DOUBLEHEADER MAY DECIDE TITLE.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Daily News Staff Writer AV North (20-4) is in good position to clinch first-place in the District 20 Northern division after defeating AV South 6-5 in American Legion baseball American Legion Baseball is a variety of amateur baseball played by teenage boys in 45 states in the USA. Purpose According to the American Legion, the purpose of American Legion Baseball is to give young men "an opportunity to develop their skills, personal fitness, action Thursday at Rosamond High. But if Palmdale (17-5) sweeps Quartz Hill South (5-13-2) in a doubleheader today, the battle for first comes down to a doubleheader between AV North and Palmdale on Sunday at Palmdale High. One win by AV North would clinch it. ``I think we have a shot (at a sweep),'' said Palmdale coach Bill Paxton, whose team has won 10 straight. ``We're a hot baseball team right now. But first we have to get past Quartz Hill South.'' Quartz Hill South features a lot of young players from Quartz Hill High. Palmdale defeated AV North 16-10 two weeks ago at Rosamond High. Harper is looking forward to the Palmdale doubleheader. ``We're two good clubs,'' AV North coach Frank Harper Frank Harper (b 1962) is a British actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Billy Bright in The Football Factory (2004), Diamond Dog in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), and Alan Paxton in Bend It Like Beckham (2002). said. ``Both games should be very competitive.'' First-place finishers in all five district divisions are guaranteed playoff slots, with three wild-card entries (based on overall records) seeded in the district tournament starting Wednesday. AV North, comprised of all small-schools players, is led by catcher Mario Varela, who was 3 for 3 in the AV South win on Thursday, raising his average to .509. Varela leads all area players with 34 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 . Other AV North standouts include Luis Olmos (.478, 32 runs, 31 stolen bases), Tom Creighton (.419, 29 runs, 16 RBI, 15 stolen bases), Kris Campbell (.415, eight doubles), Josh Thompson (.406), Robert Kostopoulos (.404, five doubles), and Jason Boyett (.368). Kostopoulos, a football/baseball star at Boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. High, is also AV North's top pitcher, compiling a 4-0 record, 2.10 ERA, and 29 strikeouts in 27 innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. . Harper likes his chances because of his pitching depth. ``We have six guys who can throw,'' Harper said. This is the first year AV North - faced with logistics/travel problems since players are so spread out - has been in playoff contention. ``It's been a long time coming,'' Harper said. ``These players have been with each other for a while now, and they've grown up. We're having a good time.'' Growing pains grow·ing pains pl.n. Pains in the limbs and joints of children or adolescents, frequently occurring at night and often attributed to rapid growth but arising from various unrelated causes. : Quartz Hill North (3-17) has taken its lumps this season - the Paraclete High-based squad has lost 14 straight - but catcher Tommy Breech breech (brech) the buttocks. breech n. The lower rear portion of the human trunk; the buttocks. breech, britch the buttocks of an animal; the backs of the thighs. has emerged as one of the area's top prospects. Breech, a gifted fielder who started for Paraclete as a sophomore last season, is ``the best defensive catcher in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley ,'' according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. coach Steve Hagerty. Breech is experimenting offensively, switch-hitting for the first time during the legion campaign. He is batting .300. ``I'm hitting the ball hard but right at people,'' Breech said. ``Tommy is also one of the best shortstops in the area,'' co-coach Tom Christi said, ``but we need him at catcher because we have no one else back there.'' |
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