ROUNDUP: MIRA COSTA BLOCKS ROYAL.Byline: Daily News Royal of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. and Mira Costa have met 11 times in boys' volleyball since 1980 and the Mustangs have won eight, including last year's Southern Section Division II final. That trend continued Wednesday in the Division II semifinals as the Mustangs of Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach, city (1990 pop. 32,063), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1912. It is a residential and beach community with an oil refinery and nearby factories that produce transportation and electrical equipment, computers, and pottery. dominated the Highlanders in a 15-6, 15-8, 15-8 victory at Redondo Union High. Royal (22-7) could not overcome Mira Costa's height advantage and superior blocking. ``Our guys tried to turn balls that they needed to,'' Royal coach Travis Ferguson said. ``(Mira Costa) played confident and executed really well. Even though they had physical advantages out there, it was more mental. It's an attitude you have to have to win these games and they had it.'' Kevin Baxter led Royal with 19 kills and 10 digs. Mira Costa will play St. John Bosco "Don Bosco" redirects here. For other uses, see Bosco (disambiguation). Saint Don Bosco, born Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco, and known in English as John Bosco of Bellflower bellflower, in botany bellflower or bluebell, name commonly used as a comprehensive term for members of the Campanulaceae, a family of chiefly herbaceous annuals or perennials of wide distribution, characteristically found on dry for the Division II title Saturday at Cypress College Cypress College is a community college located in Cypress, California. Opened on September 12 1966 , the southern California college offers a variety of general education (51 associates degrees), transfer courses (58 transfer majors), and 139 vocational programs leading to . - Jack Pollon In other games: --Valencia 3, Dana Hills 1: The Vikings overcame a bad start to defeat the Dolphins 6-15, 15-12, 16-14, 15-11 in a Division I semifinal match at Capistrano Valley High. Valencia (28-3) will make its second consecutive trip to the section championship, where it will face top-seeded Esperanza of Anaheim on Saturday. If the Vikings hadn't rallied in game 3 on Wednesday, their season might have been over. Trailing 14-10, however, Valencia managed eight sideouts and scored six unanswered points to win the game. ``The third game was huge,'' Valencia coach Walt Ker said. ``We run a drill where we try to get four sideouts and allow only two points. Tonight, we doubled that, which is truly amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. .'' Tony Ker had 29 kills and Chris Savage added 21 for the Vikings. Ryan Zike had 11 blocks. - Bryan Rodgers |
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