BASEBALL BEAT : TAKING IT EASY.Byline: Chris Branam Monroe (16-13-1) rallied in the second half of the season to win the Mid-Valley League title and earn a top-eight seed. The Vikings upset top-seeded Banning last year in the first round behind right-hander John Ennis. Ennis, who returned to go 8-3 with 85 strikeouts in 74 innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. , entered his final start with a 1.46 ERA despite an outing earlier in the season when he was charged with nine earned runs earned run n. Baseball A run scored without the aid of an error, used in computing earned run averages. Noun 1. earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team in a 10-3 loss to North Hollywood. ``Whenever I lose, it's like a headline,'' Ennis said last week. ``I've gone through a lot of this before. It's baseball. You have your ups and downs ups and downs pl.n. Alternating periods of good and bad fortune or spirits. ups and downs Noun, pl alternating periods of good and bad luck or high and low spirits .'' Ennis (6-foot-5, 210 pounds) said he is firm on his commitment to play at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX next year. But he should be picked in the first five rounds of next week's draft, which could force him to make a decision. ``If (a team) calls me and makes a nice offer, and it's worth it to skip school for, then I'd like to play baseball,'' he said. Planting the seeds When the City Section holds its 4-A playoff-seeding meeting today, at least three teams from the area should be among the top four seeds. Chatsworth (26-3) will get the No. 1 seed. The Chancellors, who won the West Valley League title for the seventh time in the 1990s, are ranked among the best teams in the state. Either Kennedy (22-8) or Sylmar (20-6) could be the second seed. The Cougars have tradition on their side, but the Spartans might get the nod for only losing three Valley Pac-8 Conference games. The right direction After finishing back in the pack in the Mission League last season, St. Francis (15-8-1) finds itself in the second round of the Southern Section playoffs. Much of that credit goes to first-year coach John Noce. Noce, 34, took over as the Knights' coach after bouncing around the baseball world for more than a decade. He played in two consecutive College World Series in the mid-1980s at the University of Miami This article is about the university in Coral Gables, Florida. For the university in Oxford, Ohio, see Miami University. The University of Miami (also known as Miami of Florida,[2] UM,[3] or just The U , then played professionally in Italy, then coached in the Chicago Cubs' farm system and under his father at College of San Mateo The College of San Mateo is a public community college in San Mateo County, California, formerly known as San Mateo Junior College (SMJC). The college was founded in 1922 and initially shared the campus of San Mateo High School on Ellsworth Avenue. in the Bay Area. ``I was kind of swimming around there for a couple of years,'' Noce said. The Division IV Knights take on Hesperia today. DAILY NEWS TOP 10 No. School Record LW 1. Chatsworth 26-3 2 Chancellors will receive City 4-A's top seed 2. Crespi 22-5-1 3 Pitching and defense win championships 3. 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. 21-3-1 4 Toughest playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. draw of any area team 4. Royal 18-6 5 Powerful club can knock the ball around 5. Hart 24-4 1 Disappointing finish for talented team 6. Palmdale 21-5 6 Winning the coin flip a good omen? 7. Kennedy 22-87 Could make claim for 4-A's No. 2 seed 8. Westlake 16-10 8 Showed resilience resilience (r  ·zilˑ·yens),n in first-round victory 9. Sylmar 20-6 10 Most likely not in Chatsworth's bracket 10. Valencia 17-10 NR Historic, emotional first-round win CAPTION(S): Box BOX: DAILY NEWS TOP 10 (see text) |
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