HARVARD-WESTLAKE STATE BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: MESSAGE RECEIVED.Byline: Vincent Bonsingore Daily News Staff Writer Harvard-Westlake High had just been denied a second consecutive Southern Section championship in a 53-46 loss to Morningside in the Division III-A final. As his players cried around him in the dressing room at the Long Beach 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 , Brian Taylor Brian Taylor (born April 10, 1962), is a former Australian rules footballer and now AFL commentator. Playing career The moustachioued Taylor, known as "Barge", "Bristle" or "BT", began his VFL career with Richmond in 1980, and had the misfortune of being a full-forward at quietly asked each player a simple question: ``Are you willing to pledge to a new start? Are you willing to go after a new goal, a state championship?'' The message reached the Wolverines. They won three consecutive games to snatch snatch removal of a newborn animal from the dam before it has an opportunity to suck. The objective is to rear it independently and free of colostrum-borne infection or of colostral antibodies. 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, Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. championship, and they'll play Lafayette Acalanes on Saturday in Sacramento for the state title. ``We've used (the section loss) to our benefit,'' Taylor said. ``I told the girls there were other teams that lost the CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). championship only to go on and win the state title. To be honest, I wasn't even sure at the time whether that was true or not, but that's what I told them.'' Double standard? The girls were upset when Harvard-Westlake refused requests for a rooter bus to transport students to last Saturday's Southern California final in Long Beach. Taylor said administrators told him since the game fell on a weekend, students could find their own way to Long Beach. Of course, the girls remembered a bus being available last fall when the football team played in the Southern Section final . . . on a Saturday. ``They were hurt, and I agree with them,'' Taylor said. ``They kept telling me, `But coach, the football team had a rooter bus and that game was on a Saturday.' '' They've got a point. In the school's defense, though, officials had only one day to prepare for Saturday's final after the Wolverines qualified with a win Thursday night. ``Everything happened so quickly, we didn't have a whole lot of time,'' athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Terry Elledge said. ``It wasn't like we had a whole week to put stuff together.'' Elledge also points out attempts were made in the past to secure rooter buses for the girls' games, but there was always a lack of interest among students. ``If we get a bus and only five kids show up, we've still got to pay for the whole bus,'' Elledge said. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Erin Stepheson and her Harvard-Westlake teammates have turned over a new leaf A New Leaf (1971) is a black comedy based on a short story by Jack Ritchie, starring Elaine May, Walter Matthau, George Rose and James Coco. Better known for her collaboration as a stage comedienne with The Graduate in the state playoffs. Kirby Lee/Special to the Daily News |
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