ROYAL WEARS THE CROWN HIGHLANDERS TOP VALENCIA TO WIN DIV. I SOFTBALL TITLE ROYAL 2, VALENCIA 0.Byline: Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer IRVINE - Andi Ramirez sensed it early. A few games into the season, Royal High of Simi Valley's senior shortstop knew there was something different about this year's team. ``You could feel it was there,'' she said. ``Our chemistry was just so great.'' It was then Ramirez envisioned something like Friday night, when Royal became the first area team since 1993 to win the Southern Section Div. I title with a 2-0 victory over Valencia at Barber Park. It happened so quickly. The late-arriving crowd from Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. hadn't settled into its seats before Royal scored all the runs it would need. Ramirez led off the game with a single up the middle, then stole second base. Kris Lesovsky laid down a bunt, and Valencia first baseman Breanne Javier threw it into right field, enabling Ramirez to score and Lesovsky to take second. Devon Hofland then drove Lesovsky in with a crisp single to left. Valencia coach Donna Lee Donna Lee is a bebop jazz standard itself based on the chord changes of the traditional jazz standard "(Back Home Again in) Indiana".[1] It is named after the now-obscure bassist Donna Lee. quickly replaced starting pitcher Noun 1. starting pitcher - (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; Courtney Baughman with sophomore Jordan Taylor, but the damage already had been done. The Vikings (29-4) mounted several rallies during the game, but Royal weathered all of them. ``I felt all year we were going to win,'' Hofland said. ``We worked so well together. At the beginning of the year, all of us seniors just got everyone to want it as much as we did.'' Simi Valley, a dozen years ago, is the only other area team to win a Div A DIV Associate of Divinity . I title. Royal is ranked No. 1 in the state by Cal-Hi Sports. Valencia is No. 2. The Vikings hadn't allowed a run in the playoffs before Friday's first inning, outscoring their previous four postseason foes 8-0. Taylor, who came in with a 51-inning scoreless innings streak, was untouchable untouchable Former classification of various low-status persons and those outside the Hindu caste system in Indian society. The term Dalit is now used for such people (in preference to Mohandas K. in relief of Baughman. She struck out the first batter she faced and 13 total. Only three Highlanders reached base against her. Valencia put runners on second and third to start the bottom of the sixth, chasing Royal starter Jessi Waers (13-1). Becca Heteniak came on in relief and worked out of the jam. Breanne Javier chopped the ball back to the mound, and Heteniak threw out Alyssa Ishabashi at the plate. Danielle Maricle struck out, and Heteniak then walked Jessica Spigner to load the bases, then got Torrie Anderson on a groundout ground·out n. Baseball A play in which a batter is put out at first base after hitting a ground ball to an infielder. to third. Heteniak struck out the final two batters, starting the Highlanders' celebration. The last 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. team to win a section title was 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. , which won the Div. II title in 2001. The last Foothill League team to win a title was Saugus, which won the Div. II title in 1996. At least one area team has won a section title every year since 1998, when Quartz Hill captures the Div. II crown. Ramona Shelburne, (818) 713-3617 ramona.shelburne(at)dailynews.com |
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