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THE DAY IN PREPS: H.W. DEFEATS FAST CRENSHAW.


Byline: Daily News

No. 2-ranked Harvard-Westlake, denied a probable undisputed Mission League girls' title with a loss to No. 5 Alemany less than 24 hours earlier, bounced back Saturday afternoon to knock off to cease, as from work; to desist.
- De Quincey.

To force off by a blow or by beating.
To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the counter.
To leave off (work, etc.).

See also: Knock Knock Knock Knock
 traditional City Section power Crenshaw cren·shaw   also cran·shaw
n.
A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh.



[Origin unknown.]
 67-61 at Harvard Westlake.

Rolak Bamgbose led the Wolverines (20-5) with 22 points, 12 rebounds and six blocked shots, but the winners had lots of big contributions in a fast-paced game with the speedy Cougars (13-8).

La'Tanya Robnette added 13 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and three steals and Omelogo Udeze had 10 rebounds and five blocked shots for Harvard-Westlake, which had suffered its first league loss Friday night against Alemany, leaving both teams 7-1 with two league games to play.

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Goidelic Celts
  • list of Irish people
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  • list of Manx people
Brythonic Celts
 stretch streak: Justin Canel scored with 15 seconds remaining in regulation time to give Crespi a 3-2 Mission League boys' soccer win over Chaminade, lifting the Celts to 10-9-2 overall and 6-4 in league. Carlos Gil added two goals and goalkeeper Chris Merritt Chris Merritt (born 1952, Oklahoma City) is an opera singer. He studied piano, singing, dance and drama at Oklahoma City University where he made his first stage appearance in Jacques Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann in a university production.  had seven saves for Crespi, which has won four straight. Chaminade dropped to 1-6 in league.

Jackson leads Knights: Sara Jackson had 16 rebounds and Neko Winbush 13 points to lead Desert Christian past Vasquez 38-29 in a Desert Mountain League girls' basketball game at Desert Christian. Leslie Perdomo added 11 points for the Knights (10-8, 3-5). Janelle Goodman led Vasquez (4-14, 2-8) with 10 points.

Bennett not enough: Senior center LeAnne Bennett of Ribet Academy was unstoppable, but so was Heritage League leader Grace Brethren, which survived a 47-point effort by the Fighting Frogs star to post a 71-64 girls' basketball win at Ribet.

The victory improved the Lancers lanc·er  
n.
1. A cavalryman armed with a lance.

2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances.

3. lancers (used with a sing. verb)
a. A kind of quadrille.

b.
 to 17-4, 7-1; Ribet dropped to 8-9, 4-3.

Bennett, who exceeded 40 points for the seventh time this season, added 17 rebounds, four steals and three blocked shots to help keep the Fighting Frogs within three points going into the final quarter. She hit just 13 of 49 from the field but was 21 of 26 from the free-throw line free-throw line
n.
See foul line.
.

Chrystal Roberts led Grace Brethren with 24 points and 10 rebounds and Lisa Estill added 16 points and Natalia Durso 14 for the Lancers.

Mounties light it up: Jules Thompson had 24 points and four blocked shots and four other players had double-figure efforts as Montclair Prep rolled past visiting Oak Park 90-65 in a nonleague boys' basketball game.

Kevin Bentley Kevin Kinte Bentley (born December 29, 1979 in North Hills, California) is an American football linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL. He was originally selected with the third pick of the fourth round of the 2002 NFL Draft out of Northwestern University by the Cleveland Browns.  added 16 points and Rocky Steryo added 16 points, Jed Hall had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Carlease Clark chipped in 10 assists as the Mounties, ranked No. 1 in Southern Section Division V-AA, improved to 22-3. The Mounties, who played without injured point guard Micah Cohen cohen
 or kohen

(Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male.
, conclude regular-season play Wednesday at Calabasas and are already assured - by virtue of their record - of participation in the Southern Section playoffs.

PRIME-TIME PLAYERS

BOYS' BASKETBALL

Jules Thompson (Montclair Prep) 24 points, 4 blocks

John Murphy A number of people have been named John Murphy
  • Father John Murphy, leader during the Irish Rebellion of 1798
  • John Murphy (Alabama) (1786-1841), American Governor and Congressman from Alabama
 (Oak Park) 22 points

Jed Hall (Montclair Prep) 14 points, 10 rebounds

Carlease Clark (Montclair Prep) 10 assists

GIRLS' BASKETBALL

LeAnne Bennett (Ribet Academy) 47 points, 17 rebounds, 4 steals, 3 blocks

Crystal Roberts (Grace Brethren) 24 points, 10 rebounds

Lisa Estill (Grace Brethren) 16 points

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges.  

Zevette Mitchell (Canyons) 30 rebounds, 11 points, 5 blocks

Wendy Gussner (Canyons) 27 points

Tammie Mills (Northridge) 21 points

Edneisha Curry (Northridge) 17 points

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Title Annotation:SPORTS
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Feb 8, 1998
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