A.V.-KENNEDY THROWFEST TO PIT DOUGLASS, GARLAND.Byline: Rob Rundquist Special to the Daily News One of this spring's first and most anticipated showdowns in high school baseball will take place today when Antelope Valley's Sean Douglass will meet Kennedy's Jon Garland Jon Steven Garland (born September 27, 1979 in Valencia, California) is a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox. Garland was selected by the Chicago Cubs with the 10th pick of the 1997 amateur draft. in a pitchers' duel at the Daily News Invitational. Both Douglass and Garland are big (6-feet-5-inches, 200 pounds each) and both throw over 90 mph. More than 80 scouts - many major-league teams are sending three apiece - are expected, prompting the game's move to Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. in order to accommodate the spectators. Douglass, a first-team all-Golden League pitcher who was 8-4 last year with a 1.86 ERA and 77 strikeouts in 71-2/3 innings, has already committed to Pepperdine University Pepperdine University is a private institution of higher learning affiliated with the Church of Christ in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California, United States. The university's location overlooks the Pacific Ocean and is adjacent to the city limits of Malibu. . Garland's high school record is 18-1, and his 11-1 junior season earned him all-City honors. ``(Douglass) is a power pitcher In baseball, a power pitcher is a pitcher who relies on the velocity of his pitches, sometimes at the expense of accuracy. Power pitchers usually record a high number of strikeouts and statistics such as strikeouts per 9 innings pitched are common measures of power. with a good, hard slider A block of material that holds the read/write head of a magnetic disk. See flying head. , and he doesn't walk too many people,'' said seven-year A.V. coach Ed t'Sas. ``He has a couple of different fastballs that he throws. None of them are really straight; they all move.'' Kennedy is ranked No. 1 in the Daily News preseason ratings and is the two-time defending City 4-A champion. The Cougars lost their opener to City 3-A powerhouse South Gate on Tuesday, 10-9. The Antelopes were 17-11 last season and finished second in league with a 7-3 record. A.V. lost in the second round of the Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. playoffs to La Mirada, the eventual CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). champion, and expects to compete for this year's league title with Quartz Hill, No. 7 in the Daily News top 10. ``We got eight guys returning from last year, and we feel like experience should be a big factor,'' t'Sas said. ``I feel like we're going to be a good pitching team, and defensively we're good. We're going to have to scrap for runs.'' Senior righthander Jeremy Holiday probably is the league's best No. 2 starting pitcher. The four-year varsity starter was second team all-CIF as a freshman and led the team in strikeouts (94) and innings (85-2/3) last season. Holiday was 7-5 with a 3.10 ERA as a junior. ``He's our ace,'' t'Sas said. ``There's been a lot of hype on Douglass, but Holiday is our go-to guy in big games.'' Senior third baseman Kevin Barlow leads the Antelopes offensively. He has 102 hits in his first three varsity seasons and hit .360 as a junior with three home runs and 19 RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in . At 5-10, 160 pounds, Barlow also provides solid defense and good leadership. Douglass also is a big hitter. Doubling as a part-time outfielder, he batted .322 last season with an on-base percentage of .530. He hit five home runs and knocked in 20 runs. Junior shortstop Chris Wurster has good range and a strong arm and should provide solid offense (.274 last season). Junior catcher Brett Roth is the Antelopes' most improved player In some sports, a Most Improved Player award is given to players who have improved the most over the year.
Other returning players include junior first baseman Hector Velez and senior pitcher-catcher Brian Scoles. Top newcomers for Antelope Valley include senior second baseman Brandon Sadler and senior pitcher-catcher Ray Gleich. |
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