WATER POLO: BURROUGHS BREEZES.Byline: Daily News Sarah Vejar scored six goals and Julie Olsen added five, but defense is what the Burroughs of Burbank girls' 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. team was most encouraged by in its 14-3 victory against visiting Louisville of Woodland Hills on Thursday in a Southern Section Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. wild-card game. ``Defense is what we concentrate on first,'' Olson said. ``The offense follows from there.'' Burroughs created several turnovers and its speed helped the Indians (24-5) dominate on counter-attacks. The Royals (8-13) were shut out in the first and third quarters and rarely came within eight meters of the goal in the opening period. Olson scored the first goal 44 seconds into the game. Her 4-meter penalty shot was blocked by Royals goalkeeper Brandy brandy [for brandywine, from Du.,=burnt, i.e., distilled, wine], strong alcoholic spirit distilled from wine or from marc, the residue of the wine press. The most noted brandy is cognac, made from white grapes in the Charente district of France. Rose, but Olson scored on the rebound rebound (rē´bownd), n/v 1. a recovery from illness. n 2. an outbreak of fresh reflex activity after withdrawal of a stimulus rebound adjective . The Indians were up 4-0 at the end of the first quarter and four second-quarter goals by Olson made it 8-2 at the half. Vejar scored four of her goals in the second half. Anna Blotnikova contributed two goals and Amanda Basa scored one for Burroughs. Jessica Harris Jessica "Jess" Florida Harris is a fictional character on the long-running Channel 4 British television soap opera Hollyoaks. She is played by actress Jennifer Biddall. , Sabrina Dealba and Bailey Weber scored one goal each for Louisville. - Heather Gripp In other Division III games: --Muir 15, Pasadena 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. 9 Rachel Balint scored six goals to help the Mustangs (16-11) overcome a sluggish start in a wild-card match at Blair High. Muir led Pasadena Poly 1-0 after the first quarter but scored six times in the second period to open up the match. The Mustangs' passing game kept Pasadena Poly (9-11) ofalance. ``I told the seniors this could be their last game so they needed to pick it up,'' Muir coach Eric Reaves said. Amina Sutherland had 16 saves for Muir. Pasadena Poly's leading scorer was Katherine Kidde with five goals. Muir, which led 10-4 after three periods, had seven players score. Katy Galdamez had three goals and Frida De La Pena added two more scores. ``We were able to do everything except stop number seven (Balint),'' Pasadena Poly coach Ryan Katsuyama said. Muir advances to face Bell Gardens in a first round match on Saturday. - Bryan Rodgers CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Burroughs High's Amanda Basa, left, and Louisville's Sabrine Dealba battle during the Indians' 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. victory. Eric Grigorian/Special to the Daily News |
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