CHATTER: UC SANTA BARBARA GRATEFUL FOR VALAIKA.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer When UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. baseball coach Bob Brontsema recently met with other members of the Big West Conference, he couldn't resist letting them know he thought they had made a mistake. He couldn't understand how they passed on a player like former Hart High of Newhall standout Chris Valaika. Valaika joins Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. graduate Chad Lundahl as two local shortstops who are expected to make an impact in the Big West this season despite only being freshmen. Valaika and Lundahl, who plays for UC Irvine, both will be looking to help turn around teams that had losing records and tied for fifth in the conference last season. ``We have a freshman shortstop who I will tout Tout To promote a security in order to attract buyers. tout To foster interest in a particular company or security. For example, a broker might tout a security to a client in the hope that the client will purchase the security. and rave about forever because he is a star,'' Brontsema said of Valaika. `` I can not say enough good things about him. I do not know how he escaped the other coaches out here, but he ended up on our campus. ... ``He has been just the ideal player. He walked on campus and has behaved like a freshman in that he does not talk about or show his medals and everything from the USA team. He rakes the lines and puts the equipment away like the other freshmen. But he plays like a junior. He is someone that is really going to elevate el·e·vate tr.v. ele·vat·ed, ele·vat·ing, ele·vates 1. To move (something) to a higher place or position from a lower one; lift. 2. To increase the amplitude, intensity, or volume of. 3. our team.'' The Anteaters are just as pleased with Lundahl. ``We really feel we have a terrific young shortstop in Chad Lundahl,'' Irvine coach John Savage John Savage may refer to:
The upcoming 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 season brings a change of scenery for a few former West Valley League standouts. Former Chatsworth High ace Joe Guntz and Granada Hills graduates Eddie Degerman and Erik Hagstrom each transferred this season. Guntz and Hagstrom join a Cal State Northridge team that is looking to rebound from last year's 14-42 showing. The left-handed Guntz, a former City Player of the Year, was 0-1 with a 6.04 ERA in 22 1/3 innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. last season as a freshman at Sacramento State. Hagstrom, a sophomore infielder in·field·er n. Baseball A player assigned to the infield. Noun 1. infielder - (baseball) a person who plays a position in the infield , transferred from Northeastern, where he started all 51 games in 2002 before redshirting last season. Degerman, a sophomore right-hander, gets a chance to be a part of one of the nation's top teams after moving from UC Irvine to defending national champion Rice, which is ranked as high as No. 1 in preseason polls. ... The Taft High of Woodland Hills baseball program is organizing an alumni game for 1 p.m. Feb. 28. Former players can contact Greg Venger at (818) 348-7171 ext. 1300. Venger, the Toreadors' first-year coach, decided to revive the event after a three-year absence. ``When I played here, we always had one,'' Venger said. ``It was a great way to start off the season. Plus, we've done a lot of work on our field - it looks much better- and it's be a great way to show it off.''... Monroe of North Hills' Rashaad Richards orally committed to play football at Boise State during a weekend visit. Richards was recruited to play defensive back. ... Matt Patterson, a 6-foot-3, 200-pound safety and receiver from Burroughs of Burbank, gave an oral commitment to UC Davis. ... Palmdale receiver Justin Shaw has committed to play for Northern Arizona Northern Arizona is dominated by the Colorado Plateau, the southern border of which in Arizona is called the Mogollon Rim. In the West lies the Grand Canyon, which was cut by the flow of the Colorado River while the land slowly rose around it. , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Falcons coach Jeff Williams For the poker player, see . For the physician, see . For the astronaut, see . Jeff Williams (born June 6, 1972 in Canberra) is an Australian-born, left-handed pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team. . USC's Ebony Hoffman Ebony Vernice Hoffman (born August 27, 1982 in Los Angeles, California) is a professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was selected as the ninth overall pick in the 2004 WNBA Draft. was named Pac-10 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. player of the week after averaging 15.5 points, seven rebounds and 2.5 steals in victories over California and sixth-ranked Stanford. ... Calabasas will hold its annual baseball alumni game Feb. 21. Information: coach Rick Nathanson at (818) 222-7177, ext. 729. Staff Writers Matthew Kredell and Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. contributed to this report. Heather Gripp, (818)713-3607 heather.gripp(at)dailynews.com ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Ashlee Trebilcock Junior Hart Trebilcock hit the game-winning shot with four seconds left in top-ranked Hart's thrilling 64-62 victory over then-No. 5 Valencia on Friday night. She finished with a career-high 34 points on 13-of-21 shooting and eight assists. Mike Hornbuckle Senior Oaks Christian Hornbuckle enjoyed a remarkable week for the Lions, torching Malibu on Tuesday with 51 points, eight assists and eight rebounds, then following that up with a 29-point performance in a victory over Nordhoff of Ojai. Hornbuckle has one of the purest shots in the region, and when he's on - as he's been recently - opponents are almost defenseless. UP AND COMER Sean Brandon Montclair Prep Brandon, an eighth-grader, is averaging 16 points, seven rebounds and eight assists on the Montclair Prep Junior High team. He's also an outstanding football player for the flag football team. THEN AND NOW You might have to read this one twice to recognize it is a look back to 1990 and not a clipping (1) Cutting off the outer edges or boundaries of a word, signal or image. In rendering an image, clipping removes any objects or portions thereof that are not visible on screen. See scissoring. See also WCA. from the present, when Cleveland of Reseda again is the Daily News' top-ranked team. And yes, it is the same Andre Chevalier, the current Cavaliers coach. ``There seems to be no let-up with the Cleveland High School basketball team. The Daily News' top-ranked team jumped to a 21-point first-quarter lead and easily defeated Canoga Park, 84-65, in a Northwest Valley Conference game Wednesday afternoon at Cleveland. Patrick McCook and Andre Chevalier led Cleveland (14-4) with 13 points a piece and Eddie Hill scored 12 points in a victory that is the Cavaliers' ninth in a row and 13th in their last 14 games.'' --Originally published in the Daily News on January 18, 1990. CAPTION(S): 3 photos, 5 boxes Photo: (1) Ashlee Trebilcock (2) Mik Hornbuckle (3) Sean Brandon Box: (1) ATHLETES OF THE WEEK (see text) (2) UP AND COMER (see text) (3) THEN AND NOW (see text) (4) STATILICIOUS (5) ON DECK: Highlights of the coming week |
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