LOCAL: PREP EXTRA : ATHLETES OF THE WEEK.OLIVER JACKSON Royal Track and field Jackson, a junior, won the long jump at the Mt. San Antonio College Mt. San Antonio College (commonly called Mt. SAC; pronounced as the word "sack") is a community college located in the Los Angeles suburb of Walnut, California, next to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona which is just over a hill. Mt. Relays with a leap of 24 feet, 4-3/4 inches, the best mark in the nation this season. The jump improved on his previous nation-leading mark of 24-3-1/2 posted at the Arcadia Invitational on April 10. Jackson has improved his personal best by nearly 15 inches since his sophomore season, when he won the Southern Section Masters Meet title. He also won the 110-meter high hurdles, 300-meter intermediate hurdles, triple jump and long jump to lead the Highlanders to a 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. victory over 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. on Thursday. ``I am more relaxed knowing I am the national leader,'' Jackson said. ``I practice better so I can excel more.'' ANNMARIE TURPIN Simi Valley Track and Field Turpin, a senior and two-sport star who also played on the Pioneers' basketball team, cleared a state-leading 5 feet, 10 inches, in the high jump during a Marmonte League meet last Thursday. She followed it with a 5-8 jump to win at the Mt. San Antonio College Relays on Saturday. She also teamed with Ashley Luna, Amanda Anderson Amanda Anderson is the head of the English department at Johns Hopkins University. She received her Ph.D. from Cornell University and taught at the University of Illinois before coming to Hopkins in 1999. and Karen LeBlanc to finish fifth in the distance medley in a school-record 12:48.23. At the Arcadia Invitational, Turpin set a school record of 45.59 in the 300 low hurdles. ``It was something that I wanted for a very long time. It really did not matter what I needed to do to get it,'' Turpin said about clearing 5-10 after unsuccessful attempts in four previous meets. ``There was never any mental block. It was just a matter of time.'' QUOTE OF THE WEEK ``It's like dotting the Is and crossing the Ts. We write an essay, but our grammar is terrible. An English teacher would kill us.'' - Mike Stone, Reseda baseball coach comparing his team's play (one win in last nine games) to that of an English class. BY THE NUMBERS 2: Times this season Royal's Oliver Jackson has long-jumped a national best. STATLICIOUS Who says you can't go home again You Can’t Go Home Again revisiting his home town, a writer is disillusioned by what he sees. [Am. Lit.: Thomas Wolfe You Can’t Go Home Again] See : Homecoming ? Several former players are coaching at their alma matters. Here are some. Coach School Sport Andrew Bencze Providence volleyball Tiffany CoeHart volleyball Gary Donatella Sylmar baseball Travis Ferguson Royal volleyball Joe Gordon For other persons named Joe Gordon, see Joe Gordon (disambiguation). Joseph Lowell Gordon (February 18 1915 - April 14 1978), nicknamed "Flash", was an American second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees and Cleveland Simi Valley baseball Mike Herrington Hart football (x) Mark Hubbard L.A. Baptist baseball Lee Jackson Poly football Micki Mangan Camarillo softball Manny Manny may refer to: In nobility:
Jason Rosenthal Agoura water polo (x) - Didn't play the sport he's coaching HEAD 2 HEAD Matchup of the Week ERIN VOELTZ Westlake High pitcher She has put it all together in her junior year, developing into one of the Marmonte League's dominant pitchers. She's helped rally the Warriors to four straight league wins after losing to Newbury Park in the conference opener. Voeltz has worked closely with Westlake coach Barbara Jordan to add off-speed pitches to keep opponents off balance. The results have been noticeable in some strong outings recently. This is a key game for the Warriors, who could tie Newbury Park with a win, depending on what the teams do earlier this week. CINDY MURAN Newbury Park Infielder Muran is the No. 3 hitter in the Panthers' potent batting order, following Oli Keohohou and Nancy Pabon. Keohohou is one of the top hitters in the area. Voeltz can chose to work around Keohohou, but then she'll have to deal with Pabon and Muran, no easy task considering both are clever contact hitters who can advance runners. Muran is a versatile hitter and infielder and is one of the area's top players. She's a clutch batter with runners in scoring position, so Voeltz needs to be careful. UP & COMING ASHLEE FREEMAN Chaminade Middle School Freeman, a 14-year-old eighth grader, pitches a softball as fast as 61 mph. She's 2-0-2 and has given up just five hits in 19 innings with 34 strikeouts and has a 0.08 ERA. Freeman, who also plays travel ball and soon will move up to an under-16 team, is batting .612 with 14 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 . ON DECK: Highlights in the week of local sports This week's must-see: Chatsworth vs. 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:
Analysis: None of the players need motivation for this series. The players grew up playing together and now do battle to determine not only the Northwest Valley Conference leader (Chatsworth is unbeaten, ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) has two losses), but also the favorite to win the City title. In their last meeting, ECR beat Chatsworth for the City championship. The vitals vi·tals pl.n. 1. The vital body organs. 2. The parts that are essential to continued functioning, as of a system. : Today at 3 p.m. at Chatsworth; Thursday at 3 p.m. at El Camino Real. TODAY (20) Prep baseball: El Camino Real at Chatsworth, 3 p.m.; Sylmar at Grant, 3 p.m. Prep softball: Quartz Hill at Highland, 3:15 p.m.; Saugus vs. Valencia at Hart Complex, 7 p.m. Boys' volleyball: Van Nuys at Monroe, 4 p.m. WEDNESDAY (21) Prep baseball: Agoura at Royal, 3 p.m.; Lancaster at Highland, 3:15 p.m. Boys' volleyball: Taft at Granada Hills, 6 p.m.; Littlerock at Quartz Hill, 6 p.m. College baseball: Cal State L.A. at CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge , 2:30 p.m. THURSDAY (22) Prep baseball: Chatsworth at El Camino Real, 3 p.m. Prep softball: Camarillo at Simi Valley, 3:30 p.m.; Newbury Park at Westlake, 3 p.m. Boys' golf: Westlake, Hart, Notre Dame, Valencia at Vista Valencia, 1 p.m. Boys' tennis: Granada Hills at Taft, 2:15 p.m. FRIDAY (23) Prep baseball: Royal at Thousand Oaks, 3 p.m.; Lancaster at Highland, 3:15 p.m.; Arcadia at Crescenta Valley, 7 p.m. Boys' volleyball: Thousand Oaks at Royal, 6 p.m. Prep tennis: Chaminade vs. Harvard-Westlake at SCGT SCGT Scooter Club Golden Triangle (Texas) SCGT Somatic Cell Genetic Transfer (cloning method) , 3:15 p.m. College baseball: Washington State at 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 , 6 p.m. SATURDAY (24) Prep softball: Desert Diamond Classic: Palmdale vs. La Reina, 10 a.m.; La Salle vs. Paraclete, 2 p.m. Prep swimming: Royal Invitational, 9 a.m. College baseball: St. Mary's at Pepperdine (DH), noon Men's volleyball: MPSF MPSF Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament, first round: USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. at Pepperdine, 7 p.m. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos, 4 Boxes PHOTO (1) Oliver Jackson (2) Annmarie Turpin (3) Ashlee Freeman BOX: (1) STATLICIOUS (see text) (2) HEAD 2 HEAD Matchup of the Week (see text) (3) UP & COMING (see text) (4) ON DECK: Highlights in the week of local sports (see text) |
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