VOLLEYBALL BEAT : HARP TEAM SHARP - AS USUAL.Tom Harp's career as a football, soccer and volleyball coach at Granada Hills has been marked by two things: a commitment to the basics and lots of victories. Harp's combined record in the three sports is 294-106-6, including 183-61 in 16 years of volleyball. He started the volleyball programs at Cleveland and Granada Hills. As head coach of the Highlanders, his teams have won four of the past six Northwest Valley Conference titles, two City 3-A titles and reached the 4-A final four times, including last year. This doesn't figure to be the end of the run, either. Harp's junior varsity teams For the American rock band, see . In sports, usually at the high school and college levels, members of a team who are not the main players in a competition (such as a football or basketball game) are called junior varsity players. have won the past seven conference championships, all without an assistant coach. ``That's part of our strategy,'' Harp said. ``If you're good at the basics, you can win.'' Harp's also quite the motivator. After setter/hitter Donald Puathasnanon graduated, outside hitter Chris Tran said Harp convinced the team they could be just as good, if not better, than last year. The result has been a 13-0 season and a shot at winning the 4-A championship. ``He said we have so much more to work with, six players instead of one,'' Tran said. Before playing, he must anoint a·noint tr.v. a·noint·ed, a·noint·ing, a·noints 1. To apply oil, ointment, or a similar substance to. 2. To put oil on during a religious ceremony as a sign of sanctification or consecration. 3. joints Craig Revell, Flintridge Prep's 6-foot-5 junior outside hitter, recorded 97 kills last week in two matches - 65 in a five-game loss to Bell-Jeff and 32 in a four-game loss to Salesian - with tendinitis in both knees and his right (hitting) shoulder, and with two partially separated shoulders. He said chronic overuse overuse Health care The common use of a particular intervention even when the benefits of the intervention don't justify the potential harm or cost–eg, prescribing antibiotics for a probable viral URI. Cf Misuse, Underuse. led to his injuries. He has also played on the school's water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. and basketball teams. He had to quit basketball because of his injuries. He ices and stretches his shoulders four to five times a day and ices his knees two to three times daily. ``My doctors still want me to take a two-week break, and I hope I can do it after (Junior Olympics),'' he said. His club team is participating in Junior Olympics in early July. He's averaging about 30 kills for the 9-6 Rebels. ``I've kind of picked up my game,'' he said. ``I've gotten my timing down a little better.'' Burbank suffers net loss Because Burbank's athletic department isn't complying with Title IX gender equity requirements, the 2-year-old boys' volleyball program will be discontinued, vice principal Chris Krohn said. Burbank has three more boys' sports than girls': football, water polo and golf, although girls play on the golf team. Krohn said the school will add girls' water polo next fall. Boys' volleyball gets axed because it was the last sport added and there has been difficulty fielding full varsity and junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. squads, Krohn said. The Bulldogs' exit leaves the Foothill League with four teams: Canyon, Hart, Saugus and Valencia. Top seed goes to G.H. Granada Hills has been seeded No. 1 for the City 4-A playoffs that begin Wednesday. Palisdes is No. 2, University No. 3 and Narbonne No. 4. Eagle Rock earned the No. 1 seed for the 3-A playoffs, with Van Nuys No. 2. Etc. Back in time: Van Nuys beat Monroe and won the Mid-Valley and Valley Pac-8 Conference on Tuesday behind 28 kills from 6-3 Larry Najera and 26 kills from 6-2 Allen Chiu. Both are senior outside hitters who have come back just in time from injuries. Chiu missed two weeks with an swollen ankle and Najera missed a week because of back spasms. College bound: Providence setter Bobby Chalermsopone will try to walk-on at UC Irvine. Notre Dame's Annie Renaud committed to San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden State. Saugus' Lauren McCartin is headed to Cal Lutheran. Andy Rivera of Eagle Rock is going to Cal State Northridge. Nick Marbach of Hoover committed to San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. State. Harvard-Westlake happenings: USC-bound Trevor Julian registered 50 kills against league leader Loyola and was named to the Youth National volleyball team. On the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. : After beating Arcadia last week, Hoover is poised to win its second straight Pacific League title. Senior setter Daniel Park has been regularly meeting with coach Judy Thomsen and planning strategies about who to set in what rotation. It has allowed for more balance between hitters Nick Marbach, Andrew Russell Andrew Russell may refer to:
He's the man: Bell-Jeff is 12-5 overall and 9-1 in the Santa Fe Santa Fe, city, Argentina Santa Fe, city (1991 pop. 341,000), capital of Santa Fe prov., NE Argentina, a river port near the Paraná, with which it is connected by canal. League largely because of 6-2 senior Marcos Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the . He's averaging 21 kills and 6-1/2 blocks per match. ``I don't think we'd be in the position we're in without him,'' coach Russ Johnson William Russel Johnson, better known as Russ Johnson, is a Minor League Baseball utility infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was born on February 22 1973 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. said. ``He has been the guy to come alive. We had a five-game match with Flintridge Prep last week and he turned it around for us in the fourth game.'' Six degrees of Mike Bird: Palmdale coach Matt Tassinari was Highland coach Mike Bird's fraternity brother at Northridge. Quartz Hill's Gary Bilderback once was Bird's junior varsity coach. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Granada Hills' Tom Harp Tom Harp was a college football coach at Cornell, Duke, and Indiana State. From 1961 to 1965, he coached at Cornell, where he compiled a 19-23-3 record. From 1966 to 1970, he coached at Duke, where he compiled a 22-23-1 record. Gus Ruelas / Daily News |
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