DAY IN SPORTS: VALENCIA SOFTBALL GETS UPSET WIN.Byline: Daily News Valencia High came through with perhaps its most significant softball victory in school history Saturday. The Vikings defeated previously undefeated Corona 3-0 in the semifinals of the 23rd annual Woodbridge tournament at Bill Barber This article is about Bill Barber, Canadian ice hockey player. For Bill Barber, American tuba player with Miles Davis, see Bill Barber (musician). William Charles "Bill" Barber Park in Irvine. < Corona is ranked No. 1 in the Southern Section Div. I poll and No. 2 in the Cal-Hi Sports state rankings. Valencia (14-1) played in the championship game late Saturday night. Valencia's Jordan Taylor held Corona (17-1) to four singles and struck out six batters, and fellow sophomore Kristen Aidem singled twice, scored a run and drove in a run. Valencia 7, El Toro El To·ro An unincorporated community of southern California southeast of Santa Ana. Founded in the 1890s, it is mainly residential. Population: 62,685. 4: Kristen Aidem's run-scoring grounder scored Roni La Val for the the go-ahead run in the fifth inning to boost Valencia to a championship victory over El Toro of Lake Forest in the Woodbridge tournament. La Val added a two-run single in the sixth inning, as Valencia (15-1) took advantage of six errors to win its ninth consecutive game. Jordan Taylor (10-1) pitched the final three innings, recording a strikeout with the bases loaded for the last out. -Gerry Gittelson In other prep softball: ALVERNO TOURNAMENT --Flintridge SH 11, Pasadena Poly 0: Senior left-hander Meghann Muirhead pitched a perfect game as Flintridge Sacred Heart The Sacred Heart is a religious devotion to Jesus' physical heart as the representation of the divine love for humanity This devotion is predominantly used in the Roman Catholic Church and also used in the Anglican Church. of La Canada defeated Pasadena Poly (9-5) in a five-inning mercy-rule game to win the tournament. Melissa Wong went 2 for 3 with a 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 a double, while teammates Alexis Garcia and Jennifer Westhoff each added two RBI for Flintridge Sacred Heart (7-5). --Flintridge SH 1, Alverno 0: Analiese DiConti struck out 13 batters and pitched a five-hitter as Flintridge Sacred Heart defeated Alverno of Sierra Madre Sierra Madre, city, United States Sierra Madre (sēĕr`ə mä`drā), residential city (1990 pop. 10,762), Los Angeles co., S Calif., at the foot of Mt. Wilson; inc. 1907. There is some light manufacturing. in the semifinals. The only run came when Alexis Garcia scored on a passed ball by Alverno catcher Katelyn Scott in the top of the sixth inning. PREP BASEBALL CHATSWORTH TOURNAMENT --Sylmar 8, Cleveland 7: Steve Luna hit a two-out home run in the sixth inning to give Sylmar the win over Cleveland of Reseda (12-7) in a pool- play game. Luna also pitched the seventh inning to earn his first save of the season. Luna was the sixth and final pitcher Sylmar used in the game. Eddie Morfin finished 3 for 4 with two doubles and two RBI and Ruben Zuniga (2 for 3, RBI) also also homered for Sylmar (13-8). In other Chatsworth Tournament games: --El Camino Real 16, Reseda 0: 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:
Eric Pettis hit a 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. , Shaun Kort hit his fourth home run of the year and Ryan Lavarnway hit his team-high fifth homer for El Camino Real (16-4). NONLEAGUE --Notre Dame 7, West Covina West Covina, city (1990 pop. 96,086), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the San Gabriel valley; settled 1905, inc. 1923. Before World War II, West Covina was a small rural community where walnuts, wheat, and livestock were raised. 5: Mark Sunga went 1 for 3 with two RBI and a home run as 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 defeated visiting West Covina in the first game of a doubleheader. --Notre Dame 8, West Covina 6: Robert Dickman and Trevor Gee each hit doubles and went 2 for 4 with two RBI as Notre Dame (11-7) completed doubleheader sweep over West Covina. BOYS' TENNIS THE EASTER BOWL --Querrey wins: Thousand Oaks senior Sam Querrey defeated Carsten Ball of Corona del Mar to win the ITF ITF International Transport Workers' Federation ITF International Tennis Federation ITF In the Future ITF International Trust Fund (demining NGO based in Slovenia) ITF International Transport Forum 18-and-under division at The Easter Bowl in Palm Springs with a 6-3, 6-3 victory. Querrey, who did not lose a set the entire tournament, entered the tournament seeded 10th and ranked 43rd by the ITF. CAPTION(S): box Box: PRIME-TIME PLAYERS |
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