HIGH SCHOOL GOLF: TRADING BASEBALL BATS FOR GOLF CLUBS H.-W.'S SCHER EXCELS AFTER SWITCH.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 Glen Scher wasn't exactly a golf prodigy An online information service that provides access to the Internet, e-mail and a variety of databases. Launched in 1988, Prodigy was the first consumer-oriented online service in the U.S. . For most of his life, the only place his swing would be considered sweet was on a baseball field. A couple years ago, his buddies See buddy list. took him out on the golf course. The swing didn't exactly translate. ``I was pretty bad at first. I hit a lot of toppers and grounders,'' said the Harvard-Westlake of Studio City freshman. The seed had been planted though. Scher was hooked, and it didn't take him long to trade in his baseball bat for a set of clubs. He started taking lessons almost immediately. Within a few months, he'd broken 90. Two years later, he's one of the best freshmen golfers in the area. Scher won the Mission League individual title with a 3-under 141 in the two-round league championships at Griffith Park's Wilson Course. He shot a 1-over 73 in the Southern Section's Northern Divisional championship at Sterling Hills last week. This morning, Scher will tee off at the Southern Section's Southern Regional at Alisal's River Course in Solvang. The top 24 finishers will qualify for the Southern Section individual finals next Monday at Canyon Country Club in Palm Springs. ``I set a goal for myself this year of getting to state,'' he said. Asked if he realized how crazy that sounded for a someone who hasonly been playing golf for two years, Scher just shrugged. ``I've had to completely change my swing,'' he said. ``Putting came pretty easy to me. It felt pretty natural. But I've also worked really hard and taken a lot of lessons.'' --City Section: The two-day City Section team championship begins this morning at Griffith Park's Harding Course and it looks like one of the most wide-open field in years. Kennedy of Granada Hills shot well at the 6-A league finals last Monday, winning by 14 strokes as Mat Shin shin (shin) the prominent anterior edge of the tibia or the leg. saber shin marked anterior convexity of the tibia, seen in congenital syphilis and in yaws. shot a 2-under 70 to earn medalist honors. 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:
Cleveland of Reseda and North Hollywood finished as co-champions in 5-A. Cleveland has two returning state qualifiers in juniors Will Leivenberg and David Dwyer David Dwyer was an Irish soccer player who played in the League of Ireland during the late 80s and early 1990s. Dwyer played for Kilkenny City and Bohemians amongst others during his career in the League of Ireland. . Coach Mike Farr Michael Anthony Farr (born August 8, 1967 in Santa Monica, California) is a former American football wide receiver who played three seasons for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He attended University of California, Los Angeles. thinks freshman Gabe Durkin, who shot a 75 last week, also has a shot to do well individually. The second round of the City team tournament is Wednesday. --Raising the bar: Valencia's Louis Amira is probably the area's best hope in the Southern Section individual competition, but to win it all he will have to find a way of beating one of his best friends. Last season, he was the runner-up to Murrieta Valley's Rickie Fowler Rickie Fowler is an amateur golfer from Murrieta, California. He is most noteably known as the top ranked amateur golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking starting August 7, 2007. at the CIF/SCGA tournament despite shooting a 5-under 67. Amira and Fowler have been friends for a long time, and they frequently play together in junior golf tournaments. Last Thursday, Fowler shot a 10-under 62 at the Southern Section team championships at Hunter Ranch Golf Course in Paso Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
``Yeah, I heard about it that day,'' Amira said. ``I'd always rather play with him, though, because it raises your standards.'' ramona.shelburne@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Valencia's Louis Amira is driving for a Southern Section individual championship. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer (2) SCHER |
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