PROMISE DEFLATES WITH TAFT'S DEFEAT : WESTCHESTER 65, TAFT 35.Byline: Heather Gripp Gripp talking raven, beloved pet of half-wit Barnaby Rudge. [Br. Lit.: Dickens Barnaby Rudge] See : Birds Daily News Staff Writer The season quickly went from a dream to a nightmare for Taft High. Westchester abruptly a·brupt adj. 1. Unexpectedly sudden: an abrupt change in the weather. 2. Surprisingly curt; brusque: an abrupt answer made in anger. 3. ended the visiting Toreadors' season with a 65-35 defeat Wednesday in the City 4-A girls' basketball quarterfinals. The 13th-seeded Toreadors (15-7) were a program on the rise, rebounding from a 2-8 performance in conference last season to earn an at-large playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. berth this year. Their good fortune continued with a come-from-behind victory at the buzzer over No. 4 Washington in the first round. The team that showed up against Westchester was vastly different. ``It was a horrible loss,'' said Taft coach Elliot Turret. ``They outscored us, they outrebounded us, they played better defense. They came out and played a great game. Our girls didn't seem to put their hearts into it tonight. ``The girls have played hard all season. It's hard to go out on a game like this. This game didn't reflect the type of season we've had.'' Senior center Tyniesha Howze, who scored Taft's first eight points, led the Toreadors with 10 points. Her loss was felt when she got into early foul trouble. She sat out the last two minutes of the first half with three fouls and fouled out with nearly five minutes left in the game. The Toreadors were within five at the end of the first quarter, but the Comets Non-periodic comets are seen only once. They are usually on near-parabolic orbits that will not return to the vicinity of the Sun for thousands of years, if ever. Periodic comets usually have elongated elliptical orbits, and usually return to the vicinity of the Sun after a number (14-2) broke away for a 33-21 lead at the half. Taft was limited to 14 points in the second half. ``I can't say if it was nerves or what it was,'' Turret said. ``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. .'' Tiffany Tiffany, Tiffanie (UK) a semi-longhaired version of the Burmese cat. It has a fine, silky coat in many colors. Williams led Weschester with 21 points. |
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