HOT STREAK HAS HIGHLAND RIDING HIGH BULLDOGS CHALLENGING FOR LEAGUE TITLE.Byline: Sean Ceglinsky Staff Writer The Highland High boys' basketball team is making a run at the Golden League title. The Bulldogs (13-10 overall, 5-3 league) have won three in a row and five of their past six games to climb into a tie with Quartz quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. Hill (12-11, 5-3) for second place, a game behind Lancaster (14-9, 6-2), with four games to play. Said Highland coach Jeff Smith: ``We're in good shape.'' Highland has a favorable fa·vor·a·ble adj. 1. Advantageous; helpful: favorable winds. 2. Encouraging; propitious: a favorable diagnosis. 3. schedule. It plays Wednesday at last-place Knight, then has home games against Littlerock and Palmdale, who are a combined 12-27. The Bulldogs are at home against Lancaster in their regular-season finale For the music notation program, see . A finale (italian word) is a closing part, act or movement of a dramatic or musical composition, or more generally any event or procedure with a dramatically concluding effect. . ``Highland, the way they're playing right now - wow! That's all I can say,'' Lancaster coach David Humphreys David Humphreys may be:
The Bulldogs played five of their first six league games on the road after a difficult nonleague schedule that included La Canada, Newbury Park and Valencia, all of which have been in the Daily News' top 20 this season. ``We've learned a lot this season,'' Smith said. ``The players know and understand that we're in control of our own destiny Destiny goddess of destiny of mankind. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 78] See : Fate . We want to win out and go into the playoffs with the No. 1 seed out of the Golden League.'' --Stumbling block: Quartz Hill was tied with Lancaster for first place when last week began, but the Rebels lost to Highland by 17 points Friday. The reigning league champions must regroup re·group v. re·grouped, re·group·ing, re·groups v.tr. To arrange in a new grouping. v.intr. 1. To come back together in a tactical formation, as after a dispersal in a retreat. quickly to stay in the race. Quartz Hill, which plays host to Palmdale on Wednesday and Lancaster on Friday, is on track to make it to the Southern Section playoffs. The top four Golden League finishers are automatic qualifiers. --Mr. Versatile: Robert Arnold Robert Allan Arnold (13 August 1982), commonly known as Rob Arnold, is a postie from Wellington, New Zealand, who achieved more than his fair share of fifteen minutes of fame in a New Zealand boy band, Boyband, as the gay boy. leads Lancaster in nearly every statistical category, averaging 16.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.3 blocks per game. The 6-foot-4 senior is second in the league in scoring, trailing Quartz Hill's Troy Ross Ross , Sir Ronald 1857-1932. British physician. He won a 1902 Nobel Prize for proving that malaria is transmitted to humans by the bite of the mosquito. , who averages 17.7 points. ``Robert does it all for us,'' Lancaster coach David Humphreys said. ``He's stepped up to become a leader.'' Sean Ceglinsky, (818) 713-3607 sean.ceglinsky(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Robert Arnold leads Lancaster in nearly every statistical category, averaging 16.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.3 blocks per game. The 6-foot-4 senior is second in the Golden League in scoring to Quartz Hill's Troy Ross. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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