GIRLS' BASKETBALL: VILLAGE CHRISTIAN FALLS SHORT OFFENSE FALTERS IN TITLE-GAME LOSS WHITTIER CHR. 40, VILLAGE CHR. 28.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 LONG BEACH -- The Village Christian of Sun Valley girls' basketball team faltered under the bright lights Saturday, tying a season-low for points in a 40-28 loss to Whittier Christian of La Habra La Habra (lə hăb`rə), city (1990 pop. 51,266), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1925. A suburb of Los Angeles, La Habra was settled in the 1860s by Basque sheepherders. in the Southern Section Div. V-AA final at the Walter Pyramid pyramid, structure pyramid. The true pyramid exists only in Egypt, though the term has also been applied to similar structures in other countries. Egyptian pyramids are square in plan and their triangular sides, which directly face the points of the . Village Christian's leading scorer, Alex Dill, was held to three points, as the No. 2-seed Crusaders (24-7) lost to their Alpha League rival for the third time this season. Top-seed Whittier Christian (24-6) made up for its own lack of offensive production with a defense that forced 23 turnovers and limited the Crusaders to an 8-of-43 shooting performance. Whitley Brown led Whittier Christian with 14 points and 10 rebounds. The Generals trailed just once, when Village Christian point guard Kris Contangco hit an 8-footer to put the Crusaders ahead 17-16 four minutes into the second half. Brown scored eight points over the next eight minutes, and Whittier Christian went on a 15-2 run over that span to take its first double-digit lead midway through the fourth quarter. It was the second time this season that Whittier Christian held the Crusaders to fewer than 30 points, with its 46-28 victory on Jan. 26 accounting for the other lopsided victory lop´sid`ed victory n. 1. A victory in a contest in which one side defeats the other overwhelmingly; - in sports, meaning one side scores much more than the other; in war, meaning one side has many more casualties than the other. . Village Christian averaged more than 60 points in its four 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. victories. The Crusaders were 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. their first Southern Section girls' basketball title in 13 years, while Saturday marked the school's first final appearance since 1997. |
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