CANOGA PARK STAR PROVES HERSELF WINS MVP HONORS IN WEST VICTORY WEST 4, EAST 0.Byline: Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer It was hard not to notice Canoga Park High pitcher Stacy Milne in the program for Tuesday's 19th annual Daily News All-Star softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' game. Milne's statistics are gaudy: 42 stolen bases and a .667 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. as a hitter, 159 strikeouts in 108 innings as a pitcher. She still thought she had something to prove. ``I knew people didn't take my stats as seriously, or the Sunset Six (League) as seriously,'' she said. ``So I wanted to represent well for my school and the City Section.'' Mission accomplished. Milne was accorded Most Valuable Player honors as the West defeated the East 4-0 at Cal State Northridge. In the bottom of the first inning, Milne reached base on an error after laying down a perfect drag bunt drag bunt n. Baseball A bunt executed while taking the first steps toward first base. , stole second, then scored the first run on Ashlee Veilleux's single to left. Milne also worked three scoreless innings, striking out five of 10 batters she faced and allowing no hits. ``I was elated e·lat·ed adj. Exultantly proud and joyful. e·lat  ed·ly adv.e·lat for her,'' said Canoga Park coach Dee Dow, one of the West's coaches. ``She pitched well, she hit well, and she stole bases. That's what she's been doing for us all year.'' As 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. , Milne was awarded a poster and trading card signed by former Camarillo High standout and U.S. Olympian Jessica Mendoza Jessica Mendoza (born 11 November 1980) is an American softball player who won a gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics. She was a four-time first team All-American at Stanford University from 1999-2002. Mendoza was named Softball player of the year in 2006. . 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. High pitcher Selena Salazar was the winning pitcher, throwing the first, eighth and ninth innings. Salazar, who will play for Cal State Northridge next year, struck out six, walked two and gave up one hit. In the eighth inning, Salazar faced her future college teammate Sarah Kahn of Quartz Hill. ``At first, I didn't know her, but she came up and introduced herself to me before the game,'' Salazar said. `'It was cool. We stated talking about our plans and coming here next year.'' The West team jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning. After Milne scored on Veilleux's single, Veilleux stole second and scored on a single to right by Royal of Simi Valley's Devon Hofland. Two batters later, Hofland scored on a Salazar flyball. The West added another run in the eighth inning. Viewpoint of Calabasas' Hayley Bock Noun 1. bock - a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring bock beer lager beer, lager - a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally led off with a single to second and Westlake's Monica Gonzales came into run for her and scored with a nice hook slide on grounder by Westlake teammate Ava Amini. In the eighth, Viewpoint of Calabasas' Hayley Bock led off with a single to second, and Westlake's Monica Gonzales came in to run for her, scoring with a nice hook slide on grounder by Westlake teammate Ava Amini. Ramona Shelburne, (818) 713-3617 ramona.shelburne(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Monica Gonzalez slides home safely for the West, ahead of the throw to East catcher Karina Slauenwhite. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer Box: GAME RECAP |
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