PREP FOCUS: CAMARILLO-T.O. SHOWDOWN HIGHLY RANKED BASEBALL, SOFTBALL TEAMS MEET THIS WEEK.Byline: Chris Cocoles Staff Writer Kathryn Nevard vs. Nicole Angelo. Delmon Young Delmon Damarcus Young, (born September 14, 1985 in Montgomery, Alabama), the younger brother of Dmitri Young, is an outfielder on the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and was, arguably, the top hitting prospect in baseball as of the end of the 2005 minor-league baseball season. versus Chad Lundahl. Just because Camarillo and Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. highs no longer are 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. rivals, baseball and softball fans of the two traditional powers need not fantasize about those matchups. The Scorpions, now members of the Pacific View League, get a shot at Thousand Oaks in softball and baseball this week. Camarillo's softball team, ranked fourth by The Daily News, travels to No. 1 Thousand Oaks on Tuesday at 3 p.m. for a doubleheader. Don't expect much offense with the Illinois-bound Nevard on the mound for Camarillo against red-hot 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. junior Angelo, a catalyst during an unbeaten run in the Marmonte League. The next day and not far from the softball diamond, the Camarillo and Thousand Oaks baseball teams meet in another matchup of teams ranked in The Daily News Top 10 poll. Thousand Oaks (13-4) is having another strong season, though the third- ranked Lancers have been overshadowed in the Marmonte League by unbeaten and No. 1 Westlake. No. 8 Camarillo (15-4) took last week off after playing eight games in 10 days. While the Scorpions have a potent lineup and Thousand Oaks is led by a strong senior class, an intriguing subplot sub·plot n. 1. A plot subordinate to the main plot of a literary work or film. Also called counterplot, underplot. 2. A subdivision of a plot of land, especially a plot used for experimental purposes. for both teams has been key contributions by freshmen. Camarillo's Young is performing a lot like his famous older brother, Rio Mesa of Oxnard graduate and current Cincinnati Reds outfielder Dmitri Young Dmitri Dell Young (born October 11 1973, Vicksburg, Mississippi) is a Major League Baseball player. He is the starting first baseman of the Washington Nationals. His nickname is "Da Meat Hook. . Delmon Young has sparkled at both the plate (.458, 20 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 ) and on the mound (2-0, 1.29 ERA). Thousand Oaks also starts a promising ninth grader in designated hitter designated hitter n. Baseball Abbr. DH A player designated at the start of a game to bat instead of the pitcher in the lineup. Noun 1. Lundahl, one of the Lancers' top hitters who figures to play shortstop next year. --Time for a break: The Alemany of Mission Hills boys' volleyball team will take the next two weeks off. The Indians can use a rest after Loyola handled them Friday in a showdown of the top teams in the Mission League. Alemany (12-2) got stuck in traffic on the way to Loyola and couldn't get moving once taking the court in a 15-5, 15-2, 15-5 loss. Both of the Indians' losses are to the Cubs. ``After this we need some time off. It's not so much a reality check because I really think we're much better than that,'' Alemany coach Jamie Quaglino said. ``The guys were getting tired.'' |
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