(PLAYING) TIME ON HER SIDE: RIDING PINE CAN BE ROYAL PAIN HIGHLANDERS' VARGO MAKING MOST OF STARTING OPPORTUNITY.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Special to the Daily News SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. - Playing on one of the state's most successful softball teams can be a mixed blessing mixed blessing Noun an event or situation with both advantages and disadvantages mixed blessing n it's a mixed blessing → tiene su lado bueno y su lado malo . Winning Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. and Southern Section Div. I titles is a thrill, but playing in Royal of Simi SIMI Sea Ice Mechanics Initiative SIMI Search for Intelligent Monkeys on the Internet SIMI Students Islamic Movement in India SIMI Society of Irish Motor Industry SIMI Smallholder Irrigation Markets Initiative Valley's successful program also means not always getting to play. Royal senior right fielder right fielder n. Baseball The player who defends right field. Noun 1. right fielder - the person who plays right field outfielder - (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield Paula Vargo has lived that experience. Although an elite travel-ball player for the Simi Valley-based SoCal Eliminators, Vargo was relegated to the bench her junior year, when she played behind standout Jen Troncoli on a loaded Highlanders team that went 29-2 on the way to league and section titles. She had just nine at-bats before suffering a season-ending Achilles' heel injury midway through season. Vargo now is making up for lost time with a vengeance. She leads the Marmonte League with a .588 batting average batting average n. Baseball A measure of a batter's performance obtained by dividing the total of base hits by the number of times at bat, not including walks. Noun 1. and has hit safely in all seven of the Highlanders' games. Royal (7-0 overall, 4-0 Marmonte), which has won 28 straight games, is ranked No. 1 by the Daily News and ranked No. 10 in the nation by USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. . "It's my senior year, so I want to give it my all and go out with a bang," she said. Vargo said she enjoyed being part of the winning environment and was happy to contribute any way she could. But cheering on teammates and alerting infielders to opposing base runners on the move wasn't what more than 10 years of organized softball prepared her for. She acknowledges there were times she wished she was on the junior-varsity team, although she never shared those sentiments with coaches. "It was kind of hard just sitting around watching every play, but I tried not to let it get to me that much because I new my senior year I'd have my chance," Vargo said. "I just stuck it out and cheered for my teammates. I tried not to let it bother me." Vargo has made herself indispensable with her bat and glove, making several dazzling defensive plays, including an over-the-shoulder running catch that took away a two-run home run from an Agoura player at a crucial point in a 7-1 victory on March 21. "Without Paula, we would not be the same team," Royal coach Bill Dishon said. "Had we not had the situation we had last year, she might have done the same things. Right now, we can't afford to take her out of the lineup." Although Vargo didn't play much last season, her teammates and coaches say she was a more valuable asset to the team than she realized. "She just brought a really positive vibe to the team," Royal senior pitcher Rebecca Heteniak said. "I know I would have been really frustrated if I were her. It's a frustrating thing to not be able to play, for someone as good as Paula, but she just has a really positive attitude. "She kept her head in the game even when she was just sitting on the bench and would always compliment you when you made a great play. She was always just smiling and positive." Dishon said Vargo exemplifies the unselfishness he tries to instill in·still v. To pour in drop by drop. in  stil·la tion n. in all his players. "There are some girls who don't get into games this year, and they know it's all about the team, not individual players," he said. Although her limited role last season didn't contribute to her development as a softball player, she believes the experience contributed to her development as a person, teaching her to set aside her personal feelings for the sake of teammates. "It encouraged me to work hard for something that you really want and to be a team player," Vargo said. "Even though I wasn't starting, I could still cheer for my teammates and help them out." gideon.rubin@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 DYNAMIC DUO
Dynamic Duo (다이나믹 듀오) is a Korean hip hop duo, made up of members Choiza and Gaeko (former members of the trio, CBMass). Royal High of Simi Valley seniors Rebecca Heteniak and Jessi Waers form one of the state's most formidable pitching duos. Heteniak and Waers are a combined 6-0 and have yet to allow an earned run earned run n. Baseball A run scored without the aid of an error, used in computing earned run averages. Noun 1. earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team in 44 innings. Heteniak has struck out 34 batters and allowed nine hits and five walks in 27 2/3 innings. Waers has 20 strikeouts and has allowed nine walks and seven hits in 16 1/3 innings. RISING STAR Chaminade of West Hills sophomore catcher Brittany Cervantes' emergence has helped the Eagles to a strong start, one that included a six-game winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" that ended with Friday's 5-3 Mission League loss to Alemany of Mission Hills. Cervantes is batting .344 with two home runs. "Brittany is a real rising talent who has demonstrated tremendous talent on offense and defense," Chaminade coach Jon Ellinghouse said. "She will be one of the premier players in the area for years to come." BIG UPSET The big news from the first weekend of the Birmingham of Lake Balboa tournament was Alemany of Mission Hills' 1-0 upset Friday over perennial City Section power El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Jen Day (4-1) pitched a five-hit shutout for the Indians, whose five-game winning streak was halted the next day in a 1-0 loss to Newbury Park. "They were definitely pretty intent on winning that game," Alemany coach Regina Hernandez said. "It was just matter of going out there and playing within themselves." LEAGUE UPDATES ALPHA After a sluggish start, Grace Brethren of Simi Valley (11-4, 1-0) has won nine consecutive games and Saturday won its tournament. The Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. are led by senior pitcher Jennifer Irvine, an early-season league MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. favorite who is 8-0 with a 1.70 ERA and is batting .556 with seven extra-base hits. FOOTHILL Valencia (14-2), ranked No. 2 by the Daily News, lost to Kennedy of La Palma La Pal·ma An island of Spain in the northwest Canary Islands. 1-0 in Saturday's championship game of the prestigious Michelle Carew Classic in Anaheim. Valencia junior second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker Nicole Matson went 3 for 3 in the title game and batted .533 in the five-game tournament, boosting her team-leading average to .468. Junior pitcher Jordan Taylor allowed just one earned run in 36 innings in the tournament and struck out 56 batters, pushing her season total to 203. GOLDEN Quartz Hill junior first baseman Candice Miller went 4 for 4 with a homer and two RBIs on Thursday in a 4-2 win over Lancaster. Miller last year helped Lancaster to its first league title before transferring. Quartz Hill (9-3-1, 3-1) was upset by Highland of Palmdale the next day, when the Bulldogs pushed across two runs in the top of the eighth inning of a 4-2 league win. MARMONTE Royal of Simi Valley, the Daily News' top ranked team, rallied from an early two-run deficit to defeat upset-minded Westlake 3-2 in 10 innings Thursday in a sloppy game. Royal committed three of the game's seven errors. Royal (7-0) climbed from No. 14 to No. 10 in USA Today's national rankings. OLYMPIC Junior pitcher Kaylyn Kolesar pitched a three-hit shutout to lead Paraclete of Lancaster to a 1-0 league-opening win Friday over Maranatha of Pasadena. Paraclete (7-5, 1-0) has won three in a row, none bigger than its triumph over Maranatha, which had won 15 of its previous 16 games. WEST VALLEY El Camino Real of Woodland Hills concluded a wild week with an 8-0 victory over Agoura in its second game at the Birmingham of Lake Balboa tournament. Bianca Mejia homered in the 19th inning to lift the Conquistadors See also
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