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. Staff Writer WHO'S HOT --Kimmie White, Burroughs: The speedy left-handed catcher is batting .469 with an on-base percentage of .486. She leads the team with 15 hits. --Oaks Christian: The Lions of Westlake Village have won 46 consecutive games and qualified for the semifinals of the Daily News Victory Spring Classic this weekend with impressive victories over Birmingham of Lake Balboa and 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. . Freshman pitcher Taylor Schlopy earned both victories Saturday and hit her 10th triple of the season. Senior Tiffany Tiffany, Tiffanie (UK) a semi-longhaired version of the Burmese cat. It has a fine, silky coat in many colors. Day scored the winning run in the eighth inning against Royal and Ashlee Veilleux and Amber Peterson have been the team's most consistent hitters. --Megan Spehar and Suzanne Cominski, 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. : Only once has either of these pitchers thrown more than six innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. and they've developed into the area's top pitching duo. Spehar usually starts games and gives way to Cominski by about the third or fourth inning. Thousand Oaks coach Gary Walin uses the arrangement to give opposing batters a different look after once or twice through the lineup. In the past seven games, Spehar and Cominski have not allowed more than three hits in a game. --Cori Blanton, 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 : Blanton had two consecutive game-winning hits this week and a two-run home run in a 4-3 loss to Royal. Blanton drove in the winning run in a 4-3 victory over Birmingham on Saturday and in a 1-0 victory over Harvard-Westlake of Studio City on Monday. --Lauren Nydam, Village Christian: Nydam threw two perfect games in one week - against Montclair Prep of Panorama City (Tuesday) 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. (Saturday). In a 1-0 loss to Chaminade of West Hills, Nydam allowed two hits, one a bunt single, in nine innings Saturday at the Daily News Victory Spring Classic. AROUND THE LEAGUES --Foothill: Next week is a critical week for No. 2 Valencia. The defending champions defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del tÃtulo defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre will face Saugus on Tuesday and Hart of Newhall on Thursday. If Valencia wins both, the Vikings will be in a tie for first place with Hart. If they lose both, they'll fall to third place. If they split, things get a lot more complicated. --Marmonte: Calabasas (2-5 in league) pulled off the biggest upset in the league this season with a 3-1 victory over Westlake, which entered the game tied for first place. Sophomore catcher Samantha Marder was 4 for 4 with two runs scored and said she enjoys playing the role of spoiler spoiler: see airplane. 1. spoiler - A remark which reveals important plot elements from books or movies, thus denying the reader (of the article) the proper suspense when reading the book or watching the movie. 2. . ``I felt kind of bad for Westlake because I could understand what they were going through,'' Marder said. ``But it was really cool for us. ... I think teams definitely still take us pretty lightly. But we don't worry about that. For us, it always comes down to how we play defense. We had no errors against Westlake, and when we do that our offense seems to get a lot more confidence too.'' Unfortunately, there might be some repercussions repercussions npl → répercussions fpl repercussions npl → Auswirkungen pl from Calabasas' upset when she has travel-ball practice Sunday. Westlake coach Garry Fetman is the coach of Marder's summer travel team, the Valley Breeze. ``We were joking around about it last Sunday at practice, but now that we won, he's probably going to make us run,'' Marder joked. --West Valley: Birmingham of Lake Balboa pulled off a mild upset Thursday against Granada Hills and moved into sole possession of second place. That sets up a critical game against first-place 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:
DAILY NEWS VICTORY SPRING CLASSIC The fourth annual tournament concludes Saturday at Hjelte Sports Complex in Encino. The best matchup looks to be Oaks Christian of Westlake Village against neighborhood rival Westlake in the Gold Bracket semifinals. But there are some intriguing games in all four divisions. The Silver Bracket looks especially competitive with 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 taking on Royal of Simi Valley and Village Christian of Sun Valley playing Harvard-Westlake of Studio City. The Bronze Bracket features three of the top City Section teams in El Camino Real of Woodland Hills, San Fernando and Granada Hills. Here's the schedule: --9 a.m.: Copper Bracket - Burroughs vs. Birmingham, Agoura vs. La Canada; Bronze Bracket - El Camino Real vs. Notre Dame, Granada Hills vs. San Fernando. --11 a.m.: Winners of 9 a.m. games play each other, Losers of 9 a.m. games play each other. --1:30 p.m: Silver Bracket - Village Christian vs Christian V, 1646–99, king of Denmark and Norway (1670–99), son and successor of Frederick III. His minister, Griffenfeld, who until his fall in 1676 dominated Christian's reign, made the monarchy absolute. . Harvard-Westlake, Royal vs. Crescenta Valley; Gold Bracket - Chaminade vs. Newbury Park, Westlake vs. Oaks Christian. --3:30 p.m.: Championship Game for Gold and Silver brackets, third-place games for Gold and Silver brackets. CAPTION(S): 4 photos, 5 boxes Photo: (1) Oaks Christian senior Tiffany Day scored the winning run against Royal in a recent victory. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News (2) Megan Spehar usually starts for Thousand Oaks as part of a top pitching duo in the region. (3 -- 4) Taylor Schloppy, left, and Candice Miller Candice Miller (born May 7 1954) is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, currently representing Michigan's 10th congressional district (map) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The district stretches from the eastern suburbs of Detroit to the Michigan Thumb. along with the rest of the Oaks Christian team look for a win against Westlake in the Golden Bracket semifinal game on Saturday. David Sprague/Staff Photographer (1) Daily News TOP 10 (2) SEVEN-DAY FORECAST (3) LEADERS (4) STANDINGS (5) KEEPING TABS |
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