CHATTER: LITTLEROCK'S WOODS WINDS UP AT FRESNO CC.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer Rodney Woods, who lost his football scholarship to Fresno State in January after his conviction on assault charges, has resurfaced at Fresno City College Fresno City College (or FCC) is a city college in Fresno, California. Established in 1910, it was the first community college in California and the second in the nation. . Woods, a two-time All-Daily News selection from Littlerock High, will start at free safety in Fresno's season opener against Laney on Sept. 8, said head coach Tony Caviglia. ``I guess you can call our program 'Second Chance University,' '' Caviglia said. ``A lot of our players have come here after having problems in the past. Rodney's doing great. He started last spring by enrolling in our football PE class and he's been very respectful.'' ... Led by Jamie Rauchwarger of Oak Park High, a girls' 14-under basketball team from Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. is enjoying a wildly successful run at the Maccabi Games in Philadelphia this week. Rauchwarger is averaging 16 points, 12 assists, eight rebounds and eight assists per game, as the girls have gone 4-0, including scores of 48-4 over Mexico, 62-10 over Philadelphia and 58-21 over New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . The team won the Maccabi gold medal gold medal traditional first prize. [Western Cult: Misc.] See : Prize last year in first season. ``We came to these games to defend our gold medal and hopefully we'll end up with the same results,'' Rauchwarger said. ``All the teams are trying really hard, so I hope we can go home with the gold.'' The team is coached by Gary Hanson and Bruce Lang of Granada Hills. ... Former 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:
Birkins first pitched at UCLA for one season before taking a year off. , now at rookie Bluefield, W.Va., in the Appalacian League, improved to 4-0 with another strong performance on Monday. He struck out eight and allowed six hits and five earned runs in a 10-5 victory over Bristol. In five starts, Birkins has 39 strikeouts and a 2.18 ERA in 33 innings. ... Three former locals, David Rosenberg, Jose Arroyo and Josh Cummings, are competing at placekicker for Oregon University. Rosenberg (ex-Calabasas) transferred from Eastern Michigan. Arroyo went to Van Nuys and Pasadena City, and Cummings played for Hart of Newhall last year. Rosenberg converted a 37-yard field at a recent scrimmage, but Arroyo and Cummings were both 0 for 1. ... Lee Martin, a returning Master's qualifier in wrestling and a starting football linebacker at Royal High of Simi Valley, has transferred out, according to football coach Gene Uebelhardt. ... Cal State Northridge baseball outfielder Adam Nikolic has been named to the National Baseball Congress This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. All-American team after a solid summer with the Santa Barbara Forresters of the California Coastal Collegiate League. He batted .343 with a league-best 35 stolen bases and 27 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 in 57 games. ... Eleven-year-old Joshua Reece went 1-0 as a pitcher and contributed some key hits for the USA 14-under team at the People to People Sports Ambassadors Program in New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. and Australia, helping the USA finish 6-0. ``I liked seeing all the cultural stuff and the kangaroos and the baseball,'' Reece said... Soccer player Itzik Rapaport has transferred from Cal State Northridge to New Mexico. |
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