GRANADA HILLS HIGH BACK IN PLAYOFFS; RIVALS RULES VIOLATION EXTENDS FOOTBALL SEASON.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Daily News Staff Writer The dream remains alive for the Cinderella football team from Granada Hills High School Granada Hills Charter High School (Granada Hills High School) is a public, charter, co-educational, secondary school consisting of students in grades 9-12. The school colors are green, black, and white. . Seven days after a 26-21 City Section Championship quarterfinals loss to Westchester, the Highlanders were declared the winner on a forfeiture because of a rules violation. Virtually winless over the past three years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time now 12-0 Granada Hills team was ordered reinstated to the playoffs and will face Banning High (8-3) on Friday at 7 p.m. at Gardena High School Gardena High School is a public secondary school located in Gardena, California. GHS, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. GHS serves the city of Gardena. History GHS opened in 1907 [1]. in the semifinals. ``We can't lose,'' said Granada Hills quarterback Jason Winn. ``I mean, even when we lose, we win.'' Section officials ruled that Westchester, originally scheduled to face Banning, used an ineligible player in an opening-round playoff victory over Locke High School Alain Leroy Locke High School is a Title 1 co-educational public high school located in Los Angeles, California, United States, and is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is named after Alain LeRoy Locke. Locke is located in South Los Angeles near Watts. two weeks ago. By rule, Granada Hills assumes Westchester's place. The happy Highlanders were on the practice field Wednesday preparing for the game. A victory could set up a rematch against Taft High for the City Section championship next week at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum For board track racing circuit, see . Present use The Coliseum is now primarily the home of the USC Trojan football team. During the recent stretch of its success in football, most of USC's regular home games, especially the alternating games with rivals UCLA and Notre . Taft, which lost in overtime to Granada Hills in the Northwest Valley Conference title game in their regular-season finale, will play Dorsey in the other playoff semifinal. After winning just three games the previous three years, Granada Hills finds itself two victories away from the City Section title. ``We've been a Cinderella team this year, and though we feel bad for Westchester, we're certainly happy to be back in the playoffs,'' said Granada Hills Assistant Principal Joan Lewis. It's been that kind of year for Granada Hills, a slumbering program for much of the decade that awoke under co-coaches Darryl Stroh and Tom Harp Tom Harp was a college football coach at Cornell, Duke, and Indiana State. From 1961 to 1965, he coached at Cornell, where he compiled a 19-23-3 record. From 1966 to 1970, he coached at Duke, where he compiled a 22-23-1 record. . The two coaches - Stroh the taskmaster task·mas·ter n. 1. One who imposes tasks, especially burdensome or laborious ones. 2. A source of burden or responsibility: The profession of medicine is a stern taskmaster. , Harp the passing-game mastermind - were at the helm when the Highlanders were a power in the 1980s. Stroh, who coached Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway John Albert Elway, Jr. (born June 28, 1960) played American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Denver Broncos from 1983 through 1998. Elway holds many college and professional records and was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and is the only at the school in the '70s, retired in 1994, and Harp followed in 1995. They returned to the sideline this season. ``Right now I think we're all in a little bit of shock,'' Harp said after practice Wednesday. ``But the kids are certainly excited about getting another chance.'' Lewis said word of Westchester's forfeit began spreading Tuesday. Westchester appealed its ouster ouster n. 1) the wrongful dispossession (putting out) of a rightful owner or tenant of real property, forcing the party pushed out of the premises to bring a lawsuit to regain possession. Wednesday, but the decision was upheld after an afternoon hearing. ``It was determined that an ineligible player played in the football playoff game Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship between Locke and Westchester,'' City Section administrator Jeff Halpern Jeff Halpern (b. May 3 1976, Potomac, Maryland) is a National Hockey League player with the Dallas Stars. Ice Hockey career After graduating from Princeton University, Halpern began his NHL career in the 1999-2000 NHL season for the Washington Capitals; he played in 79 said in a statement. ``Based on our . . . rules, the last contest played (by Westchester against Granada Hills) becomes a forfeit.'' The player, a senior, was ruled ineligible because he played varsity sports at two different schools within the same year without changing his home address. Westchester Principal Sharron A. Lilly said the school did not know the student played varsity sports at Inglewood High School Inglewood High School can refer to:
``His records never indicated he was enrolled in a P.E. class or played a varsity sport last year,'' Lilly said. According to Lilly, the player, who has not been identified by school officials, saw significant action throughout the year in a backup role on the football team. Lilly informed the Westchester players Wednesday afternoon that their season was over. Ironically, some of the Highlanders first heard about the possibility their season would resume during a game of tackle football in the rain at Granada Hills High late Tuesday afternoon. When official word came down Wednesday, the team was already on the practice field. ``We just started high-fiving and hugging,'' said wide receiver Peter Gunny. ``I think we took Westchester for granted, but I can say for sure that we won't do that with Banning.'' Winn doesn't expect any problems putting a game plan in place with just two days of practice. ``We've been away from one another for about a week, but it shouldn't take too long before we get ourselves together,'' said the quarterback, who has passed for 2,477 yards and 25 touchdowns. ``I think we'll be fine.'' Daily News correspondent George Vranau contributed to this story. THE GAME City Section football semifinals Granada Hills vs. Banning Friday, 7 p.m. Gardena High |
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