32-TEAM SOFTBALL TOURNEY WILL PROVIDE TESTS.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Daily News Staff Writer The highlight of week in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley is the fifth annual High Desert Softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' Classic, featuring 32 teams - two 16-team brackets - starting Friday at Lancaster City Park and concluding the next weekend. Defending Southern Section Division II-champion Quartz Hill (8-1) of the Golden League opens against Victor Valley on Friday at 5:30 p.m. The other Golden League teams - Littlerock, Palmdale, Lancaster, Highland and Antelope Valley - also will take part. On Friday, Littlerock faces Glendale, Palmdale meets Harvard-Westlake, Lancaster plays Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. , Highland battles Sultana and Antelope Valley matches up with Serrano ser·ra·no n. pl. ser·ra·nos A cultivar of the tropical pepper Capsicum annuum having small, blunt, highly pungent red or green fruit used in cooking. . ``We'll know a lot more after the tournament,'' said Quartz Hill co-coach Coy Ray, whose Rebels are the defending champions defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre . ``You need tournaments like this to play against competitive teams without practice in between. It's good competition level. There is some really stiff competition. So we are going to get tested.'' Mojave will meet Canyon in the first round and Rosamond meets City Section power Verdugo Hills. Several top teams outside the Antelope Valley will be competing, including Glendale, Burbank, Alemany, Valencia, Arcadia, Louisville and Costa Mesa Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. . Key early baseball matchup: A good Golden League baseball contest Wednesday features hot-hitting Highland and improved Lancaster at Lancaster High. Junior Tommy Gonzales is scheduled to start for Lancaster. THIS WEEK TODAY Prep baseball: Desert Chr. at Bethel Bethel, in the Bible Bethel (bĕth`əl) [Heb.,=house of God]. 1 Ancient city of central Palestine, the modern Baytin, the West Bank, N of Jerusalem. Chr., 3 p.m.; Boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. at Lone Pine, 3 p.m.; Hart at Burroughs, 3 p.m.; Rosamond at Kern Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. Valley, 3 p.m.; Highland at Lancaster, 3 p.m. Boys' golf: Quartz Hill 3-way match at China Lake, 1 p.m. Prep softball: Paraclete at Louisville, 2:30 p.m.; Boron at Lone Pine, 3:15 p.m.; Desert Chr. at Bethel Chr., 3:15 p.m.; Valencia at Quartz Hill, 3:15 p.m.; Rosamond at Kern Valley, 3:15 p.m.; Antelope Valley at Barstow, 3:15 p.m. Prep swimming: Antelope Valley at Jurupa Valley, 3 p.m.; Saugus at Quartz Hill, 3 p.m.; Highland at Canyon, 3 p.m. Boys' volleyball: Lancaster at Valencia, 4:45 p.m.; Palmdale at Hart, 5 p.m.; Paraclete at Village Chr., 5 p.m. WEDNESDAY Prep baseball Palmdale at Quartz Hill, 3:15 p.m.; Highland at Lancaster, 3:15 p.m.; Antelope Valley at Littlerock, 3:15 p.m. Prep softball: Village Chr. at Vasquez, 3:15 p.m. Prep swimming: Highland vs. Littlerock at McAdams, 3 p.m. Boys' tennis: Alemany at Palmdale, 3 p.m. Boys' volleyball: Antelope Valley at Mayfair, 3:15 p.m.; Saugus at Littlerock, 6 p.m. THURSDAY Prep baseball: Rosamond at Frazier Mtn., 3:15 p.m. Boys' golf: Golden League at Antelope Valley CC Prep softball: Rosamond at Frazier Mtn., 3:15 p.m.; Valencia at Highland, 3:15 p.m. Prep swimming: Antelope Valley vs. Quartz Hill at Eastside Pool, 3 p.m.; Palmdale vs. Lancaster at McAdams, 3 p.m. Prep track: Lancaster at Highland, 3 p.m.; League Meet at Boron, 3 p.m.; Littlerock at Antelope Valley, 3 p.m.; Quartz Hill at Palmdale, 3 p.m. Boys' volleyball: Lancaster at Saugus, 5 p.m.; Quartz Hill at Hart, 5 p.m. FRIDAY Prep baseball: at 3:15 p.m. unless noted. Palmdale at Antelope Valley, 3:15 p.m.; Trona tro·na n. A natural vitreous gray or white mineral, Na2CO3·NaHCO3·2H2O, used as a source of sodium compounds. at Boron, 3:15 p.m.; Lancaster at Littlerock, 3:15 p.m.; Highland at Quartz Hill, 3:15 p.m.; Mammoth mammoth, name for several large prehistoric elephants of the extinct genus Mammuthus, which ranged over Eurasia and North America in the Pleistocene epoch. at Desert Chr., 3:15 p.m.; Big Pine at Bethel Chr., 3:30 p.m. Prep softball: Trona at Boron, 3:15 p.m.; Mammoth at Desert Chr., 3:15 p.m.; Fifth High Desert Classic (all games at Lancaster City Park) - Burroughs vs Hesperia, 5:30 p.m.; Glendale vs. Littlerock, 5:30 p.m.; Canyon vs. Mojave, 5:30 p.m.; Garfield vs. Burbank, 5:30 p.m.; Quartz Hill vs. Victor Valley, 5:30 p.m.; Harvard-Westlake vs. Palmdale, 5:30 p.m.; Alemany vs. Moorpark, 5:30 p.m.; Lancaster vs. Crescenta Valley, 5:30 p.m.; Palmdale vs. Apple Valley, 7 p.m.; Burroughs (Ridgecrest) vs. Valencia, 7 p.m.; Arcadia vs. Louisville, 7 p.m.; Sultana vs. Highland, 7 p.m.; Verdugo Hills vs Rosamond, 7 p.m.; Silverado vs. Bishop, 7 p.m.; Costa Mesa vs. V.V. Chr., 7 p.m.; Serrano vs. Antelope Valley, 7 p.m. Boys' tennis: Antelope Valley at Quartz Hill, 3 p.m.; Highland at Lancaster, 3 p.m.; Palmdale vs. Lancaster at Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. , 3 p.m. Boys' volleyball: Quartz Hill at Hart, 5 p.m.; SATURDAY Prep baseball: Maricopa at Bethel Chr. (DH), 11 a.m. CAPTION(S): Box BOX: THIS WEEK (See text) |
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