COOKIES ARE VILLAGE CHRISTIAN'S CONSOLATION PRIZE ONTARIO CHR. 1, VILLAGE CHR. 0.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 IRVINE - It would've been the perfect celebration for back-to-back Southern Section championships, Marissa Zubricky and her father Larry thought: Warm chocolate chip Chocolate chips are small chunks of chocolate. They are often sold in a round, flat-bottomed teardrop shape (similar to a Hershey's Kiss). They are available in numerous sizes, from large to miniature, but are usually around 1 cm in diameter. and oatmeal raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. cookies with ice-cold milk. But instead, it turned into the perfect comfort food. The Village Christian softball team lost 1-0 in eight innings to Ontario Christian on Friday in the Southern Section Div. V championship game at Barber Park in Irvine in the cruelest of ways. The Crusaders outhit Ontario Christian 7-3 as senior pitcher Lauren Nydam dazzled in her final high school game before heading off to Stanford in the fall. In the end, a seeing-eye double to right field 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 fielder's choice field·er's choice n. Baseball A play made on a ground ball in which the fielder chooses to put out an advancing base runner, thus allowing the batter to reach first base safely. Noun 1. brought an end to the Crusaders' season. Afterward, there wasn't much coach Jim Stone could say to his team that would comfort them. So Nydam turned to Zubricky's cookies. ``I've had about six of these already, they're total comfort food right now,'' Nydam joked while wiping back tears. ``I never eat this much. But I need these right now.'' And after watching her team leave five runners on base, hit into a double play, have one runner thrown out attempting to steal and another called out for leaving early, Nydam was certainly entitled to as much comfort food as she wanted. ``This is kind of like trying to swallow a watermelon watermelon, plant (Citrullus vulgaris) of the family Curcurbitaceae (gourd family) native to Africa and introduced to America by Africans transported as slaves. Watermelons are now extensively cultivated in the United States and are popular also in S Russia. ,'' Stone said. ``We had our shots, but we didn't execute or move runners, and that was the ballgame.'' Ontario Christian broke through in the eighth inning when Rachelle Conroy poked a double down the right-field line. She took second on a passed ball and scored on Brittany Burks' fielder's choice. Village Christian's best scoring opportunity came when Amy Servillo and Katie Stauffer led off the fifth inning with singles. But designated player Shelly Henning popped up a sacrifice bunt attempt, and pinch hitter pinch-hit intr.v. pinch-hit, pinch-hit·ting, pinch-hits 1. Baseball To bat in place of a player scheduled to bat, especially when a hit is badly needed. 2. Amanda Taylor's promising line drive was caught by left fielder Natalie Giron. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Village Christian (21-11) threatened again. Angie Jones led off with a single to right field and took second on an overthrow. Leadoff batter Alex Kinney then laid down a well-placed bunt, but Jones was thrown out trying to advance to third. Kinney, who entered the game with 27 steals, was caught stealing For meanings outside baseball, see . In baseball, a runner is charged, and the fielders involved are credited, with a time caught stealing when the runner attempts to advance or lead off from one base to another without the ball being batted and then is tagged out by a fielder on a strong throw from catcher Nicole Prestia. Meaghan Hannah popped out to second base to end the game. For Ontario Christian (24-5) the victory was sweet vindication VINDICATION, civil law. The claim made to property by the owner of it. 1 Bell's Com. 281, 5th ed. See Revendication. after losing to the eventual division champion in each of the previous four seasons. Last season, Village Christian defeated Ontario Christian in the quarterfinals. Oaks Christian plays for title Many expected Oaks Christian of Westlake Village (33-1) to be playing Dos Pueblos of Goleta this afternoon in the Southern Section Div. IV final. But aside from top-seeded and defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Oaks Christian advancing back to the championship game, not much else in Div. IV has gone as planned. Instead, Oaks Christian will take on a scrappy Barstow team that has won its three playoff games by a combined four runs. Game time is 4:30 p.m. at Barber Park in Irvine. - Ramona Shelburne CAPTION(S): box Box: Oaks Christian plays for title (see text) |
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