SMALL SCHOOL NOTEBOOK: MOJAVE REBOUNDING AFTER A SLOW START.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer MOJAVE - After an 0-4 start, many teams would be ready to panic. Not Mojave High's baseball team. Experience has taught the Mustangs that taking their lumps against a tough nonleague schedule can pay off. Last season, the Mustangs won a share of the High Desert League title after a 1-7 start in nonleague play. ``When you've got a veteran team, you don't really have to worry about that too much,'' Mojave coach Walter Gramps said. ``You knew they were going to get it going once the season got started.'' Patience has paid off for the Mustangs, who are seeking their third league title in four years. Mojave (9-5, 4-0) held sole possession of first place in the High Desert League entering Tuesday's game against Desert of Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. . Gramps said the turnaround began April 2, when Mojave rallied from a four-run deficit in their last at-bat for an 8-7 victory over Nogales Nogales (nōgä`lās), city (1990 pop. 19,489), Santa Cruz co., S Ariz. on the Mexican border with its adjacent city, Nogales (1990 pop. 105,873), Sonora, NW Mexico. There are copper, silver, and lead mines. of La Puente La Puente (lä pwĕn`tē), city (1990 pop. 36,955), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles; laid out 1841, inc. 1956. Primarily residential, the city manufactures hardware, electronics, and paper products. (ranked No. 7 in Div. III) in the first game of a doubleheader. A 12-11 loss to Nogales in the second game, in which the Mustangs rallied after trailing by 11 runs after three innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. , served as a moral victory. Mojave also scored an impressive 4-2 victory April 4 over Vasquez, ranked No. 2 in Div. VI, and has climbed from sixth to fourth in the Southern Section Div. VI coaches' poll. Senior pitchers Jon Proesl (3-0, 2.91 ERA) and Joe Chase (3-3, 4.11), the league co-MVP last year, have been instrumental in the turnaround. Proesl also has been strong at the plate, batting .617 (29 for 47) with 11 stolen bases in 12 attempts. --Cardiac kids: Rosamond's 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' team has a knack for winning close games. The Roadrunners (5-8, 3-1 in High Desert League) won their three league games by a combined four runs. That was enough to give Rosamond a share of first place heading into Tuesday's game against defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del tÃtulo defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Kern Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. Valley of Lake Isabella Lake Isabella is a man-made earthen reservoir in Kern County, California that consists of a main and auxiliary dam. It was formed in 1953 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dammed the Kern River at the junction of its two forks at Whiskey Flat. . Rosamond is seeking its first league title in school history. ``The kids are really excited,'' Rosamond coach Laney Eubanks said. ``This is the best team that we've had in a while.'' The Roadrunners have relied on sound defense and the emergence of sophomore pitcher Jenna DeMarco. They had just three hits in a 3-2 victory Friday over Bishop - the program's first victory at Bishop - in a game that typified how the team wins games. Junior catcher Kristen Foster threw out a the potential tying run trying to steal with one out in the bottom of the seventh. Gideon Rubin, (818) 713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com |
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