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DAY IN SPORTS: EX-BIRMINGHAM STARS LEAD VALLEY CHARGE.


Byline: Daily News

The Valley College of Van Nuys women's 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 has had a huge lift this season from former Birmingham of Lake Balboa standouts Brecken Bronner and Pauline Morquecho.

Valley's 8-2 win over host Fullerton College Fullerton College, in Fullerton, California, is the oldest community college in continuous operation in California, having been established in 1913. Fullerton College’s roots can be traced back to a time when the city of Fullerton was primarily an agricultural community  on Friday was no different.

Morquecho (12-3) pitched all five innings of the darkness-shortened game and struck out three batters. Bronner, who leads off and plays center field, went 3 for 4 with three runs and three stolen bases. Bronner has team highs in steals (10) and 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.
 (.483).

Valley (16-4-1, 7-2) currently is in second place in the Western State Conference. Last season The Monarchs finished 15-23 overall.

Valley hopes to take another step in its turnaround Tuesday when it visits first-place College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation.  on Tuesday at 3 p.m. with first place on the line.

PREP BASEBALL

FOOTHILL

--Hart 7, Burroughs 1: Hart of Newhall, ranked No. 2 by the Daily News, was able to recover from a 10-0 loss to Saugus on Wednesday as it defeated host Burroughs (4-3, 0-2).

Tyler Fick struck out seven batters and allowed two hits in six innings to earn the win for Hart (5-1, 1-1). Fick (3-0), a left-hander, has 1.75 ERA this season and has 26 strikeouts in 22 innings.

Offensively, Hart was led by Ryan Gagnon, who went 2 for 4 with a triple and two 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
, and Andrew Briggs, who had two RBI.

BOYS' TENNIS

NONLEAGUE

--Harvard-Westlake 15, Palm Desert 3: Harvard-Westlake of Studio City was without its three top singles players, but still earned a dominant victory over host Palm Desert (3-2).

The players missing were Bret Thacher and team captain Sam Wagner, who were competing in a national tournament in Alabama, and Josh Leverman, who sat out with a undisclosed injury.

In their places Bryan Thacher, Winston Park Winston Park is a small residential area that lies between Gillitts and Hillcrest in the Upper Highway Area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Properties in the area are relatively expensive and houses range in size from small condominium developments to several mansions.
 and Jordan Abergal won seven of their nine matches collectively for Harvard-Westlake (6-0). One of the matches was forfeited by Abergal because of back spasms.

BOYS' VOLLEYBALL

GOLDEN LEAGUE

--Highland d. Quartz Hill 3-1: Ryan Dunham had 14 kills and 11 digs as Highland of Palmdale earned a 25-16, 23-25, 25-20, 25-21 victory over host Quartz Hill (1-4, 1-1) in league play.

Kyle Luongo added 48 assists and four kills and Matt Perrett and Christopher Hill Christopher Hill may refer to several different people:
  • Christopher Hill, an English bishop
  • Christopher J. Hill, International Relations scholar, Professor and Director of the Cambridge Centre of International Studies
  • Christopher R.
 each added 10 blocks for Highland (3-1, 2-0), which has won nine of the last 12 league titles and was 10-0 last season while advancing to the second round of the Southern Section Division II playoffs.

Highland continues play today in the Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850.  Tournament.

WEST VALLEY LEAGUE

--Chatsworth d. 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:
  • There is an El Camino Real in California; see: El Camino Real (California).
 3-0: Trevor Westmoreland had 11 kills in Chatsworth's 25-7, 25-16, 25-17 victory over host El Camino Real of Woodland Hills (0-2 in league).

Eric Rosenfield added 21 assists for Chatsworth (4-1, 1-1).

--Granada Hills d. Cleveland 3-0: Cody Loe had 10 kills and Rasta Naderi had 19 assists as Granada Hills (4-1, 2-0) defeated visiting Cleveland of Reseda 25-8, 25-9, 25-10.
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Date:Mar 19, 2005
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