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n. Upstate New York, Northern Pennsylvania, & Western New England See shivaree. See Regional Note at shivaree. [Probably because horns are blown at the shivaree.] made a splash as a freshman in 1995 as part of Desert Christian Christian flees the City of Destruction. [Br. Lit.: Pilgrim’s Progress] See : Escape Christian travels to Celestial City with cumbrous burden on back. [Br. Lit. High's Southern Section Division IV-A champion team. This season, Horning has a new role leader as the only senior on a team, which is ranked third in State Division V and won its eighth consecutive Desert Mountain League title this fall. ``It's kind of weird. Every single team is so different,'' Horning said. ``My freshman year I was learning from the other seniors. For the last four years, God has helped use cross country to mature me. I feel I am helping them learn the standard to continue our tradition.'' A second consecutive state-meet berth appears well within reach for the Knights in the Southern Section Division V finals at Mt. San Antonio College Mt. San Antonio College (commonly called Mt. SAC; pronounced as the word "sack") is a community college located in the Los Angeles suburb of Walnut, California, next to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona which is just over a hill. Mt. today. For Horning, the competition will be her 12th race on the revered 3-mile course during her four years at Desert Christian. It has been a storied career for Horning, who also competes on the Knights' soccer and softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' teams. As a sophomore, she won the Desert Mountain League title. As a junior, she helped Desert Christian reach the state meet for the first time. Horning, who maintains a 3.9 grade-point average, was also a member of the Knights' team that won the Southern Section academic cross country championship. ``She really is our team leader,'' junior Pam McLaren said about Horning. ``She doesn't tell us what to do but is an example. . . . She works so hard you want to give it your all.'' The top four teams in today's Southern Section finals advance to the state meet at Woodward Park Woodward Park (34 acres) is a public park, botanical garden, and arboretum located between 21st Street and 24th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. It is open to the public daily. in Fresno Nov. 28. Desert Christian, Flintridge Prep and St. Margaret's are expected to be in the hunt with favored Chadwick for the qualifying berths. Chadwick, the state's second-ranked team, won its preliminary heat last Saturday with a team time more than four minutes faster than Desert Christian, which was a narrow 58-60 heat winner over third-ranked Flintridge Prep. Desert Christian, though, will be boosted by the return of No. 2 runner Deann Matteson, who did not run in the preliminaries or league finals because of a foot injury suffered in a club soccer match. Still, it figures to be a futile battle to overtake o·ver·take tr.v. o·ver·took , o·ver·tak·en , o·ver·tak·ing, o·ver·takes 1. a. To catch up with; draw even or level with. b. To pass after catching up with. 2. Chadwick. ``To win a championship, we're going to have to have the greatest race in history,'' Desert Christian coach Dean Spoelstra said. ``An upset might be unrealistic but to get a runner-up state-meet berth is well within our focus.'' Desert Christian finished sixth in the 1997 State Division V final but has set its sights higher this season with the addition of freshman Jynnifer Wright. Last season, Desert Christian's strength was team grouping. This season, Wright, who won the Desert Mountain League title, has given the team an added dimension of a front runner front runner n → favorito/a front runner n (fig) → favori(te) front runner n (fig) → . ``With Jynnifer up in front, the team has a greater challenge to decrease the gap,'' Horning said. ``This year, we're a younger team and even stronger than last year.'' The team's inner bonds have also been strengthened during weekly testimonial meetings where runners express ways to apply their lessons learned from cross country to life. After four years of meetings, Horning has gained new insight from this year's team, which also includes sophomores Bethany Spoelstra, the niece NIECE, domestic relations: The daughter of a person's brother or sister. Amb. 514; 1 Jacob's Ch. R. 207. of coach Dean Spoelstra, and Stephanie Armitage, and freshmen Joselyn Wall, Jessica Lembo and Melissa Barnes. ``I thought I had heard it all,'' Horning said. ``Every year, it was the same old thing. This year, we have younger girls and I can tell in their hearts that they are going to be four-year runners and won't bail out in a year or two. I can tell they have commitment and are going to continue.'' Just like Horning. CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS When: Today Where: Mt. San Antonio College, 7:30 a.m. Background: The Desert Christian boys and girls boys and girls mercurialisannua. are competing in the Division V championships at 7:50 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., respectively. Shell Blevins of 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 and Rosanna Kirkendall of Lancaster are running in the girls' Division I championship at 9:50. Amanda Pollock of Paraclete has qualified for the 9:10 Division IV girls' race. CAPTION(S): Photo, Box PHOTO Lancaster's Rosanna Kirkendall is entered in the girls' Southern Section championships. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News BOX: CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (see text) |
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