ONCE AGAIN, PALISADES SINKS N.H. : PALISADES 74, N. HOLLYWOOD 45.Byline: Chris Cocoles Daily News Staff Writer Same venue. Same teams. And unfortunately for the North Hollywood High
Top-seeded Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). thwarted thwart tr.v. thwart·ed, thwart·ing, thwarts 1. To prevent the occurrence, realization, or attainment of: They thwarted her plans. 2. the Huskies' dreams of a berth in the City Section championship game with a 74-45 victory Saturday at L.A. Southwest College. One year ago, in identical circumstances, fourth-seeded North Hollywood was taken out by the same Dolphins team in a 73-50 final. ``We were hoping to play them one round later,'' Huskies coach Rich Allen said. Instead, the brackets matched up Allen and North Hollywood with a team returning everyone from last season. ``It would have been nice to get to the finals. I think we are the second-best team in the playoffs.'' Palisades is simply a notch above North Hollywood and everyone else in the City Section. The Dolphins (25-4) jumped out quickly, and though the Huskies (22-6) made a valiant VALIANT Valsartan in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial Cardiology A series of multinational M&M trials to determine the effects of valsartan–Diovan® effort to stay close into the fourth quarter, a 6-0 spurt spurt Vox populi A surge or abrupt ↑ in the size or speed of a thing. See Fat spurt, Growth spurt. sealed the victory and Palisades poured it on at the end. ``They are just better than we are. Palisades has so much talent,'' said Huskies senior Markia Derby, who scored a team-high 15 points. Like last season's game, Palisades blitzed blitzed adj. Slang Drunk or intoxicated. North Hollywood early, forcing the Huskies to play catch up. Senior guard Tashean Thomas took the first shot of the game, an airball from 3-point range. The Huskies' first three shots failed to draw iron. Two other early possessions ended in a bad pass turnover and a charging call on Derby. ``I guess we (were not) ready to play. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if we were nervous but Tashean missed that shot and we fell behind,'' Derby said. In the same stretch, Palisades was fluent fluent /flu·ent/ (floo´int) flowing effortlessly; said of speech. running its offense and crashing the offensive boards. The Dolphins led 11-0 before Derby's layup ended North Hollywood's scoring drought. Getting a quick start was one of the keys for Palisades, which spread the scoring around to seven players during a 35-18 first-half advantage. Nicole Funn-Lockely led all scorers with 21 points, Leilani Estavan added 18 and April Feeney 12. ``It was great to have,'' Palisades coach Kevin Hall said of bolting to an early advantage. ``I think (North Hollywood) was thinking `Oh here we go again. It's Palisades and they are beating us again.' '' The Huskies made one final surge behind Thomas, one of four senior starters. After a scoreless first half, the 20 points-per-game scorer made three 3-pointers, part of an 11-point second half, and North Hollywood cut the lead to 46-33 with 6:55 left in the game. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO North Hollywood's Markia Derby, middle, scored a team-high 15 points in the Huskies' semifinal loss. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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