FEARSOME FOURSOME: THE LONG LEAP A.V.'S CRENSHAW SEEKS 2ND STATE TITLE.Byline: Kevin Connelly Kevin Connelly was born in Middlesbrough, England. He is an impressionist comedian, and after dinner speaker and is probably most famous for his role on the popular BBC television programme 'Dead Ringers'. Special to the Daily News When freshman Andre Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] stepped onto the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley High of Lancaster campus four years ago, it didn't take long for him to catch track and field coach Rob Hucke's attention. Not like that was difficult - not like the other coaches weren't salivating over his talents. You should give running back a shot in the fall, the football coach told Crenshaw. There will be an open spot on the basketball team come winter, the basketball coach said. And you can play baseball and compete in track and field in the spring, right? Right, indeed. Crenshaw, now a senior, will have completed 13 prep seasons in four sports upon his graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. in June. He's the defending state champion in the long jump and has committed to play football at Oregon next fall. He's also a fine student, carrying a 3.0 grade-point average. He was MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. of the basketball team a year ago and is captain of the football, baseball and track and field teams. ``Its all been a blessing,'' said the soft-spoken Crenshaw. ``I love sports, but I'll be honest, it really keeps me busy. Sometimes I get home from (a sporting event), and I feel like, 'Oh my goodness, I have to work on a school project, and I don't even have time to eat tonight.' '' Mary Crenshaw chuckles
``It does get rough for him sometimes,'' she said. ``But (my husband and I) support his desire to play sports. Schoolwork always comes first, but we tell him he will only be in high school once, so he should do what he wants to do while he can. ``And besides, I see him playing video games See video game console. from time to time. He can't wait for the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association College Football 2007 game to finally come out so he can pick Oregon and play himself at running back.'' Although the four-year football star says his first priority is on the gridiron, he played four sports as a junior, then dropped basketball this year because the season was during the peak period of football recruiting. Crenshaw, who rushed for 1,226 yards and 13 touchdowns last fall, chose Oregon over 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 , which offered the running back an early scholarship. The Bruins rescinded their offer when Crenshaw waffled on his decision and other recruits accepted - a common occurrence in the competitive world of Division I recruiting. Crenshaw plans to be a two-sport athlete for the Ducks, jumping for their track and field team, a national powerhouse A fourth-generation language from Cognos that was introduced in the late 1970s for midrange computers. It supports both character-oriented, terminal-based applications as well as Windows clients. Applications developed under PowerHouse can be imported into Cognos' Axiant client/server environment. . Many of his opponents in the long jump train year-round in the event, but Crenshaw's state title last year came during his first season of baseball. ``It is unbelievably tough to train for the state meet while playing another sport,'' said Hucke, who has coached nine years at Antelope Valley. ``Jumping that far is not something that happens overnight. Andre didn't start really training last year until three or four weeks before the final meet.'' Hucke wishes the jumping sensation would spend more time training for the event. Crenshaw's first mark of the season Thursday was second-best on his team and more than four feet off his personal best of a year ago - a whopping 24 feet, 5 inches. The State Championships are scheduled June 1-2 in Sacramento. ``Its going to take me longer to train this year,'' said Crenshaw, also Antelope Valley's best triple jumper The simplest form of an on/off switch. It is just a tiny, plastic-covered metal block, which is pushed onto two pins to close that circuit. It is used to select a myriad of functions on a printed circuit board or on a peripheral device. and sprinter when in peak condition. ``I'm carrying some extra weight from football, so I started running this weekend to tone it out. I'm still working hard, and I'm dedicated (to defending the state title).'' He's also dedicated to baseball. The center fielder is batting .285 with seven stolen bases and five RBIs in eight games. ``Andre is a tremendous athlete with unlimited potential in baseball,'' Antelopes baseball coach Charles McDaniel said. ``If he had played baseball in his first two years in high school, there is no doubt in my mind that he'd be one of the best players to come out of the Antelope Valley. I guarantee you he'd be hitting in the .400-.500 range.'' So much to do and only so much time. ``It's a lot of pressure sometimes,'' said Crenshaw. ``Sometimes you just have to buckle down buck·le n. 1. A clasp for fastening two ends, as of straps or a belt, in which a device attached to one of the ends is fitted or coupled to the other. 2. and do it.'' And remember to make time to eat. Kevin Connelly, (818) 713-3607 kevin.connelly(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Four-sport standout Andre Crenshaw, from Antelope Valley High, is seeking his second successive state long jump title. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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