TENNIS NOTEBOOK: RALLYING POINT FOR DAVIDSON FOR FINAL SEASON, SENIOR LOOKING TO ACE PLAY IN SINGLES FOR INDIANS.Byline: Lauren Gustus Staff Writer Amy Davidson Amy Davidson (born September 15, 1979 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American television actress who is best known for her role as Kerry Michelle Hennessy in 8 Simple Rules. might have just finished a political science class at College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. , meaning she was in school a month longer than the rest of her classmates Classmates can refer to either:
``Oh my gosh I am so excited,'' Davidson said. ``It's my last year and I just want to have fun with it. ... I can't wait to get out there and practice with the rest of the team. It's not the same playing without them.'' Davidson played both singles and doubles for the Indians last season, when they finished second behind Valencia in the Foothill League standings. Hart lost to Valencia twice, but both matches were tight. ``I know it's going to be exciting this year because last year it was so close,'' Davidson said. ``We lost four or five girls, but the new girls that are coming up are pretty strong. They're all motivated mo·ti·vate tr.v. mo·ti·vat·ed, mo·ti·vat·ing, mo·ti·vates To provide with an incentive; move to action; impel. mo .'' Although Davidson took a few weeks off - for summer school and to heal a torn shoulder muscle - she and teammate Brittany Martin have been hitting together and doing drill work. Davidson also has been hitting with her dad. ``Now that I'm pretty sure I'll be playing singles next year, I want to get to the top of my game this summer,'' she said. --Summer school: Diana Georgescu is determined that tennis will help pay her way through college. She's out on the practice courts five days a week and playing in USTA- sanctioned tournaments regularly on the weekends. And she's got a new coach who's working with her on the mental part of the game. ``I've been training a lot,'' Georgescu said. ``I really want to get a (college) scholarship, so I'm trying to improve.'' Georgescu is already one of the top players in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley , but the competition for college scholarships is a lot stronger than the competition in the Golden League. Only 15, Georgescu is ranked in the low 100s in the SCTA SCTA Southern California Timing Association SCTA Student California Teachers Association SCTA Symantec Certified Technology Architect SCTA Sample Controlled Thermal Analysis SCTA South Carolina Telephone Association girls' 16 age bracket In programming, brackets (the [ and ] characters) are used to enclose numbers and subscripts. For example, in the C statement int menustart [4] = ; the [4] indicates the number of elements in the array, and the contents are enclosed in curly braces. . She's playing in a tournament at Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large public park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is situated in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,210 acres (17 km²) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. through the end of this week. ``My ranking will get better the more I play,'' Georgescu said. The Bulldogs, led by Georgescu, finished second behind Quartz quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. Hill in the Golden League standings last year and lost at top-seeded Oxnard in the first round of the Southern Section Div. IV playoffs. Highland, however, wasn't too far behind Quartz Hill, which won its 13th consecutive league title. The Bulldogs lost to the Rebels 11-7 in the two teams' first meeting. And Quartz Hill's No. 1 player, Sonya Reynolds, graduated this spring. All this bodes well for Highland and Georgescu, who has committed to improving her game and thinks if her team is together this could be the year to knock the defending league champs from the top. ``I hope our team is better this year,'' Georgescu said. ``I'm not saying that last year was bad, but we weren't that serious.'' Lauren Gustus, (818) 713-3607 lauren.gustus(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Hart's Amy Davidson is spending the summer improving on her singles game for her senior year. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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