Read Larry Connors' blog – Short Term Trading Strategies
Today, he gets out of bed under different circumstances.
The senior came from behind and surged into the lead on the final long downhill of the 3-mile Contra Loma Regional Park course in Antioch, approximately three-quarters of a mile from the finish, in the Bay Valley Athletic League championship meet. Wilson won with an outstanding time of 16 minutes, 57.61 seconds.
"It's a good feeling. It's kind of shocking," Wilson said of his win. "Last time, (Heritage's Eric Morford) beat me downhill, so I knew I had to take him (on the) downhill."
Deer Valley's Nate Baker led the first half of the race, and by approximately the halfway point he had a two-second lead on Morford and a seven-second lead on Wilson. But Wilson worked his way into the lead and held off Morford, who was second in 17:17.96. Led by Wilson, Deer Valley won the boys championship meet team title with a score of 28.
Pittsburg's Marcie Torres used different tactics to win the girls race. The junior took the lead in the first mile and held a nearly five-yard lead over defending champion Stephanie Siemens of Deer Valley at the halfway point. She widened that advantage in the second half to win in 20:48.10. Freedom's Carmen Martinez was second (20:56.74), and Siemens was third (21:14.20). Deer Valley won the girls championship meet team title with a score
of 46.
PAL Championships: Carlmont swept the individual and team honors at the Peninsula Athletic League championships at Crystal Springs.
Ben Heck took first place in the boys race in a personal-best time of 15 minutes, 40 seconds on the 2.95-mile course in the Belmont hills. Last year Heck ran 16:09 at the PAL finals and was the third finisher on the Carlmont team.
"Ultimately, I want to do well at state and get my name out there," he said.
The Carlmont boys, with Chet Reyen third in 15:55, Nathan Lee fifth (15:59), Ben Bunk seventh (16:03) and Pierce McKenzie 10th (16:22) took first with 26 points. Woodside, led by Kyle Feuerhelm (second, 15:49) and Peter Gunn (sixth, 16:02), was second with 78
Jessie Petersen won the girls race in 17:41, a personal best by 13 seconds. The Carlmont girls had 31 points. Half Moon Bay was second with 50.
"At CCS, I want to PR again," Petersen said, "maybe five seconds, maybe more."
-- Glenn Reeves
BSAL championships: St. Mary's swept both the boys and girls individual and team titles in the 3-mile races at Joaquin Miller Park in Oakland.
The Panthers' Dan Maxwell defended his boys title with a time of 18:34, with teammate Tony Levine second in 18:51. St. Mary's won the team title with a score of 28.
In the girls race, Taylor Lawson took the individual girls title with a time of 22:48, followed by teammate Annie Woelffer in second (23:02). The Panthers won the team title with a score of 23.
-- Staff
Football
Valley Christian 50, California School for the Deaf 14: Nick Rubio threw four touchdown passes, all to Camryn Harris, and rushed for another to lead the host Vikings to a Bay Football League win at Chabot College.
Before leaving with an injury in the second quarter, Max Kurth added 133 yards and two touchdowns on the ground for Valley Christian (5-4, 3-2 BFL). Carlos Lopez threw two touchdown passes, and Steven La had 90 receiving yards to lead CSD (3-7, 1-4).
-- Jason Eisenberg, correspondent
Girls volleyball
Mission San Jose d. Irvington: The Warriors claimed their second straight Mission Valley Athletic League Tournament title with a 25-23, 25-20, 20-25, 25-21 win over the Vikings.
Mission San Jose (29-5) rallied to win the first game, building momentum for the rest of the match.
"I feel like that determined the rest of the match," Mission San Jose coach Donny Hui said. "We have a history of losing the first game to Irvington, and it's big to get over that psychological factor."
Behind 13 kills apiece from Keila Mah and Allison Day, the Warriors, who tied for the regular-season league title with Washington, earn the league's automatic bid to the North Coast Section Division I playoffs.
The Vikings (19-9) got 22 kills and 17 digs from Katie Lopez.
-- Matt Smith, correspondent
HAAL playoffs: Host Castro Valley advanced to the Hayward Area Athletic League finals after knocking off No. 2 seed Moreau Catholic. The No. 3 Trojans will take on top-seed Bishop O'Dowd tonight at 7. Molly Ratto led the Trojans with 13 kills and eight digs. Laura Burckhardt had 17 digs and 23 assists for the Mariners.
-- Staff
Girls tennis
MVAL Championships: Mission San Jose's Namrata Sher beat American's Robin Zhou 6-2, 4-6, 6-0 to win the MVAL singles title at the Fremont Tennis Center.
The No. 1 seed Sher found her powerful forehand stroke in the third period, as she dominated the set to beat No. 2 Zhou. Sher advances to the North Coast Section Championships on Nov. 17-18 at Santa Rosa High.
On the doubles side, top-seeds Stephanie Quan and Natsuko Takayanagi of Mission San Jose fought off teammates Leslie Chan and Yanny Dzoan to win the title 6-4, 7-6 (5). Quan and Takayanagi also qualified for the NCS Championships.
In the second set, Quan and Takayanagi took a 5-2 lead before Chan and Dzoan won the next four games. Quan and Takayanagi regrouped to square the set at 6 to force a tiebreaker.
-- Tony Gonsalez, correspondent
PAL finals: Burlingame sophomore Brooke Tsu shook off a jammed left wrist to defeat visiting San Mateo's Samantha Huang 6-3, 6-0 to win the PAL singles championship.
"It bothered me a little," said Tsu who finished in third place last year. "I couldn't hit my backhand as well as I like. I was just trying to not give away any free points."
Carlmont's Zoe Dubrow and Melissa Won captured the doubles title when a team from Menlo-Atherton withdrew with an injury and illness.
-- Simi Lee, correspondent
JC men's basketball
The three-day, eight-team Las Positas College men's basketball Tip-off Classic begins tonight in Livermore.
The host Hawks will play the Holy Names junior varsity at 6 p.m. today in the first round. Other games will pit Chabot against Columbia at 2 p.m., Gavilan against Butte at 4 p.m., and De Anza against Los Medanos at 8 p.m.
-- Staff
To see more of the Contra Costa Times, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.contracostatimes.com/. Copyright (c) 2009, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA.
More News:
Market Updates |
Stock Alerts |
All Trading News |
Stock Index
About TradingMarkets | Contact | Advertise | Careers | Link to Us | Site Map | Help | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Return Policy | Testimonials | Feedback
The Connors Group, Inc. ("Company") is not an investment advisory service, nor a registered investment advisor or broker-dealer and does not purport to tell or suggest which securities or currencies customers should buy or sell for themselves. The analysts and employees or affiliates of Company may hold positions in the stocks, currencies or industries discussed here. You understand and acknowledge that there is a very high degree of risk involved in trading securities and/or currencies. The Company, the authors, the publisher, and all affiliates of Company assume no responsibility or liability for your trading and investment results. Factual statements on the Company's website, or in its publications, are made as of the date stated and are subject to change without notice.
It should not be assumed that the methods, techniques, or indicators presented in these products will be profitable or that they will not result in losses. Past results of any individual trader or trading system published by Company are not indicative of future returns by that trader or system, and are not indicative of future returns which be realized by you. In addition, the indicators, strategies, columns, articles and all other features of Company's products (collectively, the "Information") are provided for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as investment advice. Examples presented on Company's website are for educational purposes only. Such set-ups are not solicitations of any order to buy or sell. Accordingly, you should not rely solely on the Information in making any investment. Rather, you should use the Information only as a starting point for doing additional independent research in order to allow you to form your own opinion regarding investments. You should always check with your licensed financial advisor and tax advisor to determine the suitability of any investment.
HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING AND MAY NOT BE IMPACTED BY BROKERAGE AND OTHER SLIPPAGE FEES. ALSO, SINCE THE TRADES HAVE NOT ACTUALLY BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER- OR OVER-COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN.
The Connors Group, Inc.
10 Exchange Place, Suite 1800
Jersey City, NJ 07302
© Copyright 2009 The Connors Group, Inc.
