GIRLS' BASKETBALL: HART FRONT COURT STOPS MARINACCI SOPHOMORE STAR HELD TO 14 POINTS HART 50, FOOTHILL 44.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 SANTA ANA Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. -- Few teams have had much of an answer for Foothill High of Santa Ana girls' basketball standout Christina Marinacci. Marinacci, a sophomore, entered Saturday night averaging 26 points and 11 rebounds and had scored at least 20 points in 19 consecutive games. That streak came to a halt against the vaunted vaunt v. vaunt·ed, vaunt·ing, vaunts v.tr. To speak boastfully of; brag about. v.intr. To speak boastfully; brag. See Synonyms at boast1. n. 1. Hart of Newhall front line, which held the 6-foot-1 post player to a season-low 14 points en route to a 50-44 Div. I-A quarterfinal quar·ter·fi·nal adj. Of or relating to one of four competitions in a tournament, whose winners go on to play in semifinal competitions. n. 1. quarterfinals A quarterfinal round. 2. A quarterfinal match. victory. Tatianna Thomas (language) Thomas - A language compatible with the language Dylan(TM). Thomas is NOT Dylan(TM). The first public release of a translator to Scheme by Matt Birkholz, Jim Miller, and Ron Weiss, written at Digital Equipment Corporation's Cambridge Research Laboratory runs had a game-high 16 points, and Megan Ford added 14 for the defending Div. I-A champion Indians (27-2), who denied Marinacci the ball in the post for much of the night with their 2-3 zone defense. It was only the second time all season Marinacci had been held to fewer than 20 points for the Knights (22-7); her 19-point performance Dec. 16 accounted for her previous season low. The Indians' front line included Thomas, Ford and KaLana Inemer, all starters on last season's championship team and all legitimate weapons at both ends of the court. "(Marinacci) is the best sophomore I've seen this season. She's a superstar," Hart coach Dave Munroe said. "She was as good as advertised, but we did an excellent job on her defensively. "Our goal was to limit her to 13 points because that's half of her season average. She scored 14, but I'm definitely pleased." Britney Fitchpatrick contributed 10 points for Hart, which fell behind 12-9 with 3:32remaining in the first quarter, when Foothill's Madison McKenney hit a 3-pointer from the right wing. The Indians responded with a 17-2 run over the next eight minutes to take control of the game by halftime. Foothill cut an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to 48-44 with 20 seconds remaining, but Thomas hit a pair of free throws with 18 seconds left and Hart held on for its 17th consecutive victory. "Experience came into play tonight, and we made sure we didn't fold near the end," said Thomas, who has committed to Oregon. "We let Foothill make two pretty decent runs, but we realize basketball is a game of runs. We've been here before, so we know how to get that momentum back." The top-seeded Indians advance to face either No. 4 J.W. North of Riverside or No.5 Mira Costa of Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach, city (1990 pop. 32,063), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1912. It is a residential and beach community with an oil refinery and nearby factories that produce transportation and electrical equipment, computers, and pottery. in the Div. I-A semifinals Tuesday at West Ranch ranch, large farm devoted chiefly to raising and breeding cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. The cattle ranch was introduced from Latin America to Texas and the plains of the W United States and Canada. High in Stevenson Ranch Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. . kevin.connelly@dailynews.com (818)713-3607 |
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