GIRLS' WATER POLO NOTEBOOK: `BLESSINGS' UNCOVERED TWO MAKE EASY TRANSITION TO HELP HARVARD-WESTLAKE.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer Kristin Quinn and Lindsay Flacks are used to challenging for Mission League titles and ranking among the Southern Section elite. The Harvard-Westlake of Studio City athletes just weren't used to doing so as water polo players This is a list of water polo players: Contents: Top - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A
That changed this year. Quinn and Flacks decided to take up water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. this season and have become steady contributors on a Wolverines team that has spent the season near the top of the Division II rankings. ``We've gotten a couple blessings in disguises,'' Harvard-Westlake water polo coach Larry Felix said. ``Some girls that usually play other sports have ended up helping us a lot.'' Flacks, a cross country standout, usually plays soccer during the winter but decided not to play this season because of a groin groin, in oceanography: see coast protection. injury suffered late in the cross country season. The junior turned to water polo, the sport at which her freshman brother, Brian, excels. ``She's small, but she plays with a fire,'' Felix said. ``She comes from an aquatics family background, so it wasn't totally new for her.'' Quinn, better known for her 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. skills, wasn't as familiar with the sport. However, she follows junior goalkeeper Frannie Felder as the second member of the volleyball team in two years to try water polo and make an instant impact. ``I wish she would have played more,'' Felix said of Quinn. ``She could have been a great water polo player. She's picked it up quickly and is doing really well.'' With Flacks and Quinn complementing a returning core featuring top scorers Morgan Hooker, Julie Spataru and Emily Caesar Caesar (sē`zər), ancient Roman patrician family of the Julian gens. There are separate articles on its two most distinguished members, Julius Caesar and Augustus. as well as senior goalie Carolyn Kiefer, Harvard-Westlake is undefeated in Mission League play. --Up for grabs: The past three Pacific League titles were claimed by teams going undefeated in league play. The race isn't so clear-cut this year as three teams - Glendale, Arcadia and Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. of La Crescenta - are tied for first place and Muir of Pasadena is only a game behind. Glendale was the last undefeated team, but the Nitros lost 12-7 to two-time defending league champion Crescenta Valley on Wednesday, the same day Arcadia beat Muir to create the logjam log·jam n. 1. An immovable mass of floating logs crowded together. 2. A deadlock, as in negotiations; an impasse. Noun 1. atop the standings. The league title won't be determined until next week's league tournament at Arcadia, but Crescenta Valley could secure the tournament's top seed with a victory in Wednesday's regular-season finale at Arcadia. --Title time: With only two weeks left in the regular season, some teams are within reach of clinching league titles this week. Among the most notable races that could be determined are ones in the Mission and Marmonte leagues 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. . Agoura can secure at least a share of its fifth consecutive Marmonte League championship when the Chargers play Wednesday at second-place Royal of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. . Agoura, ranked No. 2 in Division IV, defeated the Highlanders 15-5 in their previous meeting. Harvard-Westlake will play host to second-place Louisville of Woodland Hills for the Mission League title at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: LINDSAY FLACKS Junior ran cross country in fall and decided to play water polo, not soccer, in winter. |
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