LOCAL SCHOOLS GRAB 4 MEDALS DECATHLON WINS FOR 2 CAMPUSES.Byline: Carol Rock Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Canyon and Saugus high schools came home with four medals - two gold, one silver and one bronze - after two weekends of competition in the 23rd annual Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Academic Decathlon decathlon (dĭkăth`lŏn), in modern Olympic games, a contest for men held over two days and composed of 10 track-and-field events. . During an awards banquet Thursday, three of the medals were given in overall competition; Mollie mollie or molly, New World fish of the genus Mollienesia, in the same family as the guppy (see killifish). Mollies are found from the E and central United States to Argentina. Rashid of Saugus High School won the gold in interviewing, Cesar Hernandez of Canyon High earned a gold in speech and Heidi Henson of Saugus garnered a silver medal in the essay section. Canyon's Cameron White got a bronze in the varsity division of the economics competition. Canyon High, coached by Dennis Lynch, and Saugus High, coached by Terri Sage, placed third and fourth, respectively, in the North Division. Canyon earned an 11th-place rank countywide with 36,088 out of 60,000 possible points and Saugus placed 14th with a score of 34,803. Top honors went to West High School of Torrance with 44,287, followed by last year's winners, Beverly Hills High School Beverly Hills High School (usually abbreviated as "Beverly" or as "BHHS") is the only major public high school in Beverly Hills, California. (The other public high school in Beverly Hills, Moreno High School, is a small alternative school located on Beverly's campus. , which finished second with 41,967 points. As the county winner, West automatically moves up to the California Academic Decathlon, which takes place March 11 to 13 in Los Angeles. A total of 56 teams and nearly 500 students participated in the county competition, including 14 squads competing in the junior division. The competition took place on Jan. 29 at Pico Rivera's El Rancho High School El Rancho High School is a public school located in the city of Pico Rivera, California, United States. It is apart of the El Rancho Unified School District. The mascot is the Don. and on Feb. 5 at West High School. Carol Rock, (661) 257-5252 carol.rock(at)dailynews.com |
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