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VOLLEYING ITS FOES.


Byline: Lauren Lauren as a surname may refer to:
  • Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer (changed his last name to Lauren)
Lauren is a given name for a female and more rarely a name for a male.
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Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country,  Christian girls' basketball coach Tracy Scott is hoping the commutative com·mu·ta·tive  
adj.
1. Relating to, involving, or characterized by substitution, interchange, or exchange.

2. Independent of order.
 property of mathematics applies outside of the classroom and on the playing surfaces where Santa Clarita Christian's athletes are. She wants her players to change places but have the same results.

Four members of the Cardinals' girls' basketball team played on the girls' 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.  team, which reached the Southern Section Division V-AA finals in the fall. It was the first year Santa Clarita Christian fielded a team. The players have exchanged a volleyball net for a more familiar basketball hoop and have continued to win.

As of Thursday, the Cardinals were 10-4 overall and 2-0 in the Westside League, with league victories against L.A. Lutheran of Sylmar and Faith Baptist of Canoga Park. Faith Baptist was a test for Santa Clarita Christian, but the Cardinals won by 10.

``Faith is a strong program,'' Scott said. ``But we take it one day at a time One Day at a Time is a long-running American situation comedy that portrayed a divorced mother, played by Bonnie Franklin, her two teenage daughters (Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli) and their building superintendent (Pat Harrington, Jr.). .''

Leading the team in taking it one day at a time are Kristen Mercier and Stacey Leonard. Both are point guards, and they take turns bringing the ball upcourt and starting the Cardinals' offense. Jenna Mardesich and Leticia Pena also played both sports.

Santa Clarita Christian is Christian I (krĭs`chən), 1426–81, king of Denmark (1448–81), Norway (1450–81), and Sweden (1457–64), count of Oldenburg, and founder of the Oldenburg dynasty of Danish kings.  taking a more team-oriented approach than it did last year, when it had senior standout Amber Buellman to rely on.

``It's been really an interesting year,'' Scott said, ``to see the girls adapt to more of a team game. That's what we're focusing on, more people contributing to the game.''

Until Thursday, Santa Clarita Christian hadn't played at home since Dec. 1. The Cardinals played L.A. Lutheran on Thursday, which they beat 50-22 the first time the two teams met.
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