CHATTER: BOYS OF AUTUMN SET TO PLAY IN TOUGH GOODWILL SERIES.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer The fall is upon us, but summer continues for four area baseball players. Conor Jackson Conor Sims Jackson (nicknamed Co-Jack or Action) was born May 7, 1982 in Austin, Texas. He is a first baseman in Major League Baseball who plays for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He bats right handed and throws right handed. He is 6'2" and roughly 225 pounds. of 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:
Located in Recreation Park, Blair Field is one of the few semi-professional baseball facilities in California. in Long Beach. The four players earned the opportunity with their play in the recent Area Code Games. ``To go out and play with all the best guys is a thrill,'' Jackson said. ``You know at least a couple of guys will be in The Show, so I can one day say, `Oh yeah, I played with them.' '' The purpose of the Goodwill Series depends on whom you ask. The players want to have fun and test themselves against top-notch competition. The scouts already know about them. Jackson, for example, has trips lined up to Miami (Fla.), Cal, Texas and Tulane. Founder Bob Williams wants to beat Japan, pure and simple. Japan's 17- and 18-year-olds, he said, play at the level of a Class-A professional team. To do that, Williams said, he needs the best players - ones such as Harrington, who already beat Japan in a Goodwill Series game in Somerset, N.J. ``It's the experience of a lifetime that will project them into college or the pros,'' Williams said. ``When they get to the pros, they might remember how they were set up with a slider A block of material that holds the read/write head of a magnetic disk. See flying head. on the outside corner.'' Japan and the U.S. play Saturday and Sunday at 12:30 p.m. . . . Lincoln High football coach Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Castro, a former assistant at Granada Hills, Kennedy and Cleveland, said he's got ``a very unique situation'' this season: Four of his players are girls - and none of them kickers. Included is running back Luiasana Cruz, a 5-foot-6, 145-pounder who is also the school president. Running back Diocelina Macias and linemen Patricia Mora MORA, In civil law. This term, in mora, is used to denote that a party to a contract, who is obliged to do anything, has neglected to perform it, and is in default. Story on Bailm. Sec. 123, 259; Jones on Bailm. 70; Poth. Pret a Usage, c. 2, Sec. 2, art. 2, n. and Imelda Chapparo also are on the roster. ``None of these girls are on the team just for show,'' Castro said. ``They're going to play.'' Lincoln's first game is next Friday at 7 p.m. against Roosevelt at Wilson High. . . . Van Nuys coach Mark Pomerantz said he's planning to buy 50 tickets and bring his team to the UCLA-Fresno State football game this season because former Wolves defensive back Carlos Mack is starting for Fresno State. ``Carlos is my first player to start for a Division I program right after high school,'' Pomerantz said. ``I'm very proud.'' . . . Former North Hollywood tight end Damian Romero, who attended Bakersfield College, is a leading candidate to start for William Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa. . . . Jessica Franco won two tennis titles in the USTA USTA United States Tennis Association USTA United States Telecom Association USTA United States Trotting Association USTA United States Telephone Association USTA United States Twirling Association USTA United States Trademark Association Junior Tennis League at Whittier Narrows. Franco, who plays out of Lanark Park, won the all-ages and under-12, mixed-doubles championships with Deep Bhatt. Banti Pardeshi also won the 13-and-over singles division. . . . Attention statisticians Statisticians or people who made notable contributions to the theories of statistics, or related aspects of probability, or machine learning: A to E
Jerry Seliga, who built the Birmingham girls' soccer program into a City semifinalist last year, resigned after five years - two longer than he originally planned. Seliga finished 60-21-14 (.741). . . . 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 assistant water polo coach Adam Krikorian has been promoted to co-head coach with Guy Baker. Krikorian played for the Bruins in 1992-95 and served as interim head coach of the women's team last spring while Baker coached the U.S. national team. . . . Cal State Northridge men's volleyball just got better with the news that former Taft standout Joe Nargi is eligible. Nargi, a Daily News All-Area honoree who led Taft to the 1998 City final, arrived at Northridge as a nonqualifier. The Matadors could use him after last year's disastrous season. . . . La Canada senior Bryan Jackson is on the U.S. men's under-17 national soccer team, which faces Jamaica in a friendly Wednesday in Kingston. . . . Former Palmdale soccer player Rafael Garcia scored the lone goal Wednesday to give Notre Dame a 1-0 victory over Northwestern in the collegiate season opener. . . . Hart graduate Erin Misaki scored a goal and assisted on another in her first collegiate match at Portland, helping Portland to an 8-1 victory over Oregon State. . . . We knew what we were talking about last week when we said Jackie Fodor was ready for college soccer. The former Chatsworth star scored two goals in USC's 4-0 season-opening win against UC Irvine. Backup goalie Lauren Arase (La Canada) played about 28 minutes with two saves. Former Chatsworth defender Corinne Briers played the final three minutes. The Women of Troy host the USC-Fila Challenge at McAlister Field on Saturday and Monday. USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , UCLA, Maryland and defending national champion Florida will participate, but if you want to see USC play UCLA, you'll have to wait until Nov. 7. . . . Attention high school baseball teams: There's still space available for two City and two Southern Section teams for the Daily News Invitational, which plans to expand to 36 teams from 32 last year. Again there will be a 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. , hot hands-baserunning competition before the championship game at USC. Information: Steve Marden (818) 360-5555. Staff writer Gerry Gittelson contributed. |
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