HART PINTO CROWNED WEST ZONE CHAMPS.Byline: GERRY GITTLESON Community Sports Congratulations to the youngsters from William S. Hart's Pinto baseball team. The seven- and eight-year-olds did the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. proud by winning the annual West Zone Pony World Series with a 4-0 victory over Corona in the championship game Sunday in Garden Grove Garden Grove, city (1990 pop. 143,050), Orange co., S Calif., a suburb of Long Beach and Los Angeles, on the Santa Ana River; founded 1877, inc. 1956. Many of its residents work in nearby aerospace and defense installations, and there is light manufacturing. . Nicky Valaika pitched the final inning and ended the game with a strikeout. ``I felt like I was champion. I said to myself, `We just won it all,' '' Nicky said. ``It's a good feeling. Our coaches kept the whole team motivated and we kept on hitting. We weren't sure how good we were going to do in the championship, so we were kind of nervous. It was nice.'' Winning pitcher Josh Randall Josh Randall (born January 27 1972) is an American television actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. Mike Burton in the NBC sitcom Ed and more recently the recurring guest role of Jake in Scrubs. He was married to Claire Rankin on 10 September 2000. threw three shutout innings, allowing one hit with four strikeouts. Jack Williams
John (Jack) Henry Williams VC DCM MM & Bar (29 September 1886-7 March 1953), was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for pitched two hitless innings with three strikeouts before Valaika closed it out. ``The kids were ecstatic. After the game, they huddled together and did a `We Are The Champions' chant,'' manager Jerry Miller Jerry Miller (born July 10, 1943 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American musician, a guitarist and vocalist who was a member of the 1960s San Francisco band Moby Grape. Before joining the group, Miller and bandmate Don Stevenson were members of The Frantics, a Pacific Northwest bar said. ``Even for eight-year-olds, they acted like little men throughout this whole thing. They knew they'd have to play as a team, and that as all-stars they were all equal. ``The plan was to take things day by day and they did that every day. They gave 110 percent and did a good job.'' Hart (9-1) scored three runs over the first two innings to take a commanding lead. Cody Miller hit a two-run double in the first and Kyle Sanchez drove in Ty Faulconer with an 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 double in the second. Valaika added a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning for the final run. --Hart's Mustang team (10-under) is also doing a great job. The boys defeated host East Long Beach 22-9 Sunday in the Western Regional championship game to advance to the annual international World Series in Irving, Texas Irving (pronounced 'er-ving') is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615; the 2006 estimate was 201,927 according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and 196,084 according to , beginning Aug. 4. We just took it to them. Afterward, the kids were going nuts, and we all went out and partied like crazy,'' manager Ray Rodriguez Ray Rodriguez is Cuban-American businessperson and the current president of Univision. Univision Communications (a subsidiary of Broadcasting Media Partners Inc.) • • said. Tyler Glasgow hit two home runs and Robert Mittlebrun and Austin Rodriguez homered. Hart (7-0) averaged 17 runs in the regionals and the team enters World Series competition with a team batting average of .498. The pitchers have also been effective even though they don't throw curveballs like many of their opponents. CAPTION(S): photo, 3 boxes Photo: Hart Pinto baseball pitcher Josh Randall helped the seven- and eight-year- olds win the West Zone Pony World Series Gene Blevins/Staff Photographer Box: (1) THEY ARE THE CHAMPIONS (2) SEASON LOG (3) TEAM ROSTER |
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