OTHERS\ST. GENEVIEVE.VITAL STATS: 1995 record: 4-8 (Santa Fe Santa Fe, city, Argentina Santa Fe, city (1991 pop. 341,000), capital of Santa Fe prov., NE Argentina, a river port near the Paraná, with which it is connected by canal. League). League finish: fifth. Playoffs: Did not qualify. Key returnees: P Nick Reker, C Vinny Pisano. OUTLOOK: New coach John Yakel says second or third in the Santa Fe League is a reasonable goal for his Valiants, who will led by junior right-hander Reeker. The 6-4 Reker attracted attention last summer pitching for the Panorama City Legion team. He has lots of talent and figures to give the Valiants a lift each time he's on the mound. BUCKLEY VITAL STATS: 1995 record: 9-9, 6-6. League finish: third. Playoffs: second round. Key returnees: P/SS/OF T.J. Jackson, 3B/SS/P Micah Pechersky, C Saul Rostamian. Top newcomers: P Josh Rothman, SS Tommy DeVoss. OUTLOOK: Coach Dan Gilmartin faces one of the more unusual coaching challenges in the Valley area. His team's season depends on the availability of senior star T.J. Jackson (.538, 5 HR). But Jackson, a member of the singing Jackson family The Jackson family are an American family from Gary, Indiana whose members are among the most successful and influential figures in modern popular music. Sales clerk/housewife Katherine Jackson and steel mill worker Joseph Jackson (ex-member of an R&B band called The Falcons with and nephew of Michael, has a budding music career and may leave the team in mid-season to tour and record. "If Jackson is with us most of the year, we'll be great," Gilmartin said. FLINTRIDGE PREP VITAL STATS: 1995 record: 13-7, 6-2. League finish: tied for first. Playoffs: first round. Key returnees: P/SS Ryan Nolan, P/SS Brian Christian, 3B Ted Sheets, C John Moody John Moody (1868 - 1958) was a U.S. financial analyst and investor. He pioneered the rating of bonds and founded Moody's Investment Services. Moody's Manuals are still issued, carrying on the tradition begun by the seminal Moody's Manual of Railroads and Corporation Securities and , 1B Chris Bowns. Top newcomers: P/OF P/OF Pinhole Occulter Facility Matt Linder, 2B/OF Marc Johnson
Marc Johnson, born in Omaha, Nebraska on 21 October 1953, is an American jazz bassist, composer and bandleader. . OUTLOOK: The pitching of Nolan and Christian and good team defense should make the Rebels contenders for the Prep League title again. BELL-JEFF VITAL STATS: 1995 record: 16-7, 9-3. League finish: second. Playoffs: first round. Key returnees: DH Mark Dodd, SS/P Will Ruiz, OF/P Zack Pearson. OUTLOOK: The Guards and veteran coach Doug MacKenzie (37 years at Canoga Park) are just getting to know each other. MacKenzie, 69, begins his 41st season as a head coach. PARACLETE VITAL STATS: 1995 record: 15-8, 9-1. League finish: first. Playoffs: first round. Key returnees: P/3B Dan O'Gara, 1B Travis Studt, 2B Bill Kneifl, P Matt Bunker, OF Vinny Pagan, UTL UTL Utility UTL Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Portugal) UTL University of Toronto Libraries (Canada) UTL Unable To Locate UTL Universal Task List UTL Upper Tolerance Limit UTL Unit Transmittal Letter Ben Joyce, OF Ryan Yonkers. Top newcomers: P/UTL Dan Parra, 3B/OF Matt Horner, SS Coley coley Noun Brit an edible fish with white or grey flesh [perhaps from coalfish] Delaney. OUTLOOK: The defending High Desert League champs seem solid again this season with good pitching in O'Gara (10-4, 2.94) and Bunker (1-1, 1 save) and aggressive hitting in Kneifl (.508) and Studt (.471). Freshman Coley Delaney could start at shortstop. L.A. LUTHERAN VITAL STATS: 1995 record: 11-7, 8-2. League finish: second. Playoffs: first round. Key returnees: P/1B Raul Ortiz III, P/SS Bryan Olson. Top newcomers: INF INF interferon. Shaun Gates, 2B Chris Freet, OF Luke Snyder, P/UTL Brian Preble, C Jim Robinson. OUTLOOK: The young Lions will struggle to repeat last year's success. |
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