COC NOTEBOOK: WHITTEN SEETHES OVER SEEDING COC FAILED TO GET ROLE PLAYING HOST.Byline: Scott Magoloff Staff Writer VALENCIA - The junior 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. seeding committee might not have literally stolen something from College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. coach Ray Whitten, but just the same, he believes he was robbed blind on Saturday. Whitten hoped to be voted into the No. 4 seeding from No. 5 at the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, seeding meeting. It would mean COC See chip on chip. would host its first regional 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. in history. For whatever reason, the committee opted to keep two-time defending state champion Cypress (29-13-2) - which didn't even win its conference this year - in the No. 4 spot. Thus, No. 5 COC (37-5, 21-0) will have to continue to wait for that elusive home-field advantage in the playoffs. ``We got had,'' said Whitten, who participated in the seeding meeting as the Western State Conference's representative. ``Needless to say, I was very upset. . . . They gave it to them because of who they were, not necessarily who they are.'' To host a playoff would have been a reward for COC's record-breaking season in which it became the first WSC WSC Winter Symposium on Chemometrics WSC Winter Simulation Conference WSC Wayne State College WSC Westfield State College (Westfield, MA) WSC Western State College (Colorado) team to go undefeated in conference. The Cougars also had the most wins in the program's history. Although COC's coaches and players believe an injustice was done, poetic justice poetic justice n. The rewarding of virtue and the punishment of vice, often in an especially appropriate or ironic manner. poetic justice Noun an appropriate punishment or reward for previous actions might be served in the team's placement. The Cougars were put into Cypress' bracket, meaning one team will likely have to go through the other to reach the state tournament. It's a perfect opportunity for COC to show it deserved the No. 4 seeding. ``It was kind of depressing,'' second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker Valarie Reyes said. ``We got the news (Monday) and we were bummed. It seems like it was political; you know, who wants to vote against the two-time defending state champion? ``We're going to show them that we deserved the opportunity to host. . . . Last year we wanted to play Cypress but never got the opportunity. From the girls that came back from last year, we want Cypress. We want that team.'' Ironically, the Cougars were supposed to play Cypress in their tournament in February, but it was rained out and could not be made up. Whitten said the other voters tried to point out that COC did not play tough competition in its tournaments this year. Although Whitten said he refuted the point during the heated argument, he was not able to say he'd beaten Cypress. The Cougars played perhaps the toughest tournament schedule they had in years this season. Two tournaments were reserved for defending conference champions only. ``How can you bring down my team, saying we didn't play tough enough competition in the tournaments - we were in the same tournaments as Cypress,'' Whitten said. ``I can't help that the organizer didn't put me in the same bracket with, quote, the powerhouse teams. So next year I'll have to whine and cry like a baby to everyone who's putting on a tournament that they better put me in the bracket with, quote, the power teams. ``And if I beat all of them, what are you going to do to me next year?'' --Calling it quits quits adj. On even terms with by payment or requital: I am finally quits with the loan. [Middle English, probably alteration (influenced by Medieval Latin : Reyes, who led COC with a batting average batting average n. Baseball A measure of a batter's performance obtained by dividing the total of base hits by the number of times at bat, not including walks. Noun 1. of more than .600, will call it a career when the Cougars' season ends. The sophomore increased her average from about .400 last season to .604 this season. She plans to become a deputy sheriff. ``I'm going to miss it - I'm hoping this weekend isn't our last weekend,'' Reyes said. ``I really want to go on and play (in the state tournament). I've played this game for 15 years and I'm going to miss it. It's been a great run the last couple of years.'' Reyes said she might eventually return to the game as a coach. For now, she can focus on the playoffs and No. 15 Pasadena City College (25-15), which is COC's first opponent in the Southern California Regionals at noon on Saturday at Cypress. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) COC's hard-hitting Valarie Reyes plans to end her softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' career and become a deputy sheriff. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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