CITY SECTION: LEGACY MOTIVATES ECR LOSSES IN SEMIS HAVE KEPT TEAM FROM 13TH TITLE.Byline: 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. Staff Writer Early last season, 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:
n. 1. (Zool.) Same as Lory. Chandler Chandler, city (1990 pop. 90,533), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., in the Salt River valley; inc. 1920. It is both a residential community and a center for research and technology. Tourism is also important, and the San Marcos Golf Resort is in Chandler. was wary of heaping too much attention on freshman catcher Francesca Enea, downplaying her talent until she proved it on the field. Others, like her father, Sal, worried she would struggle to overcome the expectations that come with being the younger sister of Christina Enea, an All-American at Oklahoma. But for Francesca Enea, who hit .465 and tied Camarillo's Cambria Miranda for the area lead in 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 (37) last season, the only pressure she feels is to return to the City Section championship, which ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) has won a record 12 times, the last in 1999. ``It's always in the back of our heads,'' Enea said. ``Our goal every year is to try and live up to what the ECR program has set up for us. It kind of hurts that we haven't played there in four years, but we are trying our hardest and we're going to get there eventually. We really need to make it over our little wall.'' El Camino Real has lost to either Carson or San Pedro in the semifinals at South Gate Park each of the past four years. ``It is what it is,'' Chandler said. ``They're going to be the top two seeds until somebody knocks them off.'' But if last season was any indication, area teams might be closing the gap on their Marine League rivals. El Camino Real and West Valley League rival Granada Hills advanced to the semifinals last season and could create an all-San Fernando Valley championship game for the first time since 1997. Granada Hills graduated shortstop Kelly Zakosek, now playing at Cal State Northridge, and El Camion Real graduated top hitters Megan Zwoyer and Kelly Lombard, but overall, both teams should be improved. Enea is one of the area's top players and will continue to improve. Granada Hills is led by senior pitcher Kat Walsh, who led the area in strikeouts and threw seven no-hitters last season. And both teams are playing difficult schedules to try to ``get past South Gate'' as Enea said. Both are entered in the Hart tournament in Newhall this weekend and the Daily News Victory Spring Classic April 17 and 24. Look for sophomore pitcher Megan Miller (18-7, 1.00 ERA) to have another solid year for El Camino Real. And don't be surprised to see freshmen Brittany Goodchild and Amanda MacIntosh contribute immediately at the plate. Sylmar, 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. and Birmingham of Lake Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). also should have solid seasons. Sylmar sophomore shortstop Bianca Mejia tied for the area lead last year with 13 home runs, San Fernando junior Selena Salazar had 192 strikeouts in 132 innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. , and Birmingham is always capable of pulling upsets. Ramona Shelburne, (818) 713-3617 ramona.shelburne(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Francesca Enea, who batted .465 last season, will try to help El Camino Real win the City title for the first time since 1999. John McCoy/Staff Photographer |
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