FALL SPORTS PLAYOFFS: ROYAL FEELS WELL PREPARED TO CHALLENGE FOR STATE TITLE.Byline: Heather Gripp Daily News Staff Writer It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a for a change of focus. The Royal High girls' volleyball team won the Division I-A championship with a victory over Marina on Saturday. Now it's time for the state tournament, which starts tonight. ``We kind of knew we'd be going to state,'' said senior outside hitter Courtney Guerra, who led the Highlanders with 25 kills Saturday, ``but we didn't make any specific goals for it. Our goals at the beginning of the season were to win league and win CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). . We've done that. I guess it's time to make some new goals. ``I've never been in this situation before, so I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what to expect and I don't think my teammates do either, but I think we'll go far.'' Just as they did during 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. play, the Highlanders (31-4) breezed through the postseason by losing only one game. The lone loss came in game two Saturday against the defending state champions. The 15-6 loss featured a rare display of Royal inconsistency, including four bad serves in a row. The Highlanders were tested again in the fourth game but rallied from a six-point deficit at game-point to clinch the title with a 16-14 win. The Highlanders realize they should face more of a challenge in the state tournament but feel they are ready. The highly competitive Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. tournament, at which the Highlanders placed third, gave them a taste of what's ahead. ``That really helped that we faced some really tough teams and it was later in the season, so we didn't just have all our tough games early in the season,'' Guerra said. Tennis: Agoura's Brooke Borisoff lost her first set of the season but was good enough to advance to the Dec. 3 round of 16 in the Southern Section individual tournament. Borisoff beat San Luis San Luis, city (1991 pop. 110,353), capital of San Luis prov., W central Argentina. The city is the commercial center of an area producing cattle, corn, and asparagus; the surrounding area has timber and mineral resources. San Luis is a popular resort. Obispo's Christie Pofner 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 at Saturday's regional. Simi Valley's Margo O'Donnell and Rebecca Hunau lost just two games as they advanced in doubles play. Westake's Nina Yaftali and the Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. doubles team of Mindy Gondrez and Stella Chu were both eliminated with two-set losses, as was Camarillo's doubles team of Erin Jones and Michelle Alvarez. Water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. : Agoura's dream season came to an end short of the Chargers' first-ever appearance in a final. The No. 4 Chargers gave up only two first-half goals against No. 1 Ventura and rallied from a 4-1 to enter the final period of Saturday's semifinal down by one. Ventura (26-1) outscored Agoura 3-1 in the final period for an 8-5 win. ``It was just a couple missed opportunities,'' Agoura coach Jason Rosenthal said. ``They took advantage of theirs and we didn't.'' The Chargers were outshot 22-15. The loss ended Agoura's streak of 12 straight wins. |
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