DAILY NEWS INVITATIONAL PREVIEW: SECTION CONNECTION CITY AND SOUTHERN TO MIX IT UP.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer In baseball, it's a real rivalry. Who's better, the City Section or the Southern? Unlike just about every other high school sport, the City Section more than holds its own against its better-funded Southern brethren. And the City Section, always with a bit of a chip on its shoulder because it has to do more with less, gets the opportunity to show how good it is at the Daily News Invitational, which begins Tuesday. The tournament, expanded to 32 teams this season, concludes March 18 at USC's Deadeaux Field with a championship game matching the tournament's best from the two sections. In addition, the coaches of the two finalists will be asked to coach the annual Daily News Bernie Milligan All-Star Game An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league. The players are often chosen by a popular vote of fans of the sport and the game often occurs at the halfway point of the regular season, although this is not the case for some all-star games in June, which is changing its format this year to match the best players from the two sections as well rather than the previous East/West format. ``That's something people always talk about,'' tournament director Steve Marden said of the section supremacy. ``In most sports, it's easy to say the (Southern Section), but in baseball, not so. ``In a couple weeks, we'll know the answer.'' Along the way, both sides provide an opportunity to see the region's elite. Palmdale's Matt Harrington Matt Harrington (born February 1, 1982) is a baseball player who holds the record for the most times being chosen in the Major League Baseball amateur draft. Between 2000 and 2004, Harrington, a top prospect coming out of high school, was chosen in all five drafts, but never signed , 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:
Notre Dame defeated Grant of Van Nuys for last year's title, the first year the tournament had a final. In previous years the tournament, which began as a six-team City event and grew to a 32-team field with an equal number of City and Southern Section participants, played a set amount of predetermined pre·de·ter·mine v. pre·de·ter·mined, pre·de·ter·min·ing, pre·de·ter·mines v.tr. 1. To determine, decide, or establish in advance: games and the team with the best showing was the winner. Now, teams have four prescheduled games, after which they are paired with a team with a similar record from the opposing section for their final game. Intriguing matchups to watch include Friday's game between Notre Dame and host ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) . Both have a lot of hitting and could go far if they find pitching. The Knights' Matt Cunningham, Chris Dickerson For the baseball player of the same name, see . Chris Dickerson (born August 25, 1939 in Montgomery, Alabama), is an American bodybuilder. Bodybuilding career Dickerson was born to Mahala Ashley Dickerson as the youngest of three triplets. , Jonathan Brewster and Brendan Ryan will try to outslug an ECR lineup led by Jackson and Sean McElroy. Notre Dame follows with a trip the next day to Palmdale, where the Knights could face Harrington and his well-placed pitches that consistently top 90 mph. The same day, Highland's Matt Parris could be involved in a pitching duel with Chris Cordeiro when he and his new teammates play at Thousand Oaks while Westlake hosts Chaminade of West Hills in a matchup of top-10 teams. Also, keep an eye on Poly of Sun Valley, Kennedy of Granada Hills and South Gate. Poly lost several players from last season's City runner-up team, but senior shortstop Eder Tapia and the Parrots remain strong. Kennedy and South Gate were both City semifinalists. Kennedy awaits the return of pitcher Jose Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
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--New addition: Skill contests are scheduled for the first time this year and will be held before the 7 p.m. championship game at Dedeaux Field. There will be a home run derby This is about the Major League Baseball contest. For the 1959 television show of the same name, see Home Run Derby (TV series). The Home Run Derby is an event played prior to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. and a hot-hands baserunning contest, in which teams are timed while throwing the ball around the bases twice and runner rounding the bases once. SCHEDULE TUESDAY, FEB. 29 All games at 3 p.m. Bell at San Fernando Monroe at Birmingham Franklin at Cleveland Eagle Rock at South Gate ECR at Grant Kennedy at Granada Hills Wilson at North Hollywood Van Nuys at Poly FRIDAY, MARCH 3 All games at 3 p.m. Bell at Glendale Paraclete at Birmingham Palmdale at Cleveland Eagle Rock at Harvard-Westlake St. Francis at North Hollywood Burbank at Franklin Westlake at Granada Hills Grant at Highland Thousand Oaks at Kennedy Quartz Hill at Monroe Notre Dame at ECR La Canada at Poly Lancaster at San Fernando South Gate at Chaminade Van Nuys at Antelope Valley Wilson at Valencia SATURDAY, MARCH 4 All games at 11 a.m. Antelope Valley at Paraclete Burbank at Quartz Hill Chaminade at Westlake Glendale at Lancaster Harvard-Westlake at La Canada Notre Dame at Palmdale Valencia at St. Francis Highland at Thousand Oaks TUESDAY, MARCH 7 all games at 3 p.m. Quartz Hill vs. Bell at San Fernando Birmingham at Westlake Cleveland at Valencia Eagle Rock at St. Francis Highland at ECR Franklin at Glendale Granada Hills at Chaminade Antelope Valley at Grant Paraclete at Kennedy Palmdale at Monroe North Hollywood at La Canada Poly at Thousand Oaks San Fernando at Notre Dame South Gate at Burbank Van Nuys at Harvard-Westlake Lancaster at Wilson THURSDAY, MARCH 9 All games at 3 p.m. St. Francis at Bell Quartz Hill at Birmingham Antelope Valley at Cleveland Eagle Rock at La Canada Valencia at ECR Thousand Oaks at San Fernando Glendale at Granada Hills Highland at Kennedy Paraclete at Monroe Palmdale at North Hollywood Poly at Notre Dame Harvard-Westlake at Franklin South Gate at Westlake Van Nuys at Burbank (5:30 game) Lancaster at Grant Wilson at Chaminade SATURDAY, MARCH 11 all games at 11 a.m. City vs. CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). Games TBA TBA See: To be announced Contests based on teams with similar records. SATURDAY, MARCH 18 4 p.m.: Home run derby and hot hands - base-running contest. 7 p.m.: City vs. CIF tournament championship game at Dedeaux Field on USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. campus. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: MANNY ALVARADO Kennedy's coach has a solid defense and high hopes. need daily news baseball tourney logo Box: Schedule (see text) |
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