SOUTHERN SECTION GIRLS' TENNIS: ANOTHER TOUGH PATH FOR POWERS.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News LOS ALAMITOS Los Alamitos (lôs ăləmē`təs, lŏs), city (1990 pop. 11,676), Orange co., NE of Long Beach, S Calif., in a suburban area; inc. 1960. Los Alamitos Racetrack and U.S. military installations are nearby. -- Different year, same path to the Southern Section finals for area girls' tennis powers Calabasas and Harvard-Westlake of Studio City. For the third year in a row, Harvard-Westlake (11-6) found itself in the same quarter of the draw as Corona del Mar Del Mar is the name of several places in the United States of America:
``It's an awfully hard draw, but oh well, it is what it is,'' said Calabasas coach Kim Kinberg, whose team defeated potential quarterfinal opponent Peninsula 80-73 on games Oct. 18, following a 78-62 victory over the Panthers when the teams tied 9-9 in the 2004 Div. I final. ``There needs to be some more variety. We're all in the same side of the draw again.'' Corona del Mar (21-0), a semifinalist the past two years, received the top seed in Div. I and would likely face Harvard-Westlake and No. 4 Calabasas -- which plays host to Chaminade of West Hills (11-6) in Thursday's opener -- en route to the Nov. 20 final at the Claremont Club. ``It probably would've been better to (be the No. 2 entry),'' said Harvard-Westlake coach Chris Simpson Christopher Patrick Simpson (born 9 January, 1982) in Brisbane, Queensland, is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Queensland Bulls in Australian domestic cricket. He is a right arm offbreak bowler and right handed batsman. Simpson attened villanova college. , whose team -- which plays host to Moorpark (12-8) on Thursday -- held the Mission League tiebreaker tie·break·er n. An additional contest or period of play designed to establish a winner among tied contestants. Also called tiebreak. tie over 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 of Sherman Oaks (14-4), which is in the quarter of the draw with No. 2 Dana Point of Dana Hills (16-1). ``But that's fine. We knew we'd have to play (Corona del Mar) at some point.'' Marlborough of Los Angeles (12-2) received the top seed in Div. II and Quartz Hill (19-1) is the No. 3 seed in Div. IV. Both will play winners of wild-card matches Thursday. Campbell Hall of North Hollywood (10-4) and Valencia (16-1) were awarded the No. 4 seeds in Divs. II and III. Campbell Hall opens against Los Osos of Rancho Cucamonga (20-3) and Valencia plays host to a wild-card winner. ``I couldn't have asked for anything better, but I do get scared of the teams I've never heard of,'' said Campbell Hall coach Steve Kuechel, whose team won Div. III titles in 2003-04. ``I feel like I'm going in blindfolded blind·fold tr.v. blind·fold·ed, blind·fold·ing, blind·folds 1. To cover the eyes of with or as if with a bandage. 2. To prevent from seeing and especially from comprehending. n. 1. .'' erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): box Box: GIRLS' TENNIS PLAYOFFS |
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