BASEBALL BEAT : SMALL ODDS.Byline: - Lee Barnathan, Heather Gripp, Gerald Gittelson, Scott Magoloff He might be one of the top players in Division VI - at least one area scout thinks so - but you probably have never heard of him and won't likely ever see him play for a major college or in the pros. That's life for a small-schools player such as L.A. Lutheran's Brandon Loomis. He tops the Lions in several offensive categories: a .586 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. , 17 hits (including two home runs) and 13 runs scored. When he's not playing shortstop, he's also pitching and has 40 strikeouts in 24 innings and an 0.88 ERA. ``The kid's a terrier,'' Lutheran coach Jim Sullivan For other persons named Jim Sullivan, see Jim Sullivan (disambiguation). Jim Sullivan was a Welsh rugby league player. The Wigan full-back, a prodigious goalkicker, scored 6,022 points in a career that spanned 25 years. said. ``You put him where you need to, and you cannot quench quench, v to cool a hot object rapidly by plunging it into water or oil. quench to put out, extinguish, or suppress; to cool (as hot metal) by immersing in water. his desire to defeat the opposition.'' Good numbers, right? Yet no one notices. ``All I can do is put the numbers up and hope there's people who read the sports pages sports pages npl → páginas fpl deportivas and spend a couple of extra minutes reading the small-school results,'' Loomis said. ``It's added motivation.'' Small-school players do get noticed (Providence graduate Jeff Cirillo Jeffrey Howard Cirillo (born September 23, 1969 in Pasadena, California) is a third baseman in Major League Baseball for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He bats and throws right handed. Professional career With the Brewers, Cirillo collected a . plays for the Milwaukee Brewers). But more often than not, a player like Loomis goes to a college for academics and tries to walk on the baseball team. That's Loomis' plan. Oregon State and Arizona State are interested in his 3.5 GPA GPA abbr. grade point average Noun 1. GPA - a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted . Newfound bat Travis Allen, a senior at Quartz Hill, is finally getting his swings after being used only as a pitcher since his freshman season. He is taking advantage in a big way, going 5 for 5 with four 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 Thursday against Littlerock to raise his average to .525. Allen, second in the region with eight doubles, said he always wanted to be in the lineup after hitting 12 home runs in Pony League The Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League, also known as the PONY League, was a Class D minor league baseball circuit that played from 1939 through 1956. The forerunner of the modern Class A New York - Penn League, the PONY served as the first professional baseball address of when he was 14. But Allen said former Quartz Hill coach Dave Stradling - replaced this season by Maury Cauchon - would not budge. ``Coach Stradling told me I was a pitcher, and his pitchers did not hit,'' Allen said. ``I'm really happy now.'' Rowdy bunch Anyone who has seen Royal play knows the Highlanders are as loud as they are good. 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. champs are notorious for their taunting. Although they frequently pick on the opposition, coach Dan Maye said his players spend at least as much time picking on each other. He thinks it's a good thing and is part of what will help Royal maintain its intensity while it has more than a week without games. ``They're more personal with each other in practice,'' Maye said. ``(Brian) Lipman hit the fence and they're yelling, `No power.' He has the home run record at Royal and they're ragging on him. He runs around the bases and they say he's slow because of his size. It turns into a competitive thing. ``Other teams, we've had to stop them at a certain point, but these guys, they take it and it makes them better. If you're going to talk it, you have to show it.'' The internal competition is intensified by a group of seniors who played on opposing youth-league teams. ``They still bring up who beat who back then,'' Maye said. ``Sometimes I look on the dirt and they've got Fury or Diablo (the names of their former teams) written out there.'' LEAGUE UPDATES Northwest Valley: Some things change, but most remain constant. Chatsworth and El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
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) coach Bob Ganslee explains there's always a different team that joins the elite. Sometimes, it's Kennedy. Or it could be San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. . This year, thanks to pitcher Kameron Loe Kameron David Loe (born September 10, 1981 in Simi Valley, California) is a Major League Baseball player for the Texas Rangers. At 6'7" tall, Loe is one of the tallest players in the game and also has a 7 foot boa constrictor named Angel which he keeps in the Rangers clubhouse. (5-0, 1.40 ERA, 34 strikeouts in 35 innings) and the batting of Dan Frisbee (.590, 17 hits, 23 runs), the Highlanders are undefeated in the conference, too. Don't count out Birmingham just yet. Although Billy McGrath hasn't been able to pitch since the first game of the season, freshman Raul Campos has pitched two complete games. Also, freshman catcher Jose Carrillo has complemented McGrath offensively with a .467 average, eight doubles and 15 RBI. Valley Pac-8: Nothing new here. The East Valley teams (Sylmar, Poly and Grant) continue to beat up on the Mid-Valley teams (Reseda, Monroe, Van Nuys, Canoga Park). The one East Valley exception has been North Hollywood, which split with Van Nuys and lost one to Reseda. Golden: Palmdale coach Lance Pierson picked Lancaster all along to lead the league, and that is what the Eagles have done. They're 5-0 and lead Palmdale and Highland by a game each. Mike Hewson is batting .513 with 20 hits, including six doubles. Returning right-hander Alan Squyres is 3-1, and outfielders Eric Sundberg and Justin Rethwisch are among the top hitters. Still, Palmdale and Highland have been swinging hot bats. Palmdale's Chris Testa is hitting .465 with seven homers and 15 runs scored, and the first four batters in the lineup (Testa, Matt Plante, Mark Hendricks and Matt Harrington Matt Harrington (born February 1, 1982) is a baseball player who holds the record for the most times being chosen in the Major League Baseball amateur draft. Between 2000 and 2004, Harrington, a top prospect coming out of high school, was chosen in all five drafts, but never signed ) have combined for 19 home runs. Highland boasts Jason Allec at .580 with seven doubles, Jason Kubel Jason James "the Future" Kubel (born May 25, 1982 in Belle Fourche, South Dakota) is a professional baseball player who plays in the outfield for the Minnesota Twins. He bats left and throws right. at .511 with five triples and John Santor at .500 with nine doubles, four homers and 23 RBI. Littlerock is 5-5, 1-3 after a 13-11 loss Thursday to Quartz Hill, but the Lobos boast two of the region's premier home run hitters in junior shorstop Delwyn Young Delwyn Rudy Young (born June 30, 1982 in Los Angeles, California) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers. High School Years (eight) and senior catcher Mike Arvizo (six). Marmonte: A few weeks ago, someone told Agoura coach Bruce Beck Bruce Beck is in his tenth year with WNBC. He is the weekend sports anchor for Newschannel 4. He also files numerous sports reports for the station's various weekday newscasts. the bright side of his team's troubles was that things couldn't get any worse. The Chargers (3-7-1, 0-4) have lost three games and three starters since then. Shortstop David Johnson David Johnson may refer to:
n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker Adam Hersh suffered a broken nose last week and Paul Farinacci broke a wrist the following day against Newbury Park. Injuries also hurt Newbury Park, but two wins last week gave the Panthers hope things are turning around. Royal's Brian Lipman and Scott Rice are on a home run tear and it's helped the Highlanders to a 3-0 league start. With Kevin Howard Kevin C. Howard (born June 25, 1981 in Hinsdale, Illinois) is a infielder in Minor League Baseball who plays for the Jacksonville Suns in the Double-A Southern League. doing it all for Westlake, the Warriors are tiedA with 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. at 3-1. League play resumes next week, which benefits Westlake because top pitcher Jesse Kozlowski has a sore arm. Pacific View: The reason Camarillo has won five in a row and has taken over first place, coach Scott Cline says, is because of the Marmonte League. ``In the Marmonte League, each and every game was important,'' Cline said. ``You couldn't get up for one game more than the other.'' Mark Hensley leads the Scorpions with a .577 average. Kevin Brown's at .440, Garrett Valencia is at .412 and Shane Miranda is at .378. Foothill: Hart (11-1, 5-0) has outscored the opposition by a combined score of 72-6 through the first five games of the season. One player, Jamie Shields, represents the Indians' dominance in both hitting and pitching, batting .471 with a team-high 18 RBI. As a 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"; , the junior is 3-0 with a 2.00 ERA and 42 strikeouts in 21 innings. Tim Hutting (.583, 13 RBI) and Billy Susdorf (.500, 13 RBI) are just two of six players batting above .400 for Hart. And senior Justin Wiley (4-0, 1.46 ERA) adds to a team pitching staff that boasts a 2.24 ERA. Canyon (5-5, 3-2) was the only team through the first round of play that Hart did not defeat via the 10-run mercy rule, and the two teams meet for back-to-back games to open the second round. Cowboys' leading hitter Garrett Behnke (.462, 6 RBI) returned Tuesday from a two-game suspension for cutting class. His return, plus the hot bat of designated hitter Mike Suarez (.423, 5 HR, 20 RBI), should help their run production. Pitcher Mike Munn (1-3, 5.41 ERA, 27 strikeouts) has struggled with his control in tight situations, but sophomore Chris Seddon (2-0, 3.23) has been a pleasant surprise since being called up from Canyon's junior varsity two weeks ago. He has struck out 12 batters in 13 innings. Senior Justin Babin (4-0) threw four-plus innings of no-hit ball for Saugus (6-4-1, 3-1-1) in his last start, a 13-3 win against Burroughs (7-8, 2-3) last TuesdAay. DAILY NEWS TOP 10 Number School Record LW 1. Notre Dame 11-2 1 Knights get a deserved week off before Crespi series. 2. Chatsworth 10-2 2 Rain Tuesday gives arms a rest. 3. Crescenta Valley 11-1 3 Babe Herman tournament is Falcons' to lose. 4. Hart 10-1 6 Five batters at .400 or better. 5. Crespi 11-3 4 Chris Palomares leads area in hitting. 6. El Camino Real 11-1 8 Conor Jackson learning patience. 7. Camarillo 10-2 9 Completed sweep of Rio Mesa Monday. 8. Sylmar 9-4 5 Spartans aren't nine runs worse than Chatsworth. 9. Royal 10-2-1 7 Harrington cooled them off. Anyone else? 10. Granada Hills 10-2 NR Will have to wait until Thursday to see if it belongs CAPTION(S): Photo, Box PHOTO Brandon Loomis may play for little L.A. Lutheran, but the numbers he's putting up are downright huge. John Lazar/Daily News BOX: DAILY NEWS TOP 10 (see text) |
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