PREP SPORTS: A GIRL FOR ALL SEASONS QUARTZ HILL'S CORLESS KEEPS BUSY SPORTS SCHEDULE.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News Softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' is Cassie Corless' forte. Basketball ranks as her weakest sport. Golf fits somewhere in between. Choosing a favorite among the three sports isn't as easy for the Quartz Hill High senior. ``I can't really say,'' Corless said. ``I love them all.'' Corless also has had success in each during a four-year high school career that will see her graduate this spring with 11 varsity letters. As a catcher in softball as a junior, Corless batted a Golden League- leading .618 to earn all-league first-team honors. A four-year varsity member, Corless also played on the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley District 51 all-star team that reached the Big League World Series (age 18 and under) in Kalamazoo, Mich., last summer. In golf, Corless won the Golden League individual title as a junior. Last fall, she led the Rebels to their first outright league team title with her third-place finish Noun 1. third-place finish - a finish in third place (as in a race) finish - designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the winner is the team with the , including a league-record 41 for nine holes at Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. Vista GC. Corless, who is 5-foot-8 1/2, is in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of her fourth varsity basketball season as a guard. She averages 10 points a game, including a team-high 44.2 percent from 3-point range. In the summer, Corless juggled the sports simultaneously. She fit in golf and travel softball with playing on the Quartz Hill basketball team, often on the same day. ``She was coming to basketball games from softball and playing golf in the morning,'' Quartz Hill basketball coach Steve Brumwell said. Keeping the technical aspects of the sports separate can also be daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin . Corless, who can consistently drive a golf ball 235 yards, said she developed her golf swing from playing softball. Getting into condition for basketball has always been a challenge coming from golf season. But the three sports offer a rewarding balance. ``In golf, it's all on you,'' Corless said. ``No one can make that shot but you. Basketball and softball is a team thing, You can't win or lose a game; you have to depend on your teammates.'' Corless has had no formal training in golf. She picked up the sport while playing recreationally with her father and grandfather and did not play competitively until her sophomore year. As a freshman, Corless played volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. . She has received golf-scholarship interest from Pepperdine and Chico State, but her future in college will likely be in softball, for which she is being courted by Florida State and Cal Poly Cal Poly may refer to:
 `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. . ``The smart thing would be to concentrate on golf or softball,'' Corless said. ``I am probably never going to play basketball again, but I can't drop it for the rest of the team. I need to be a strong leader.'' Quartz Hill has particularly needed the leadership of Corless, a co-captain this season along with her best friend, Sharonne Herbert. Three players have transferred, two to league rival Palmdale, over the last two seasons and Brumwell is a first-year coach. ``After all that has happened, I didn't want to let my basketball team down and let my best friend down,'' Corless said. Quartz Hill (9-9) finished 17-7 and third in league last season but matched last season's loss total before the start of Golden League play with a youthful lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. that includes Corless and Herbert, junior Ashleigh Bludso-Osborne and sophomores Rhiannon McCrumb and Alexis Crimes. ``It's been a rough road down to the coach and everybody else,'' Corless said. ``You have to do what you got to do. I have a lot of friends and it's not worth it switching schools for a sport. Moving crosstown cross·town or cross-town adj. Running, extending, or going across a city or town: a crosstown street; crosstown traffic. adv. isn't going to do much for it, but you have to do what you got to do.'' For Corless, that has meant doing the most sports she can do at Quartz Hill. CORLESS FILE Name: Cassie Corless School: Quartz Hill Year: Senior Height: 5-8 1/2 Sports: Golf, basketball, softball Notable: Corless will have earned 11 letters when she graduates, including four each in basketball and softball. Corless led the Golden League with a .618 batting average batting average n. Baseball A measure of a batter's performance obtained by dividing the total of base hits by the number of times at bat, not including walks. Noun 1. in softball last spring. She is also a two-time Golden League golf champion and three-year letter winner. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: (color) Cassie Corless of Quartz Hill High plays softball, basketball and golfs - all with positive results. Kirby Lee/Special to the Daily News Box: CORLESS FILE (see text) |
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