GIRLS BASKETBALL: CLEVELAND CAN'T HOLD ON, FALLS TO DORSEY IN SEMIFINALS DORSEY 60, CLEVELAND 53.Byline: Gideon Rubin Special to the Daily News Cleveland High of Reseda's amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. girls' basketball run is over. In what is thought to be the first City Section semifinal appearance in school history, the visiting Cavaliers led most of the first half but could not close the deal in a 60-53 loss Wednesday to Dorsey 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. . Cleveland (18-11), seeded seventh in the City tournament, won its first West Valley League title in more than 20 years and took an eight-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" into the City final four. Senior center Bryana Williams scored 21 points and sophomore guard Nichelae Henderson added 13 for the Cavaliers. ``We made a name for ourselves,'' Williams said. ``We did for our school, and we did it for ourselves, and we did it for our coach (Carol Holton). Nobody thought we could do it, but there was no doubt in our minds that we could do it this year, and we did.'' No. 6 Dorsey (25-3) won for the 16th time in 17 games in its first semifinal appearance since 1989. The Dons will face defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Narbonne of Harbor City in the March 4 title game at the Sports Arena. Dorsey, which plays in a 69-year-old gym nicknamed ``The Pit,'' won the City Section 4-A title in 1996. ``This is a dream came true,'' said Dorsey junior guard Erica Inge, who scored 24 points. ``Last year we didn't even make the playoffs, so it feels so good.'' The Cavaliers opened an 11-4 lead midway Midway, island group (2 sq mi/5.2 sq km), central Pacific, c.1,150 mi (1,850 km) NW of Honolulu, comprising Sand and Eastern islands with the surrounding atoll. Discovered by Americans in 1859, Midway was annexed in 1867. A cable station was opened in 1903. through the first quarter with a 9-0 run highlighted Williams, one of the area's most dominant low-post players, hitting a 3-pointer from the right baseline The horizontal line to which the bottoms of lowercase characters (without descenders) are aligned. See typeface. baseline - released version . The Cavaliers led most of the first half, but Dorsey rallied to tie the score 23-23 on Markesha Scott's free throw late in the second quarter. The game featured eight ties and 13 lead changes, and the Dons broke it open late in the third quarter, taking a 40-38 lead on a Danielle Merriweather layup Layup Used in the context of general equities. Easily executed trade or order. See: Lead pipe. and pulling away. Gideon Rubin, (818)713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com |
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