BASEBALL BEAT : RISING PROGRAMS.Byline: Chris Branam Opposing coaches knew Harvard-Westlake and Grant would be better. But this much so quickly? The Wolverines are contending to finish second in the tough Mission League. And the Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. , after a slow start, turned the Valley Pac-8 Conference race topsy-turvy last week with two consecutive upsets of Sylmar. Harvard-Westlake is 13-8 overall and 5-3 in league heading into today's crucial game at Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame (12-9-1, 4-3-1). The Wolverines had just one league win in the previous three seasons. By coincidence, Harvard-Westlake is led by four players named Matt: Thayer, Berkson, Felder and Siegel. Thayer has been the most impressive. The sophomore first baseman/pitcher carries an eight-game hitting streak In baseball, a hitting streak refers to the consecutive number of official games in which a player gets at least one base hit. Games in which a player does not have any official at bats due to walks, or sacrifice bunts, or being hit by a pitch, are ignored (neither break the streak and is batting .508 with 20 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 . Adam Siegel Adam Siegel (Born March 9, 1969 in Los Angeles, California) is an American rock guitarist and producer. He was a founding member of the Los Angeles punk band Excel, and subsequently became the lead guitarist for the Suicidal Tendencies side project Infectious Grooves. , not to be confused with Matt, has been the Wolverines' top pitcher. He improved to 4-2 after shutting out Chaminade 2-0 on Friday. Entering Monday's game against Poly, Grant had won six of its past nine games. The wins over then-ranked Sylmar - 4-1 and 10-0 - were the first losses for the Spartans in conference play. After the first win over Sylmar, Grant coach Jeremy Lawrence had half his beard shaved off by his players. He had agreed before the game that his players could do anything to his facial hair Noun 1. facial hair - hair on the face (especially on the face of a man) hair - a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair if they pulled off the upset. Lawrence shaved off the other half after the Lancers beat the Spartans again. Watching and waiting Perhaps no one has been able to watch Camarillo's pitching struggles with more regret than junior Shane Miranda. Miranda was 6-1 as a sophomore and looked to be the Scorpions' No. 1 starter this season. But the right-hander hasn't pitched since the season opener because of pain in his elbow. ``It's really hard sitting and watching,'' Miranda said after the second of the Scorpions' three losses last week. ``I think we're not pitching right. We just need to think out there.'' Camarillo, the defending Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. champion, was outscored 34-12 in two losses to Westlake and one to Royal last week. The Scorpions are now in a fight for a playoff spot with the surging Warriors and Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. . Undefeated? With four regular-season games left, Paraclete has a shot at finishing undefeated. The Spirits, ranked No. 1 in the state in Division IV, are 16-0 overall and 6-0 in the High Desert League. No Southern Section team from the region has gone undefeated since L.A. Lutheran went 23-0 in 1964. ``We came from behind to win our second game of the year against St. Bonaventure,'' second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker Justin Kolesar said. ``And from then on we just decided we weren't going to lose all season. This team has kept battling.'' The Spirits have given up just nine earned runs this season and have six starters batting .419 or better. Starting pitcher Noun 1. starting pitcher - (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; Jason Brown Jason Brown is the name of:
Heating up Westlake has benefited from a surge by junior third baseman Kevin Howard. Howard, one of the area's top prospects for next year's draft, had four hits in last Monday's 12-1 win over Camarillo and a game-winning double in an 8-7 win over Newbury Park. His average was under .300 through the first month of the season. ``(Howard) seemed a little more relaxed at the plate,'' Newbury Park coach Curtis Scott said. Etc. National ranking: Top-ranked Chatsworth is No. 19 in Baseball America's latest national prep poll. The Chancellors are on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of a national ranking in USA Today's Top 25 poll. Chatsworth is ranked sixth in the western regional rankings. The top five teams in the West are also among the top 25 in the country. Troubled times: Quartz Hill has endured a month of pain on and off the field. The Rebels, who started the season 7-1, have lost 10 of their past 12. A month ago, leadoff hitter Brady Robbins flipped his car during a rainstorm but was unhurt. Then starting pitcher Travis Allen dislocated dis·lo·cate tr.v. dis·lo·cat·ed, dis·lo·cat·ing, dis·lo·cates 1. To put out of usual or proper place, position, or relationship. 2. the finger on his left, nonpitching hand. Daily News Top 10 No. School Record LW 1. Chatsworth 22-2 1 Mission accomplished vs. ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) 2. Hart 20-3 5 Wiley (4-0) gives Indians a solid No. 3 3. Crespi 18-5-1 3 Week of rest, then Harvard-Westlake 4. Royal 15-4 6 Offense is alive and well 5. Crescenta Valley 16-3-1 2 Managed just three runs last week 6. Westlake 12-7 NR Finally putting it together 7. Palmdale 17-4 10 On cruise control in Golden League 8. St. Francis 11-7-1 NR Could be a sleeper team in playoffs 9. Valencia 15-7 NR Gets healthy against Burbank 10. Harvard-Westlake 13-8 NR So much progress in such little time - Gerry Gittelson contributed. CAPTION(S): Photo, Box Photo: Grant High baseball coach Jeremy Lawrence promised his team they could do anything to him if they beat Sylmar. They won, then shaved off half his beard. John McCoy/Daily News Box: Daily News Top 10 (See Text) |
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