BASEBALL NOTEBOOK: GOLDENLEAGUE RACE CLOSE FOR A CHANGE.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer Golden League baseball play resumes next week with a race tighter that it has been in years. The league's top four teams are within a game of each other in the standings. Two-time defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del tÃtulo defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Quartz quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. Hill cruised through league with a perfect 15-0 record last season and appeared headed for another undefeated run until an upset on the final day of the first round of league created a crowd atop the standings. Highland and Quartz Hill, which will meet twice next week, are tied for first after Quartz Hill lost to Palmdale on Friday, ending a streak of 22 consecutive league victories by the Rebels. Palmdale and Lancaster are tied at a game behind the leaders. Lancaster missed an opportunity to move up when the Eagles lost to Highland on Friday behind a two-hit shutout Not to be confused with Shootout. In team sports, in American English, a shutout (a clean sheet in soccer) refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring. While possible, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball. by Bulldogs ace Chris Velasco. Highland's lone league loss was to Quartz Hill, 9-0 in the league opener. --Streak busters This is a list of Busters from the manga Beet the Vandel Buster. The Beet Warriors Beet Beet is a young boy who has always desired to be the strongest Buster. He aspires to be like his heroes, the Zenon Warriors, who are known as the strongest of all Busters. : It is fitting that Palmdale was the team to end Quartz Hills' league winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" . The Falcons were the last team to beat the Rebels before the streak started, having defeated Quartz Hill 10-0 on May 1, 2001. Palmdale's last league title came with current Quartz Hill coach Lance Pierson at the helm. --Offense is back: After heading into spring break with a 2-0 loss, Lancaster's hitters have been among the area's most productive. The Eagles scored 43 runs in four games en route to the championship at the Arcadia tournament. Lancaster clinched the title Wednesday with a 10-4 victory over Arcadia. Brett Jacobs and Greer Grashaw both homered, and Josh JOSH Joshua JOSH Job Scheduling Hierarchically White went 4 for 5. Jacobs was named the tournament MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. , but Grashaw also was a big hitter. Grashaw drove in the winning run in the tournament championship game with his second hit of the contest. He added two more hits, including a home run, in Tuesday's 20-1 victory over Bell Gardens. The tournament title is just the second in program history for Lancaster, which won the Stockdale tournament during spring break of 2001. --Alumni update: Former Palmdale standout Nathan Cusick has continued to prosper as a freshman pitcher at Cal Lutheran. Cusick, one of only three freshmen on the team, made his first start for the Kingsmen on March 24 against Westmont and earned his first win by allowing one run on four hits and striking out three in five innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. of work. He earned the save last Friday against Claremont. Heather Gripp, (818) 713-3607 heather.gripp(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Greer Grashaw drove in the winning run for Lancaster in the Arcadia tournament title game. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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