HART AGAIN A HEAVY HITTER.Byline: Julio Cortez Staff Writer Many teams kick off their baseball seasons by participating in preseason tournaments. The Westside Tournament, which starts this weekend, features 32 teams trying to get some recognition before league play begins. The tournament features Hart of Newhall, which won the Southern Section Division II title last year. The Indians INDIANS. The aborigines of this country are so called. 2. In general, Indians have no political rights in the United States; they cannot vote at the general elections for officers, nor hold office. , who open the tournament at Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. High at 3 p.m. on Friday, will play their first home game of the season on Saturday by hosting the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. City Section champion Chatsworth High. Hart has Jamie Shields, the Division II Most Valuable Player. The 6- foot-3 senior pitcher was 11-0 and led the offense with a .478 batting average batting average n. Baseball A measure of a batter's performance obtained by dividing the total of base hits by the number of times at bat, not including walks. Noun 1. and 11 home runs. The Indians have a strong supporting cast in outfielder/pitcher Bill Susdorf (.398 average), outfielder Marke Horvat (.304 avg., six home runs) and pitcher Eric Posthumus (3-1 record). Outfielder/pitcher Matt Friedrichsen, who had 11 home runs and batted .398 last season, will sit out the beginning of the season because of a broken hand. --More baseball: Valencia gears up to play Friday and Saturday in the Daily News Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. . The Vikings, who play Wilson of Los Angeles on Friday, feature All- all- pref. Variant of allo-. Foothill League catcher Chris Rippe, a 6-2 senior. The Vikings will play their first road game of the season on Saturday when they face St. Francis of La Canada at 11 a.m. --Prep swimming: Canyon hosts Palmdale at 3 p.m. on Wednesday to start its season. The meet will give coach Sally Nicholson an idea of what the Cowboys cowboys, in American history. 1 Tory marauders, adherents to the British cause in the American Revolution, who fought in the contested area of Westchester co., N.Y. are capable of doing. The boys' team is led by seniors Ben Raddick and Faf Perotta. Sophomores Ross Samuya, Matt Hitzeroth and Justin Dyczewski also return. Nicholson expects the boys' team to be competitive and the girls to battle for third place. The girls' team is leb by three returning seniors - Rebekah Redmond, Kim Murphy and Katie Twarowski - but the Cowboys have a relatively young team. Heather Towels and Debbie Glazier are the top sophomores. --Lots of tourneys: Baseball is not the only sport with tournaments this week. Saturday's events include many area teams. Valencia High starts a boys' tennis tournament beginning at 8 a.m. Hart of Newhall hosts 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' tournament and the Saugus track team travels to the Don Green Invitational in Moorpark. |
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