CONEJO VALLEY NEARING REGIONALS C.V. 8, EASTVIEW 1.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer LONG BEACH - The dominating victories continue for undefeated Conejo Valley The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwest Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and eventually became part of the Rancho El Conejo land grant by Little League. The 11- and 12-year-olds from 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. defeated Eastview of San Pedro 8-1 in the third round of 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, Divisionals in front of about 400 fans at Heartwell Park on Tuesday night. Conejo Valley (10-0) can win the eight-team double-elimination tournament A double-elimination tournament is a competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost two games or matches. with a victory at 7 p.m. Thursday at Stearns Park in Long Beach against either Eastview or Aliso Viejo. If Conejo Valley loses, the teams would play again Friday. The winner of the Southern California Divisionals advances to the Western Regionals in San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. , which is the last stop before the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. Cody Thomson keyed the victory over Eastview. The 5-foot-9 right-hander won his second game of the tournament on two days' rest, allowing four hits and striking out seven. He also hit a two-run single. ``We've just got to come out and play hard again, and hopefully things will turn out the same way,'' Thomson said. ``We've been on a good streak because we're hitting the ball great, we're playing good defense and our pitching is really good.'' Thomson is 6-0 with a 0.89 ERA and 46 strikeouts in 27 innings. Danny Leon and Sean McIntyre each added two hits and an 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 . Tyler Kemper had an RBI single. Conejo Valley continued its aggressive baserunning, stealing five bases. Gerry Gittelson, (661) 257-5218 gerry.gittelson(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): box Box: LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL |
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