THE KEY TO RUNNING THE SHOW: KEEPING H.-W. TROTTING ALONG GUARD PLAYS BIG PART IN SUCCESS OF WOLVERINES.Byline: Sean Ceglinsky Staff Writer The coaching staff of the Harvard-Westlake of North Hollywood boys' basketball team was worried when Jabari Trotter trotter: see Standardbred horse. went down three weeks ago with a sprained ACL See access control list. 1. ACL - Access Control List. 2. ACL - Association for Computational Linguistics. 3. ACL - A Coroutine Language. A Pascal-based implementation of coroutines. ["Coroutines", C.D. at the end of the regular season. What would the team do if its starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point terminus a quo commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the guard was lost for theyear? Could it overcome the absence of its floor leader and find anadequate replacement in time to still make a deep run in the postseason? The Wolverines quickly got an answer. The 6-foot junior missed a pair of games, returned to the lineup at less than full strength a week ago and has been instrumental in guiding Harvard-Westlake (27-5) into the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Regional title game today at noon against Artesia of Lakewood (31-1) at the Sports Arena. ``There's too much at stake. There was no way I was going to let myteammates down,'' Trotter said. ``I'm not 100 percent right now but I'mgood enough to play. It's the playoffs, if you can go, you go.'' Trotter, who transferred to Harvard-Westlake from Pasadena Poly as asophomore, has been a steady presence throughout his first season asa full- time starter, averaging 8.2 points, 5.6 assists, 2.8 reboundsand 2.5 steals per game. His primary role is running the offense, making sure to find JonJaques or Corey Kelly on the perimeter when they have open looks, while keeping an eye on Kieran Ramsey cutting to the basket and feeding the ball down low in the post to Alex Stepheson Alex Stepheson is an American basketball player at the University of North Carolina. Grabbed 20 or more rebounds in 16 games as a senior at Harvard-Westlake High School in North Hollywood • Fourth-team Parade All-America selection • Averaged 20.4 points and 17. . ``It's tough keeping everyone happy sometimes,'' Trotter said. `Butthat's a point guard's job.'' Trotter missed the Southern Section quarterfinals andsemifinals with the injury but is back, seemingly stronger - perhapsmore mentally than physically - and has taken his game to anotherlevel at just the right time. He scored 16 points in a one-point loss against Compton Centennial inthe Div III-A finals last weekend and turned around three days laterwith a breakout effort against Washington Union of Fresno in the State 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. opener. He finished with 14 points and 12 assists in a 10-point victory. ``He's been huge for us,'' Stepheson said. Trotter didn't have a particularly outstanding effort in terms offilling up the stat stat adv. With no delay. adj. Immediate. STAT Stat! Clinical medicine adverb Fast, quickly, immediately, schnell, vite Lab medicine noun sheet Thursday in the Southern California Regional semifinal against Centennial. He was, however, key in the 60-58overtime victory over the host Apaches, shouldering a majority of theball-handling responsibilities under constant full-court pressure,committing three turnovers in 36 minutes of play. ``He's made some tremendous strides and taken some big steps in hisdevelopment over the last third of the season,'' Harvard-Westlakecoach Greg Hilliard said. ``He's making better and better decisions.When he's playing well, we're usually playing really well.'' Now, Trotter and the Wolverines find themselves one victory short ofrealizing their ultimate goal, making it to the CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). Statechampionship next week at the Arco Arena Current arenas in the National Basketball Association Western Conference Eastern Conference in Sacramento. Standing inthe way is a talented Artesia team, top-ranked in the state,according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Cal-Hi Sports. ``We hear they're a pretty good team,'' Hilliard said, with a smile. ``We'll be ready to play.'' Sean Ceglinsky, (818) 713-3607 sean.ceglinsky(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Point guard Jabari Trotter has helped Harvard-Westlake gain a berth in the Southern California Regional title game. John Lazar/Staff Photographer Box: STATE IN MIND |
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