ROYAL GETS BACK ON TRACK ROYAL 55, SIMI VALLEY 44.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 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. - Three weeks ago, Kelly Winther wasn't sure what direction her team's season was heading. After a torrid start in which it won two tournament titles and earned national respect with a strong showing at the Nike Tournament of Champions in Chandler, Ariz., in December, the Royal of Simi Valley girls' basketball team began Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. play with a thud 1. thud - Yet another metasyntactic variable (see foo). It is reported that at CMU from the mid-1970s the canonical series of these was "foo", "bar", "thud", "blat". 2. thud - Rare term for the hash character, "#" (ASCII 35). See ASCII for other synonyms. . Two games and two losses into the season and already Royal had lost more league games than it had in the past two seasons. Many wrote the team off. But after a 55-44 victory over cross-town cross·town or cross-town adj. Running, extending, or going across a city or town: a crosstown street; crosstown traffic. adv. rival Simi Valley on Wednesday night, Winther has her team right back in the mix. ``We've really bounced back since that,'' said Winther, who finished with a game-high 20 points, five rebounds and four steals. ``It feels like we're all starting to gel together. Simi Valley on the other hand, finds itself in a predicament similar to the one facing Royal a few weeks ago. Simi Valley opened the Marmonte League with four consecutive victories, part of a 13-game 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" , but have since lost three in a row to the top three teams in the league. ``The league is tough this year, but the schedule doesn't do us any favors either,'' Simi Valley coach Dave Murphy said. ``We lost a heartbreaker heart·break·er n. 1. One that causes sorrow, grief, or disappointment: "one young and chaste, the other a dissolute heartbreaker of 48; one prim, the other passionate" against Westlake (33-32) and I think that affected us tonight.'' Westlake (13-4, 7-0), ranked No. 5 by the Daily News, leads the league, No. 7 Newbury Park is second (12-7, 6-1), No. 10 Royal (16-3, 5-2) is third and Simi Valley (15-4, 4-3) is fourth. But as important as Wednesday night's game was in the standings, it didn't look like either team wanted the victory early on. Neither team scored for over two minutes, and it took another two minutes to get two more points on the scoreboard. Royal led 6-4 at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, it got a little better, but the shooting percentages were just as ugly. Simi Valley shot 6 for 21 (27 percent), Royal was 8 for 25 (32 percent). In the second half, though, both teams started to heat up. Winther teamed with sophomore center Becca Heteniak to form a potent inside-out game. The two players combined for 25 of Royal's 38 second-half points. Heteniak finished with 13 points. Royal pulled away when Simi SIMI Sea Ice Mechanics Initiative SIMI Search for Intelligent Monkeys on the Internet SIMI Students Islamic Movement in India SIMI Society of Irish Motor Industry SIMI Smallholder Irrigation Markets Initiative Valley's leading scorer and best defender Brittany Asplund (15 points) had to sit out for about five minutes at the start of the fourth quarter after picking up her fourth foul. ``It's hard to help your team out sitting on the bench,'' Asplund said. ``I didn't like it.'' Fortunately, Simi Valley gets a bit of a reprieve reprieve (rĭprēv`): in law, see pardon. in the schedule the next two weeks, with games against the bottom four teams in the league. Royal is in the thick of a critical three-game stretch against Simi Valley, Newbury Park (Friday) and Westlake (Wednesday). Ramona Shelburne, (818) 713-3617 ramona.shelburne(at)dailynews.com |
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