DAILY NEWS INVITATIONAL NOTEBOOK: LANCERS LOOKING SHARP PITCHING IS KEY FOR THOUSAND OAKS.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer The overachieving underdog label apparently didn't leave with the eight starters who graduated from last season's Southern Section-champion 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. High baseball team. The Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. , who won last year's Southern Section Div. II title after finishing second in the Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. , already are starting the upsets this season with a fresh, young lineup. Thousand Oaks held a potent Quartz Hill offense to two runs Saturday in a Lancers victory that keeps Thousand Oaks in contention to return to the Daily News Invitational final. Thousand Oaks enters today's third round of games as one of eight undefeated Southern Section representatives trying to earn a berth in the 42-team tournament's title game against the City's top representative Saturday at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. . ``Don't count out Thousand Oaks,'' Moorpark coach Scott Fullerton warned before the season. ``Just watch, they'll be good again.'' Sure, it's early, but the Lancers have at least indicated they have one of the most important ingredients for success: pitching. Travis Erickson threw a shutout in Friday's opener against Poly of Sun Valley, and fellow senior Brian Bird earned the victory against Quartz Hill with four innings of one-hit relief. Bird and Erickson both played on varsity last season when Kyle Ayers and Div. II co-Player of the Year Bret Montgomery handled the bulk of the pitching. Thousand Oaks lost to 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:
The Conquistadores (2-0) are also on track for a return to the title game, having outscored opponents 20-0 in their first two games. --Cross-town rivalry: Oaks Christian of Westlake Village can do more than just extend its undefeated start with a victory today. Local bragging rights are on the line when Oaks Christian (2-0) plays at Westlake (0-2). The game is also an opportunity for the small-school Lions to show they can play with the big boys. Westlake has won four consecutive Marmonte League titles. --Home sweet home: Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. (2-0) gets to play its first official game on its remodeled field today against Burbank (0-2). A donation from Simi Valley graduate and current Dodgers pitcher Jeff Weaver This article is about Major League Baseball player Jeffrey Weaver. For other people named Jeff Weaver, see Jeff Weaver (disambiguation). Jeffrey Charles Weaver helped fund a field renovation that includes an artificial turf Artificial turf, or synthetic turf, is a grass-like man-made surface manufactured from synthetic materials. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass, however, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial infield. ``It's night and day,'' Simi Valley coach Matt La Belle said of the improvements. ``We went from having one of the worst fields to one of the best.'' --Unhittable: The first week of the Daily News Invitational produced two no-hitters. Birmingham of Lake Balboa's senior right-hander Max Limonick threw a six-inning no-hitter against Eagle Rock on Wednesday. Highland of Palmdale's Chris Velasco no-hit Taft of Woodland Hills in a five-inning victory Friday for what the Bulldogs (2-0) believe is the first no-hitter in program history. Heather Gripp, (818) 713-3607 heather.gripp(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Chaminade of West Hills' Kyle Redding Redding, city (1990 pop. 66,462), seat of Shasta co., N central Calif., on the Sacramento River; inc. 1872. A principal tourist center for a mountain and lake region, it also has lumbering, food-processing, and diverse manufacturing. tags out Agoura's Curtis Courtney during the Chargers' 12-3 victory Friday. Joel P. Lugavere/Special to the Daily News |
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