SOUTHERN SECTION WATER POLO: LA CANADA STEALS ONE FROM C.V. : LA CANADA 8, C.V. 5.Byline: Chris Cocoles Daily News Staff Writer La Canada High likes to run multiple water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. defenses. The Swarm might be the most effective one. In Saturday's Southern Section Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. semifinals, the Spartans used the Swarm to sting and smother Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. . The Spartans used defense to take command early and then held off the Falcons 8-5 at Caltech and advance to the championship game. The defense blueprinted by La Canada (25-5) focused on not allowing kickback The seller's return of part of the purchase price of an item to a buyer or buyer's representative for the purpose of inducing a purchase or improperly influencing future purchases. passes. What it did was force 18 steals and set up most of the Spartans' goals at the other end of the pool. ``It kept (C.V.) from thinking, `I can pass it, what do I do?' '' La Canada coach Larry Naeve said. ``The defense works nice in a pool (so small). The whole idea is to not give any kickback passes and shots. Our defense makes our offense much easier.'' Michael McDay, the Spartans' junior 2-meter man, says such an aggressive attack takes its toll on both his team and opponents. ``It's hard, but it paid off for us at the end. We came in here really concentrating on defense,'' said McDay, who led the Spartans with three goals. ``We tried not to let (C.V.) pass it inside to the 2-meter mark.'' Brendan Naeve and Charles Chang Chang (chăng) or Yangtze (yăng`sē`, yäng`dzŭ`), Mandarin Chang Jiang, longest river of China and of Asia, c.3,880 mi (6,245 km) long, rising in the Tibetan highlands, SW Qinghai prov. had two goals for the Spartans. The Falcons (21-4) had to play catch-up almost from the opening sprint. La Canada won it and Naeve found the net just 13 seconds into the game. La Canada led 2-1 after one quarter and used its defense to dominate the second quarter and take a 5-1 advantage into halftime. Two of the three second-period goals were scored off steals, the other following a Chang blocked shot. ``They played great defense. They have speed, more than we do,'' Falcons coach Pete Loporchio said of La Canada. ``We couldn't get our counterattack Attacking an attacker. Even though a criminal hacker or other agent is attempting to penetrate a security perimeter or damage systems, the counterattack must not violate applicable laws. going. We made a lot of poor passes.'' |
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