THIS WEEK: ANTELOPE VALLEY TEAMS BRACE FOR PLAYOFFS.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Daily News Staff Writer Playoffs begin in all winter high school sports this week, and 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 is well-represented in girls' and boys' basketball, girls' and boys' soccer and wrestling. Seventeen basketball teams (nine boys, eight girls) have qualified for postseason berths. Mojave (Division IV No. 3) and Antelope Valley Christian (Division V No. 2) are both seeded in separate boys' brackets. Paraclete is seeded No. 3 in the girls Division IV bracket. Alpha League champion Paraclete meets cross-town rival Rosamond - the schools were former league mates in the High Desert League until this season - in an interesting girls' matchup Saturday at Paraclete. ``Rosamond won't have to make much of a road trip,'' said Paraclete coach Susan Hervey, who said she has not scouted Rosamond this year but expects to see man-to-man defense Man to man defense is a type of defensive tactic used in basketball and Football (Soccer) in which each player is assigned to defend and follow the movements of a single player on offense. Often, a player guards his counterpart (e.g. . High scorer Rafael Garcia Rafael Garcia may refer to:
Soccer Saturday grew out of Sports Saturday, which started in 1992 hosted by Paul Dempsey. at 3 p.m. Garcia has 33 goals, tops in the Southern Section, but he said the emphasis will be on teamwork in the playoffs. ``It is definitely going to be a team effort,'' Garcia said. ``The more we play as a team, the more effective we will be.'' Lancaster, which finished second to Highland in the Golden League boys soccer race, travels to El Rancho El Rancho may refer to:
Quartz Hill, which won 10 straight league games for its third Golden League girls' soccer championship, is the region's hottest team entering the playoffs. The Division I Rebels (15-3) on Friday host the Warren-Millikan wild-card winner. Senior Julie Gold, who scored four goals in a 14-1 regular-season finale win over Littlerock, leads the team with 21 goals, 12 over the last six games. ``We kind of just storm the net,'' Gold said. ``We won two playoff last year and we want to go further this year. We're going to have to step up our game and play hard like we know how to play.'' In wrestling, the Division IV individual championships at Rancho Cucamonga Rancho Cucamonga (răn`chō k  'kəmäng`gə), city (1990 pop. 101,409), San Bernardino co., S Calif. is the qualifying round for the Masters. John Garfinkel, the
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THIS WEEK TODAY College Softball: Moorpark at Antelope Valley, 3 p.m. WEDNESDAY Boys' basketball: Division I-AA wildcard See wild cards and wildcard mask. : Leuzinger at Palmdale, 7:30 p.m. Men's college basketball: Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. at Desert, 7 p.m. College softball: Antelope Valley 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. Boys' soccer playoffs: Division I wildcard: Long Beach Wilson at Quartz Hill: Division V-AA wildcard: Desert at Woodcrest Christian; Boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. at Windward; Desert Christian at Sherman Indian. THURSDAY Girls' basketball playoffs: Division V-AA Boron at La Sierra Academy, 7:30 p.m. Women's basketball: San Bernardino at Antelope Valley College, 7:30 FRIDAY Boys' basketball (all games 7:30 p.m.): Division I-AA - Lynwood at Quartz Hill; Corona Centennial at Littlerock; Division IV-AA - Rosamond at 29 Palms; Division IV-A - Loma Linda at Mojave; Division V-A V-A abbr. ventriculoatrial - Bethel Christian at Twin Pines SATURDAY Girls' basketball playoffs: Division I-AA - Oxnard at Palmdale; A.B. Miller at Quartz Hill; Division IV-AA - Rosamond at Paraclete; Division IV-A - Silver Valley at Mojave Boys' soccer: Division I - Camarillo at Highland, 3 p.m.; Division II - Lancaster at El Rancho, 3 p.m. Prep Wrestling: Division IV - individual championship finals at Rancho Cucamonga High, 9 a.m. CAPTION(S): Box BOX: THIS WEEK (See text) |
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