ECR SCHOOLS CHATSWORTH : ECR 9, CHATSWORTH 1.Byline: Dave Desmond Daily News Staff Writer Neils Ludlow not only has produced a local City Section 4-A softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' power, but also an ever-growing legion of area coaches. Three of his former players are currently directing their own programs and another is serving as an assistant. Tuesday marked the first time the 12th-year coach of El Camino Real High School El Camino Real High School (also known locally as "ECR" and by some more recently as "ELCO") is a public secondary school located in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California. ever had to face one of his former charges. Andrea Rochetti played first base for Ludlow in 1987, when the Conquistadores fell in the City final to snap a 73-game 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" . This time, as Chatsworth coach, she was hoping benefit from an El Camino loss. Such was not the case at Chatsworth, however, where the Conquistadores pinned a 9-1 Northwest Valley Conference defeat on the Chancellors and their rookie coach. ``It was like the old master against one of his disciples,'' said 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:
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. , who made her coach look like a genius by slugging For the baseball statistic, see Slugging average. Slugging is the practice of forming ad-hoc, informal carpools for purposes of commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking. a two-run home run in the third to break a 1-1 tie. Catcher Kristin Gutekunst added a three-run homer in a six-run fourth. Every starter contributed at least one hit for El Camino Real. Lisa Brende, Jennifer Ramirez and Ciana Baca each collected two hits in a 12-hit attack. Conquistadores All-City pitcher Tami Jones allowed only two hits - both in the first inning - in a five-strikeout, two-walk performance. ``We knew about the coaching match-up,'' said Jones, who plays summer travel ball with Chatsworth's Jodi Borenstein and Parisa Plant. ``But just the fact that it was Chatsworth was motivation enough. Every time we play them, it's a nail-biter.'' A fierce rivalry? Perhaps. But not a hated one. ``There were no hard feelings in the game,'' Rochetti said. ``Ludlow and I hugged after the game.'' They then went into a discussion over how the area's longest softball winning streak came to an end. It appeared that new wounds disappear far quicker than old ones. SPREADING THEIR WISDOM Neils Ludlow's former players in coaching ranks: Coach, School Andrea Rochetti, Chatsworth Jen Fleming, Burbank Beth Silverman, Campbell Hall Campbell Hall can refer to:
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