SOFTBALL BEAT WHO'S HOT.--Kelly Cordeiro, 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. : The junior leadoff batter leads the team in almost every offensive category. Cordeiro is batting .500 (38 for 76) with a team-best 14 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 , 13 runs scored, six doubles and a slugging percentage In baseball statistics, slugging percentage (abbreviated SLG) is the most popular measure of the power of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats: of .671. ``She's been hot the whole year,'' Thousand Oaks coach Gary Walin said. ``To have a .671 slugging percentage from your left-handed, slapper, lead-off batter, that's pretty good.'' Last week, Cordeiro tied a school record for hits in a game by going 5 for 6 in a victory over Agoura. --Stacey Milne and Riane Johnson, Canoga Park: Milne is the area strikeout leader with 215 in 168 innings. She's also stolen an area-best 43 bases and is hitting .507. Johnson, a solid defensive shortstop, is having a good offensive year as well. She's batting .394 with five home runs. --Sara Smith, L.A. Baptist: The freshman calls all the pitches for Allyson Salas, a freshman pitcher who has a 12-2 record. Smith also is the leading hitter for L.A. Baptist of North Hills, which will host Village Christian of Sun Valley for the Olympic League title Thursday. Smith is batting over .500 and came up big in L.A. Baptist's 3-2 upset of La Salle La Salle, city (1990 pop. 9,717), La Salle co., N Ill., on the Illinois River; settled 1830, inc. 1852. It forms a tricity unit with Peru and Oglesby. Corn, wheat, and soybeans are grown, and cattle and hogs are raised. of Pasadena on Saturday at the Paraclete tournament. Smith had a triple and scored L.A. Baptist's first run. She has a school-record six triples. --Bianca Mejia, Sylmar: Leads all area hitters with a .653 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. (32 for 49). Mejia also has 22 runs, 24 RBI, five home runs, six doubles and has struck out only once in 49 plate appearances. --Mercedes Lovato, Royal: Lovato is having a fine senior year for Royal, her only year on varsity. She's 9-1 with a 0.34 ERA and is a big part of the Highlanders' success. --Michelle Macias, Viewpoint: The sophomore is putting up another solid year offensively. She is among the area's top hitters with a .621 batting average (36 for 58), 27 RBI, three doubles, 10 triples and two home runs. Those power numbers give her a 1.121 slugging percentage. Macias is 8-1 as a pitcher with a 1.21 ERA. --Birmingham: The West Valley League seemed as though it was going to be a race between El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
``We just wanted to prove to everyone that we could do it,'' senior catcher Valerie Montenegro said. ``We've got a lot of seniors this year and we really want to go as far as we can this year.'' Montenegro has been the Patriots' top hitter, batting .486 and breaking her school record with 54 hits. Center fielder Brecken Bronner also has had a great year at the plate. She has scored 40 runs and has five home runs, including a game-winning three-run homer against Granada Hills on Thursday. Senior pitcher Pauline Montenegro earned both the victories over Granada Hills and Carla Arreola has been solid in her first year at shortstop. LEAGUES UPDATES --Desert Mountain: Desert Christian of Lancaster defeated Boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. 12-2 Tuesday to clinch at least a share of the league title. Desert Christian already had snapped Boron's 122-game state-record winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" this season before Tuesday's game. During the streak, Boron won 12 consecutive league titles. --Golden: Littlerock has made a dramatic turnaround under first-year coach Sarah Adams. The Lobos are in second-place (5-2) and on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of qualifying for the playoffs. Last season, Littlerock was 2-8 in league. ``Last year, we didn't have the teamwork, we didn't really get along,'' senior outfielder Tori Beaudette said. ``Coach Adams came in and just told us it was going to be different. And I think we just kind of decided that we're going to change. ... It feels good to finally pay off on all the hard work we do here at Littlerock, because we do work hard.'' --Marmonte: Thousand Oaks and Royal have clinched the top two spots in the league, but third place is far from settled, with five teams within a game of each other. Westlake and Newbury Park are tied for what would be the final playoff spot from the league at 5-6 but Agoura, Moorpark and Calabasas are 4-7. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. league representative Gary Walin of Thousand Oaks, if more than two teams are tied for third place, the league bylaws The rules and regulations enacted by an association or a corporation to provide a framework for its operation and management. Bylaws may specify the qualifications, rights, and liabilities of membership, and the powers, duties, and grounds for the dissolution of an award points for defeating the top finishers in the league. In that scenario, Westlake would have the edge by virtue of victories over Thousand Oaks and Royal. CITY SECTION PLAYOFFS The City Section playoff seeding meeting is at 5 p.m. today at Hamilton High in Hollywood and the debate figures to be among the most heated it's been of late. Valley Mission League champion Sylmar and West Valley League champion El Camino Real of Woodland Hills figure to earn top-four seeds, but it will be interesting to see in which order they are placed. El Camino Real, which went undefeated in what should be rated as the second-toughest league in the City, will campaign for the No. 2 seed over Carson, which lost twice in Marine League play. Carson and San Pedro have played each other for the City Section title four consecutive years. Sylmar will try for the No. 3 seed by virtue of victories over El Camino Real (2-0) and Birmingham of Lake Balboa (4-1 in 15 innings). Then there are dangerous teams such as Granada Hills, with senior pitcher Kat Walsh, and San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. with junior pitcher Selena Salazar, who are capable of getting on a roll if they can score. Birmingham, a surprise second-place finisher in the West Valley League, is hoping for at least a No. 6 seed and should get it because of the strength of the league. STAY ALL DAY The Thousand Oaks tournament, one of the most prestigious in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , concludes Saturday. Hart of Newhall, Rosary of Fullerton, Mater Dei Mater Dei is Latin for "Mother of God", referring to the Virgin Mary. The term has been used to name various institutions, often Catholic, including:
Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. and Poly of Riverside are in the semifinals. Those games begin at 3:30 p.m. and the championship is at 5:15 p.m. But the games earlier in the day might actually be more intriguing. Thousand Oaks, the Daily News' top-ranked team, will play second-ranked Valencia at 10 a.m. Valencia will then play Westlake at 11:45 a.m. in a rematch of last year's first-round playoff game Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship , won by Valencia. Another early morning game of interest is No. 3 Royal of 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. against No. 6 Camarillo at 8 a.m. And finally, El Camino Real and Village Christian of Sun Valley could play each other at noon if both teams win or lose their first game at 8 a.m. CAPTION(S): 2 photos, 4 boxes Photo: (1) Kelly Cordeiro helped lead the Thousand Oaks' softball team this season. Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer (2) Royal senior Mercedes Lovato is 9-1 this season with a 0.34 ERA, which helped the Highlanders take second in the Marmonte League. David Sprague/Staff Photographer Box: (1) Daily News TOP 10 (2) SEVEN-DAY FORECAST (3) STANDINGS (4) KEEPING TABS |
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