NATIONAL BASEBALL TOURNEY TO OPEN TONIGHT IN LANCASTER.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer LANCASTER - Looking to provide fans with high-caliber baseball and to gain some national recognition for the city, municipal government will host a four-team Division I college tournament that begins tonight. The Clash of the Conferences, billed as the only Division I baseball tournament in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, this year, will run through Sunday at Lancaster's municipal stadium, The Hangar. ``This is an opportunity to provide a wonderful and exciting tournament for the fans,'' said Bob Greene This article is about the modern journalist and author. For the personal trainer and fitness expert, see Bob Greene (fitness guru). For other persons named Robert Greene, see Robert Greene (disambiguation). Robert Bernard Greene, Jr. , Lancaster's assistant director of parks, recreation and arts. ``Fans can see major college and nationally rank teams in their own back yard.'' Featured teams will be from California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an ;, Purdue University Purdue University (pərdy  `, -d`), main campus at West Lafayette, Ind. , West Lafayette West Lafayette, city (1990 pop. 25,907), Tippecanoe co., W Ind., a suburb of Lafayette, on the Wabash River; inc. 1924. A primarily residential city, it is the seat of Purdue Univ. , Ind.; George Washington University George Washington University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; chartered 1821 as Columbian College (one of the first nonsectarian colleges), opened 1822, became a university in 1873, renamed 1904. of Washington, D.C., and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas “UNLV” redirects here. For other uses, see UNLV (disambiguation).The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public, coeducational university located in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, known for its programs in History, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Hotel . City officials hope the tournament, which they expect will become an annual event, will get some national and regional media exposure for Lancaster. Officials of some other universities, including Notre Dame, Stanford and Pepperdine, have already expressed interest in sending teams to future tournaments. Lancaster city government will spend $37,500 on the tournament, including $27,500 that will be dispersed among the participating colleges. The rest will pay costs for scorekeepers, umpires, balls, programs, game management, marketing, printed tickets and transportation from hotels to the stadium. City officials said at least part of the municipal spending will be offset by revenue from ticket sales, community sponsorships, concession sales and parking for the games. The tournament meshes with city efforts to attract tourists and business for sports tournaments and filming. City officials estimate that sports tournaments and film work filled 12,000 hotel rooms last year and pumped $8 million into the Antelope Valley's economy. Tonight, there will be an opening ceremony at 6:30 before a game between Purdue and CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge . A doubleheader is scheduled for Friday and tripleheaders for Saturday and Sunday. Some players to watch in the tournament: --CSUN's Jason Allec, a 1999 graduate of Highland High School Highland High School or Highlands High School may refer to: In the United States:
--Purdue's Chadd Blasko, a pitcher with a fastball clocked in the mid- 90s. Blasko is ranked as the ninth best prospect for the major leagues' 2002 draft. --George Washington's Greg Conden. Another flamethrower flamethrower, mechanism for shooting a burning stream of liquid or semiliquid fuel at enemy troops or positions. Primitive types of flamethrowers, consisting of hollow tubes filled with burning coals, sulfur, or other materials, came into use as early as the 5th cent. with a 90-plus mph fastball. Conden finished his freshman season with a 9-2 record and a 3.26 earned-run average. --UNLV's Jason Reuss. The son of former Dodger pitcher Jerry Reuss, he was drafted by the Texas Rangers in 1999, but opted to go to college. Reuss hit .306 last season and had 24 runs batted in. CLASH OF THE CONFERENCES NCAA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE TODAY --Opening ceremony 6:30 p.m. --Purdue versus California State University, Northridge 6:40 p.m. FRIDAY --George Washington versus University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2:10 p.m. --CSUN versus Purdue 6:10 p.m. SATURDAY --University of Nevada, Las Vegas, versus Purdue 11:10 a.m. --University of Nevada, Las Vegas, versus CSUN 2:10 p.m. --George Washington versus CSUN 6:10 p.m. SUNDAY--Purdue versus George Washington 10 a.m. --CSUN versus University of Nevada, Las Vegas 1:30 p.m. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: (color) City workers Dave Pfatenhauer, left, and Ray Aguirre put out banners for a national college baseball tournament that will open tonight at Lancaster's municipal stadium. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer Box: NCAA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE (see text) |
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