BASEBALL BEAT : TOUGH DECISIONS.Byline: - Lee Barnathan, Gerry Gittelson, Heather Gripp At tonight's City Section seeding meeting, the top four selections won't be a surprise. Chatsworth will be No. 1, Poly will be fourth and Granada Hills and Banning will fight over who gets to be second and third. The surprises come after that. This is the first time all teams are eligible to be placed in both the championship or division playoffs, meaning some teams will find themselves in unaccostomed brackets. For example: Reseda won the Mid-Valley League title, but the league is considered among the City's weakest. The seeding committee must decide if the Regents deserve a berth above 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. , which won five games all season but played in the Northwest Valley Conference, considered the City's toughest. Only the first-place coaches have a vote, so Chatsworth's Tom Meusborn, Steve Thompson Steve Thompson or Steven Thompson may be:
Busted trend The trend has been for the Mission League to receive the at-large berth in Division IV. And there was no reason to assume anything different this year when Alemany coach Tim Browne Tim Browne is an American entrepreneur best known for his early involvement in several advanced technology start-ups including the Media Laboratory at MIT, The Interactive Television Consortium, Thinking Machines, and most recently, the International Children's Digital Library called the Southern Section last weekend and was told the Indians made it. Then the bracket came out Monday. Lompoc (17-8-1), winner of 10 of 13, received the at-large berth. Alemany (13-13) was done. ``We had told the kids we were in the playoffs. Imagine that,'' assistant coach Randy Thompson Randy Thompson is a Virginia-based Americana,alt-country singer/songwriter. As of 2006 he has recorded three CDs. He is one of a few artists who have reached the top 40 on Americana, country, and roots rock charts. said. Later Monday, Thompson received a call from Southern Section commissioner Bill Clark, who apologized for the misunderstanding. The person who spoke to Browne thought he was asking if the section had received Alemany's at-large petition, which it had. ``Obviously, it's a big discrepancy,'' Thompson said about Lompoc and Alemany's records. ``I can't see their schedule being any tougher. We beat three playoff teams (Paraclete, Duarte and Chaminade).'' East Milligan coaches 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. coach Phil Torres, who guided the Falcons to the Southern Section Division I championship last season, and Grant's Jeremy Lawrence, who has overseen the Lancers' resurgence this season, have been selected to coach the East squad in the 23rd annual Bernie Milligan All-Star Baseball All-Star Baseball is a baseball video game series developed and published by Acclaim Entertainment. The series began in 1998 with the release of All-Star Baseball '99. Game on June 12 at Stengel Field in Glendale. Torres and Lawrence will oppose West coaches Steve Thompson of Granada Hills and Westlake's Chuck Berrington. The game is at 1 p.m., preceded by the second home run derby This is about the Major League Baseball contest. For the 1959 television show of the same name, see Home Run Derby (TV series). The Home Run Derby is an event played prior to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. at 11 a.m. Setting the record straight On April 21, 1998 Montclair Prep defeated Pilgrim 59-1 in four innings, setting a Southern Section record for most runs scored in a game. (The scoresheet here shows only 58 runs; a second sheet was needed.) Faith Baptist scored 57 runs against Pilgrim two weeks ago and set a Southern Section record with 50 hits. A tale of two leagues The same violation - an ejected player being banned from the next game, only to sit in the dugout - occurred recently in the Marmonte and Pacific View leagues. The resolutions were different. Westlake forfeited a game to 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. , costing itself a share of the league title. There was much discussion over T.O. coach Bill Sizemore's decision not to tell tell Westlake officials before the game that a player was committing a violation. The effects extended beyond the two teams. Instead of finishing as part of a three-way tie for first, Royal finished second. Sizemore realized this and suggested the league recognize the Highlanders as co-champs. As far as the Southern Section is concerned, though, 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. are the outright champions and have the league's top seeding. Sizemore's contention always has been a team should know the rules in advance. You don't tell an opposing coach a player is about to bat out of order, either. To paraphrase a saying: Never interrupt an opponent as he makes a mistake. The coaches approved Sizemore's suggestion at Monday's league meeting. The decision now goes to the principals. Rio Mesa forfeited a game to Oxnard, causing Rio Mesa to drop to third place and elevating Oxnard to second. The principals reversed the decision because they felt Oxnard coach Dan Garcia didn't exercise good sportsmanship when he failed to tell Rio Mesa before the game that a player was in violation. Garcia said he didn't know about the violation until after the game. Westlake had three of its players, including two starters, suspended for the season for allegedly vandalizing Thousand Oaks' field last week in apparent retaliation for Sizemore's action. The players are ineligible to play sports next year as well, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the standard contract Westlake has its athletes sign. Desert heat Dustin Schramm, a junior right-hander at Desert Christian in Lancaster, has proved himself the region's most accurate pitcher. He's 11-1 with just five walks, a 1.00 ERA and 72 strikeouts in 63 innings, helping the Knights (21-1) to the second-best record in the state (behind 23-1 Santa Ana Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. Calvary Chapel Calvary Chapel is a non-denominational, Protestant fellowship of churches which began in 1965 in Southern California. The term "fellowship of churches" is used in contrast to a denomination. ). ``I've been pitching since I'm 10 years old, so it's a natural thing,'' Schramm said. ``I've always had good control.'' LEAGUE UPDATES Golden 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 of Littlerock hit his 15th home run - tops in the region - on the last day of season, edging Highland's John Santor, who has 14 but as many as four playoff games remaining. The state home run leader is Alberto Conception of El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and with 17. Santor's 52 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 unofficially is the fourth-best single-season total in regional history, according to the Cal-Hi Sports record book. Only Brad Fuller Brad Fuller (born August 8, 1978) was an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Overview Fuller made his debut in 1997 for Collingwood after being picked up late in the 1996 AFL Draft, at number 87 overall. (62, Montclair Prep, 1993), Ryan Hankins (57, Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. , 1993) and 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 . (56, Providence, 1987) are ahead of him. If Palmdale's 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 , who injured his pitching elbow in the season finale against Highland, is out for the season, it will be the second consecutive year he has been unable to finish the schedule. Harrington, a junior, suffered a neck injury midway through last year and did not return. Marmonte Thousand Oaks starts one of the toughest paths through the postseason when it opens the Division I playoffs at home Friday against the winner of the Notre Dame-Arroyo Grande wild-card game. The Lancers' next two games would likely be against Long Beach Wilson and Crescenta Valley, both ranked. ``They basically want to get rid of us real fast,'' Sizemore said. As the Marmonte's No. 2 representative, Royal hosts El Rancho El Rancho may refer to:
Royal and Westlake bashed their way into the postseason as both teams set season school home run records. Brian Lipman, Wes Martinelli and Casey O'Quinn all homered in Royal's win against Agoura on Friday to give the Highlanders 41 for the season, two more than the old school mark. Lipman's 10 home runs ties the Royal single-season record set by Bobby Egan last year. Westlake entered Tuesday's wild-card game with 50 home runs. The mark is third-best all-time in the state and 15 more than the Warriors had last year. A small home field can't take all the blame for Westlake's numerous homers; 24 of the shots came on the road. 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. drew within two of Mike Lieberthal's school record by hitting his 12th home run of the season Friday. Thousand Oaks prefers to get the job done with pitching. The Lancers have just 17 home runs, but two of the area's most effective pitchers in Chris Cordeiro (6-2, 2.96 ERA) and Tracy Goebel (6-1, 1.77). Pacific View To catcher Spencer Wyman, the playoffs mean practice hard and work on the little things, such as defending against the bunt, throwing from first to third base, and hit and run. Wyman's hitting also has been impressive. Coach Scott Cline has helped Wyman by reminding him to look for certain pitches in certain counts and check if the opposing pitcher is in a rhythm. Mission Crespi pitcher Tim Leveque's elbow has healed, and he is ready to pitch. But Mike Jackson For the P. G. Wodehouse character, see . For other people named Mike Jackson, see . General Sir Michael David "Mike" Jackson, GCB, CBE, DSO, DL, (born 21 March 1944) is a British army officer, formerly Chief of the General Staff. will start Friday against Esperanza or San Clemente San Clemente (săn klĭmĕn`tē), city (1990 pop. 41,100), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; inc. 1928. Camp Pendleton, a large U.S. marine base, adjoins the city, which is chiefly residential. . Jackson is nervous because, in his experience, the games are tight and usually decided by one or two runs. An exception was last year's 10-0 win over Highland. Frontier The pitching of Tony Sulser (7-2) and hitting of Randy Curtis and Brian Millman are key for Calabasas to advance past the Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. first round. The Coyotes won the league title by going 9-3 but are only .500 overall. They host the winner of the Westlake-Burroughs game. Malibu and Nordhoff tied for second place with Nordhoff receiving the nod as the No. 2 representative. Heritage Grace Brethren received the area's only top seed (in Division VI) and a first-round bye. So the Lancers won't play until Tuesday, 11 days after their last game. Coach Aaron Marcarelli doesn't prefer this. His player, Tim Thompson, knows it will be up to the team leaders (himself included) to keep the Lancers focused and not get lackadaisical lack·a·dai·si·cal adj. Lacking spirit, liveliness, or interest; languid: "There'll be no time to correct lackadaisical driving techniques after trouble develops" William J. Hampton. in practice. Pacific Crescenta Valley, seeded fourth in Division I, plays either Downey or Rowland on Friday. Either way, the game won't be at 3:15 p.m. as the Southern Section suggests. C.V. coach Phil Torres wants a 7 p.m. game, but it will be up to the other team to agree. Torres thinks Downey will agree because it plays under the lights, too. But if a 7 p.m. start time isn't to be, then Torres will push for 4 p.m. - the Falcons' normal practice time. Liberty The Southern Section didn't give the league much respect, if the bracket placement means anything. Champion Viewpoint hosts L.A. Baptist, which battled for the Alpha title until arm trouble killed the Knights' chances. Runner-up Windward gets Kilpatrick, which led the Alpha until last week, when Paraclete passed it. Third-place Providence traveled to Flintridge Prep for a wild card Tuesday. A victory would send Providence to top-seeded Calvary Chapel of Santa Ana. Nor has the league had much playoff success. Providence won the Division V title in 1986 with Jeff Cirillo and reached the quarterfinals in 1996. Viewpoint reached the quarterfinals last year. Foothill Hart is eager to play, but infielder Nolan LeMar has pink eye and might be unavailable. LeMar already has suffered a torn back muscle and was burned in a botched botch tr.v. botched, botch·ing, botch·es 1. To ruin through clumsiness. 2. To make or perform clumsily; bungle. 3. To repair or mend clumsily. n. 1. physics experiment in November. ``If he gets through this year, he'll wind up living to be 100,'' coach Bud Murray said. DAILY NEWS TOP 10 (through Monday's games) Number School Record LW 1. Notre Dame 22-4 1 Rare for league champion to have to play wild card. 2. Chatsworth 22-3 2 Will be seeded No. 1 in City. 3. Crescenta Valley 20-3 3 Got info on Downey or Rowland? Call Torres. 4. Crespi 22-5 4 Leveque getting healthy just in time. 5. Hart 21-4 5 Ready to end playoff woes in Div. II. 6. Westlake 17-5-1 10 On-field results all that matter. 7. Thousand Oaks 18-5 7 Awaits Notre Dame-Arroyo Grande winner. 8. Camarillo20-6 6 In the playoffs four straight years. 9. Royal 17-5-1 8 Hosts El Rancho in Div. II first round. 10. Granada Hills 20-5 9 Should be seeded second in City. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Dustin Schramm of Desert Christian High is one of the area's most accurate pitchers. He has issued five walks to go with 72 strikeouts. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News (2) no caption (Crescenta Valley coach Phil Torres) |
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