SO. SECTION DIVISION I-AA: COMING SO CLOSE PALMDALE LOSES BUT GIVES LYNWOOD BATTLE LYNWOOD 43, PALMDALE 34.Byline: Gideon Gideon (gĭd`ēən), or Jerubbaal (jērŭb`āəl, –rəbā`əl) Rubin Staff Writer LANCASTER - It would have arguably ar·gu·a·ble adj. 1. Open to argument: an arguable question, still unresolved. 2. That can be argued plausibly; defensible in argument: three arguable points of law. been one of the nation's biggest upsets in high school sports this season, and for more than 26 minutes, it seemed like it actually could happen. The Palmdale High girls' basketball team gave Lynwood - No. 2 in the nation, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. - a challenge it never thought it would face. But in the end, moxie (language, music) Moxie - A language for real-time computer music synthesis, written in XPL. ["Moxie: A Language for Computer Music Performance", D. Collinge, Proc Intl Computer Music Conf, Computer Music Assoc 1984, pp.217-220]. wasn't enough for the Falcons in a 43-34 loss in a Southern Section Division I-AA semifinal game at Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley High. ``We had a good chance,'' Palmdale sophomore guard Sandy Perry said. ``We just missed a few opportunities. It was the little things. They didn't beat us, we beat ourselves. ``We're better than them, I think.'' Palmdale (25-6) stayed with Lynwood (28-1) punch for punch for most of the way, handling a 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. that never stopped it reasonably well and taking it right back to their highly regarded opponent with less flashy, yet effective, zone pressure. After Lynwood took a 20-15 lead with just more than a minute remaining in the first quarter, Palmdale held its opponent scoreless for nearly 5 1/2 minutes, by which time the Falcons had scored six consecutive points to take a 21-20 lead. Palmdale, which was coming off an upset victory over third-seeded Long Beach Wilson in the quarterfinals, had a 30-27 lead as late as two minutes into the fourth quarter. ``It says a lot (about our program),'' said senior forward Shanna Demus, who led Palmdale with 10 points. ``We played with them right until the end. We had an awesome season.'' Pepperdine-bound Teiosha George, Palmdale's 6-foot-4 center, scored nine points. Eventually, though, the pressure did wear on the Falcons, who committed several turnovers late in the game, which figured prominently in a 15-4 run Lynwood used to close out the game. ``We played hard,'' Palmdale senior guard McKena Richardson said. ``We showed we could hang with anybody, that's what I think.'' |
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