SPRING SPORTS NOTEBOOK: MAKING SWIMMING FUN; CANYON COACH ADDS INTEREST AND VICTORIES.Byline: Lee Barnathan and Rizza Yap Daily News Staff Writers Most people wouldn't want to spend their afternoons swimming back and forth, lap after lap, losing track of how much time and how many laps are completed. It's true you can spell swimming without f-u-n, but Dave Plasterer wants to change that. Plasterer, the new Canyon swim coach, is trying to make the grind 1. GRIND - GRaphical INterpretive Display. A graphics input language for the PDP-9. ["GRIND: A Language and Translator for Computer Graphics", A.P. Conn, Dartmouth, June 1969]. 2. a little more enjoyable. ``It's my first season here, so I can't compare it to last year,'' he said, ``but when I talk to the kids, they say they have a tighter group. We're swimming fast and having fun.'' The fun comes in winning meets, as the girls are 4-0 and the boys are 2-2 in spite of in opposition to all efforts of; in defiance or contempt of; notwithstanding. See also: Spite having just 14 swimmers. But the fun also begins in workouts. Plasterer runs different drills in each practice and often adds incentive. He chooses someone to do a task - like swimming two laps without breathing - and if the person is able to accomplish it, the team gets a reward. ``I'll say, `If this person can do this, everyone can get out 10 minutes early.' '' Add Canyon swim: Plasterer replaced Mike Newman, who has coached at Canyon for 25 years and has seen a lot of changes. The one that bothers him most is the waning interest in swimming for the boys' team. Reasons include needing jobs to not wanting to wear the tight suits to wanting to play one of the other four boys' spring sports. While Newman doesn't like the change, he understands it. His children play other sports. ``Swimming is a lot like cross country: long, repetitive workouts,'' Newman said. ``It's not like football, where you can get a lot of people out to watch. I swam swam v. Past tense of swim. swam Verb the past tense of swim swam swim through high school and college, and I asked myself why I did it.'' Some twosome: The Hart High boys' tennis team has experienced a rocky start in league play, falling to Burbank 16-2 and losing a tie-breaker to Valencia just before spring break. But there is a bright spot, said coach Chris Mansfield. It's his No. 1 doubles team of juniors Andrew Davidson and Todd Castagna, who have lost just two sets this season. A victory over Josh Glass and James Chun, the top returning duo from 1997 Southern Section finalist Campbell Hall Campbell Hall can refer to:
``Todd is very consistent, and Andrew has a lot of power,'' Mansfield said. ``It's good chemistry.'' Next Tuesday, Hart will face the Mark Keppel Dr. Mark Keppel served as County Superintendent of Schools of Los Angeles County from 1902 to 1928. Life and Times Born on April 11, 1867, in Butte County, California, Mark Keppel grew up in a strictly religious, pioneer family. squad in a nonleague matchup. On Wednesday, the Indians (2-5, 0-2) will host Canyon in a rainout rain·out n. An event, such as an athletic contest, that has been rained out. Radioactive material in the atmosphere brought down by precipitation. makeup makeup In the performing arts, material used by actors for cosmetic purposes and to help create the characters they play. Not needed in Greek and Roman theatre because of the use of masks, makeup was used in the religious plays of medieval Europe, in which the angels' faces game and continue Foothill League action through Thursday, when they travel to Saugus High. Close wins: The tide is beginning to turn for the Canyon High boys' tennis team. Last year, the Cowboys cowboys, in American history. 1 Tory marauders, adherents to the British cause in the American Revolution, who fought in the contested area of Westchester co., N.Y. lost several close calls - three 10-8 matches and three 9-9 decisions in all. This season, however, Canyon already has registered one 9-9 and one 10-8 victory. Before spring break, the Cowboys won 12-6 against Burroughs and defeated Saugus 10-8 to remain undefeated in league. Next Saturday, they will compete in Valencia High's Spring Smash tournament, bumped up from last Saturday because of rain. Leading the way for Canyon (8-4, 2-0) is No. 1 singles player Sean Berent and the No. 1 doubles team of senior lettermen Brian White Brian White may refer to:
``Last year we were very inexperienced in·ex·pe·ri·ence n. 1. Lack of experience. 2. Lack of the knowledge gained from experience. in ,'' Gravett said. ``This year we have five returners.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO No. 1 singles player Josh Fradkoff and the Hart High boys' tennis team are off to a rocky start in Foothill League play. It's 0-2. Evan Yee/Daily News |
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