CHATTER: NEWS AND NOTES FROM LOCAL SPORTS ELBOW INJURY SIDELINES HART'S TWO-SPORT STAR.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer For two-sport standout Tyler Lyon, the bad news is he'll probably miss the rest of baseball season at Hart High of Newhall after tearing an elbow ligament last week just two innings into his first pitching appearance of the year. The good news is Lyon won't need surgery after consulting with two physicians specializing in sports injuries Sports Injuries Definition Sports injuries result from acute trauma or repetitive stress associated with athletic activities. Sports injuries can affect bones or soft tissue (ligaments, muscles, tendons). , so the 6-foot-6 junior right- hander should be fine in time for football season. He is a returning quarterback who passed for more than 3,100 yards last season. He has received a scholarship offer from Arizona. ``The whole thing was a little scary at first. But I've already got a good rehab program going,'' Lyon said. ``I'll be going every day of the week. Yes, it's a step back, but it happens in sports a lot, and I just have to respond to it and keep working hard. It's upsetting, but I can't let myself get down. I've got to stay positive.'' Despite Lyon's absence, Hart (4-0-1) won the championship of the East on Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Showdown, upsetting City Section powers 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:
The Indians have another big game today when they begin Foothill League play at home against Saugus. ... Loyola of Los Angeles' Sam Wiley was 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. at the El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and baseball tournament after leading the Cubs to the gold-division title. He homered and hit a two-run double in a 7-2 victory over San Perdo in Saturday's final. ... USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. junior Blake Sharpe was the Most Valuable Hitter of the Trojans' Public Storage Classic baseball event last weekend. The Moorpark High graduate went 8 for 13 in three games. ... Pepperdine senior first baseman Steve Kleen and 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 sophomore right-hander Hector Ambriz have been added to the watch list for the 2005 Wallace Award, which honors the college baseball national player of the year. Local products Ryan Braun (Granada Hills) of Miami and Brennan Boesch (Harvard-Westlake of Studio City) of California also were added to the list, which will be trimmed to 12 semifinalists in May. ... Braun tied a Miami record with three stolen bases in the fourth inning of Friday's victory over Duke. ... Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks graduate Matt Cunningham is on a home run tear for UC Riverside. The senior outfielder homered four times last week. His three-run shot in Saturday's victory over Sacramento State was his team-high seventh home runs, including at least one in each of the past three games. ... When USC and Loyola Marymount face the San Diego's baseball team this week, local products could provide some of the biggest challenges. Westlake graduate Justin Blaine, a junior left-hander, has emerged as the Toreros' ace, and Randy Curtis of Calabasas and Jamie Hesselgesser of Westlake are among the team's hottest hitters. Blaine (5-1) had a career-high 12 strikeouts in Friday's victory over San Diego State. He has a 1.82 ERA in a league-leading 59 innings. Curtis, 15 for 30 during an eight-game hitting streak, is San Diego's second- leading hitter, with a .330 average. Senior infielder Hesselgesser is batting .311. The Toreros play host to USC today before opening West Coast Conference play Friday at LMU LMU Ludwig Maximilians Universität (München) LMU Loyola Marymount University LMU Leeds Metropolitan University (UK) LMU Lincoln Memorial University LMU Location Measurement Unit . ... Pepperdine freshman setter Jonathan Winder is the Sports Import/AVCA men's volleyball National Player of the Week after leading the Waves to victories over No. 12 UC Irvine and No. 1 UCLA. ... Cal Lutheran senior guard Valerie Pina is the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) is a college athletic conference that operates in the NCAA's Division III. It consists of eleven small private schools which are located in Southern California and organized into eight athletic programs. women's basketball player of the Year. She averaged 15 points and 3.3 assists for the SCIAC SCIAC SIGINT Correlation Integration & Analysis Capability champion. ... Burbank High's Lydsey Talamantes, one of the Foothill League's top returning softball players, has voluntarily decided to sit out her senior year. She has signed with Mercer University in Atlanta. ... Calabasas senior point guard Drew Housman was selected the Marmonte League boys' basketball MVP. Westlake's Kathryn Scardino was the girls' MVP. ... Agoura junior Meghan Corso, who scored a school-record 136 goals, was the Marmonte League girls' water polo MVP. Royal of Simi Valley senior Brandy Creek is the league's Goalkeeper of the Year. Gerry Gittelson contributed. Heather Gripp, (818)713-3607 heather.gripp(at)dailynews.com ATHLETES OF THE WEEK CASEY HEARTHER Junior, Chaminade of West Hills Hearther's bat sparked a solid showing by the Eagles baseball team in the Daily News Invitational. He started last week by hitting three home runs in a victory over Poly of Sun Valley, going 4 for 4 with 6 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 . On Wednesday, the third-year varsity starter had two more hits against Cleveland of Reseda. MEGAN MEGAN Model of Emissions of Gases and Aerosols from Nature MILLER Junior, El Camino Real of Woodland Hills Miller had the best game of any softball pitcher in the area this season, tossing a perfect game in a 2-0 victory Saturday over previously undefeated San Fernando. Miller struck out 19 of the 21 batters she faced. It was her third game in four days. UP & COMER LOUIS AMIRA AMIRA Australian Mineral Industry Research Association AMIRA Advanced Multi-Modal Intelligence for Remote Assistance (EU part funded research project) Valencia A sophomore transfer who was a Florida state golf finalist last season, Amira shot even-par 72 in his first start for Valencia to win the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Challenge. Last weekend, he shot 5-under 71-68-139 to place second in the SCPGA Toyota Tour Cup Series tournament at Twin Oaks G.C. in San Marcos. CAPTION(S): 3 photos, 7 boxes Photo: (1) CASEY HEARTHER (2) MEGAN MILLER (3) LOUIS AMIRA Box: (1) THINK YOU KNOW? (2) ATHLETES OF THE WEEK (see text) (3) UP & COMER (see text) (4) RANDOM NUMBERS (5) THEY SAID IT (6) DAY PLANNER (7) TRIVIA ANSWER |
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