DAY IN SPORTS: FORFEITS COST SAUGUS BERTH.Byline: Daily News The Saugus High softball team must forfeit five games for using an academically ineligible player, meaning the Centurions will be left out of the Southern Section playoffs. Saugus learned of the penalty Thursday, the same day the Centurions beat Hart of Newhall to pull into a tie for second place in the Foothill League with a 7-3 record. With the decision, Saugus' league record becomes 2-8, and Burroughs of Burbank becomes the third-place team. The top three teams make the playoffs. - Gerry Gittelson In other prep softball: --Village Christian 4, Hart 1: Lauren Nydam struck out 13 in a three-hitter, and Alex Kinney went 3 for 4 with three stolen bases as Village Christian of Sun Valley upset fourth-ranked Hart in the 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. tournament. It was the second time in six days the Southern Section Div. V Crusaders (17-6) knocked off a team in the Daily News Top 10. ``This wasn't supposed to happen,'' said Village Christian coach Jim Stone, whose team defeated No. 7 Westlake 3-2 last Saturday and is 7-1 against ranked teams this season. ``But Lauren pitched a great game and never let up.'' Laura Stone and Amy Servillo contributed first-inning 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 singles off Hart ace Robyn Kontra. Jaclyn Duree added a game-breaking, two-run double in the top of the seventh for Village Christian, which totaled nine hits off the Indians (19-6). In prep baseball: --Valencia 12, Burbank 0: Jared Clark threw a no-hitter with 10 strikeouts and no walks - his only blemish blem·ish n. A small circumscribed alteration of the skin considered to be unesthetic but insignificant. blemish a hit batter - as visiting Valencia (20-6, 12-3) clinched a second consecutive Foothill League title. --Crespi 8, Alemany 7: With the victory at home, Crespi of Encino (21-6, 8-5) clinched third place in the Mission League and a probable berth in the Southern Section Div. III playoffs. Alemany of Mission Hills was eliminated from postseason contention after beginning the week tied for first place with Chaminade of West Hills. In college baseball College baseball is baseball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education, predominantly in the United States. Compared to American football and basketball in the United States, college competition plays a less significant contribution to cultivating : --Saddleback 7, Canyons 6: Host Canyons (30-19) committed two errors in the top of the 11th inning, allowing Jeff Scuderi to score the game-winning run in the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Super Regionals playoff loss. The teams meet today at noon in Game 2 of the three-game series, which sends the winner to the state championships. Game 3, if necessary, is Sunday at noon. In college softball College softball is softball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education, predominantly in the United States. College softball is played by women at the intercollegiate level, whereas college baseball is played by men. : --South Carolina 5, CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge 3: Jan Moshier and Christen chris·ten tr.v. chris·tened, chris·ten·ing, chris·tens 1. a. To baptize into a Christian church. b. To give a name to at baptism. 2. a. Bedwell each hit home runs, but their efforts weren't enough for Cal State Northridge (27-23), whose season ended at the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Regional in Tucson, Ariz. Moshier finished the tournament 5 for 8 with two RBI, and Bedwell's home run was her team-leading seventh of the season for the Matadors, who committed four errors that led to three unearned runs. In college track: --Miller second: After leading for nearly the entire race, 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 College's Daniel Miller finished second to Dave Diaz in the 10,000 meters at the junior college state track and field championships in Hayward. Miller's time of 31:29.41 broke his personal-best time by nearly 40 seconds. PRIME-TIME PLAYERS Prep baseball --Chris Blackwood (Hoover) 4-4, GS, 5 RBI --Jared Clark (Valencia) 10 Ks, no-hitter Prep softball --Lauren Nydam (Vil. Chr.) 13 Ks, 3-hitter --Alex Kinnery (Vil. Chr.) 3-4, 3 SB Girls' track --Vonnie Fulford (Birm.) 12.17, 24.73 league titles College baseball --John Voita (CSUN) 4-6, 2B, 3B CAPTION(S): box Box: PRIME-TIME PLAYERS (see text) |
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