DAY IN SPORTS: ROYAL JUNIOR DOES IT ALL IN SOFTBALL VICTORY OVER AGOURA.Byline: Daily News Becca Heteniak was impressive from the pitcher's circle and the plate Thursday, leading Royal High of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. to a 10-0 victory over host Agoura in a Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. softball game that was shortened to six innings because of the mercy rule A mercy rule, also well known by the slightly less polite term slaughter rule (or, less commonly, knockout rule and skunk rule), brings a sports event to an early end when one team has a very large and presumably insurmountable lead over the other team. . The junior gave up four hits with three strikeouts for her second shutout and fifth complete game of the season. She went 4 for 4 with five 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 , highlighted by a sixth-inning 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. for the Highlanders (7-1, 4-0), ranked No. 6 by the Daily News. Kris Lesovsky was 2 for 4 with three RBI, including a two-run homer in the fifth that sparked a four-run rally and broke the game open. Teammate Andi Ramirez was 3 for 4 with three runs. Casey Kaufman had two of Agoura's four hits. In other prep softball: MARMONTE LEAGUE --Thousand Oaks 6, Simi Valley 4: Brittany Reynolds kept 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. close, throwing a complete-game three-hitter, and her teammates bailed her out in the seventh, scoring four runs to secure the victory on the road. The Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. (9-2, 4-0) remain tied with Royal atop the standings. Emily Martino started the rally with a leadoff single, Tiffany Messerschmidt followed with a bunt single, and runners advanced to second and third on a throwing error. Samantha Takeshita had an RBI single, Kelly Cordeiro and Kaylynn Shuman each added run-scoring fielder's choices, and Brooke Johnson provided the final margin of victory with a base hit for No. 2 Thousand Oaks. PREP BASEBALL NONLEAGUE --Crescenta Valley 11, Long Beach Wilson 1: Trevor Bell Trevor Bell is an abstract painter, associated with the St. Ives group. Born in Leeds, England in 1930, he studied at the Leeds College of Art. In the early 1950s he was a leading member of the artists working in St. Ives. gave up three hits in six innings and finished with 10 strikeouts for host Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. of La Crescenta (10-2). The senior right-hander struck out the side in the third and fanned two of three batters in the second and fourth en route to improving his record to 3-2. He was 3 for 4 with three RBI. SUNSET SIX LEAGUE --Grant 17, Canoga Park 2: Michael Krems struck out six in four innings to earn his third victory of the season. He was 3 for 4 at the plate with a run and three RBI for visiting Grant of Van Nuys (8-3, 3-1) in a game that was shortened in the fifth inning because of the mercy rule. BOYS' GOLF MISSION LEAGUE --Notre Dame 201, Alemany 218: Senior Taylor Wallace claimed medalist honors for the first time this season, shooting an even-par 36 that was highlighted by a birdie on the par-5 fifth hole (501 yards), as Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks (4-1, 4-1) won at Balboa Golf Course. TRI-VALLEY LEAGUE TOURNAMENT --Oak Park wins: Trevor James fired a 2-under-par 69 for medalist honors at Sterling Hills Golf Course as Oak Park (380) won the event. The Eagles were followed by St. Bonaventure of Ventura (382), Fillmore (479), Carpinteria (486) and Bishop Diego of Santa Barbara (495). CAPTION(S): box Box: PRIME-TIME PLAYERS |
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