CHATTER: SOLID DEBUT FOR HANCE.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer Brandon Hance, a two-time All-City football quarterback from Taft High, is the No. 2 starter at Purdue. The true freshman True freshman is a term used in NCAA sports, indicating that an athlete is playing the sport in his first year of college, rather than redshirting for one or more years to protect future college eligibility. worked his way from fifth on the depth chart, completing 9 of 14 for 160 yards and two touchdowns and running for three touchdowns in the Boilermakers' final spring scrimmage. ``I'm real excited,'' said Hance, who graduated early from Taft last winter so he could learn Purdue's offense. ``I went out every day and worked hard, studied film and started making plays in the scrimmages. Leaving early turned out to be a great decision.'' . . . Louisville High graduate Becky Witt of Reseda, a two-time college softball College softball is softball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education, predominantly in the United States. College softball is played by women at the intercollegiate level, whereas college baseball is played by men. All-American at Fresno State, is having another big season. Batting leadoff for the 46-11 Bulldogs, she's hitting .347 with three home runs, 36 runs and nine stolen bases. . . . Tonight's Golden League track and field championships have been moved to Quartz Hill High. Events begin at 5 p.m. The 100-meter dash figures to be the most interesting, with Littlerock's Rodney Woods, Highland's Seth Amoo, Palmdale's Travis Morse and Antelope Valley's Jon Molock all within a tenth of a second of each other at Thursday's prelims. On Tuesday, Woods, the state's leading returning triple jumper, was first in the league in the triple jump (47-9 1/2) and long jump (22-11). . . . Sylmar's Mark Sutton, expected to be one of the region's top football linebackers next season, might make a major impact at tailback tail·back n. Football The back on an offensive team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage. tailback Noun Brit a queue of traffic stretching back from an obstruction . The 6- foot-3, 220-pounder ran for 273 yards (6.1 avg.) and scored five touchdowns as a reserve last year. ``Now it's my turn,'' Sutton said. ``One of the coaches thinks I'm going to be better than (Sylmar/UCLA RB) Durell Price.'' Sutton is participating at the invitation-only USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. Nike football camp on May 21. . . . Vasquez baseball pitcher Nick Epper waited 18 games for his first starting assignment, then responded by throwing a no-hitter against Frazier Mountain Frazier Mountain is a mountain (or peak) that is located near Frazier Park, California and Lake of the Woods, California to the north. Frazier Mountain is 8,026 feet (2446 m) last week. The Mustangs (15-3-1, 10-1) can clinch their first High Desert League championship with a victory at Bishop today. . . . Grace Brethren's Tim Thompson Charles Lemoine Thompson (born March 1, 1924 in Coalport, Pennsylvania) was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played from 1954-1958 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Kansas City Athletics and Detroit Tigers. He was a coach for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1981. goes for a state-record 52 career pitching victories in Wednesday's 3:15 p.m. Heritage League baseball finale against visiting Faith Baptist. Catcher Jackson Beauchamp, Thompson's best friend since they were 8 years old, has been the catcher in every victory. . . . Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. softball pitcher Meredith Cervenka, whose state record of 292 1/3 innings without an earned run earned run n. Baseball A run scored without the aid of an error, used in computing earned run averages. Noun 1. earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team was ended by Glendale on April 25, started the week with a new streak of 37 innings. ``I can have more fun and not worry so much now when someone gets on base,'' she said. ``For a while the streak was actually a major hassle.'' Look for Crescenta Valley (23-1) to make a bigger impact in the playoffs this year. The last three seasons, the Falcons have competed in Division I and didn't advance past the second round. This season, they'll be in Division II. . . . Lancaster's Tara Jensen, who briefly transferred to Quartz Hill in the fall before returning to Lancaster, hit her sixth home run Tuesday, breaking her own school single-season softball record. . . . Pitcher Mikki Goldwater and catcher Nadine Klemenz of 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. were selected to the all-state team. Goldwater is 19-5 with a 1.41 ERA and two saves. Klemenz is batting .473 with six home runs and 43 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 40 games. |
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