on September 12 1966 , the southern California college offers a variety of general education (51 associates degrees), transfer courses (58 transfer majors), and 139 vocational programs leading to . But the Patriots rallied for a dramatic 18-25, 19-25, 25-15, 25-14, 15-13 victory to win the first division title in program history. ``I already had my `Guys, it's an honor to be here and we had a great season, but today just wasn't our day' speech ready,'' said Viewpoint coach Mike Talamantes, who honored the memory of his late father, Mike Sr. - who died May 11, 2003, from a heart attack - by clutching a gold cross and pointing to the sky following championship point. ``Then, all of a sudden, the team that was 29-0 showed up. I can't say enough about these guys and how hard they work. I can't believe we pulled it off. I'm still stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. .'' Viewpoint defeated Pasadena Poly 25-21, 25-20, 25-18 in an April 8 nonleague match, but Princeton-bound middle blocker Phillip Rosenberg - the reigning division Player of the Year - was injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. and unable to play for the Panthers (26-4). The Patriots quickly learned how much a factor Rosenberg could be. He buried 18 of his match-high 34 kills in the first two games to put Pasadena Poly in position to win its first division title. ``When they dropped the first two games, that was their wake-up call,'' said the 26-year-old Talamantes, whose younger brother Wiki is aware of the following uses of "'Younger Brother":
setter Any of three breeds derived from a medieval hunting dog that would set (lie down) when it found birds so that it and the birds could be covered with a net. Setters have long hair on the ears, chest, legs, and tail. Matt, finished with seven kills and 38 assists. ``They thought they were going to come in here and just take the (championship patches). Now they know what it means to earn the championship.'' Behind seniors Alex Robertson (15 kills) and Robbie Silverman (14 kills) and junior Jared Weiss (nine kills), Viewpoint dominated play in the third and fourth games and held off a late Pasadena Poly run in the deciding game to clinch Clinch, river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, formed by the junction of two forks in SW Va., and flowing generally SW across E Tenn. to the Tennessee River at Kingston. the title. |
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