HISTORIC REPEAT BY CHATSWORTH.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer Chatsworth High's baseball team became the first team in the 13-year history of the Baseball America/National High School Baseball Coaches Association rankings to win back-to-back national titles. The achievement came to fruition this week after the Chancellors completed their first undefeated season with a 7-1 victory over San Pedro in the City final June 8 at Dodger Stadium • • [ . Chatsworth went 35-0, extending its state-record 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" to 50 games. A community celebration will be held for the team Friday at the school's baseball field. The event, for which NBC's Fred Roggin Fred Roggin is the sports anchor at KNBC-TV in Los Angeles, California. . He was also a sports talk radio host at KMPC in Los Angeles,and now currently co-hosts a morning sports show on KLAC with Los Angeles Times sports columnist T.J. Simers and Simers' daughter, Tracy Simers. is scheduled to be the emcee and local merchants are donating food, is scheduled for 4-7 p.m. and is free to the public. Chatsworth likely will add another national championship to its list next week when USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. releases its final poll. The Chancellors moved up to No. 1 in the publication's rankings more than a month ago. Chatsworth is ranked No. 2 in Collegiate Baseball's national high school poll behind La Cueva High (28-0) of Albuquerque, N.M. The Chancellors join Westminster Christian of Miami, Fla., which won titles in 1992 and 1996, as the only teams to earn more than one Baseball America  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . national championship. Chatsworth was the lone California team to finish in this year's top 10. No. 33 Crespi High of Encino was the only other local representative in the final top 50. The Chancellors, who were named Cal-Hi Sports' State Team of the Year, set several school records, including victories in a season, team 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. (.418), home runs (49) and team ERA (1.66). Pepperdine-bound right-hander Jason Dominguez (13-0) won the final 23 decisions of his career to finish with a school-record 35 career wins. He also holds the school mark for career home runs (24). Younger brother Matt Dominguez set the state record for 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 by a freshman (65), and teammate Willie Cabrera established the state record for hits in a season (72), including a school-record 11 home runs. Heather Gripp, (818) 713-3607 heather.gripp(at)dailynews.com |
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