CHATTER: COACHES NAMED FOR DAILY NEWS GAME.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer Four local coaches have been selected as coaches for the 27th annual Daily News Bernie Milligan baseball all-star game An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league. The players are often chosen by a popular vote of fans of the sport and the game often occurs at the halfway point of the regular season, although this is not the case for some all-star games on June 14 at Birmingham High in Lake Balboa. Tom Meusborn of Chatsworth and Rick Nathanson of Calabasas were picked to coach the West team. San Fernando's Armando Gomez and Alemany of Mission Hills' 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. will coach the East. Meusborn's credentials in his 14 years with the Chancellors include three City Section championships and 11 West Valley League titles. Chatsworth, which has lost just one game this season and is nationally ranked for the sixth consecutive year, is favored to add another City title in June. The Chancellors moved up to No. 2 in this week's Baseball America  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . national rankings. Nathanson guided his Coyotes to a playoff berth in their first season in the always-tough 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. , where they were in contention for the title most of the season. Calabasas won the Frontier League The Frontier League, based in Troy, Illinois, is a professional, independent baseball organization located in the Midwestern United States and Western Pennsylvania. It operates mostly in cities not served by Major or Minor League Baseball teams and is not affiliated with either. title last season. Gomez heads a 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. team that started slow but has hit its stride and is playing like a contender for the City final. The Tigers are tied for first place in the Valley Mission League entering today's season finale. Thompson led Alemany to a share of the Mission League title last season. The Indians fell just short of a playoff berth this year when they were part of a three-way tie for second and lost the tiebreaker tie·break·er n. An additional contest or period of play designed to establish a winner among tied contestants. Also called tiebreak. tie game. ... Camarillo senior outfielder 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. has been invited to play in the All-American Baseball Game on June 9 in Montclair, N.J. Young said it is the only all-star game he plans to play in this year. Young, projected to go within the first five picks of next month's pro draft, was one of 30 high school players selected to play in the game, which will be televised on Fox Sports Net. ... Former Cleveland of Reseda pitcher Byron Grubman was named to the All-NCAA Division II West Region second team as a freshman at UC San Diego. ... Loyola Marymount junior right-hander Vincent Cordova Cordova, Spain: see Córdoba. was named the National Pitcher of the Week by Collegiate Baseball. He allowed one run on six hits and three walks in 7 1/3 innings in a 3-1 victory over Portland on Saturday. His 14 strikeouts were a career high and fell two shy of the school record. Cordova also was selected the West Coast Conference Pitcher of the Week. ... Westlake High quarterback Erik Vose, once considered among the region's top college prospects before a subpar sub·par adj. 1. Not measuring up to traditional standards of performance, value, or production. 2. Below par in a hole, round, or game of golf. senior season, has decided to play for College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. ... The Hart of Newhall athletic department is seeking throwing, vaulting and jumping coaches for its track and field teams. Information: Collyn Nielsen at (661) 259-7575. Staff Writer Gerry Gittelson contributed to this report. ATHLETES OF THE WEEK BRANDON CHRISTIANSON Junior, Valencia Christianson, a junior who has committed to 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 , shot 10-under-par 62 at Soule Park Golf Course in Ojai on May 12 in the first phase of the Southern Section team playoffs. In doing so, he broke a Valencia and tournament record and tied the course record believed to be shared by PGA tour player Steve Pate among others. The 62 also is believed to be the best competitive round shot by a high school golfer in Southern California history. MICHELE KUMAUS Senior, Highland The UC Irvine-bound Kumaus on Thursday became the Antelope Valley's first female swimmer to win a Southern Section championship. She won the 200 individual medley and the 100 breaststroke at the Div. IV finals at Mt. San Antonio College Mt. San Antonio College (commonly called Mt. SAC; pronounced as the word "sack") is a community college located in the Los Angeles suburb of Walnut, California, next to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona which is just over a hill. Mt. . UP AND COMER Vicki Robertson San Fernando High The sophomore first baseman batted .559 with 41 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 , 12 doubles and two triples for the junior varsity softball team as the Tigers went 13-5 during the regular season. She is expected to play on varsity next year. HEAD 2 HEAD Matchup of the week: BEN STEENSLAND Westlake Boys' tennis JONATHAN GREENBERG Harvard-Westlake Boys' tennis Greenberg, a junior, and Steensland, a sophomore, have been critical to their teams' success this season. Steensland plays No. 1 singles for Westlake, and the Warriors, ranked No. 4 by the Daily News, will need him to play at his best for Westlake to win today's Southern Section Div. I second-round match against Harvard-Westlake of Studio City. Greenberg has been strong for the Wolverines, ranked No. 1 by the Daily News. Because of their depth, the Wolverines (20-2) have been able to shuffle players between singles and doubles spots, but Greenberg almost always earns three points for the No. 2 seed. Today, 2 p.m. at Studio City Golf and Tennis Center. THEN AND NOW The coaches for the Daily News All-Star softball game June 9th have been selected. Donna Lee of Valencia and Suzanne Manlet of Simi Valley will be co-coaches of the West team, the second time the pair has coached in the game together but the first since 1993. That year, Lee was known by her maiden name of Donna Hetman het·man n. pl. het·mans See ataman. [Ukrainian het'man, from Polish hetman, from German dialectal hötmann, hetmann, captain; akin to German Hauptmann and was the head coach at Taft of Woodland Hills. Valencia had not opened yet. Taft won the 1993 North Valley League title that year, ending 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:
It was Borzello who called Lee upon reading El Camino Real had won 24 consecutive league titles and reminded her of Taft's title in 1993. That year, Taft finished 9-1 in league and El Camino Real 8-2. After that, El Camino Real began a 10-year winning streak that continued this season. The East coaches for the all-star game will be Coy Ray of Quartz Hill and Carolyn Gunny of Granada Hills. CAPTION(S): 5 photos, 6 boxes Photo: (1) MICHELE KUMAUS (2) BRANDON CHRISTIANSON (3) VICKI ROBERTSON (4) JONATHAN GREENBERG (5) BEN STEENSLAND Box: (1) STATILICIOUS (2) ATHLETES OF THE WEEK (see text) (3) UP AND COMER (see text) (4) HEAD 2 HEAD (see text) (5) THEN AND NOW (see text) (6) ON DECK: Highlights of the coming week |
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