PALMDALE AVENGES LEAGUE LOSS FALCONS WIN DEFENSIVE BATTLE, MOVE INTO FIRST-PLACE TIE WITH LANCASTER PALMDALE 33, LANCASTER 30.Byline: 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. Staff Writer Don't count Palmdale High out just yet. Three weeks ago, the Lancaster girls' basketball team showed the Falcons were beatable, ending their Golden League 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" at 22 games. The Eagles appeared ready to overtake Palmdale as the top team in the league behind budding stars Andrea Bobic and Kim Brandon. Instead of a new dynasty, the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley has a new rivalry after Palmdale avenged a·venge tr.v. a·venged, a·veng·ing, a·veng·es 1. To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge: avenge a murder. 2. the loss with a 33-30 victory Monday night at Lancaster. ``I think we've grown a lot as a team since the first (meeting),'' Palmdale senior guard Sandy Perry said. ``We have a really young team this year. There's only two of us that have been part of the (league) championship teams. And I think the younger players didn't know what it really took to win until we lost that first game. ``For us, the difference tonight was defense. Lancaster made us work for every shot. We didn't get any shots without a hand in our face, so we didn't score too many points. But we played hard on defense and made them work, too.'' The result leaves Palmdale (11-10, 4-1) and Lancaster (14-6, 4-1) tied for first place. Palmdale has two games remaining with second-place Antelope Valley. Palmdale won the past two Golden League championships with 10-0 records, but Lancaster demonstrated again Monday that perfect seasons aren't realistic anymore. ``We're not going anywhere,'' Lancaster junior guard Bobic said. ``We can't dwell on this game. We've split with Palmdale; now we've got to focus on winning the rest of our games.'' Lancaster led most of the game, but Palmdale pulled ahead by five points with fourth-quarter 3-pointers from Brittany Lloyd and Sieda Wilson. The Eagles rallied within 31-30 with 1:40 to play, and with about 25 seconds remaining called timeout to set up a play for Bobic, who drove to the basket and drew a blocking foul on Lloyd with 13 seconds left. With the crowd of 400 people on their feet, screaming loudly, Bobic shot the first free throw long and to the left, her first miss in five attempts from the foul line foul line n. 1. Baseball Either of two straight lines extending from the rear of home plate to the outer edge of the playing field and indicating the area in which a fair ball can be hit. 2. . Then she took a deep breath to refocus Verb 1. refocus - focus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam" focus - cause to converge on or toward a central point; "Focus the light on this image" 2. . Her second free throw was short and off to the right. ``Never again,'' said Bobic, Lancaster's leading scorer and captain. ``I'm going home tonight and practicing free throws. That's not ever happening again.'' On the ensuing en·sue intr.v. en·sued, en·su·ing, en·sues 1. To follow as a consequence or result. See Synonyms at follow. 2. To take place subsequently. possession, Perry broke free of the full-court press full-court press n. 1. Basketball An aggressive defensive strategy in which one or two players harass the ball handler in the backcourt while the rest of the team maintains a close man-to-man or zone defense. 2. for an easy fastbreak layup to extend the lead to three points. Lancaster's Kim Brandon, a 6-foot-1 freshman, led all scorers with 13 points. Ramona Shelburne, (818) 713-3617 ramona.shelburne(at)dailynews.com |
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