GOLF BEAT : ALEMANY COACH JUST KEEPS WINNING.Golf is much different than girls' basketball, but for coach Melissa Hearlihy the victories are just as sweet. Hearlihy, who has built the Alemany girls' basketball program into one of the best in the Southern Section, has another winner in her first year with the Indians' golf team. Alemany, led by senior captain Chuck Ruiz and junior star Brian Woolf, is 8-0 with a team deep enough to play in two tournaments simultaneously. Thursday, while Ruiz, Woolf, Marc Zien and Mike Scott were representing the Indians in a Palm Springs tournament at Desert Princess, another team - made up of Robbie Clemente, Anthony Harju, Matt Padilla and Jeff Downey - represented Alemany in the DeBell tournament. Clemente shot 9-over par 80 to place third in B flight. The Indians finished among the top 10 in both tournaments, placing eighth at Desert Princess and ninth at DeBell. Showdown time Undefeated Mission League co-leaders Alemany and Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame won't meet until the next-to-last week of the regular season, but another of the area's best rivalries takes place twice next week. Undefeated Hart (9-0) hosts Westlake (9-2) Monday at Vista Valencia, then the teams hook up again Wednesday at Camarillo Springs. Annually two of the best teams in the area, Hart and Westlake appear ready to hold that position beyond this year. The Indians have no seniors among their top five players while Westlake has just one. Sophomore J.T. Kohut leads the Warriors, who have won eight straight since two close losses to Southern Section title candidates San Marcos San Marcos (săn mär`kəs). 1 City (1990 pop. 38,974), San Diego co., S Calif., a northern suburb of San Diego; settled 1880s, inc. 1963. and Palm Desert last month. Kohut, who narrowly missed advancing to the second round of U.S. Open The term U.S. Open is applied to "open" United States national championships in a particular sport, in which anybody, amateur or professional, American or non-American may compete. These include:
Hart's leader is junior Charlie Smith, who won Thursday's DeBell tournament with a 69, finishing two strokes ahead of Flintridge Prep star Russell Surber, a U.S. Junior Amateur quarterfinalist in 1995. Round of the year Westlake tuned up for its annual series with Hart by shooting 12-over-par 367 against Camarillo last week at par-71 Spanish Hills. Kohut (69), sophomore Matt Brant brant or brant goose, common name for a species of wild sea goose. The American brant, Branta bernicla, breeds in the Arctic and winters along the Atlantic coast. (73), senior Andy Sirivicha (73), junior Brian Kang (76) and sophomore Ian Medlock (76) shot so well that coach Dave Costley didn't even need the 79 shot by sophomore Chris Darnell. The 367 was two strokes better than what Westlake shot in winning last year's CIF/SCGA championship with four seniors in the starting lineup For the line of action figures, see . A starting lineup in sports refers to the set of players actively participating in the event when the game begins. The players in the starting lineup are commonly referred to as starters, whereas the others are substitutes . Faces in the crowd Andy Brisbois of Flintridge Prep and Ken Wainwright of Burbank have played support roles on their teams - Brisbois as No. 3 man for the Rebels and Wainwright as No. 5 for the Bulldogs. But on their own, they have been spectacular. Brisbois had consecutive 1-under-par rounds of 71 at Griffith Park's tough Wilson course last weekend and added a 4-over 76 at Harding to finish second in the 16-17 age group at the 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. Junior Championships. His 216 was two strokes out of first place. Flintridge Prep coach Bob Loughrie said he couldn't be prouder of his junior captain. ``I call him `Bulldog,' '' Loughrie said. ``He's been solid since the seventh grade.'' Wainright is about as solid as it gets academically at Burbank. The 6-foot-3 senior, who also plays 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. , is a candidate for valedictorian, carries a 4.6 grade-point average and has been accepted to West Point and Air Force Academy. Texas tournament Juniors Smith of Hart and Surber of Flintridge Prep compete today and Sunday at The Woodlands in Houston in the opening tournament of the American Junior Golf Association The American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) is a "501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. season. Smith is the latest star in a Hart program that has produced two-time Pacific-10 Conference The Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I. Membership Full members champion Jason Gore Jason William Gore (born May 17, 1974) is an American professional golfer. Gore was born in Van Nuys, California. He attended Pepperdine University. Gore plays on the PGA Tour after moving from the Nationwide Tour midseason in 2005. (at Arizona in 1993 and '94), eventual Los Angeles City champion Shane O'Brien Shane O'Brien (born August 9, 1983) is a Canadian defenceman for Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League. He was born in Port Hope, Ontario. Career statistics
UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX freshman star Jason Semelsbereger, who won the past four state junior titles. Surber, the finest golfer ever to come out of tiny (enrollment 290) Flintridge Prep, has already reached the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, high school final twice, shooting 79 as a freshman and 73 last year, but is in the process of rebuilding his swing. ``I've changed everything,'' said Surber, who has been working since last year with highly regarded Alondra GC teaching pro Randy Peterson in an attempt to find a swing that will repeat under pressure. ``I just wanted to get better overall,'' Surber said. ``It's getting better, but it's not easy. You've just got to be patient.'' Viking watch The Foothill League race has been pretty much a Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
But Valencia coach Rusty Swisher swisher Sexology A regional term for a really queer queer, not that there's anything wrong with that is building slowly in the lee of the Hart whirlwind, and his Vikings could be a force down the road. ``Watch out in two years,'' says Swisher, whose team went 27-11 and qualified for the Southern Section playoffs as the league's No. 2 finisher last year. They are 9-4 this year. Swisher's squad is led by sophomore Brad Uptgraft and includes freshman David Cox among its top six scorers. The JV team has six freshmen who shoot in the low 70s at Valencia's par-61 Vista Valencia course. Valencia quality starts at the top, apparently. Swisher won the coaches division at Thursday's DeBell tournament, shooting 6-over-par 77 to edge runner-up Cal Linham of Burbank by two strokes. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Flintridge Prep's Russell Surber Michael Owen Baker/Daily News |
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