A target has been set to make the CIF functional by next October, Mittal said. The CIF will be set up from the World Bank fund, which has provided Rs 19 crore to the university. The main objective is to strengthen the technological infrastructure to carry out advanced research in various science disciplines under one roof, he said.Ī total of Rs 6.5 crore will be spent for the establishment, including Rs 2 crore on the construction of the building and Rs 4.5 crore on purchase of different instruments, according to Mittal. The CIF will house sophisticated instruments for different science disciplines. Work on the building for the CIF on the premises is underway and the process to purchase the instruments has also begun, Vice-Chancellor Sanjiv Mittal said. Researchers and scientists have to rush to cities in search of instruments to carry out scientific research of high quality, the official said. Non-availability of sophisticated instruments is a major hindrance for research and innovation culture in the university. Coupled with Riverside Woodcrest Christian in Division III, four Ambassador League teams are still alive.PTI | Sambalpur | Updated: 23-10-2021 10:34 IST | Created: 23-10-2021 10:02 IST Representative Image Image Credit: StoryblocksĪ common instrumentation facility will come up at the Sambalpur University in Odisha, to boost research, and development programmes in basic and applied sciences by using modern analytical instruments, an official said. 3 Riverside Notre Dame in another Division IV matchup. Loma Linda Academy, seeded fourth, hosts fifth-seeded Lakeside El Capitan at 7 p.m., while sixth-seeded Ontario Christian is at No. Two San Bernardino County teams are left in the CIF State girls volleyball championships, with the second round set for Saturday. The top seven teams in each division advance, and others can advance as individuals.Īmong those individuals looking to advance to state on their own include Citrus Valley’s Claire Graves (Division 2), Redlands East Valley’s Elias Opsahl (Division 2), Ayala’s Steven Khan (the defending state champion in Division 2) and Etiwanda’s Jacquelyn Hill (Division 1), The Big Bear girls in Division 4 are another team ranked in the state, No. The Southern Section cross country finals take place Saturday at Riverside Cross Country Course with several San Bernardino County teams and individuals not just hoping, but expecting, to advance to next week’s CIF State Championships.Īmong those teams are the Yucaipa girls, who are ranked third in CIF-SS Division 1, and fourth in the state in the division. “Last year it was kind of a one-man team, but we have five great scoring players on our team now, maybe even six.” “We’ve had a bunch of guys step up this year,” Paxton said. Womack, Blake Miller, Nik Esquer and left-hander David Moser give the Thunderbrids a variety of options to go to on offense. “At this point every team you play is good and you’ve just got to go out there and play as hard as you can. “I think we match up well with them,” Womack said. John Bosco.Įsquer plans to use Chris Womack to lock down the Highlanders’ best perimeter shooter, while primary set-defender duty will fall to Tyler Paxton.Įsquer said Royal has several scoring options and a solid goalkeeper. The Highlanders advanced to the final with wins over San Marino, Brea Olinda, Chino Hills and Bellflower St. Royal finished second in the Coastal Canyon League and entered the playoffs ranked sixth in the division. The fact the Thunderbirds gave the Wildcats, who made it to the Division 3 final this year, a close run in both meetings should have been the first indication Yucaipa had the talent to make a run in Division 4. Yucaipa finished second in the Citrus Belt League behind Redlands East Valley, which was coming off a Division 5 championship in 2015. “We had a will to get here and every obstacle that’s come up, they faced it and kept going.”
We’re excited to play,” Yucaipa coach Mike Esquer said. They play again Saturday against Simi Valley Royal in the CIF-SS championship game at William Woollett Jr. None of that matters now, as the Thunderbirds are one win away from the first championship in program history after a playoff run filled with upset wins and overtime heroics. At the beginning of the season, Yucaipa’s boys water polo team wasn’t even the team within its own league most talked about as a CIF Southern Section contender, and when the Thunderbirds opened play in the Division 4 playoffs they did so quietly as an unseeded entry that had finished outside of the top-10 rankings.