Basketball terminology

The Sonora Wildcats continued its Mother Lode League dominance Monday evening at Bud Castle Gym, defeating Amador 25-15, 25-8, 15-12. With the sweep, Sonora has still not lost a set since joining the Mother Lode League in 2014. Sophomore Riley Patterson led the Wildcats with 12 kills. She also finished the night with nine digs and three aces. Kelsie Evans had five kills, while Adrianna Albanes and Riley Carpenter had four. Carpenter also had two block assists. Kianna Pisula led Sonora with 24 assists. Bella Petterson and Riley Patterson each had three aces, while Evans had two. Riley Hennington had a team-high 11 digs, while Riley Patterson had nine and Kristin Chormicle had four. “I was proud of the girls for playing well on a Monday,” said Sonora head coach Kim Evans. “It is always different when you are out of your routine. Second half of league is always so important and you have to stay very focused. The girls had the right amount of balance in confidence and execution that they felt in control of the match and that is always a nice feeling.” Sonora (19-2, 7-0 MLL) will head to San Andreas on Thursday to play Calaveras. The Sonora girls’ golf team got a dominating 218-277 victory over Modesto Christian Tuesday at Mountain Springs. Junior Megan Popovich led the way for the Wildcats, shooting a 49 and earning medalist honors. Sophomore Emma Peller shot a 52, Elza Parish a 57 and sophomore Morgan St. Pierre finished the day with a 60. “We did what we needed to…

Major 3 Basketball has been played by many people in the world. You’ll at least play basketball once in your lifetime. Basketball legends started off the same as everyone and that’s playing basketball for the first time. It must of came natural to them so they made it a passion and living out of basketball. Basketball is kinda a difficult sport to play if you don’t know what you 're doing. Basketball includes passing, shooting, stealing, blocking, and rebounding the ball. It all isn 't easy and…

The word inflammable is a word commonly used wrong in society, since it has been confusing for years. Inflammable has been dated back to 1652, being used in Medieval Latin. The word comes from the latin word inflammare (www.dictionary.com). Merriam-Webster says that the word inflammable means easily inflamed, excited or angered. Inflammable should mean to easily catch fire, or become angered. Inflammable can be used for a product that can easily catch fire, even though it is most often put on…

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I enjoyed these two poems, I like how the two poems are both about sports, because i am a big sports fan. They both compare two athletes but in very different perspectives. So these poems compare and contrast. They compare because they both deal with town athletes. In each poem each athlete is young and somehow saves their town with their skills.So they both look like heroes to everyone else. But also both the athlete’s careers are cut short. So that’s another thing these poems share. Each sport…

During broadcasting, most commentators rhapsodize with incredible inventiveness to enhance numerous viewers’ experience. If I obtained this job, not only would I think outside of the box like many other commentators, but I would research various sayings and terminology for each juncture that transpires in sports. Also, I would formulate exceedingly emotional phrases, not bland and dispassionate statements. I have displayed this quality through my abundance of projects and public speeches…

1. I have chosen Abita Springs Elementary School in St. Tammany Parish. 2. A) What information does the Report Card provide? The report card provides information about the school’s population, students who come from low income families, special education, and performance of students. The progress of students was not available. B) What does the information in the report card tell you about the school? The report card tells me that the school is doing a good job of keeping students on track. An…

Influence Matters: Becoming Who We Are “Be careful what you say and do, you never know who is watching you!” "Be careful who you look up to, you will begin to mimic their actions and attitudes!" We all have had someone say these words to us throughout our lives, but sometimes we wonder if it is true. Does influence truly have an impact on me? Is there really anyone that is watching me and looking up to me? Whether we realize it or not, influence plays a huge role in our everyday lives. Others…

In the classroom of interest, the grade level being taught is third grade with the students’ ages varying from seven years old to nine years old. The location of the school is in Gainesville, Florida and is called Stephen Foster Elementary School, which is a public magnet school, composed of grades kindergarten through fifth. Forty five percent of the students at Stephen Foster Elementary School are African American, 32% of students are Caucasian, 8% of students are Hispanic, and the rest of…

What I was looking forward to doing my senior year, was leading my team as a senior to the best we could be. I was working harder than I ever had all winter long leading up to this. I had one goal that I did not see happen any of my four years there, which was getting to the state championship. There were a lot of things that had to go right for this to happen. The team had to be good, they had to work hard every day, they had to win districts, they had to win regional’s, and the most…