GIRLS' BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: TITLES ON THE LINE THIS WEEKEND.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 Four local girls' basketball teams will compete for championships this weekend: L.A. Baptist of North Hills; Village Christian of Sun Valley; Flintridge Prep of La Canada Flintridge; and Taft of Woodland Hills. L.A. Baptist faces Bishop Conaty-Loretto of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. in the Southern Section Div.V-A V-A abbr. ventriculoatrial final at 3 p.m. today at the 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 in Long Beach. The top-seeded Knights (20-6) are led by Andrenna Marshall, whose area-best 25.7 points per game have catapulted the team to the first Southern Section title game in school history. "I'm so excited to reach the final," Marshall said. "We're making history right now." No. 3 seed Bishop Conaty-Loretto (14-11) is led by Jessica Orozco and Carol Vasquez, who each average 10 points per game. The three remaining games will all take place Saturday, with Village Christian set to face 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 Div. V-AA final at 9:30 a.m. at the Pyramid. Kris Contangco and Alex Dill each average double figures for the No. 2-seed Crusaders (24-6), while top-seed Whittier Christian (23-6) is led by Whitley Brown's 12 points and nine rebounds per game. Immediately following that game, Flintridge Prep will meet Laguna Hills La·gu·na Hills A city of southern California southeast of Santa Ana. Population: 33,600. in the Div. IV-A final. The No. 2-seed Rebels (24-3) have never played in a girls' basketball final, and winning their first title won't come easy against top-seed Laguna Hills (24-4). Flintridge Prep is riding a 16-game winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" , but Laguna Hills heads into Saturday winners of 12 in a row. Later that night, Taft will attempt to win its first City Section title against Washington of Los Angeles at 8 p.m. at the Sports Arena. The top-seeded Toreadors (22-2) enter the game having won an area-best 22 straight games. Autumn Davis leads Taft with 15 points per game, while her team-high 60 3-pointers provides the team with a legitimate outside presence. Mykieh Russell averages a team-high 11 points for No. 6 seed Washington (22-6), which upset No. 2 Dorsey of Los Angeles 56-53 last Friday. kevin.connelly@dailynews.com (818)713-3607 |
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