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SOUTHERN SECTION VOLLEYBALL: TINY VILLAGE CHRISTIAN SETS GIANT GOAL FOR THE PLAYOFFS.


Byline: Lee Barnathan Staff Writer

The Village Christian boys' volleyball team has proved that you don't have to be big to be good.

Of 27 boys' volleyball teams in the area that qualified for the Southern Section playoffs, Village Christian was the only one to earn a seeding. What's more, the Crusaders - the smallest team in Division IV with an enrollment of 550 students - earned the No. l seed and a first-round bye.

The playoffs begin Wednesday with Division V wild-card matches. The first round is Friday at 7 p.m. and the finals are May 26 at Cypress College Cypress College is a community college located in Cypress, California. Opened on September 12 1966 , the southern California college offers a variety of general education (51 associates degrees), transfer courses (58 transfer majors), and 139 vocational programs leading to .

When the season began, Crusaders coach Bill Schnobrich wasn't comfortable in the division, in which his team was grouped with the likes of volleyball powers Ocean View (enrollment: 1,551), Santa Ynez (1,050) and Corona del Mar Del Mar is the name of several places in the United States of America:
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  • Del Mar High School, located in San Jose, California
  • Del Mar Racetrack, located in Del Mar, California
 (1,000), as well as Harvard-Westlake (1,100). He thought his school belonged in the smaller Division V.

Now, Schnobrich is OK with his team's fate. Santa Ynez is seeded second, Ocean View is third and Corona del Mar is fourth.

``Got to hand it to the guys,'' Schnobrich said. ``They saw what they had to do. We beat the teams we were supposed to beat. ... We took care of business.''

The coaches believe Division II is the most competitive. Eight local teams are in the bracket, with Royal of 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.  earning a first-round bye and awaiting the winner of Friday's Palmdale-Canyon match.

Once again, the Southern Section pitted Foothill and Golden league teams against each other. In addition to Palmdale-Canyon, Saugus travels to Quartz Hill. And in Division I, Highland and Valencia could play each other in the second round, provided Highland beats Downey and Valencia gets by Peninsula.

In another first-round matchup of local teams, Alemany travels to Paraclete in Division IV.

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SOUTHERN SECTION BOYS' VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS

Wild card

Wednesday, 7 p.m.

DIVISION V

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 at Arrowhead Chr.; Santa Clarita Chr. at Flintridge Prep; Cate at Hillcrest Chr. (TO).

First round

Friday, 7 p.m.

DIVISION I

Fountain Valley bye; El Rancho at Century; Lynwood at Camarillo; Long Beach Poly at Montebello; Dana Hills at Santiago (Cor.); Saddleback Saddleback

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 at Eisenhower; Channel Islands at Arroyo Grande; Long Beach Jordan bye.

Santa Monica bye; Schurr at Oxnard; Redlands at Arcadia; Lakewood bye; Downey at Highland; Peninsula at Valencia; Littlerock at San Gabriel; Capistrano Valley bye.

DIVISION II

Mira Costa bye; Woodbridge at Villa Park; Edison at La Mirada; San Clemente bye; Irvine bye; Ventura at Thousand Oaks; Corona at Claremont; Foothill bye.

Mission Viejo at Canyon (A); Palmdale at Canyon (CC); Royal bye; St. John Bosco bye; California at Crescenta Valley; Saugus at Quartz Hill; Loyola bye.

DIVISION III

Newport Harbor bye; Charter Oak at Valencia (P); El Modena at El Dorado; Garey at Dos Pueblos; Redondo at Pacifica; Cyprus at North Torrance; Bellflower at Tustin; Mater Dei bye.

San Marcos bye; West Torrance at Whittier; South Torrance at San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l`ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. ; Moorpark at Gahr; Westlake at Mayfair; Garden Grove at Los Altos; La Serna at West Valley; Santa Margarita bye.

DIVISION IV

Village Christian bye; Bolsa Grande at Don Bosco; St. Frrancis at Morro Bay; La Canada at Carpinteria; Servite at Bishop Montgomery; Marshall at Cathedral; Western at Gabrielino; Corona del Mar bye.

Ocean View bye; Valley Chr. (Cerritos) at Whitney; Nordhoff at Harvard-Westlake; Northwood bye; Laguna Beach at San Marino; Alemany at Paraclete; La Salle at Bishop Amat; Santa Ynez bye.

DIVISION V

St. Anthony-Windward winner at St. Margaret's; Pasadena Poly-Laguna Blanca winner at Milken; San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley

Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills.
 Acad. at Brentwood; Providence-AGBU winner at Bishop Diego.

Campbell Hall-Arrowhead Chr. winner at Cantwell Sacred Heart; Santa Clarita Chr.-Flintridge Prep winner at Southwestern Acad.; Villanova Prep at Viewpoint; Cate-Hillcrest Chr. (TO) winner at Brethren Chr.

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