A SWEEPING CHANGE IN CITY KENNEDY TOPS CHATSWORTH FOR SECTION BASEBALL TITLE KENNEDY 4, CHATSWORTH 2.Byline: HEATHER GRIPP Staff Writer City Section baseball officially has another power to go along those at Chatsworth and 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:
Third-seeded Kennedy of Granada Hills completed its postseason sweep of the highly touted powers to claim the program's seventh City title, moving the Golden Cougars into a tie with Fremont of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. for the most all-time titles. Kennedy senior left-hander Fabian Williamson outdueled Chatsworth senior right- hander Josh Ravin rav·in also rav·en n. 1. Voracity; rapaciousness. 2. Something taken as prey. 3. The act or practice of preying. for a 4-2 victory over the top-seeded Chancellors in Saturday's title game at Dodger Stadium • • [ . The Golden Cougars had upset defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) in the semifinals to earn their first championship-game berth since winning the 2000 title. Chatsworth, ranked sixth in the nation, was making its fourth consecutive appearance in the final. ``Right now, the way Chatsworth and El Camino are going, those are the teams you have to beat,'' Kennedy coach Manny Manny may refer to: In nobility:
``We talked about it, we'd have to beat both of them if we wanted the title. All season, that's what we talked about, just putting ourselves in a situation where we'd be in striking distance against those teams.'' The Golden Cougars (26-10) struck big in the sixth inning against Ravin (6-2), who had held Kennedy hitless through five innings and struck out eight. Kennedy's Jacob Miranda led off the sixth with a single to right and Nestor Macias followed with another single. Momentum further shifted two batters later when Brandon Ashford appeared to strike out, but as he walked away from home plate, the call was ruled a ball, and his at-bat continued. Ashford ended up walking to load the bases. The next batter, Carlos Gonzalez, doubled in two runs to give Chatsworth its first deficit of the postseason and chase Ravin. Chris Ornelas then added a two-run double just inside the third-base line. Chatsworth coach Tom Meusborn gave credit to Kennedy rather than blaming the umpires for his team's downfall. ``It was a bad call,'' Meusborn said. ``But that happens. We didn't hit. We need to score more than two runs.'' Chatsworth (30-3) took a 1-0 lead in the second when Oscar Gutierrez For his uncle, the original Rey Mysterio, see Rey Mysterio, Sr. Oscar Gutierrez[2][1] (born December 11, 1974) better known by his ring name Rey Mysterio, is a Mexican-American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE wrestling on its led off with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by Bobby Coyle. Williamson allowed just twomore singles before a leadoff home run by Matt Dominguez Matt Dominguez (born June 27, 1978 in Georgetown, Texas, United States) is a top receiver for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. Matt attended Sam Houston State for college were he was the team's MVP twice and the school's first NCAA division I-AA in the sixth inning accounted for the Chancellors' final run. The home run was the 10th of the season for Dominguez, who also homered in last year's championship game loss to ECR. Williamson (7-3), named the outstanding player of the playoffs, allowed six hits in seveninnings and struck out six. ``I knew this was going to be a pitching duel,'' Williamson said. ``I'm friends with Ravin and know he's a good pitcher.'' Williamson, who had lost to Chatsworth earlier in the season, said he never doubted the Golden Cougars' potential. ``Everyone's jumping around, but this isn't a surprise to me,'' he said. ``Nobody thought we could do this, but it's good all the attention was on Chatsworth. There's no pressure on us, everyone always thinks Chatsworth is going to win.'' Chatsworth, which had a 12-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" snapped, finished as runner-up for the second year in a row. ``These guys did a tremendous job,'' Meusborn said of his team. ``They battled day in and day out Adv. 1. day in and day out - without respite; "he plays chess day in and day out" all the time . Any time you win 30 games, that's an accomplishment. There aren't too many teams that can say that. ``It's tough to win when you're supposed to.'' heather.gripp@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Kennedy High of Granada Hills players celebrate their City Section championship Saturday at Dodger Stadium. (2) Chatsworth starter Josh Ravin cruised through the first five innings without allowing a hit against Kennedy. But the Golden Cougars got to the right-hander in the sixth, tagging him for four runs on their way to winning the City Section title Saturday. (3) Chatsworth's Matt Dominguez rounds the bases after hitting a home run. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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