AMERICAN LEGION: VALLEY NORTH STORMS TO VICTORY : PANORAMA CITY'S WILSON STAYS UPBEAT DESPITE ANOTHER SETBACK.Byline: Brad Melsby Special to the Daily News John Wilson John Wilson may refer to: Politicians
Even after his Panorama City Legion team lost a first-place showdown to Valley North 11-3 on Tuesday night at Chatsworth High, Wilson remains positive. Just think what he's gone through. In September, he was wounded by two shotgun blasts fired by his father. He made a surprisingly speedy recovery to rejoin the Cal State Northridge baseball team in January. A redshirt freshman season ended with the news that the baseball program would be dropped. ``I'd say by far it has been the toughest year of my life,'' Wilson said. Wilson has spent the summer playing in a college baseball College baseball is baseball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education, predominantly in the United States. Compared to American football and basketball in the United States, college competition plays a less significant contribution to cultivating league in Santa Maria Santa Maria, city, Brazil Santa Maria (sän`tə mərē`ə), city (1991 pop. 217,592), Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil. It is a major railroad terminus and the site of an important military base. while searching for a new college. He leads the league with six home runs. Tuesday's game was only Wilson's fourth appearance for Panorama City (10-4-1). The battle for first place never panned out as Valley North (12-3) jumped ahead 7-0 after the first inning. The hitting stars for Valley North were catcher Micah Berger, who had a three-run homer, and third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker Danny Eisenberg, who had a two-run home run. Adding two hits apiece were shortstop Matt Fisher and designated hitter designated hitter n. Baseball Abbr. DH A player designated at the start of a game to bat instead of the pitcher in the lineup. Noun 1. Matt Cassel Matt Cassel [CASS-ul] (born May 17, 1982 in Northridge, California) is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the NFL. Youth and high school career , two sophomores from Chatsworth High. Pitcher Ismael Marin started for Valley North and pitched two shutout innings before he was hit by a line drive off the bat of Victor Hall. The ball struck Marin on the top of his pitching hand and forced him out of the game. He suffered a possible fractured finger. Before the game, the two teams took a moment of silence in memory of 17-year-old Julius Riofrir, a Glendale baseball player who died after being struck in the head during a practice Sunday. As for Wilson, he had three hits and two 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 for Panorama City. He will make a recruiting visit to Nevada this weekend and is also considering offers from San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and Loyola Marymount. ``As you see, nothing will put him down,'' Panorama City coach Scott Smith said. ``He's a special kid.'' Wilson said the dropping of Northridge's baseball program was a discouraging. ``I'm bitter more at president (Blenda) Wilson than the rest of the school,'' he said. ``(Coach Mike) Batesole has been like a dad to me. It's real sad I won't be able to play the next four years for him.'' Wilson, however, isn't giving up. ``I have to stay positive, stay optimistic,'' he said. |
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