GIRLS' BASKETBALL: DELAYED GRATIFICATION FOR TWO PLAYERS BENEFITED FROM EXTRA SEASON ON CANYON'S JV.Byline: Kirby Kirby is a common place name, surname, and given name. Other common uses include:
Lee Special to the Daily News Angela Hamilton Hamilton, city, Bermuda Hamilton, city (1990 est. pop. 3,100), capital of Bermuda, on Bermuda Island. It is a port at the head of Great Sound, a huge lagoon and deepwater harbor protected by coral reefs. and Kim Kim orphan wanders streets of India with lama. [Br. Lit.: Kim] See : Adventurousness Bellardo gave up the opportunity to play on the Canyon High girls' varsity basketball team last season. They are making the most of their chance this season. With a senior-filled varsity last season, Hamilton and Bellardo chose to stay on the junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. to develop their skills. Plus, they liked keeping a Foothill League junior varsity intact with fellow sophomores Rachel Bates Bates , Katherine Lee 1859-1929. American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911. , Mandi Sekly and Angelynn Dorotheo for the next three years. ``Personally, I just wasn't mentally ready for varsity, but physically I was,'' Hamilton said. ``If I would have moved up last year, I would have been by myself. The JV team became a family, and we moved up together.'' Canyon coach Paul Broneer was tempted to promote Hamilton, a 5-foot-8 sophomore guard, and Bellardo, a 5-2 senior guard, to the varsity last season. But he would have had to cut two of his eight seniors that had been in the program for three seasons. He kept Hamilton and Bellardo on the junior varsity, where they played just about every minute instead of 10 to 15 minutes on the varsity. ``I don't believe in having a freshman and sophomore on the varsity unless they are going to play loads of minutes,'' Broneer said. ``They just need to develop confidence. Their intensity level and confidence has just skyrocketed and carried over into this year.'' Bellardo said playing on a travel team with Hamilton over the summer contributed to her preparation for this season. ``We know what each other's needs are,'' Bellardo said. ``We have better chemistry together. I would rather improve on a team where I can get more playing time than sitting on a bench on varsity.'' Hamilton and Bellardo have been on the court most of the time this season for Canyon (6-5), which is playing in 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. tournament this week. The steady play of Hamilton and Bellardo have complemented junior point guard Erica Doyle and senior center Ashley Palmer, the team's leading scorers. ``We all thought that we could play varsity level last year, but we just wanted to improve regardless of what level,'' Bellardo said. Broneer called Hamilton and Bellardo the team's top defensive players. Hamilton has the highest shooting percentage and can either post up or play on the perimeter The boundary of a system or network, which defines the inside and outside. It is typically determined by firewalls and addresses. See DMZ. . Bellardo, voted team captain by her teammates, is an adept passer who can penetrate or shoot from outside. ``When we're on the court and it's starting to get intense, I look to her to calm me down,'' Hamilton said. ``I think of her as a personal coach on the floor.'' It will be difficult for Canyon, which finished 15-13 and fifth in league at 4-6 last season, to challenge the league's top teams for an automatic 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. berth. But the Cowboys cowboys, in American history. 1 Tory marauders, adherents to the British cause in the American Revolution, who fought in the contested area of Westchester co., N.Y. think they can land an at-large berth - if they win at least 10 games, the standard for consideration - if they can win eight games before their Jan. 4 league opener against Burroughs. ``Our goal is to qualify,'' Bellardo said. ``If we can get there, our goal is to do our best there. Right now, our team is trying to build together and mesh Refers to an interconnect architecture that cross- connects several devices. See mesh network, wireless mesh network and switch fabric. (character) mesh - The INTERCAL name for hash. . It's still early right now, I can't really make a predication In CPU instruction execution, executing all outcomes of a branch in parallel. When the correct branch is finally known, the results of the incorrect branch sequences are discarded. See branch prediction. , but we're starting to learn to play good.'' DOUBLE TROUBLE Name: Angela Hamilton Year: Sophomore Height: 5-8 Position: Forward Name: Kim Bellardo Year: Senior Height: 5-2 Position: Guard Notable: Hamilton and Bellardo have made an impact in their first varsity season on the Canyon High girls' basketball team after leading the Cowboys to the junior varsity Foothill League title last season. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Angela Hamilton, left, and Kim Bellardo decided an extra year on Canyon's junior varsity basketball team would benefit them more than playing on the varsity last season. Kirby Lee/Special to the Daily News Box: DOUBLE TROUBLE (see text) |
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