PINER'S RETURN THE SPARK CHAMINADE 53, CLEVELAND 51.Byline: SEAN n. 1. A seine. See Seine. CEGLINSKY Special to the Daily News If Max Piner was suffering any lingering effects from a head injury suffered last week during practice, the senior guard certainly didn't show it. He scored 14 of his game-high 24 points in the first half and made several key free throws in the fourth quarter to secure Chaminade of West Hills' 53-51 victory over Cleveland of Reseda, which made things interesting in the closing minute of Thursday's quarterfinal game at the Chaminade Christmas Classic. ``He showed several classic Max Piner bursts tonight, so I think he's back,'' Chaminade coach Bryan Cantwell said. ``It looks like he's forgotten about the injury. He's ready to play.'' The Eagles (7-4) entered the fourth quarter with what appeared to be a comfortable seven-point lead. Zeke Brackens, however, kept Cleveland (8-4) close throughout the final eight minutes. The junior guard opened the fourth with a steal and breakaway dunk to make it a 40-35 game and made a jumper to make it a two-point game with 2:12left. His five-foot bank shot cut the deficit to 48-45 with 57seconds remaining. ``Zeke brings a lot of energy to the game,'' Cleveland coach Osiris Nalls said. Piner answered with four free throws during back-to-back possessions down the stretch to thwart any comeback plans Brackens and the Cavaliers might have had. He finished 8 of 8 from the line in the fourth quarter. ``I'm feeling good, 100 percent,'' said Piner, who is being recruited by a couple of Ivy League Ivy League Group of eight universities in the northeastern U.S., high in academic and social prestige, that are members of an athletic conference for intercollegiate gridiron football dating to the 1870s. schools. ``I took a couple of games as a precautionary pre·cau·tion·ar·y also pre·cau·tion·al adj. Of, relating to, or constituting a precaution: taking precautionary measures; gave precautionary advice. Adj. 1. measure even though I felt like I could play. It was tough watching from the bench. There's no restrictions on me now. The doctors said I'm fine.'' The Eagles used an 8-0 run, keyed by six points from Piner, over the final minute of the second quarter to take a 24-22 halftime lead. It was more of the same in the third quarter, as Andrew Miller Andrew Miller is the name of:
The Eagles advanced to the semifinals at 6 p.m. tonight against Riordan of San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , a 63-38 winner over Lancaster on Thursday. Calabasas advanced to the other semifinal after jumping to a 37-10 first-half lead on Serra of Gardena en route to a 71-47 victory over the defending CIF Southern Section CIF Southern Section (commonly abbreviated as CIFSS) is the largest of the ten sections which comprise the California Interscholastic Federation. Its membership includes most public and private high schools in Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Div.IV-AA champions. Michael Field Michael Field may refer to:
n. See foul line. for the Coyotes (6-6), who will play Menlo of Atherton at 7:30 p.m. |
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