HOT OFF THE PRESS.Matadors Heard, King are Big West players of the week Cal State Northridge swept the Big West basketball Player of the Week honors, with senior LaJoyce King being recognized on the women's side and junior Jonathan Heard taking men's honors. Heard was instrumental in Saturday's 90-83 upset of preseason favorite Long Beach State, matching his season high with 24 points in addition to eight rebounds and four assists in the victory that snapped the 49ers' nine-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" . The 6-foot-6 forward also scored 14points with a game-high seven rebounds and fourassists earlier in the week in a win over UC Irvine. King posted two more double-doubles in road victories over Long Beach State and UC Irvine to earn the honor for the second time this season. She has seven double-doubles in her past 10 games, a stretch during which she is averaging 14.8 points and 13 rebounds. ``LaJoyce King has been the backbone of our program this year,'' CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge coach Staci Schulz said. ``She's been our foundation.'' The Matadors return to action Thursday against UC Davis, the women at home and the men on the road. -- 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. Hart girls No. 10 in state according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. calpreps.com Fresh off its victories over Valencia 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 of Sherman Oaks last week, the Hart High of Newhall girls' basketball team has climbed to No. 10 in the calpreps.com state rankings. The defending Southern Section Div. I-A champion Indians (15-2) have outscored their opponents 938-652 this season. Hart's two losses have each been by a point, 42-41 to No. 13 Buena of Ventura on Dec. 9 and 46-45 to No. 16 Mira Costa of Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach, city (1990 pop. 32,063), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1912. It is a residential and beach community with an oil refinery and nearby factories that produce transportation and electrical equipment, computers, and pottery. on Dec. 27. The Indians are also the only team this season to defeat No. 8 Ventura. The other local teams in the calpreps top 50: No. 43 Moorpark (16-2), No. 45 Grant of Van Nuys (9-0) and No. 49 Burroughs of Burbank (14-4). -- Kevin Connelly Kevin Connelly was born in Middlesbrough, England. He is an impressionist comedian, and after dinner speaker and is probably most famous for his role on the popular BBC television programme 'Dead Ringers'. Seven area football players on Cal-Hi all-state first team Seven locals were selected to the Cal-Hi Sports all-state football first team. Oaks Christian of Westlake Village seniors Jimmy Clausen James Richard "Jimmy" Clausen (born September 21, 1987, in Thousand Oaks, California[3]) is an American football player. He is a quarterback at the University of Notre Dame. , Marshall Jones and Marc Tyler Marc Tyler (born September 27, 1988 in Palmdale, California) is an American football running back for the University of Southern California Trojans football team. High school career Tyler attended Oaks Christian High School in Westlake Village, California. joined Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks offensive lineman Sam DeMartinis, Canyon running back J.J.DiLuigi, Moorpark running back Darrell Scott and Camarillo punter Bryan Anger on the first team. Scott, the state junior of the year, is the only underclassman among the group. -- Erik Boal COC's Murray is conference Player of the Week College of the Canyons' Andre Murray, a sophomore guard out of Cleveland of Reseda, was selected Western State Conference South Division men's basketball Player of the Week. Murray scored 22points with seven rebounds and threeassists in last week's 78-70 victory over Citrus. He entered this week tied for ninth in the conference in scoring, averaging 14.9 points per game for the first-place Cougars. -- Heather Gripp |
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