ROYAL HOLDS OFF T.O., STAYS PERFECT : ROYAL 3, THOUSAND OAKS 0.Byline: Brian Dalziel Daily News Staff Writer The adage that good teams find ways to win can certainly be attributed to the Royal High boys' volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. team after the Highlanders' 15-8, 15-12, 15-12 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. victory Wednesday night over visiting 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. . On paper, it might sound like an easy win for coach Bob Ferguson's team, which improved to 5-0 overall, 3-0 in league. But the Highlanders fell behind three times in the second game and 10-2 at one point in the third before pulling out the match. ``We were just a little off today,'' said senior middle hitter Cameron Dickson, who finished with 14 kills and a team-high six digs. ``We came out fired up, but Thousand Oaks hung in there tough. They're a good team.'' It was an emotional homecoming Homecoming Odyssey concerning Odysseus’s difficulties in getting home after war. [Gk. Myth.: Odyssey] You Can’t Go Home Again revisiting his home town, a writer is disillusioned by what he sees. [Am. Lit. for Thousand Oaks coach Tom Black, an assistant at Royal the previous two seasons. But the Crespi graduate could only sit and watch as 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. fell to 4-2 overall, 2-1 in league. ``It was an emotional game,'' Black said. ``I think I let the referees get to us. They made a couple bad calls and Royal started climbing back in the second and third game. And when they got to around 10 (points), I kind of lost it. ``It's my fault that I didn't keep my poise. I can't let that kind of roller coaster What a bad CD-R disc is often called. See CD-R and underrun. take us like that.'' An unaggressive attack by Royal let Thousand Oaks back into the third game. The Lancers pulled out to their 10-2 lead and it looked as if they would force a fourth game. ``We didn't run that much offense when the score was 10-2,'' Ferguson said. ``I challenged my middle (Dickson) to start touching balls at the net. Then we started playing aggressive volleyball.'' The Highlanders sure did. They pulled to within 10-4, then rolled off five straight points. Two sideouts later, Thousand Oaks middle blocker Jeff Richeson was called for a lift and the game was tied at 10. Royal kept the rally going, scoring four in a row to extend the margin to 14-10. Thousand Oaks did trim the deficit to 14-12, but senior outside hitter Jason McDaniel finished the match with his 14th kill of the night, hitting through the block. ``They responded,'' Ferguson said. ``The whole team started touching the ball. They didn't lose their composure com·po·sure n. A calm or tranquil state of mind; self-possession. [From compose.] composure Noun the state of being calm or unworried Noun and I'm proud of them for that. They showed some growth tonight.'' Royal was solid in the opening game, needing just 20 minutes to win 15-8. But the Highlanders squandered squan·der tr.v. squan·dered, squan·der·ing, squan·ders 1. To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. See Synonyms at waste. 2. a 6-3 lead in the second game and the Lancers took their first lead of the match 7-6 when Royal was called for a net violation. From there Thousand Oaks, which got 23 assists from senior setter setter: see sporting dog. setter Any of three breeds derived from a medieval hunting dog that would set (lie down) when it found birds so that it and the birds could be covered with a net. Setters have long hair on the ears, chest, legs, and tail. Josh Raymond and seven blocks and six kills from senior middle blocker Jack Parmelee, held leads of 8-6, 10-8 and 11-9. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Royal middle hitter Cam Dickson slams one of his 14 kills Wednesday. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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