PERE'Z NO-HITTERS CLIMAX PERFECT RUN.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Special to the Daily News What has only been accomplished nine times in school history, Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. freshman pitching sensation Nickie Perez has done twice in less than a week. Perez, a Littlerock High product who was the Golden League MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. in 2004, pitched her second no-hitter in five days Monday in the Marauders' 7-0 Foothill Conference victory over Mt. San Jacinto San Jacinto, river, c.130 mi (210 km) long, rising in SE Texas as the West Fork and flowing S to Galveston Bay. Its chief tributary is Buffalo Bayou, and both the bayou and the lower river are used for the Houston ship channel. of Hemet. AVC (1) (Advanced Video Coding) The video compression techniques used in the H.264 standard, jointly developed by ISO and the ITU-T. See H.264. (2) (Audio Visual C (41-5 overall, 21-0 Foothill) concluded conference play unbeaten for a second consecutive year. Perez (21-2) pitched the school's first no-hitter since 1994 eight days ago in a 3-0 victory over Chaffey of Rancho Cucamonga Rancho Cucamonga (răn`chō k  'kəmäng`gə), city (1990 pop. 101,409), San Bernardino co., S Calif. .
Monday's victory extended AVC's winning streak to 23 games. Perez struck out 13 batters and came within one walk of throwing a perfect game Monday. She is one no-hitter from tying the school career record and has a full year of eligibility remaining. Perez has been working on a changeup to go with a mid-60 mph fastball and a devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. riseball. ``She throws really hard, and that riseball really moves,'' AVC coach Cindy Vargas said. ``When a riseball comes at you at that velocity, you just don't have enough time to adjust. You can tell a lot of the batters out there are just guessing.'' Perez recorded the last out of Monday's no-hitter on an odd 3-4-3 play that typified the way things are going for the Marauders. An Mt. San Jacinto batter finally made good contact against Perez, hitting a line drive that ricocheted off first baseman Katie Cornelison glove toward second baseman Erica Ricker, who made a diving play to keep the ball in front of her, then threw to Cornelison for the game's final out. ``It's just been an amazing year,'' Vargas said. ``Coming into this year, we knew we had a special group, but this is something you dream about. Everything has gone right for us so far.'' Regional host? The Marauders, ranked No. 3 in the state and No. 2 in Southern California, are expected to play host on May 6-7 to a two-day, four-team, double-elimination regional playoff for the first time since 1994. AVC needs to finish in the top four in the Southern California rankings to be selected host of one of four regional playoffs. The winner of each regional advances to the elite eight state tournament May 13-14 in Redding Redding, city (1990 pop. 66,462), seat of Shasta co., N central Calif., on the Sacramento River; inc. 1872. A principal tourist center for a mountain and lake region, it also has lumbering, food-processing, and diverse manufacturing. . The Marauders are seeking their first state tournament appearance. AVC won't know if it will stage a regional until Friday night's seeding meeting at 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. in Walnut. ``I don't see how we wouldn't, but you never know,'' Vargas said. Full rides: Women's basketball standouts Sade Bunch and Angela Conde have accepted Div. II scholarship offers from Armstrong Atlantic State in Savannah Savannah, city, United States Savannah, city (1990 pop. 137,560), seat of Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of entry on the Savannah River near its mouth; inc. 1789. , Ga. Freshman point guard Bunch, a first-team All-Foothill Conference selection after leading the Marauders in scoring and steals, was an academic qualifier out of high school, enabling her to accept the offer. Conde is a native of Spain who transferred to AVC from Trinity Valley Community College This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. in Athens, Texas. ``It's great for them, and it's great for our program,'' AVC coach John Taylor said. ``I think it shows that our women's basketball program moves kids on. That's what happens when you come to AVC.'' gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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