ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE: NO BREAKTHROUGH AVC SOFTBALL TEAM CAN'T CLEAR FINAL HURDLE.Byline: Sean Ceglinsky Staff Writer In each of the past 11 seasons, 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. has qualified for the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, softball regionals but failed to advance to the state championships. The Marauders were hoping the 12th time would be different. Instead, AVC's season ended Sunday with a 4-2 loss to Pasadena in the Southern California Regional playoffs at Palomar College The Palomar Community College District's facilities improvement measure, Proposition M, was passed by 57% of voters in the November 8, 2006 General Election. As a result, the $694 million provided by the measure, as well as over $200 million in matching funds from the State and an . ``It feels like it does every year,'' assistant coach Elliot Siler said. ``We have a monkey on our back and right now and it feels like King Kong King Kong giant ape brought to New York as “eighth wonder of world.” [Am. Cinema: Payton, 367] See : Giantism .'' Everything was going well for the 10th-seeded Marauders, who opened the first round Saturday with a 6-2 victory over seventh-seeded Pasadena. But a 3-0 loss to defending state champion Palomar later that day landed the Marauders in the losers' bracket of the double-elimination tournament A double-elimination tournament is a competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost two games or matches. . Their ouster ouster n. 1) the wrongful dispossession (putting out) of a rightful owner or tenant of real property, forcing the party pushed out of the premises to bring a lawsuit to regain possession. soon followed. ``Saturday was a very emotional day for us,'' Siler said. ``We came out of the chute great against Pasadena, but had a letdown against Palomar. They're a tough team. After that, the girls started pressing and we looked past Pasadena in the second game. Its very frustrating.'' The Marauders ended the season with 27-10-1 record. AVC's coaching staff already is looking forward toward next season. Siler will have a strength and conditioning program that begins June 18. And with the high school playoffs beginning this week, Siler and head coach Gene Pagliaro have plenty of local talent to scout. --Signings: Monica Tatlinger of Quartz Hill has registered for fall classes at AVC (1) (Advanced Video Coding) The video compression techniques used in the H.264 standard, jointly developed by ISO and the ITU-T. See H.264. (2) (Audio Visual C and the left-handed batter is expected to add depth to the outfield next season. --All-Foothill Conference: For the second consecutive year, outfielder Katy Gonzales earned first-team all-conference honors. Gonzales also earned an all-state selection, and Utah State and San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. State are among the programs that have expressed interest in the Highland High graduate. Marciea Ball, Sarah Meng and Heather Nix also earned first-team all-conference honors and Tina Carrillo made the second team. Keri Pulcifer and Monique Saldana earned honorable mentions. --On the diamond: The consistent hitting of freshman Frankie Rosado was a highlight of an otherwise disappointing season for the baseball team, which finished 9-31 overall and 7-25 in the Foothill Conference. ``The season was kind of a disaster,'' AVC coach Joe Watts said. ``I hope this group learns from the experience.'' The Marauders' roster was decimated by ineligibility and injuries and, as a result, largely was comprised of freshman. But Rosado played like an experienced sophomore. His 14 home runs set a Marauders' single-season record, surpassing Anthony Barton's 1993 total of 12. The Lancaster High graduate also led the Marauders in batting average batting average n. Baseball A measure of a batter's performance obtained by dividing the total of base hits by the number of times at bat, not including walks. Noun 1. (.401), 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 (51) and slugging percentage In baseball statistics, slugging percentage (abbreviated SLG) is the most popular measure of the power of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats: (.810). ``Obviously, he can hit it far. He's a power hitter,'' Watts said. ``He plays good defense and overall is a good player.'' --Track and Field: AVC distance runner Daniel Cobian finished the 10,000 meters in a season-best 31:56.39 at Saturday's Southern California preliminaries. The mark qualified him for the state championships in Sacramento on May 19-20. The Palmdale High graduate has committed to Cal State Fullerton. --Free-throws: As freshmen, Tami Scott, Jameka Taylor and Kristel Jones played significant roles on the women's basketball team. They'll be expected to do the same as sophomores, but the addition of transfers Jolene Haywood and Desiree Broadnax should lessen the load. Haywood, a Littlerock High teammate of Jones and Taylor, transferred to AVC after playing in just one game for College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. last season. The 5-foot-4 point guard will team with Taylor in the Marauders' backcourt. At Lassen College in Susanville, Broadnax, a 5-9 forward, played sparingly for the Northern California school. The transfer also enables Broadnax to move closer to her mother, who lives in Lancaster. ``Our new recruits are out there practicing with the returners,'' AVC coach John Taylor said. ``This is everyone's chance to play and have some fun, though it does get competitive at times. We're trying to enjoy ourselves out there.'' FIELD OF DREAMS Several members of the AVC track and field team qualified for Saturday's Southern California Finals at Mt. San Antonio College Mt. San Antonio College (commonly called Mt. SAC; pronounced as the word "sack") is a community college located in the Los Angeles suburb of Walnut, California, next to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona which is just over a hill. Mt. . The top four finishers advance to the state championships in Sacramento on May 19-20. Athlete Event Mark Willie Battle Jr. Long jump 22-3 Jerrick Holmes High jump 6-4 Joe Gocong High jump 6-2 Dimitrius Flenoy 110 hurdles 15.17 Anton Porter Triple jump 47-10 Tim Selby Hammer throw 151-4 Dawn Dvorak Women's pole vault 10-0 CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Jerrick Holmes will jump in Saturday's Southern California finals at Mt. SAC. Kirby Lee/Special to the Daily News Box: FIELD OF DREAMS (see text) |
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