SOFTBALL BEAT.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. WHO'S HOT --Robyn Kontra, Hart: The senior pitcher has led Hart to five consecutive victories, including key Foothill League wins over Saugus and Valencia. In the past week, Kontra has had four stellar performances. She pitched a six-hitter and struck out nine in Hart's 3-1 victory Tuesday over Saugus and a four-hitter with eight strikeouts in an upset over El Toro El To·ro An unincorporated community of southern California southeast of Santa Ana. Founded in the 1890s, it is mainly residential. Population: 62,685. at the Woodbridge tournament Monday. She also pitched a perfect game with 10 strikeouts Saturday against Peninsula of Palos Verdes Palos Verdes is often used to refer to a group of coastal cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the Los Angeles/South Bay area of California. This affluent bedroom community is known for its dramatic views, good schools [1] extensive horse trails [2] and a four-hitter in a 4-1 victory Saturday over Mission Viejo Mission Vi·e·jo A community of southern California southeast of Irvine. It is mainly residential. Population: 96,300. , also at the Woodbridge tournament. On April 1, Kontra threw a two-hitter in a 1-0 upset of then-No. 1 Valencia. --Christina Ross, Valencia: The senior left-hander has thrown a perfect game and a no-hitter in back-to-back games. Ross pitched a perfect game with 12 strikeouts in a 2-0 victory Tuesday over Canyon and had a no-hitter with seven strikeouts in a 1-0 victory Monday over Marina of Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. at the Woodbridge Tournament. --Lauren Nydam, Village Christian: The senior right-hander threw her third perfect game of the season and sixth of her career Tuesday against Montclair Prep of Panorama City. The Stanford-bound Nydam struck out 14 in the game. LEAGUE UPDATES --Golden: 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 of Lancaster coach and athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Kristi Speir announced she would resign at the end of the season. --Marmonte: Lindsay Haig and Samantha Marder are having solid years for Calabasas, despite the Coyotes' 1-5 league record. Haig is batting .410, and Marder .400. Each has three home runs and 10 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 . --Mission: Defending league champion Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks will play host to Harvard-Westlake of Studio City in a crucial game Monday at 2:45 p.m. Notre Dame, Harvard-Westlake and Chaminade of West Hills have emerged as the league's top teams but each year there seems to be a surprise team so every game is critical. Last year, Alemany of Mission Hills made a late-season charge and advanced to the Div. IV championship game. --Pacific: Glendale will play at Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. of La Crescenta at 3 p.m. today. In a matchup of the league's leading hitter and pitcher. Crescenta Valley's Lauren Strangis (10-2) has stepped right into the No. 1 spot in the rotation for the graduated Sarah Sherman and led C.V. to a 12-2 record. She'll face the area's leading hitter in Audrey Andrade of Glendale. But it's not the first time the two have faced each other. ``We've been friends since we were little, but she and I have always been on different teams,'' Andrade said. ``We played at Foothill Little League and together on an All-Star team. We also both went to Verdugo Woodland Elementary school elementary school: see school. .'' Strangis and Michelle McCauley combined on a perfect game and struck out 11 of the 15 batters they faced in a 34-0 victory Tuesday over Muir of Pasadena. --West Valley: The biggest news this week was 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:
That could have huge implications come playoff time as Carson was widely expected to earn the No. 1 or No. 2 seed, but could drop lower if they lose to San Pedro today or May 3 or again to Banning on April 29. TOURNAMENT PREVIEW The fourth annual Daily News Victory Spring Classic begins Saturday at Hjelte Sports Complex in Encino. The event is free to the public. The 16-team tournament includes five teams ranked in the top 10 by the Daily News - Oaks Christian of Westlake Village, 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. , El Camino Real of Woodland Hills, Westlake and Village Christian of Sun Valley. Three other teams, Granada Hills, Agoura and Newbury Park have been ranked at one point during the season. Oaks Christian of Westlake Village will put its 44-game 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" on the line beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday against Birmingham of Lake Balboa. Oaks Christian's streak is the third-longest in Southern Section history. Two of the most interesting first-round matchups are El Camino Real of Woodland Hills against Crescenta Valley of La Crescenta and Village Christian of Sun Valley against 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. . Crescenta Valley has won the tournament two of three years it's been played and never lost a game on the first weekend of play. El Camino Real scored a big victory over West Valley League rival Granada Hills on Tuesday and has one of the area's top young players in sophomore catcher Francesca Enea. But Jeanine Deno, one of Crescenta Valley's top hitters, suffered a concussion last week on vacation in Laughlin, Nev. Deno was riding a jet ski when a friend crashed into her. She said she was doing well and would play at least in the first game of the day. Deno is scheduled to participate in the Battle of the Valley all-star basketball game at 5 p.m. at Cal State Northridge, which could conflict with C.V.'s second game of the day. Village Christian, a Div. V school, proved it could play with anyone at the Foothill tournament two weeks ago, but it's also shown it can lose to anyone, such as Burbank, which is the last-place team in the Foothill League. San Fernando (5-6) has a dominating pitcher in Selena Salazar. CAPTION(S): 3 photos, 4 boxes Photo: (1) Hart pitcher Robyn Kontra has led the team to five wins in a row. David Crane/Staff Photographer (2) ROSS (3) NYDAM Box: (1) Daily News TOP 10 (2) SEVEN-DAY FORECAST (3) LEADERS (4) STANDINGS |
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