DAILY UPDATE.COLLEGES Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. Tami Oritz has provided the offensive spark more often than not for the 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' team this season. After sitting out a year to improve her game, the Paraclete High of Lancaster graduate leads the Marauders in 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. (.476), runs (22), stolen bases (23) and on-base percentage (.634). ``Tami's fast and she's always a threat,'' coach Gene Pagliaro said. ``You can't teach speed. The athlete has to have it and Tami does. She's putting the ball in play and if there is any hesitation by the fielders, she's on first base. I'm glad to have her on my team, that's for sure.'' - Sean Ceglinsky HIGH SCHOOLS Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Former Antelope Kevin Appier n. Baseball A run scored without the aid of an error, used in computing earned run averages. Noun 1. earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team in seven innings. Appier has two more scheduled exhibition starts before the regular season begins March 31. - Matthew Kredell Highland It's been a first week of mixed success for Colgate freshman softball player and former Highland standout Natalie Rawson. Rawson started Colgate's first game and gave up eight runs (two earned) in 3.1 innings, but has hit three home runs in eight games. Rawson's leadoff home run in the second inning Tuesday was the winning margin in Colgate's 2-1 victory over Dartmouth. - Rich Hammond Rich Hammond Los Angeles Daily News sports writer. Instrumental in bringing the Los Angeles Kings hockey organization closer to the fans. He is the atypical "what a guy" to Kings fans everywhere. Rich Hammond on himself. Lancaster The Eagles baseball team looks to end its offensive slump and earn its first Golden League victory when it plays at Antelope Valley today. The defending Golden League champion Eagles dropped to 1-5 by losing Friday's league opener to Quartz Hill 10-1. - Heather Gripp Littlerock Jake Read, one of the Golden League's top punters, is also an excellent golfer. He shot an 8-over-par 80 for the Lobos in their last match at Rancho Vista in Palmdale. The golf team's next league match is Thursday at Tierra del Sol in California City. ``We've had five matches and we're doing OK,'' coach Steve Mann Steve Mann is a tenured professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. Education Mann holds degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD in Media Arts and Sciences '97) and McMaster University, where he was said. ``We're trying to get that third playoff spot in the league because we finished fourth last year.'' - Gerry Gittelson Palmdale The Falcons look forward to playing crosstown cross·town or cross-town adj. Running, extending, or going across a city or town: a crosstown street; crosstown traffic. adv. rival Highland in any sport. But boys' track stands out even more so this year because the teams are favorites to battle for the top spot in the Golden League. The teams meet for their only dual meet of the season Thursday. Last year, Palmdale edged Highland to take the league title. - Matthew Kredell Paraclete The golf team plays a nonleague match against Antelope Valley at Rancho Vista Golf Club at 1 p.m. today after playing its third Alpha League team tournament of the season Monday. The Spirits, led by seniors Travis Gatza, Matt Regoli and Kevin Trujillo, have solid experience. That trio should make the Spirits a factor in the league-championship race. - Chris Cocoles Quartz Hill Canyon, which plays host to Quartz Hill in a nonleague softball game today at 3:15 p.m., has been solid and should compete for the Foothill League championship. The Cowboys finished third at the prestigious Hart tournament. Canyon split its last two doubleheaders against Moorpark and Lancaster last week and is led by Lauren Tripp. The Rebels are favored to win the Golden League and have also played a challenging schedule. - Chris Cocoles |
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