DIFFERENT TEAMS, SAME PATH ECR, GRANADA HILLS NEED UPSETS TO REACH FINAL.Byline: 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. Staff Writer 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:
Granada (gränä`thä), city (1995 pop. 74,396), W Nicaragua, on Lake Nicaragua. It is Nicaragua's third largest city and the center of commerce on Lake Nicaragua. Hills is a traditional area power. But both are underdogs entering today's semifinal games at South Gate Park. That's because Carson and San Pedro have dominated recently, meeting in the past three finals. San Pedro has won three consecutive titles. El Camino Real, seeded third, plays second-seeded Carson (25-5), and No. 5 Granada Hills meets top-seeded San Pedro (26-1) today. Both games are at 2:30 p.m. ``They've been in the championship game the last three yeas and until we break that up, we're not going to get any higher than a No. 3 seed,'' El Camino Real coach Lori Chandler Chandler, city (1990 pop. 90,533), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., in the Salt River valley; inc. 1920. It is both a residential community and a center for research and technology. Tourism is also important, and the San Marcos Golf Resort is in Chandler. said. El Camino Real (21-8) has lost in the semifinals to either San Pedro or Carson the past three years but might have the team to break through this year. Freshman catcher Francesca Enea already is a college prospect, and freshman pitcher Megan Miller has matured into a dominant staff ace. Granada Hills (24-5) will rely on pitcher Kat Walsh, who has thrown five consecutive no-hitters over 34 innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. . ``I think Kat will do very well pitching, but the rest of our team needs to back her up defensively,'' Granada Hills coach Carolyn Gunny said. ``(San Pedro pitcher Ashley) Esparza is an outstanding pitcher, so we're going to have to attack the ball and figure out a way to push some runs.'' Granada Hills is making its first semifinal appearance since 1995, when it defeated El Camino Real. Granada Hills then lost the title game to San Pedro. ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) and Granada Hills will try to make it the first all-San Fernando Valley final since 1997, when the Conquistadores defeated Kennedy of Granada Hills. ``I'll think about it when it happens,'' Gunny said. ``In my dreams I'd like to see El Camino and Granada Hills in the final, but I'll take whoever is there when we win. I'm just thinking about San Pedro right now.'' CITY SECTION SOFTBALL SEMIFINALS Where: South Gate Park When: Today, 2:30 p.m. Who: No. 3 El Camino Real (21-8) vs. No. 2 Carson (25-5); No. 5 Granada Hills (24-5) vs. No. 1 San Pedro (26-1) CAPTION(S): box Box: CITY SECTION SOFTBALL SEMIFINALS (see text) |
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