CITY SECTION BASEBALL: SAN FERNANDO IS NO. 4 AND UNHAPPY ABOUT IT.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer If the City Section baseball final is going to be an all-Valley game, as it often is, it will have to feature a team outside of the top four. Defending City champion Chatsworth was unanimously picked as the No. 1 seed when pairings were decided Monday at Hamilton High, but the only other local team to receive a spot in the top four is 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. at No. 4, a selection that left Tigers coach Armando Gomez displeased dis·please v. dis·pleased, dis·pleas·ing, dis·pleas·es v.tr. To cause annoyance or vexation to. v.intr. To cause annoyance or displeasure. . The Valley Mission League was voted the third-stronges league, but Valley Mission champion San Fernando ended up behind No. 3 San Pedro - which came from a weaker league - and No. 2 Roosevelt. Being seeded fourth instead of second or third means the Tigers (19-11) are in the same half of the 16-team City Championship bracket as Chatsworth (24-1-1). ``Look at the strength of league,'' Gomez said. ``They should go by that.'' San Fernando, which won just five games last year and was eliminated in the first round of the Division playoffs (now known as the Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. ), opens at home against No. 13 Marshall on Friday. San Fernando could be the third local team Chatsworth has to beat before reaching the June 6 final at Dodger Stadium • • [ . The Chancellors, who have played in the past two championship games, open against No. 16 Grant of Van Nuys and could face No. 9 Kennedy of Granada Hills in the second round if the Cougars beat No. 8 Carson. Although fewer area teams received high seeds than in recent years - three of the top four were Valley teams last season - more qualified for the playoffs than a year ago. Of the 32 teams in the postseason, 14 are locals. Birmingham of Van Nuys earned the No. 2 seed in the Invitational bracket, which features the lower 16 teams. Last year's Division champion Cleveland of Reseda is fourth in the Invitational. For much of the 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:
CITY BASEBALL PLAYOFF play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. PAIRINGS City Championship bracket First round, Friday No. 16 Grant at No. 1 Chatsworth No. 9 Kennedy at No. 8 Carson No. 12 South Gate at No. 5 Banning No. 13 Marshall at No. 4 San Fernando No. 14 Granada Hills at No. 3 San Pedro No. 11 Sylmar at No. 6 El Camino Real No. 10 Westchester at No. 7 Poly No. 15 Locke at No. 2 Roosevelt Invitational bracket No. 16 Huntington Park Huntington Park, city (1990 pop. 56,065), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential and industrial suburb of Los Angeles; founded 1856, inc. 1906. Its varied manufactures include metal, glass and rubber products and industrial equipment. at No. 1 University No. 9 Wilson at No. 8 North Hollywood No. 12 Gardena at No. 5 Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] No. 13 Venice at No. 4 Cleveland No. 14 Verdugo Hills at No. 3 Bell No. 11 Van Nuys at No. 6 Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). No. 10 Garfield at No. 7 Monroe No. 15 Narbonne at No. 2 Birmingham CAPTION(S): box Box: City baseball playoff pairings (see text) |
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