DAY IN SPORTS: TWO-OUT RALLY WINS FOR ECR.Byline: Daily News It was the bottom of the sixth, 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:
``I started to tell her that there were two outs and explain the situation, and she said, `I know. I'm going to do this right here.' That's all I needed to hear,'' El Camino Real coach Lori Chandler said. Enea delivered a two-run triple to right-center field as host El Camino Real of Woodland Hills rallied for five runs with two outs in the bottom of the sixth in a 6-2 West Valley League victory Wednesday over No. 8 Granada Hills. El Camino Real (13-7, 5-0) has won league titles every season since 1980 but hasn't won a City Section championship since 1999. Granada Hills (13-5, 3-2) finished as the runner-up in the Daily News Victory Spring Classic on Saturday but falls two games back in the league standings with five games to go. ``El Camino just played better than us,'' Granada Hills coach Carolyn Gunny said. ``We're just going to have to play better in the second half of league.'' Lisa Leuttinger had a two-run home run as part El Camino Real's five-run sixth. - Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. In other prep softball: --Cleveland 3, Birmingham 1: With two outs in the top of the eighth, Connie Ontiveros hit a two-run single, scoring the tying and winning runs for visiting Cleveland of Reseda, which moved into a three-way tie for second place in the West Valley League with Birmingham of Lake Balboa and Granada Hills. --Notre Dame 2, Chaminade 1: Kristen Anderson's two-out single in the bottom of the seventh scored Megan Hayes and Megan Bell for host Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks (7-6, 2-0), which extended its winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" to six games with the Mission League victory. In prep baseball: --North Hollywood 25, Hollywood 4: Jackson Walker hit a triple and a double, finishing 4 for 5 with eight 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 for visiting North Hollywood (6-3, 5-1) in a Sunset Six League game that was called after five innings due to 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. . Starter Mike Rodriguez pitched three scoreless innings, striking out four. At the plate, he doubled, walked twice, scored three runs and finished with four RBI. --Calabasas 8, 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. 3: Host Simi Valley scored three runs in the first but Calabasas responded in the fourth, scoring seven times en route to the 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. victory, which moves the Coyotes (8-3, 5-2) back into a tie for first place with Westlake. --Crescenta Valley 9, Peninsula 1: Trevor Ball struck out seven in a complete game for 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 (11-3) in the championship game of the Babe Herman Floyd Caves "Babe" Herman (June 26 1903 - November 27 1987) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who was best known for his several seasons with the Brooklyn Robins (now the Los Angeles Dodgers). tournament. Bell (4-2) added a double and two RBI to earn the game's MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. honors. --Highland 24, Lancaster 9: Robbie Rico went 4 for 4 with a triple, a double and four runs as visiting Highland of Palmdale (8-4, 4-0) remained in a first-place tie with Quartz Hill in the Golden League. The two teams play at 3:15 p.m. Friday at Highland. Josh White'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 seven-run fifth inning for the Eagles (5-8, 1-3). --Grant 6, Verdugo Hills 5: Senior Gabriel Stasilli hit a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth as host Grant of Van Nuys (9-7, 4-2) won in a Sunset Six League game. In boys' volleyball: --Simi Valley d. Calabasas 3-0: Chris Edwards Chris Edwards may refer to one of the following persons:
--Verdugo Hills d. Poly 3-2: Salim Kordab had 33 kills, 31 digs and 13 blocks in the 13-15, 15-5, 9-15, 15-4, 15-12 victory for host Verdugo Hills of Tujunga, which will play visiting Grant of Van Nuys for the Sunset League title at 4 p.m. Friday. In boys' tennis: --Harvard-Westlake 10, Beverly Hills 8: Visiting Harvard-Westlake of Studio City (9-1) received solid play from its doubles teams, dropping just two games en route to the nonleague victory. PRIME-TIME PLAYERS Prep baseball --Kevin Guerrero (Hoover) four-hitter, 8 Ks --Matt Eisenstein (Newbury Park) 3-4, RBI, 2 SB Prep softball --Kristin Trowbridge (Taft) 5-5, HR, 6 RBI --Ali Shaeffer (Taft) 5-6, HR, 4 RBI --Michelle Macias (Viewpoint) two-hitter, 13 Ks Boys' golf --Grant Haney (St. Francis) 1-under 35 --Joe Forbes (St. Francis) 1-under 35 --Sean Morishita (Chaminade) even-36 CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Harvard-Westlake of Studio City's Sam Wagner (left) watches as partner James Thayer returns a volley during the Wolverines' 10-8 victory over host Beverly Hills on Wednesday. John McCoy/Staff Photographer Box: PRIME-TIME PLAYERS (see text) |
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