SOFTBALL DAILY NEWS ALL-AREA TEAM AND HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SEASON.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 Player of the Year ANDI ANDI Asociación Nacional de Industriales (National Association of Industrialists, Colombia) ANDI Autism Network for Dietary Intervention ANDI Analytical Data Interchange ANDI American Nitrox Divers Incorporated RAMIREZ Sr., SS, Royal If it seemed as if 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. cruised to the Southern Section Div. I title this year, it's only because the team's leader, Ramirez, was unflappable. Royal had just as many close games as any top team, just as many setbacks and challenges. But players such as Ramirez have a way of making problems go away. A graceful shortstop and powerful slugger, Ramirez helped Royal's run to the championship look effortless. Although she is nowhere near a prototypical leadoff batter, she filled the role perfectly, hitting .460 with a .534 on-base percentage, stealing 13 of 13 bases and scoring 39 runs in 31 games. Defensively, she had just four errors in 31 games. By the end of the year, Royal coach Bill Dishon seemed to run out of compliments for his BYU-bound standout. ``She's just special,'' Dishon said. ``We wouldn't have gotten anywhere without her.'' Coach of the Year LORI CHANDLER 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:
After five years of seeing their postseason dreams end about a week short and 25 miles south of the City Section championship at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , Chandler and the Conquistadores got over the hump, beating five-time City champ San Pedro 2-0 in eight innings to win the 13th title in school history. It was the first title for Chandler, who took over in 2001. Chandler, who won a state title in basketball as a player for El Camino Real in 1979, believed her team needed to play against top competition in order to dethrone de·throne tr.v. de·throned, de·thron·ing, de·thrones 1. To remove from the throne; depose. 2. To remove from a prominent or powerful position. San Pedro, so she stacked the schedule with tough Southern Section opponents. ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) didn't just become the best team in the City Section this year, it finished third at the prestigious Hart tournament and second at the Daily News Victory Spring Classic. First Team AUDREY ANDRADE Sr., 2B, Glendale The Hawaii-bound Andrade hit .672 with 19 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 , five home runs, five doubles and six triples. CAITLIN BAILEY Sr., C, Newbury Park Helped lead Newbury Park to a surprise third-place finish Noun 1. third-place finish - a finish in third place (as in a race) finish - designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the winner is the team with the in the tough Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. . Bailey hit .465 with 23 RBI, six doubles, four triples and three home runs. She was named Defensive Player of the Year in the Marmonte League. MONICA MONICA Cardiology A WHO initiative–Multinational Monitoring of Trends & Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease–which evaluated the effects of various factors on mortality in Pts MIs GONZALES Sr., OF, Westlake A fast, left-handed slapper, Gonzales had another good year. She batted .465 with six doubles and two triples. The BYU-bound Gonzales struck out twice in 95 plate appearances and stole 22 bases to earn first-team All-Area for the third consecutive year. DEVON HOFLAND Sr., 3B, Royal Hofland hit .404 with 27 RBI and a .568 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: . She hit safely in 25 of 31 games. TIFFANY HUFF Jr., C, Saugus The line of colleges vying for Huff has grown this year, by far the finest of her career. Huff batted .460 with 31 RBI, 11 doubles, four triples and six home runs from the leadoff spot. Not many sluggers can maintain such a high average and impressive power numbers, but the left-hander did it with ease. VICTORIA KEMP So., 2B/OF, Saugus Followed an impressive freshman season with another solid year. The versatile Kemp batted .435 with 32 RBI, eight home runs, four doubles and two triples to help Saugus advance to the Southern Section Div. I semifinals. SAMANTHA MARDER Jr., C, Calabasas Marder hit .489 with a .715 slugging percentage despite having no protection behind her in the batting order. A patient hitter, Marder wasn't afraid to take a walk (14 in 18 games) but made teams pay when they pitched to her. KIM WEINSTEIN Sr., C, Chaminade One of the region's top defensive catchers, Weinstein led Chaminade to the Southern Section Div. IV semifinals. The Syracuse-bound slugger hit .341 and was named co-MVP of the Mission League. DE ANN YOUNG Sr., 1B, Camarillo Young, who will play at Oregon State next year, batted .374 with three home runs and 25 RBI to help Camarillo advance to the Southern Section Div. I quarterfinals. CAPTION(S): 11 photos, 3 boxes Photo: (1) ANDI RAMIREZ Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer (2) LORI CHANDLER (3) AUDREY ANDRADE (4) CAITLIN BAILEY (5) MONICA GONZALES (6) DEVON HOFLAND (7) TIFFANY HUFF (8) VICTORIA KEMP (9) SAMANTHA MARDER (10) KIM WEINSTEIN (11) DE ANN YOUNG Box: (1) Biggest Surprises (2) Five to Watch in 2006 (3) Champions |
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