GIRLS' BASKETBALL: ROYAL HAS HIGH HOPES : HIGHLANDERS ARE MARMONTE CONTENDERS.Byline: Heather Gripp Daily News Staff Writer The talent should be comparable to last season. The scoring void left by the 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. of Alicia Weber and Jessica Sanders San´ders n. 1. An old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood. can be filled. Becca Voight's defense will be missed, but coach Mike Kohl kohl n. A cosmetic preparation, such as powdered antimony sulfide, used especially in the Middle East to darken the rims of the eyelids. [Arabic ku is confident others can step up. What Kohl is searching for is someone on his Royal High girls' basketball team who will talk. ``We don't have the loud, vocal type,'' he said. ``These girls are all so quiet. ``The player I can't replace is Weber. That's what I need, someone who'll get in the huddle and pull 'em together. We don't have that vocal leader. That's what we're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. .'' Last season, the Highlanders went 25-4 and 12-2 in 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. play to win a share of their first league title since 1982. This year's goal is to win the league championship outright and top last season's appearance in the Division I-A quarterfinals. ``We're never really satisfied in ourselves,'' junior guard Kristen Galbreath said. ``Our coach wants us to do even better than last year. I have my hopes for this team.'' A key reason for the Highlanders' high hopes is the addition of senior Mari Myllykoski, a 5-foot-10 foreign exchange student from Finland, who played for the Finnish junior national team. ``I'm very excited for her,'' Kohl said. ``The coaching staff, the more we look at her, we shake our heads. She'll certainly be one of the best in the league. She's the best ballhandler I've coached. She's a great dribbler drib·ble v. drib·bled, drib·bling, drib·bles v.intr. 1. To flow or fall in drops or an unsteady stream; trickle: Water dribbled from the leaky faucet. 2. and a great passer. She just does a whole lot of things. ``We played during the summer, and they found their roles. Then we got Mari. Mari, her level of skill is so high, the other girls look at her like, `Wow'. I was like, `OK girls, we have to fit her in.' She has the skill to be the leader type, but I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if that's the role for her.'' Myllykoski can play any position, and Kohl said she'll see time at all five. ``I think she's a really good asset to our team,'' Galbreath said. ``Our team this year is going to be five solid players, so she'll fit in well.'' The Highlanders also have returning all-league players Teresa Russell and Galbreath. Russell, a 6-1 senior center, averaged 14.3 rebounds a game last season. The 5-11 Galbreath, described by Kohl as a ``killer shooter,'' averaged 12 points a game last season. Her added strength makes the clutch shooter even more dangerous than before. Russell and senior Annette Wilson have yet to join the team, since both are busy playing for the Highlander volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. team that keeps advancing in the postseason. Their absence has allowed others, such as junior Kellie Gesell, to prove themselves. Junior Latisha Saldain has shown the skills to play at the varsity level but is expected to start the season with 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. because of an abundance of senior talent. If she's called up to varsity, she's capable of providing the vocal leadership the Highlanders seek. Royal opens the season Dec. 8 by defending its title at the Gold Coast Classic. The Highlanders face the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last season when they play Buena in the Dec. 15 home opener. Two days later, they host Dos Pueblos. ``We have no weak games in the preseason,'' Kohl said. He hopes the tough schedule prepares his team for a league that features former 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. power Moorpark and a young, but talented Newbury Park team. ``We play in a great league,'' Kohl said. ``The league will be stronger and more balanced.'' He didn't hesitate to add, ``I think these kids are capable of winning it.'' CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) Royal High guard Kristen Galbreath returns after averaging 12 points per game last season. (2--Color) Mari Myllykowsi, a 5-foot-10 foreign exchange student from Finland is expected to make an immediate impact for the Highlanders. (3--Color) ``We don't have the loud vocal type. . . . That's what I need, someone who'll get in the huddle and pull 'em together. We don't have that vocal leader. That's what we're looking for.'' - Royal girls' coach Gene Kohl on the Highlanders' chemistry so far Michael Owen
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