GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL SEMIFINALS: TAFT'S POTTER IS ALWAYS IN MOTION.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer Getting Samantha Potter to rest can be a bigger challenge for the Taft High of Woodland Hills girls' volleyball team than that posed by many of their opponents. ``She never runs out of energy,'' Taft volleyball coach Arman Mercado For the hispanic surname "Mercado", please see de Mercado. Mercado first originated in Spain. In English it means 'market'. Is the last name of the 'Great' Fifa Soccer player Eswold. said. Not even starring in two sports in the same season has managed to slow Potter. When Potter isn't playing middle blocker for aToreadors volleyball team that plays in the City semifinals tonight, the 5-foot-9 sophomore competes for cross country team, for which she broke the school sophomore record. ``She's a good athlete,'' Mercado said. ``People think (cross country) is just something she does, but they don't realize how good she is. She's probably in the top five in the City.'' Potter set the City freshman record in the mile last spring with a time of 5 minutes, 29 seconds. Her 19:18 cross country finish earlier this season set the school mark for sophomores. If not for a postponement, Potter would have run in the City cross country prelims last Wednesday, then played in the volleyball quarterfinals that night. Rain pushed the cross country meet to Monday, giving Potter big events on back-to-back days this week, with the volleyball team tonight trying to keep alive hopes for for its first City title. Mercado tried to give Potter a chance to rest a sore leg during the quarterfinals. Potter was on the bench for the first game, but as usual, rarely stopped moving. After serving as a vocal cheerleader from the bench, Potter was bouncing around on the court before getting the start in the second game, in which she had kills on the first two plays. ``She's always going,'' Mercado said. --Wild matchup: Harvard-Westlake of Studio City's prediction of a possible Div. III-A final foe doesn't seem so odd anymore. When playoff pairings were released, the top-seeded Wolverines cited wild-card entrants Notre Dame Academy Notre Dame Academy may refer to:
Notre Dame Academy hasn't lost a game through three rounds of playoffs, including a sweep of third-seeded Bishop Amat of La Puente La Puente (lä pwĕn`tē), city (1990 pop. 36,955), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles; laid out 1841, inc. 1956. Primarily residential, the city manufactures hardware, electronics, and paper products. in the first round. The teams that finished ahead of Notre Dame Academy in the Sunshine League standings remain alive in the Div. IV-AA playoffs, in which league champion Marymount of Los Angeles is the No. 1 seed. Rosary, the third-place team from the Serra League, defeated second-seeded Twentynine Palms in the first round. Harvard-Westlake, which plays at home tonight against El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , is the division's only seeded team remaining after No. 4 Oak Park was upset Saturday by El Segundo. --Going for a first: What was supposed to be a rebuilding year for Viewpoint of Calabasas could lead to the Patriots' first Southern Section final. Fourth-seeded Viewpoint, which returned just two seniors from last season's team that was eliminated in the first round, faces No. 1 Sage Hill of Newport Beach Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. for a berth in the final. ``They're really excited,'' said coach Frank Pontello, who was encouraged by the Patriots' play in Saturday's victory over Delphic League champion Windward wind·ward adj. 1. Of or moving toward the quarter from which the wind blows. 2. Of or on the side exposed to the wind or to prevailing winds. adv. In a direction from which the wind blows; against the wind. of Los Angeles. ``Our blocking was really strong last game,'' Pontello said. ``And that's been one of our weak points. It was encouraging to see them step it up. Sage Hill has a real strong middle attack, so it'll be interesting to see how we match up.'' Viewpoint's last semifinal appearance was in 2000. Heather Gripp, (818) 713-3607 heather.gripp(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo, 2 boxes Photo: Taft players, from left, Terry Soltani, Romina Ignacio, Jessica Duran, Tatiana Hithe and Savannah Savannah, city, United States Savannah, city (1990 pop. 137,560), seat of Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of entry on the Savannah River near its mouth; inc. 1789. Thomas will lead the Toreadors in the City semifinals tonight against 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). . Michael Owen
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