SOFTBALL BEAT: VALENCIA SHUFFLES FOR PROM : JV PLAYERS READY TO HELP OUT TEAM AT THOUSAND OAKS.Byline: Brian Dalziel Daily News Staff Writer When the Valencia softball team takes the field Saturday to continue its run in the 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. tournament, most of the faces will certainly be new to 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. . Lee will be without 10 of her varsity players because the school's prom is that evening. The Vikings, who play at 3 and 5 p.m., will have 10 junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. players inserted onto the roster. ``There's nothing I can do about it,'' said Lee, whose team is in the semifinals but won't know who it plays until today. ``Hey, the prom is their most memorable thing. These kids live and die for the prom.'' Lee didn't know there was going to be a conflict until school started in September. By that time, the Vikings were already entered in the tournament. ``When you get into a tournament, you don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. until the school year when your prom is,'' Lee said. ``And you have to make a commitment to the tournament for the next year as soon as the tournament ends. It's hard to get into (if you wait).'' Lee tried to enter a different tournament as soon as she found out the prom date. But nothing worked. ``I tried to get into the Righetti tournament (in Santa Maria Santa Maria, city, Brazil Santa Maria (sän`tə mərē`ə), city (1991 pop. 217,592), Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil. It is a major railroad terminus and the site of an important military base. ) the week before our spring break,'' Lee said of the tournament that runs Monday through Wednesday. ``But our principal (Paul Priesz) wanted us to be in a tournament where we wouldn't miss school. I tried to get into another tournament, but unfortunately it wouldn't fly.'' Looking on the bright side, Lee said giving the junior varsity players a chance to experience varsity play will be good for the varsity's future. ``It's frustrating,'' Lee admitted. ``But on the one hand I get to see the junior varsity players and they get to get an early (varsity) study session before they try out next year. They will know where they have to be next year. ``The level of pitching is different, so they're going to have to make some big adjustments. But I think they'll do OK.'' Long week: Valencia must play five games in five days this week. The Vikings play their usual Tuesday-Thursday Foothill League games but must make up their league game with Burroughs on Friday at 3:30 p.m. Add Saturday's two games, and it will be a long week for Valencia. Add prom: Lee said after her team's two games Saturday, she'll be headed to the Biltmore Hotel Biltmore Hotel is the name of a hotel chain created by hotel magnate John McEntee Bowman. The name evokes the Vanderbilt family's Biltmore Estate, whose buildings and gardens within are privately owned historical landmarks and tourist attractions in Asheville, North to chaperon chap·er·on or chap·er·one n. 1. A person, especially an older or married woman, who accompanies a young unmarried woman in public. 2. An older person who attends and supervises a social gathering for young people. the prom. ``I promised I would do it, but I can't be two places at the same time,'' Lee said. ``I'll get there around 10 o'clock. It's going to be a long Saturday.'' Hot bats: Saugus third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker Julie Watson has been swinging a red-hot bat in league play, hitting .541 (13 for 24) for the Centurions. She's also added five stolen bases and eight runs scored in those six league games. Also, Valencia third baseman Kim Mutaw and shortstop Melanie Williams Melanie Williams is a United Kingdom based singer. She is best known for singing on the hit record "Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)" alongside the Manchester dance outfit Sub Sub (who later became Doves). have six hits each in their last four games for the Vikings. Mutaw leads the team with a .407 overall average, while Williams is second at .382. Hart's Kristin Lueke, the team's leadoff hitter, was batting .375 heading into the Indians' two games Saturday in the Thousand Oaks tournament. In league, the sophomore has a team-high .592 average. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) Amanda Fortune and Hart play at Burroughs on Thursday. John Lazar/Daily News |
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