VOLLEYBALL NOTEBOOK: IT'S A 'MESS', BUT QUARTZ HILL GOING STRONG.Byline: Chris Cocoles Staff Writer Sahael Almuallem, Jared Corpening and Kyle <noinclude></noinclude> ''This article or section is being rewritten at One derivation of the surname is from the Scottish Highland word caol, 'channel', or 'strait'. There are other possible derivations (see below). Gookins did not have a lot of time to reflect on their outstanding winter sports winter sports: see bobsledding; curling; hockey, ice; ice dancing; ice skating; skiing; snowshoes; tobogganing. seasons at 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 High. The 6-foot-8 Almuallem and 6-9 Corpening, both Division I recruits, helped the Rebels' boys' basketball team reach the third round of the Southern Section playoffs for the first time in school history. And Gookins played on Quartz Hill's Golden League-champion boys' soccer team, which also reached the third round of the Divison II playoffs. One day after their teams were eliminated, Almuallem, Corpening and Gookins were all at volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. practice, finally giving the Rebels a complete team. But Quartz Hill is still catching up on missed practice time, and Rebels coach Jason Peplinski wasn't pleased. ``In the Midwest (where he grew up) they always had two or three weeks between sports. They don't overlap. I wish California would do something like that,'' Peplinski said. ``It stinks. What California is doing is making players one-sport athletes. It's making it difficult to play two or three sports. They get cheated.'' Making matters worse for the Rebels is that Gookins has been bothered by the flu, and Corpening, who signed with Cal State Northridge, was unavailable for two matches while he's taking some college-prep classes early. Also, backup middle blocker Scott Derryberry was knocked out of action with a broken ankle. ``It's been a mess. We've only had one game where all my players were there,'' Peplinski said. Despite such adversity ad·ver·si·ty n. pl. ad·ver·si·ties 1. A state of hardship or affliction; misfortune. 2. A calamitous event. and impatience, Quartz Hill remains a viable regional power. The Rebels are 3-1, losing to Canyon without Corpening but posting quality wins bover Saugus and Valencia. They figure to battle Highland for the Golden League championship. ``We're still not playing up to our abilities. We haven't played together much, but when we're on the same page and hitting on all the right cylinders we can do no wrong,'' Peplinski said. --Royal rumble: Royal has won the last 11 Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. titles and has won 80 consecutive league matches, but Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. feels this could be the Pioneers year. The crosstown cross·town or cross-town adj. Running, extending, or going across a city or town: a crosstown street; crosstown traffic. adv. rivals meet for the first time on April 5 at Simi Valley, and the Pioneers' come-from-behind win in five games over Canyon on Monday showed they can handle adversity. ``Had we lost this match I don't think we would have helped us that much because we were at home,'' Pioneers junior Jon Moreno said. ``I know last year when we played Royal for the first time I was really intimidated in·tim·i·date tr.v. in·tim·i·dat·ed, in·tim·i·dat·ing, in·tim·i·dates 1. To make timid; fill with fear. 2. To coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats. . We're trying to beat Royal this year.'' --Quick sets: Keep an eye on Westlake of Westlake Village (5-1) and Chaminade of West Hills (5-0) which both had losing records last season. But they're overshadowed in their respective leagues by higher profile teams, Westlake by Royal and Simi Valley (Marmonte League) and Chaminade by Alemany of Mission Hills (Mission). Both teams have measuring stick matches next week: Westlake plays Simi Valley on Monday and Chaminade hosts Alemany on Tuesday. Daily News Top 10 1. Royal 6-0 2. Taft 5-0 3. Highland 2-0 4. Simi Valley 5-0 5. Canyon 2-2 6. Quartz Hill 3-1 7. Valencia 2-1 8. Alemany 4-0 9. Village Christian 9-0 10. Poly (language) Poly - 1. A polymorphic, block-structured language developed by D.C.J. Matthews at Cambridge in the early 1980s. ["An Overview of the Poly Programming Language", D.C.J. Matthews, in Data Types and Persistence, M.P. Atkinson et al eds, Springer 1988]. 2. 6-0 CAPTION(S): box Box: Daily News Top 10 (see text) |
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