ROUNDUP: NOTRE DAME CAN'T STOP NO. 2-SEED SANTA YNEZ.Byline: Daily News Having faced his team's opponent last year while the coach at Oak Park, first-year Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame High girls' basketball coach Keith Case knew firsthand first·hand adj. Received from the original source: firsthand information. first just how good Santa Ynez was. On Wednesday night, his players found out, too. Ranked sixth in the state and seeded second in Division III-A, Santa Ynez broke open a close game in the second half and handed the Knights a 67-45 defeat in a Division III-A quarterfinal quar·ter·fi·nal adj. Of or relating to one of four competitions in a tournament, whose winners go on to play in semifinal competitions. n. 1. quarterfinals A quarterfinal round. 2. A quarterfinal match. matchup at Notre Dame. After giving up the first two points of the third quarter, the Pirates This is a list of known pirates, buccaneers, corsairs, privateers, and others involved in piracy. This list includes both captains and prominent crew members. See also: pirates, wokou, buccaneers, corsairs, and privateers Ancient World ``I felt like we had a good season last year at Oak Park,'' Case said. ``And then we went to Santa Ynez and they beat us by like 50 points. This year's Notre Dame team is better than last year's Oak Park squad, but Santa Ynez is not a team you want to face if you want to advance in the playoffs.'' Michelle Barraza led Notre Dame with 13 points while Judy Diaz added 12. But the game was lost on the boards, with the Knights getting outrebounded 52-40. Despite the loss, Case is pleased at what his team has done this season, going from 8-15 the year before to a 17-8 finish in 1998. ``I couldn't have dreamt for a better season than this,'' Case said. ``I looked at their record last year and I thought it was something I shouldn't get into. But the offer was too good to pass up. -- Nevin Barich Nevin Barich (born August 6, 1979) is a former American sports journalist now working as the Senior Editor of The National Notary, a trade magazine based in Los Angeles with a circulation of more than 300,000 nationwide. Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. 79, Bell Gardens 48: Michelle Greco and the Falcons' 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. put the game out of reach in the opening minutes of the Southern Section Division I-AA second-round game at Bell Gardens. Crescenta Valley (24-2) raced to a 23-1 lead in the first 5-1/2 minutes behind Greco, who had 31 points, nine rebounds and five assists. The Falcons, who led 27-3 after the first period, extended their lead to 46-11 with two minutes left before halftime. Greco had 18 first-half points and also made 9 of 10 free throws. The UCLA-bound Greco, who scored 34 points and was 15 of 16 from the free-throw line free-throw line n. See foul line. . Crescenta Valley, will play Capistrano Valley in the quarterfinals. -- Kirby Lee CITY SECTION 4-A North Hollywood 69, Garfield 57: Markia Derby had 22 points and 10 rebounds and Lindsay Sotero-Higa had 14 points to lead the host Huskies to a quarterfinal win. North Hollywood (25-2) stayed close until the third quarter, then they took control of the lead and kept it. CITY SECTION 3-A Granada Hills 62, Franklin 61: Jessica Cosby's two free throws with 11 seconds left gave the host Highlanders (17-4) the win in a quarterfinal game. Cosby finished with 33 points, 21 rebounds and six steals. Linda Gayton added seven points and 14 rebounds for Granada Hills. SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION I-A Marina 57, Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. 35: Chanda McLeod scored 17 points and Natalie Nakase had 14 as the Vikings downed the Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. in a second-round game. Host Marina (24-4) now advances to the quarterfinals to play the winner of the Keppel and Riverside Poly (language) Poly - 1. A polymorphic, block-structured language developed by D.C.J. Matthews at Cambridge in the early 1980s. ["An Overview of the Poly Programming Language", D.C.J. Matthews, in Data Types and Persistence, M.P. Atkinson et al eds, Springer 1988]. 2. . DIVISION III-A Harvard-Westlake 75, Ganesha 49: Senior guard Corrie Roberts scored a game-high 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the No. 1-seeded Wolverines (24-5) defeated the host Giants in a quarterfinal game. L'Tanya Robnett scored 17 points, Omelego Udeze had 12 points and 12 rebounds, and Rolake Bamgbose added 10 points and 12 rebounds for Harvard-Westlake, which converted 18 of 23 free-throw attempts. DIVISION III-AA Alemany 81, Barstow 65: Kate Beckler had 32 points as host Alemany (22-6) broke it open in the second quarter en route to an easy win in a quarterfinal game. Alma Sandoval added 13 points for Alemany, which will play at Pomona in a semifinal game on Saturday. Julie Danilles had 22 points for Barstow (15-8). Brethren Christian 56, Bell-Jeff 31: Stacy Cobb's 10 points and 10 rebounds couldn't help the visiting Guards (16-11) in a Division IV-A quarterfinal game. Cindy Oparah had 20 points for Brethren Christian. DIVISION V-AA Chadwick 53, Campbell Hall Campbell Hall can refer to:
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS BOYS' BASKETBALL CITY SECTION 3-A Sylmar 72, Poly 61 Birmingham 53, Bell 50 San Pedro 87, San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. 86 (OT) GIRLS' BASKETBALL SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION I-A Royal 58, Westminster 53 Marina 57, Thousand Oaks 35 SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION III-AA Crescenta Valley 78, Bell Gardens 39 Alemany 81, Barstow 65 Santa Ynez 67, Notre Dame 45 SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION III-A Harvard-Westlake 75, Ganesha 49 SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION V-AA Chadwick 53, Campbell Hall 48 CITY SECTION 4-A Westchester 65, Taft 35 North Hollywood 69, Garfield 37 CITY SECTION 3-A Granada Hills 62, Franklin 61 CAPTION(S): Box BOX: HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS (see text) |
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