Prep Talk: Granada Hills Coach Tom Harp Goes For Another Boys' Volleyball Title

Tom Harp has been coaching volleyball astatine Granada Hills High for truthful agelong that fewer retrieve he won a City Section title arsenic a co-head shot coach pinch Darryl Stroh successful 1987.

In nan 1990s, he turned exclusively to coaching boys’ and girls’ volleyball, winning a mixed 15 City titles and making 28 finals appearances. The top-seeded Highlanders will effort to present a seventh Open Division title connected Saturday erstwhile they look West Valley League rival Chatsworth successful a 4 p.m. last astatine Birmingham.

The convention rivals divided their 2 West Valley matches, pinch each going 5 games. Chatsworth knocked disconnected 17-time champion Palisades successful nan semifinals. MIT-bound Grant Chang is Chatsworth’s 6-foot-6 powerful extracurricular hitter.

All-City volleyball subordinate RJ Francisco of Granada Hills shows disconnected his hitting skills against Chatsworth.

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Granada Hills has RJ Francisco, who had 19 kills successful a triumph complete Chatsworth.

The Southern Section Division 1 last is Friday night, pinch Mira Costa taking connected Loyola successful a 7:30 p.m. lucifer astatine Cerritos College.

Regional and authorities playoffs statesman adjacent week.

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