BASEBALL BEAT TAFT'S TURNAROUND.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer Things were so bad at Taft of Woodland Hills by the end of last season the Toreadors had to use their freshman team manager in a game. Taft's talent pool isn't much deeper this year, but the Toreadors are making the most of what they've got. The rebuilding reached a high point Monday when Taft upset defending City Section champion Cleveland of Reseda 3-2 for the Toreadors' first West Valley League victory since 1999. ``They were very pleased,'' Taft coach Ed Gunny said. ``It's hard to walk out against a Chatsworth or El Camino when you haven't won any games. ... ``These kids are a little sheepish sheep·ish adj. 1. Embarrassed, as by consciousness of a fault: a sheepish grin. 2. Meek or stupid. sheep . Everybody at Taft is proud of the basketball team and the football team, but they make fun of the baseball team. These kids walk down the hall and they hear, `Baseball's losers.' For one day they can hold their head high.'' But the victory over Cleveland hasn't been the only positive. Monday's victory was the third of the year for a program that went 2-19-1 last season. The Toreadors think they've been in all but two games; one of their losses was a game they were winning but had to forfeit To lose to another person or to the state some privilege, right, or property due to the commission of an error, an offense, or a crime, a breach of contract, or a neglect of duty; to subject property to confiscation; or to become liable for the payment of a penalty, as the result of a because injuries left them with only seven players for the final inning. Two of Taft's most promising players transferred after last season, but those who remain are dedicated and many are seniors determined to end their career on a better note. A SHOOTING STAR shooting star, in astronomy shooting star, in astronomy: see meteor. shooting star, in botany shooting star, in botany: see primrose. Agoura senior Chad Martinson is used to being in the spotlight when it comes to basketball, a sport for which he was invited to play among the area's best last weekend at the Slam Jam showcase. But Martinson is showing he can be just as valuable on the baseball field. He took over as the Chargers' starting catcher while Ohio State-bound Adam Schneider Schneider was recruited from Osbourne and NSW-ACT U18 by Sydney Swans through the 2001 AFL Draft. recovers from shoulder surgery and is taking advantage of the opportunity, emerging as Agoura's leading hitter. He entered the week batting .571 with three home runs and 13 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 , all team highs. BUSY ON THE BASEPATHS Camarillo catchers hadn't thrown out a runner in 10 attempts. But opponents aren't much more successful at catching the Scorpions, which is good news for a team looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to compensate for less power hitting than usual. Camarillo was 13 for its first 13 in stolen-base attempts before Brett Scyphers, who has a team-high four steals, was caught last week. Another of the top threats to run is freshman catcher Abe Candelaria, who had 25 stolen bases with the American Legion American Legion, national association of male and female war veterans, founded (1919) in Paris. Membership is open to veterans of World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. team during the summer and is 3 for 3 in attempted steals this season. HOME NOT-SO-SWEET HOME Quartz Hill had to wait a month to play its first home game. The homecoming Homecoming Odyssey concerning Odysseus’s difficulties in getting home after war. [Gk. Myth.: Odyssey] You Can’t Go Home Again revisiting his home town, a writer is disillusioned by what he sees. [Am. Lit. wasn't exactly a welcome one for the Rebels, who suffered their first on-field loss Tuesday against Harvard-Westlake of Studio City, giving up three home runs in the the 8-5 defeat. Quartz Hill, which returned to the road Wednesday, was left without home games early in the season because of a late change of opponents for the Daily News Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. , then having the Golden League opener moved to Lancaster Municipal Stadium. THE BIG PICTURE Expecting the unexpected has become the norm in the West Valley League, where Taft of Woodland Hills defeated defending City Section champion Cleveland of Reseda on the same day Chatsworth needed only five innings to beat defending league champion 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:
Although teams such as Cleveland and 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) have started to slip from the elite, Camarillo is making its way back toward the top. The defending Southern Section Div. I champions earned their seventh consecutive victory Saturday and shouldn't be letting up any time soon with Delmon Young Delmon Damarcus Young, (born September 14, 1985 in Montgomery, Alabama), the younger brother of Dmitri Young, is an outfielder on the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and was, arguably, the top hitting prospect in baseball as of the end of the 2005 minor-league baseball season. back in the lineup and hitting his stride. KEEPING TABS Westlake's Jamie Hesselgesser worked his way into the starting lineup For the line of action figures, see . A starting lineup in sports refers to the set of players actively participating in the event when the game begins. The players in the starting lineup are commonly referred to as starters, whereas the others are substitutes at San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. and has emerged as one of the Toreros' leading hitters. The sophomore infielder entered the week batting .392. On Saturday, he went 2 for 4 with an eighth-inning triple to drive in the deciding run in a victory over Loyola Marymount, which helped San Diego take over first place in the West Coast Conference's West Division. ... 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 of Sherman Oaks graduate Brett Hayes is among three locals in the starting lineup at Nevada. The freshman catcher has hit in a Western Athletic Conference The Western Athletic Conference (commonly referred to as the WAC, pronounced "wack") was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly season-high 16 consecutive games, giving him a .378 average with 30 RBI. AROUND THE LEAGUES Frontier: With Calabasas' departure, it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a for a new team to take charge and Malibu appears ready for the task. The Sharks have only one nonleague victory but improved to 4-0 in league by defeating Oaks Christian of Westlake Village 11-6 Tuesday. Marmonte: There is no such thing as a favorite in this league. Just when a team looks as though it could be taking control, someone proves otherwise. Newbury Park provided Westlake's first league loss Friday, 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. became the Marmonte's first to beat Calabasas on Wednesday, leaving no team undefeated. Mission: Chaminade of West Hills is in a tough-enough league as it is, but the Eagles are getting a chance to see what it feels like to be part of another difficult league. Chaminade is facing three consecutive West Valley League teams in the Chatsworth tournament. So far the Eagles have fared well, indicating they are ready to contend for a third consecutive Mission title even though many expected a rebuilding year. Although Chaminade lost to Chatsworth, the 10-8 score was closer than most teams get against the nationally ranked Chancellors. Last weekend, the Eagles upset El Camino Real of Woodland Hills 12-6 behind a 5-for-5 day from Matt Hynick. Next up in their tour through the West Valley is defending City Section champion Cleveland of Reseda on April 12. ... The competition isn't any easier in Mission League play. Crespi of Encino junior Trevor Plouffe pitched what his coach called the best game of the season to hand Chaminade a mercy-rule loss Tuesday, creating a three-way tie for first between Chaminade, Crespi and Alemany of Mission Hills. Rio Hondo Rio Hondo may refer to:
defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Monrovia on Tuesday. The victory improved La Canada to 8-3 overall and 3-1 in league, forcing a three-way tie for first with Monrovia and Temple City. Tri-Valley: With usual-power St. Bonaventure of Ventura (2-8, 0-3) struggling, Oak Park (5-4, 2-1) remains in contention to defend its title despite an abundance of injuries. Junior right-hander Garrett Ozar (2-2) struck out eight in Wednesday's three-hit 3-0 victory over St. Bonaventure. West Valley: Birmingham of Lake Balboa junior outfielder Efrain Cervantes went 7 for 9 with his team's only two home runs of the season, including a grand slam grand slam n. 1. The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games. 2. Sports The winning of all the major or specified events, especially on a professional circuit. , last week to raise his average to .500. The Patriots as a whole are on a similar surge, entering Thursday tied for first with Chatsworth after a slow start. ... While Birmingham is on the rise, Cleveland of Reseda has been falling fast. The Cavaliers, who started 6-0, were swept by Birmingham last week and lost their fifth in a row Monday against Taft of Woodland Hills. Before counting Cleveland out, though, remember last year's Cavaliers started league 0-4 but went on to win the City title. A team meeting after the Taft loss helped Cleveland re-focus and defeat Quartz Hill 10-0 on Wednesday. ``It's hard to win games when you're only getting two or three hits a game,'' said Cleveland coach Joe Cascione, whose team had a combined eight hits in the five losses. ``Our pitching all year has been fabulous, but we haven't been hitting.'' WHO'S HOT --MATT AIDEM, Valencia: He improved to 4-0 by striking out nine in five innings Tuesday. Just as hot at the plate, his two hits Friday against Hart of Newhall included a game-winning RBI double to give the junior a team-high .583 average. --BRENNAN BOESCH, Harvard-Westlake: After hitting a game-winning, three-run home run during a 3-for-4 performance Saturday that upped his average to .571, he homered again Tuesday to help the Wolverines of Studio City become the first team to beat Quartz Hill on the field. --DONALD BROWN, Camarillo: Brown and the Scorpions have been on fire since he returned from injury. His latest heroics include grand slams in back to back at-bats - one against Channel Islands of Oxnard and another in his first at-bat Saturday against 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 . --JASON DOMINGUEZ, Chatsworth: The right-hander finished last week by throwing a five-inning no-hitter against Taft of Woodland Hills and going 3 for 3 against Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks. He started this week with a home run and three RBI against El Camino Real of Woodland Hills. --CHAD LUNDHAL, Thousand Oaks: The Lancers' leading hitter added three hits Wednesday as he helped Thousand Oaks give Calabasas its first 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. loss. --TREVOR PLOUFFE, Crespi: He faced one batter over the minimum and struck out eight in a 13-1 victory over Chaminade of West Hills on Tuesday. He also had two hits and his 20th RBI in the game. --BILLY SPOTTISWOOD, Cleveland: Spottiswood entered the week with a region-best 0.28 ERA and lowered it with a two-hit shutout against Quartz Hill on Wednesday, in which he faced only one batter over the minimum in the five-inning victory. He also homered and doubled. CAPTION(S): 2 photos, 4 boxes Photo: (1) CLEVELAND'S BILLY SPOTTISWOOD (2) Taft's Missael Hernandez makes a valiant VALIANT Valsartan in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial Cardiology A series of multinational M&M trials to determine the effects of valsartan–Diovan® attempt to catch a line drive against Cleveland on thursday. Gus Ruelas/Staff Photographer Box: (1) Daily News TOP 10 (2) SEVEN-DAY FORECAST (3) GAME OF THE WEEK: Westlake at No. 4 Calabasas, 3 p.m. today (4) WHO'S HOT (see text) |
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