CHATTER: NEWS AND NOTES FROM LOCAL SPORTS PEPPERDINE'S COLEMAN WINS NATIONAL HONOR.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer Three weeks ago, Paul Coleman had yet to earn a victory as a college starter. The Pepperdine junior left-hander has since become one of the hottest pitchers in college baseball College baseball is baseball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education, predominantly in the United States. Compared to American football and basketball in the United States, college competition plays a less significant contribution to cultivating , winning the Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week award after claiming his third consecutive victory. Coleman pitched a two-hit shutout Saturday against New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded , setting a school record with 16 strikeouts. He retired 16 of the last 17 batters, 12 by strikeout. In Coleman's previous start, he defeated top-ranked, previously unbeaten Tulane. Coleman's victory over New Orleans helped the Waves to the title at the Dairy Queen Dairy Queen (also known as DQ) is an ice-cream shop and fast-food restaurant franchise based in the United States and founded in 1940. For many years the franchise's slogan was "We treat you right!" In recent years, it has been changed to "DQ something different. Classic in Minneapolis. He was joined on the all-tournament team by teammates Chad Tracy Chad Austin Tracy (born May 22, 1980 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is a third baseman in Major League Baseball who plays with the Arizona Diamondbacks.Tracy also commonly known as "Opposite Field Tracy" bats left handed and throws right handed. Tracy compiled a . , Steve Kleen, Patrick Rooney, Adrian Ortiz and Danny Worth. Pepperdine goes for another tournament title this weekend when it plays host to the Yellow Book USA Classic beginning Friday. Winthrop, Oregon State and Cal State Northridge also are participating. ... The anticipated high school baseball showdown between Chatsworth and Agoura has been rescheduled for 3 p.m. Wednesday, at Chatsworth, after Friday's game was rained out. Both teams won their openers Saturday, with Chatsworth extending its winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" to 51 games. ... Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. players Mariqueta Starling starling, any of a group of originally Old World birds that have become distributed worldwide. Starlings were brought to New York in 1890; since then the common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) has spread throughout North America. and RaChauna Randle were selected to the all-state team. Starling, a 6-foot forward, leads the Marauders in scoring (14.4 points per game) and blocks (1.4) and averages 9.4 rebounds. AVC (1) (Advanced Video Coding) The video compression techniques used in the H.264 standard, jointly developed by ISO and the ITU-T. See H.264. (2) (Audio Visual C (30-2) begins its first appearance in the state championship tournament Friday against Sierra - from Rocklin, northeast of Sacramento - at the University of San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . ... Alemany of Mission Hills running back/linebacker Anthony Sampson has committed to UC Davis. Sampson rushed for 771 yards and 10 touchdowns in 10 games, and he also made 98 tackles. ... Former Hart of Newhall baseball standout Chris Giordano, an all-conference catcher at Riverside Community College In addition to the main campus located in downtown Riverside, there are also satellite campuses located in Moreno Valley, Norco, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center, and the Rubidoux Annex in Rubidoux. the past two seasons, is recovering from extensive shoulder surgery that cost him a scholarship to Chico State. Giordano has joined the Riverside staff as an assistant coach. His mother, Cathy Giordano, is the softball coach at Hart. ``I'm rehabbing, but I still get out there and hit with the team every day,''Giordano said. ``My plan is to coach until the end of the season, then hopefully hook up with a summer team and start over again.''... Promising Valencia High outfielder Virgil Hill Jr., son of former World Boxing Association World Boxing Association (WBA) is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association, it is one of three major organizations recognized by IBHOF light-heavyweight champion Virgil Hill and ex-U.S. Olympic track star Danean Howard, has quit the baseball team to concentrate on track. He plans to return to baseball next season. Ramona Shelburne and Gerry Gittelson contributed. Heather Gripp, (818) 713-3607 heather.gripp(at)dailynews.com ATHLETES OF THE WEEK JOE FORD Senior, Campbell Hall of North Hollywood He scored a game-high 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds Thursday to lead the Vikings past Verbum Dei of Los Angeles 84-61 in the Southern Section Div. IV-AA championship game at Loyola Marymount. Campbell Hall (28-0) claimed its second section title in basketball and a home berth for tonight's Div. IV state playoff opener against The Bishop's School of La Jolla. CAITLYN MACKECHNIE Senior, Oaks Christian of Westlake Village The three-year starter scored the tying goal - the 11th postseason goal of her career - in the Southern Section Div. V final to help Oaks Christian to its third successive co-championship with a 2-2 draw against Valley Christian of Cerritos. MacKechnie also was selected Most Valuable Player of Sunday's 15th annual Senior High School All-Star Showcase at La Canada High. UP & COMER PERRI HOPKINS Agoura The freshman is part of a group that is expected to make the Chargers, runners-up in Southern Section Div. IV girls' water polo, a force again next season. Agoura was 26-6 with just two seniors on the roster. Hopkins, called up for the playoffs, is a defensive standout; Agoura coach Jason Rosenthal called her one of the best-rounded players on the junior-varsity team. CAPTION(S): 3 photos, 7 boxes Photo: (1) JOE FORD (2) CAITLYN MACKECHNIE (3) PERRI HOPKINS Box: (1) ATHLETES OF THE WEEK (see text) (2) UP & COMER (see text) (3) RANDOM NUMBERS (4) THEY SAID IT (5) THINK YOU KNOW? (6) DAY PLANNER (7) TRIVIA ANSWER |
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