GIRL'S VOLLEYBALL DAILY NEWS ALL-AREA TEAM AND HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SEASON.Byline: Rich Hammond Rich Hammond Los Angeles Daily News sports writer. Instrumental in bringing the Los Angeles Kings hockey organization closer to the fans. He is the atypical "what a guy" to Kings fans everywhere. Rich Hammond on himself. Staff Writer PLAYER OF THE YEAR COURTNEY SCHULTZ Senior, middle blocker, Harvard-Westlake The three-year nightmare is finally over for opponents of Harvard-Westlake of Studio City because Courtney Schultz will never again hit a ball for the Wolverines. Schultz concluded what has to be considered one of the most impressive high school careers in region girls' volleyball history with a second consecutive Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. state championship. She is the Daily News' Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. Schultz's talents earned her a scholarship offer to Stanford before this season began, but she did not lack for motivation. Harvard-Westlake finished 21-2 and the Wolverines' only losses came when Schultz was sidelined with a nagging back injury. In the state final against El Molino of Forestville, Schultz had a team-high 17 kills and served match point in the three-game victory. JENNIFER GEISBAUER Senior, middle blocker, La Canada The Spartans had as many as four sophomores in the regular rotation this season, so Geisbauer provided some much-needed leadership to a perennially strong team. She 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. late in the season but came back to lead the Spartans to a playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. victory. HALA HADAWAR Junior, outside hitter, Van Nuys Hadawar provided one of the great memories of the season with her tremendous play in the fourth and fifth games of the City Section championship, when she rallied the Wolves to the school's first upper-division title. She is also the section's co-Player of the Year. KARALYN KUCHENBECKER Senior, outside hitter, Harvard-Westlake A three-time Daily News first-team selection, Kuchenbecker provided the perfect complement to Schultz on the outside and was also one of the area's top defensive players. She provided great leadership and leaves with three Southern Section championships. BRENN LARSON Senior, setter/outside hitter, Westlake Larson made the often-tedious transition to setter setter: see sporting dog. 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. look easy this season and remained one of the most respected hitters in the 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. . She led the Warriors to an undefeated league championship and the semifinals of the Division II-AA playoffs. NENA SILJEGOVIC Senior, setter, Royal Royal of 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. has a strong tradition of producing talented setters, and Siljegovic didn't disappoint dis·ap·point v. dis·ap·point·ed, dis·ap·point·ing, dis·ap·points v.tr. 1. To fail to satisfy the hope, desire, or expectation of. 2. this season. Her advanced skills helped a team that often struggled to find a rhythm and she led the surprising Highlanders to the Division I-A semifinals. TERBRIE TAYLOR Senior, middle blocker, Harvard-Westlake Taylor showed some of her enormous potential this season, particularly on defense as she became a full-time player for the first time. She gave the already-strong Wolverines a second dominating middle blocker, which made them almost impossible to match up against. COACH OF THE YEAR JESS QUIROZ Harvard-Westlake The Wolverines were a spirited bunch, full of personality and laughs, and Quiroz knew just how to handle the team to keep it focused on defending its state championship. Even late-season injuries to Kuchenbecker, Schultz and setter Alex Dunphy didn't hurt Harvard-Westlake too much, and Quiroz deserves credit for keeping the team on track. HONORABLE MENTION Carlie Allison, Sr., S, Chatsworth; Julie Bolt, Sr., S, Saugus; Tema Brockert, Sr., OH, Royal; Randi Cooper, Sr., S, Quartz Hill; Jillian Davis, Sr., OH, Flintridge-Sacred Heart; Ashley Dickinson, Sr., S/OH, Valencia; Alex Dunphy, Jr., S, Harvard-Westlake; Hana Hadawar, So., S, Van Nuys; Jessica Harper, Jr., MB, Westlake; Cara Kuebert, Sr., MB, La Reina La Reina (Spanish: "The queen") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It consistently ranks in the top five communes with the best quality of life in the Metropolitan Region. ; Katie Meledy, Sr., OH, Westlake; Sarah Silagy, Sr., OH, Simi Valley; Leslie Smith Leslie Charles Smith, OBE (6 March 1918 – 26 May, 2005), was a co-founder of Lesney Products, the company famous for making Matchbox cars. Biography Smith was born in Enfield, Middlesex, left school at the age of 14, and was working as an export buyer in London when , Sr., OH, Hart; Sally Teague, Sr., OH, Sylmar; Kristen Voyson, Jr., MB, Quartz Hill. A LOOK AHEAD Teams to watch: Many of the traditionally strong programs lose a lot of seniors to graduation, so next season could be the time for an upstart to make some noise. Will Reinhart has slowly built a strong program at Verdugo Hills, but Van Nuys will be among the favorites in the City Section again. Harvard-Westlake will naturally dip, but if the Wolverines can find a strong middle blocker, they won't fall far. Outside hitter Devin O'Fallon could have a breakthrough senior season. Players to watch: Great middle blockers don't usually come out of 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 , but Kristen Voyson goes against that precedent. Harvard-Westlake setter Alex Dunphy will miss Kuchenbecker, Schultz and Taylor but should be strong again. Westlake's Jessica Harper has the potential to be one of the region's most dominant players. Projected Player of the Year: Hala Hadawar is an emotional leader with the ability to blister blister, puffy swelling of the outer skin (epidermis) caused by burn, friction, or irritants like poison ivy. A response of the body to protect deeper tissue, blisters generally contain serum, the liquid component of blood. the ball at the net, and should only improve next season for Van Nuys. Biggest Surprises --1. Quartz Hill broke the Golden League jinx jinx n. 1. A person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck. 2. A condition or period of bad luck that appears to have been caused by a specific person or thing. tr.v. . No team from the league had ever won two playoff matches until the Rebels reached the Division I-AA quarterfinals this season, led by senior setter Randi Cooper and junior middle blocker Kristen Voyson. Quartz Hill dominated the league and made strides under second-year coach Larry Vocke. --2. Saugus came into the season as the favorite in the Foothill League, but the Centurions also made a nice playoff run and reached the quarterfinals for the first time in six seasons, a year after they missed the playoffs. Julie Bolt was one of the region's best setters and led a deep team that played to its potential. --3. Sylmar was expected to be down after its City Section championship in 2000, but the Spartans hung tough all season and reached the semifinals. Outside hitter Sally Teague and middle blocker Katrina Delaney led the way for Sylmar. Biggest disappointments --1. Chatsworth entered the season as the clear favorite to win the City Section championship, which is usually something of a kiss of death kiss of death gangsters’ farewell ritual before murdering victim. [Am. Cult.: Misc.] See : Farewell . Setter Carlie Allison and hitters Heather Rizzo and Linda Wang performed well, but the Chancellors could not pass the ball and fell to Van Nuys in the semifinals in five games. --2. Hart had to break in an almost entirely new lineup but should have had the talent to make the playoffs out of the Foothill League. Colette Ramirez and Leslie Smith developed into one of the region's most feared hitting combinations, but the Indians lost to too many teams they should have beaten. --3. Highland can't win the Golden League title every year, of course, but with a rematch REMATCH Cardiology Clinical trials–Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance Therapy as an alternative in Congestive Heart failure–related to use of a portable, electric left ventricular-assist system–LVAS–eg, HeartMate® against Quartz Hill looming looming: see mirage. to end the regular season, the Bulldogs blew their chance to at least win a share of the league title when they lost a stunner stunner device used in abattoirs to stun an animal so that it is unconscious when it is bled out. concussion stunner a captive-bolt, nonpenetrating device, activated by a standard bullet. to Lancaster in the second-to-last week. Don't count on the Bulldogs being down for long, though. League Champions Alpha League Village Christian Foothill League Saugus Frontier League The Frontier League, based in Troy, Illinois, is a professional, independent baseball organization located in the Midwestern United States and Western Pennsylvania. It operates mostly in cities not served by Major or Minor League Baseball teams and is not affiliated with either. Malibu Golden League Quartz Hill Heritage League Faith Baptist Liberty League Viewpoint Marmonte League Westlake Mission League Harvard-Westlake and Flintridge-Sacred Heart Pacific League Arcadia Pacific View League Oxnard Rio Hondo Rio Hondo may refer to:
Temple City Sunset Six League Poly and Verdugo Hills Tri-Valley League St. Bonaventure Valley Mission League Van Nuys West Valley League Chatsworth Westside League Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Christian DAILY NEWS TOP 10 FINAL 1. Harvard-Westlake (21-2) Best team in area history? Quite possibly. 2. Westlake (27-3) Good season, but fell short of finals again. 3. Van Nuys (16-2) Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). still can't figure out how it lost. 4. Royal (20-11) Highlanders put it together for playoff run. 5. Flintridge-Sacred Heart (16-3) Only area team to defeat Harvard-Westlake. 6. Quartz Hill (18-2) Finally broke Golden League playoff jinx. 7. Saugus (22-4) Made first trip to quarterfinals since 1995. 8. La Canada (18-7) Poor playoff draw ended its season early. 9. La Reina (16-5) Slipped a little, but still among areas elite. 10. Sylmar (13-3) Only losses came from both section finalists. CAPTION(S): 10 photos, 2 boxes Photo: (1 -- color) COURTNEY SCHULTZ (2 -- color) JENNIFER GEISBAUER (3 -- color) HALA HADAWAR (4 -- color) KARALYN KUCHENBECKER (5 -- color) BRENN LARSON (6 -- color) NENA SILJEGOVIC (7 -- color) TERBRIE TAYLOR (8 -- color) JESS QUIROZ (9 -- color) Sylmar's Sally Teague (10 -- color) Hart's Colette Ramirez Box: (1) League Champions (see text) (2) DAILY NEWS TOP 10 (see text) |
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