AMERICAN LEGION: NEWHALL-SAUGUS DOES WITHOUT : LEGION TEAM CONTINUES TO WIN DESPITE MISSING SEVEN STARTERS.Byline: Dave Desmond Daily News Staff Writer American Legion baseball American Legion Baseball is a variety of amateur baseball played by teenage boys in 45 states in the USA. Purpose According to the American Legion, the purpose of American Legion Baseball is to give young men "an opportunity to develop their skills, personal fitness, teams often find themselves without key players because of other commitments.But what happened to Newhall-Saugus last week was extreme even for American Legion American Legion, national association of male and female war veterans, founded (1919) in Paris. Membership is open to veterans of World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. teams. Newhall-Saugus coach Pat Eggleston had to do without seven regular starters. ``Everybody was playing out of position,'' he said. ``You name it, they were playing it.'' J.T. Stotts and Andy Davidson Andy Davidson may refer to:
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``We don't use those guys very often anyway,'' dead-panned Eggleston. ``This sort of thing is common, but this is the worst I've seen all at the same time.'' With only 10 players, Newhall-Saugus (15-5) managed to beat Valencia (13-7) 10-6 in a pivotal game for first place in their division. Saugus: Brent Pellico finished the high school season on an offensive tear. It hasn't stopped during the summer. The graduated senior outfielder, all-league selection at Saugus High, is batting .509 with team highs in home runs (six), runs (21), hits (27) and 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 (19). Going into Thursday's game with Valencia, Pellico had struck out only five times in 53 at-bats. ``He came on real strong at the end of the year and he has just kept going,'' coach Doug Worley said. ``He's just been awesome.'' Valencia: No one expected big offensive numbers from Ryan Coe or Marty Mears this American Legion baseball season. Coe, who will be a senior infielder at Valencia High School Valencia High School may refer to:
Mears finished a 1997 junior season at Valencia with only one hit in his last 23 at-bats. However, Coe entered this week batting .366 for Valencia's legion team, and slugged a three-run homer with two out in the bottom of the seventh Saturday to lead his team to a dramatic 6-3 victory. He added a home run and two RBI the following day in a 9-8 come-from-behind win over 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 South. Mears' high school slump continued into the summer when he went 1 for his first 10, extending his slide to 2 for 33. Mears' bat has been on fire lately, though. He is 11 for his last 19 and improved his summer average to .414 for Valencia, which entered Thursday's game at Saugus with a 13-7 record. Mears has two home runs and 10 RBI during his recent hot streak and entered Thursday with hits in six of his last seven at-bats. ``They've both been banging the ball really well lately,'' coach Pat Downs said. All-star time: The District 20 All-Star game will be played Sunday at Valley College in Van Nuys. Game time is 1 p.m. Representing the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. will be: Brent Pellico (Saugus), Kyle Jolly (Valencia), Brady Burrill (Valencia), Stotts (Newhall-Saugus and Bobby Potruch (Newhall-Saugus). Add Newhall-Saugus: The team claimed a forfeit victory last weekend when it was determined that Agoura Oaks used two ineligible players. |
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