DAY IN SPORTS: NYDAM NEARLY PERFECT FOR VILLAGE CHRISTIAN.Byline: Daily News L.A. Baptist of North Hills moved up to No. 1 in the Southern Section Div. V 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' rankings for the first time all season this week, but their reign likely will be short-lived after a 7-0 loss to visiting Village Christian of Sun Valley on Tuesday afternoon. Village Christian pitcher Lauren Nydam was one infield single away from a no-hitter, finishing with a one-hit shutout and nine strikeouts as Village Christian (10-5, 4-0) moved into first place in the Olympic League. L.A. Baptist fell to 8-4, 3-1. - Nate Brown In other prep softball: --Verdugo Hills 10, Poly 0: Jessica McGivney struck out nine in a five- inning no-hitter and Laura Hovestreydt hit her ninth and 10th home runs of the season as Sunset Six League leader Verdugo Hills of Tujunga (11-12, 5-0) posted a mercy-rule victory over visiting Poly of Sun Valley (9-11, 3-3). --Hart 4, Saugus 3: Hart of Newhall senior Erin Krallis went 3 for 4 with three 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 two doubles in her first game back after an eight-game suspension to lead the visiting Indians in a Foothill League game. Hart (19-4, 4-1), ranked fourth by the Daily News, hosts top-ranked Valencia on Thursday at 3:15 p.m. In prep baseball: --Harvard-Westlake 2, Crespi 1: Crespi of Encino's Trevor Plouffe pitched a complete-game three-hitter, but it was Harvard-Westlake of Studio City's Jason Glushon who picked up the victory, throwing a complete-game six-hitter for the host Wolverines (13-4, 4-3) in a Mission League game. --Birmingham 15, Taft 0: Max Limonick's grand slam grand slam n. 1. The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games. 2. Sports The winning of all the major or specified events, especially on a professional circuit. keyed a six-run sixth inning as visiting Birmingham of Lake Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). (15-8, 5-4) had 11 different players get at least one hit in a West Valley League victory. --Kennedy 5, Sylmar 3: John Kane For other persons named John Kane, see John Kane (disambiguation). John Kane (1860 – 1934) was an American painter celebrated for his skill in Naïve art. He is also considered to be the first self-taught painter in the 20th century to be recognized by a museum. and Ozzie Lewis combined on a five-hitter as visiting Kennedy of Granada Hills (14-7, 8-1) remained in first place in the Valley Mission League standings, a game ahead of San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. and two in front of Sylmar (13-7, 6-3). In boys' tennis: --Valencia 10, Burbank 8: Valencia put all of its singles players in doubles spots against host Burbank and came away with a narrow victory, avenging its only Foothill League loss. The Vikings' David Foglesong and Eddie Manio fought off multiple set points against James Chong and Ara Baghdasarvan to win the deciding point in a tiebreaker tie·break·er n. An additional contest or period of play designed to establish a winner among tied contestants. Also called tiebreak. tie . Also: --Signing: Newbury Park softball pitcher Danielle Ellement has accepted a full scholarship to Monmouth University For the college in Illinois, see . For the university in Monmouth, Oregon, see . Monmouth University is a private university located in West Long Branch, New Jersey. (N.J.). Ellement, who is deaf, is in her first year pitching at the varsity level after transferring from 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. . PRIME-TIME PLAYERS Prep baseball --Jordan Sisson (Chatsworth) 4-4, double, 4 runs --Justin Cassel (Chatsworth) complete-game one-hitter, 7 Ks Prep softball --Erin Krallis (Hart) 3-4, 3 RBI, 2 doubles Boys' golf --Brandon Christianson (Valencia) 2-under-par 70 --Jimmy Anderson (L.A. Baptist) 2-under-par 34 --Paul Ma (L.A. Baptist) 2-under-par 34 CAPTION(S): box Box: PRIME-TIME PLAYERS (see text) |
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