TENNIS NOTEBOOK: `AMAZING' COACH NOW IN TENNIS RACE.Byline: Erik Boal Special to the Daily News For the Highland girls' tennis team and coach Linda Ruiz, one race is beginning after another finally came to an end. Ruiz, the 45-year-old mother of three, along with best friend Karen Heins, entered Tuesday night's finale of CBS' ``The Amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. Race 5'' in second place among the four remaining teams. Unfortunately for Ruiz and Heins, they could not complete a daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin climb up a limestone cliff in the Philippines and were eliminated. Chip and Kim McAllister of Coto de Caza, Calif., outlasted Colin Guinn and Christie Woods of Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi is a coastal city and the county seat of Nueces CountyGR6 in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the region known as South Texas. , to win the $1 million grand prize. Brandon Davidson of Houston and Nicole O'Brian Claudia Nicole O'Brian (born August 10, 1982) is a former beauty queen and Reality TV show contestant from Friendswood, Texas who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants. of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. finished third. Earlier Tuesday afternoon, Highland began its quest - without Ruiz - to earn a Div A DIV Associate of Divinity . IV playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. berth in its Golden League opener against Littlerock. The seventh-year coach was in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to take part in promotional events for the two-hour finale of the two-time Emmy Award-winning show. ``I'm really not allowed to talk about what (happened) until it's over,'' Ruiz said Monday night. Ruiz elected not to coach the Highland boys' team during the spring in order to participate in the five-week event with Heins, whom she met in a bowling league 12 years ago. --No shortage of titles: Though Ruiz came up short in her quest to win ``The Amazing Race 5,'' her players earned a few impressive victories of their own Saturday, winning the team title at the Hesperia Tournament for the first time. Junior Zhara Ghorbani also won the singles title at the event, which used a point-scoring format based on the results of a school's two singles players and two doubles teams to determine the overall champion. ``It was good for the girls,'' Ruiz said. ``They got a lot of matches in.'' Highland also had two top-three finishes in doubles, with Tiezanna Hunter and Hang Nguyen taking second, and Kelly Manahan and Bianca Salami third. --Georgia on their minds: Even with its success at the Hesperia Tournament, Highland has still been working to solidify so·lid·i·fy v. so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies v.tr. 1. To make solid, compact, or hard. 2. To make strong or united. v.intr. its lineup following the announcement by senior Diana Georgescu that she would not be competing for the Bulldogs this fall. Georgescu, the team's No. 1 player last season, elected to move to Georgia with the goal of turning pro. Her departure seriously hurt Highland's chances of challenging 15-time champion Quartz Hill for league supremacy. ``Anytime you lose your No. 1, that's tough,'' Ruiz said. ``(Quartz Hill) is going to be phenomenal this year.'' --The big picture: Quartz Hill coach Bill Lenaway knows his team is the favorite to win another Golden League title, which is why he is already looking ahead to the Div. IV postseason. The 18th-year coach purposely pur·pose·ly adv. With specific purpose. purposely Adverb on purpose USAGE: See at purposeful. Adv. 1. scheduled nonleague matches against teams from higher divisions, most notably against visiting Valencia, a Div. III semifinalist last season. Quartz Hill lost 12-6, but the experience Lenaway's players took from that matchup should pay dividends. ``We had our opportunities, but we didn't take advantage,'' said Lenaway, whose team (6-1, 1-0) opened league play with a 16-2 win Tuesday at Lancaster. ``We had a few sets we were ahead in the first round and we couldn't finish, but Valencia is very strong. It was a good loss,'' he said. ``I know we've got the depth and the strength up top (to make a run in Div. IV), and playing teams like Valencia is only going to make us better.'' |
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