HOT OFF THE PRESS.Byline: - By Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. and Gerry Gittelson Efevberha playing in D-League Former Cal State Northridge men's basketball player Mike Efevberha is in training camp with the Idaho Stampede The Idaho Stampede are an American basketball team that play in the NBA Development League. They are based in the Boise, Idaho area and play at the Qwest Arena in Boise, as of 2005. of the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= D-League, which opens its season Friday. Efevberha, a guard who left Northridge after his junior year and declared himself eligible for the NBA draft The NBA Draft is an annual North American event in which the National Basketball Association's (NBA) thirty teams (29 in the United States and one in Toronto, Canada) can select players who wish to join the league. after his relationship with Northridge coach Bobby Braswell Bobby Braswell, an American basketball coach, is currently the head coach for Cal State Northridge. Braswell was named the fourth head coach in Northridge history on April 30, 1996, succeeding the retired Pete Cassidy. soured, was not drafted by Idaho until the 10th round but has played well in training camp and survived the first cut last week. ``It feels great to have a shot,'' said Efevberha, the Matadors' leading scorer last year (averaging 17.1 points). ``It was tough waiting, trying to work out and stay financially stable. But I never regretted leaving Northridge. I feel like I'll play better in the pro system.'' Darrell Scott For Darrell Scott, the "Rachel's Challenge" founder of this name, see . Darrell Scott is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has written several mainstream country hits, and also has established himself as one of Nashville's premier session , who rushed for 305 yards and six touchdowns in Moorpark's 51-21 first-round football playoff victory over Camarillo last week, has climbed to No. 1 in the Southern Section in rushing (2,556 yards) and touchdowns (37). Scott, a 6-foot-1, 205-pound junior, is averaging 10.1 yards per carry and 232.4 yards per game. Another running back, Canyon freshman Terrance Oates, is a phenom. The 14-year-old Oates, a 5-6, 160-pound lower-level star, has been promoted to the varsity, and he's quickly gaining ground by holding his own during practices. ``I tell you one thing: Terrance Oates sure looks like a varsity running back,'' Canyon coach Harry Welch said. ``He's 14 going on 18, and he's tough.'' Ibrahima Thomas, a 7-foot senior forward at Stoneridge Prep 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. , has signed a letter of intent with Oklahoma State. Thomas, a native of Dakar, Senegal, is the latest Stoneridge Prep playerl to sign, following Mychal Thompson Mychal George Thompson (born January 30, 1955 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a former National Basketball Association player who was the #1 pick in the 1978 NBA Draft. Today, Thompson is a notable sports radio personality, who serves as the radio analyst for the Los Angeles Lakers, in (Pepperdine), Charles Boozer (Iowa State) and Howard Little Howard Little (February 12,1842-January 7,1911) was an American artist. A native of North Carolina, he spent the last year of his life in Geneva, Switzerland. Born in Pinehurst, North Carolina, raised in Southern Pines, and an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at (Valparaiso). Thompson is the son of Mychal Thompson Sr., a former NBA player with the Lakers. In other prep recruiting news, track athletes Chris Barton of Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks has signed with Iowa, and Aubree Stark of Oak Park has signed with UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . Barton is a 400-meter dash runner, and Stark is a girls' pole vaulter. Also, Agoura girls' water polo goalie Sara Gralitzer has signed with Hawaii. Gralitzer was a first-team All-Southern Section selection as a junior when she helped the Chargers to the Southern Section Div. IV final. The Mission College men's soccer team continued its remarkable run this season Tuesday, using a pair of goals from Rudy Maravilla to rally from a 1-0 halftime deficit and defeat host Long Beach City, 2-1, in a Southern California Regional playoff game. ``We're playing our best soccer of the season right now,'' Mission coach E.B.Madha said. ``We're peaking at the right time and getting more confident with each game. The only way we're going to lose is if we beat ourselves.'' The Eagles (21-1-3) have already eclipsed the school record for wins in a season and had 11 players selected to the Western State Conference first and second teams, highlighted byconference player of the year front-runner Jhonthan Bravo. With the victory over Long Beach City, ranked No.5 in the nation, Mission, seeded No.6, advances to the quarterfinals against No.2 Irvine Valley at 2 p.m. Saturday. -- Kevin Connelly, Heather Gripp and Sean Ceglinsky contributed. |
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