Sentences with phrase «defending league champ»

Jordan Roberson — The Cordova - Rancho Cordova junior guard is averaging 28.7 points per game, which included a season - high 34 in a 75 - 50 victory over two - time defending league champ Antelope.

Taking the DRL will be a challenge as defending league champ Sheldon returns a large portion of the group that won Sac - Joaquin Section and CIF Northern Regional titles last year while also adding talented transfer Darin Johnson to its roster.

Not exact matches

The Giants have played, at times, like the best team in the league, but they haven't lately and the defending champs are in danger of missing the playoffs entirely.

While the average Joe bettor might be throwing a few bucks down on the Bronx Bombers and their new star pitcher, sharp bettors are hammering the defending American League champs.

But looming the week after is a West Coast Athletic League opener against Bellarmine - San Jose «'' the defending WCAL champ.

Worth noting Pedro is good enough for Chelsea (defending champs of the league), while many on here claimed Walcott was better around the time a «sell and buy» was mooted....

The defending - champ Storm has the league's best point - pivot combo in All - WNBA guard Sue Bird (page 28) and 2003 MVP Lauren Jackson but lost two starters from last year.

For perhaps the first time this season, a program that hasn't lost a Diablo Foothill Athletic League since 2010 and a team which was a defending NCS and CIF State Bowl champ, got to play the underdog role.

-- but that the defending Premier League champs came into this matchup as massive underdogs certainly doesn't suggest that England's influence in Europe has grown by much.

As for the Champions League, where they're back - to - back defending champs, a second - place group - stage finish dropped them into a coinflip Round of 16 matchup with Paris Saint - Germain.

United surged into a 3 - 0 half - time lead and although come the end they were hanging on for dear life at 3 - 2, victory over their nearest and not so dearest will come as a massive boost to morale and confidence following a troublesome period in the league for the defending champs.