AREA RIVALS ON COLLISION COURSE? : HIGH DESERT CLASSIC KICKS OFF.Byline: Gerry Ger·ry , Elbridge 1744-1814. American politician. A signer of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and a delegate to the Continental Congress (1787), he served as governor of Massachusetts (1810-1811) and as Vice President of the United States Gittelson Daily News Staff Writer There are 30 other softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' teams besides Quartz quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. Hill High and Highland at this weekend's fifth annual High Desert Classic at Lancaster Lancaster, city, England Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. City Park. But the Rebels are seeing red, while the Bulldogs are seeing blue. Perhaps the two Golden League powers who won 27 and 24 games, respectively, last season again will meet in Monday's final, like they did one year ago when Quartz Hill beat the host Bulldogs 5-0. ``You have to get past Quartz Hill to win the tournament. That's just the way it is,'' Highland coach Glenda Glenda may refer to: People
Robbery (See THIEVERY.) Rudeness (See COARSENESS.) Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane bully and show-off compete for Katrina’s hand. [Am. Lit. , so meeting them in this tournament is in the back of my mind.'' Quartz Hill parlayed the momentum of winning last year's classic. Led by Daily News Player of the Year Jodie Cox, who pitched a two-hitter with 10 strikeouts and hit a home run in the title game, Quartz Hill went on to capture a league championship and the school's - and region's - first Southern Section title. Cox is back, and so is Quartz Hill in a major way. She has pitched the Rebels (9-1) to nine straight wins and is coming off a two-homer, six-RBI performance against respectable Valencia on Tuesday. She led the region with nine home runs last year and she has four in 32 at-bats this season. Meanwhile Highland, playing without injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. All-Southern Section 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 Katy Gonzales (had knee surgery on Tuesday, out for the season), is 5-3 and coming off a 6-5 loss to Division V Paraclete that saw the Bulldogs surrender a seventh-inning lead. ``If we all do our job, we can do good in this tournament,'' said freshman Angela D'Errico, Gonzales' replacement at third base. ``We want to go all the way in this tournament, play our best and show what we're made of. But it's not just about Highland and Quartz Hill. We're going out there to play against all the teams.'' Highland opens Friday at 7 p.m. against Sultana, a good team that came one strike away from beating Quartz Hill one week ago before the Rebels pulled out a 5-4 win. If the Bulldogs win, they meet either Arcadia or Louisville on Saturday at 2 p.m. Quartz Hill, ranked No. 1 in Division II, faces Victor Valley on Friday at 5 p.m., then perhaps Harvard-Westlake (No. 3 in Division IV) or Palmdale at 2 p.m. on Saturday. HIGH DESERT CLASSIC First-round matchups All games at Lancaster City Park 5:30 p.m. Quartz Hill vs. Victor Valley; Harvard-Westlake vs. Palmdale; Alemany vs. Moorpark; Lancaster vs. Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. 7:00 p.m. Palmdale vs. Apple Valley; Valencia at Burroughs (Ridgecrest); Arcadia at Louisville; Sultana at Highland CAPTION(S): Photo, Box PHOTO Highland's Nichole Rawson will pitch in the High Desert Classic. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News BOX: HIGH DESERT CLASSIC (See text) |
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