CHATTER: NEWS AND NOTES FROM LOCAL SPORTS NEW BASEBALL TOURNAMENT DRAWS TOP LOCAL TEAMS.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer A new tournament will bring together some of the area's best teams as high school baseball season begins this week. The inaugural Easton So Cal Showdown starts Friday and features top teams such as Chatsworth, 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:
Defending Marmonte co-champion Moorpark and Foothill League contender Saugus are among the others in the 18-team event. One of the tournament's biggest games is at 3 p.m. Friday when Agoura plays at two-time defending national champion Chatsworth. The Chargers, who have UCLA-bound Jason Novak Jason Novak is an American musician, including vocalist, guitarist, and music producer. In 1988, while they were attending DePaul University, Jason and his brother Ethan Novak started the industrial rock band project Acumen Nation. anchoring one of the area's best pitching staffs, will try to end the Chancellors' streak of 50 consecutive victories. ``We're excited,'' said Moorpark coach Scott Fullerton, one of the tournament organizers. ``It's kind of hard to get teams to try something new, but they took a leap of faith and it looks like we'll have a real competitive tournament.'' The tournament championship and third-place games are March 12 at 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 . ... Former Camarillo baseball standout Brett Scyphers got his first opportunity to start an entire series for Arizona this past weekend against UC Riverside and he made a strong case for keeping his spot in the lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. . The freshman second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker , who last season set a Ventura County record with hits in 28 consecutive games, went 6 for 10 with a walk and sacrifice bunt in the three-game series. His 3-for-4 performance in Sunday's 5-4 victory improved his average to .533 (8 for 15). He also has provided error-free defense for the No. 10 Wildcats. ... A dedication ceremony for Moorpark College's new all-weather track and football field will be held Friday at 11 a.m. The Raiders will then host Hancock, Ventura and Valley in a track meet at 2 p.m. ... Three Pepperdine basketball players earned All-West Coast Conference honors. Senior forward Glen McGowan and junior guard Alex Acker Alex Acker (born January 21, 1983 in Compton, California) is an American professional basketball player. Acker attended Pepperdine University and was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the last pick in the second round (60th overall) of the 2005 NBA Draft. represented the Waves on the men's all-conference team, while senior forward Jennifer Lacey lac·ey adj. Variant of lacy. was selected on the women's side. Heather Gripp, (818) 713-3607 heather.gripp(at)dailynews.com ATHLETES OF THE WEEK RAPHAEL REYNOLDS Senior, 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. He ran his area-best record to 44-0 and won his seventh tournament of the season in Saturday's City Section finals at Reseda High, in the process becoming the Tigers' third four-time City wrestling champion in 10 years. Reynolds, who pinned all three of his opponents in winning the 160-pound weight class, was named wrestler of the meet and secured his fourth berth into the state meet. MEGHAN CORSO CORSO Council of Organisations for Relief Services Overseas (New Zealand) Junior, Agoura Corso steals the spotlight in most games, and when she did so last week, the third-year water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. starter helped earn her first trip to the Southern Section final. Corso scored a game-high four goals in Friday's Div. IV semifinal victory over Dos Pueblos of Goleta. Her 11 goals in two games last week extended her school single-season scoring record to 131 goals. UP AND COMER MICHELLE MICHELLE Mid-Infrared Echelle Spectrograph OAKES El Camino Real While Niki Connolly, Nikki Walberg and junior sister Katie Oakes have accounted for the bulk of El Camino Real of Woodland Hills' 26 goals during the first three rounds of the City Section playoffs, sophomore midfielder Michelle Oakes has been a valuable asset with her playmaking skills and defense. She was a big factor in the Conquistadores' 4-1 victory over Taft. CAPTION(S): 3 photos, 7 boxes Photo: (1) RAPHAEL REYNOLDS (2) MEGHAN CORSO (3) MICHELLE OAKES Box: (1) ATHLETES OF THE WEEK (see text) (2) UP & COMER (see text) (3) THINK YOU KNOW? (4) RANDOM NUMBERS (5) THEY SAID IT (6) DAY PLANNER (7) TRIVIA ANSWER |
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