HOMETOWN HEROES : ATHLETES OF THE WEEK.Boys: Bill Castonguay, Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. . What he did: The senior outfielder went 4 for 4, including a three-run home run, in leading the Pioneers to a 9-8 Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. upset of Camarillo. The scoop: Castonguay is hitting .567 for the Pioneers, who have won eight straight games under first-year coach Tom D'Errico. He's also 2-2 on the mound. Comment: ``He's on fire,'' D'Errico said of Castonguay's hitting. Girls: Tina Kinney, Hoover. What she did: Kinney tossed three shutouts and was 4-0 last week, including a two-hit shutout of Pacific League rival Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. . She added victories over Righetti, Glendale and Moorpark and batted .364 for the week. The scoop: Kinney, a senior who has committed to Central Michigan
Central Michigan, often called Mid-Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. , is 11-4 and has allowed only one earned run in 102-1/3 innings - a 0.07 ERA. She has struck out 119 and walked only seven. Comment: ``I pitched pretty good,'' Kinney said. ``My curveball was breaking outside.'' SPORT-BY-SPORT UPDATE Prep football: Several of the area's top prospects for next fall attended USC's spring football scrimmage on Saturday. Among those in the audience were Royal linebacker Ryan Nielsen, North Hollywood running back Dante Clay, San Fernando linebacker Darrell Daniels and Sylmar linebacker Jose Ochoa. . . . One player making a dramatic improvement is Crespi 6-4, 205-pound junior wide receiver Dennis Fox. Besides throwing the shot put over 50 feet this spring, he has been earning rave reviews in the weight room. . . . San Fernando safety Rahsaan Dean has decided to attend California this fall. Prep basketball: Pero Vasiljevic, an Australian exchange student attending Simi Valley High School Simi Valley High School is a secondary school located in Simi Valley, California which was established in 1920 as the first high school in the valley. It nestles in the Santa Susana Mountains and is adjacent to the San Fernando Valley, part of the city and county of Ventura. , signed with Kansas State on Monday. The 6-foot-9 forward selected the Wildcats over UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , Pepperdine and Gonzaga. College baseball: Former Calabasas outfielder Billy Hoover, a freshman at Sacramento State, went 2 for 3 against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. on Saturday. . . . Former Montclair Prep pitcher Joe Cohen has
committed to Ohio Wesleyan. . . . Cal Lutheran is rated No. 2 in the
NCAA NCAAabbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III coaches poll. College football: Former Chatsworth High defensive back Rayna Stewart was selected by the Houston Oilers in the fifth round of Sunday's NFL draft. Stewart was a Division I-AA All-American at Northern Arizona. Pro baseball: Former Crespi pitcher Jeff Suppan threw a complete-game one-hitter with 11 strikeouts Monday night, retiring 23 consecutive batters, as Triple A Pawtucket beat Toledo 2-0. Prep volleyball: Thousand Oaks' Scott Sheridan has committed to Cal State Northridge. TEAM SPOTLIGHT Here come the Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. : After starting the year 1-4 under first-year coach Bill Sizemore, Thousand Oaks' defending Marmonte League baseball team has caught fire. The Lancers have won nine straight games and are 13-6 overall. Last week, T.O. pitchers threw 14 straight shutout innings. All-Southern Section pitcher Santos Mummey has regained his form of last season. Outfielder Ryan Holmes is batting .510. And Mike Lauer has made the adjustment from shortstop to outfield. ``The kids are figuring out what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music. ,'' Sizemore said. END QUOTE ``That kid is allergic to weights.'' Chaminade athletic director Ed Croson on shortstop Scott Shubeck CAPTION(S): 2 Photos, 2 Charts Chart: (1) BASEBALL RANKINGS (2) SOFTBALL RANK INGS Photo: (1) Bill Castonguay (2) Tina Kinney |
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