SOFTBALL DAILY NEWS ALL-AREA TEAM AND HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SEASON.Byline: Compiled by 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 CAMBRIA MIRANDA Camarillo, Junior It's not easy to step in for a player like Beth Boskovitch, the Daily News Player of the Year last season. And when Camarillo lost four of its first 10 games, it seemed Boskovitch had left an even bigger hole than anticipated. But somewhere along the line, Camarillo became Miranda's team, and she led them back to the same spot Boskovitch had the previous season. Again, Camarillo advanced to the Div. I semifinals, the furthest of any local team in that division. Miranda hit .511, scored 30 runs, had 37 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 and added an area-leading 14 doubles. She was the quiet leader behind that charge and was at her best in the playoffs. In Camarillo's quarterfinal victory over Los Alamitos Los Alamitos (lôs ăləmē`təs, lŏs), city (1990 pop. 11,676), Orange co., NE of Long Beach, S Calif., in a suburban area; inc. 1960. Los Alamitos Racetrack and U.S. military installations are nearby. , Miranda was 2 for 3 and drove in the first run of the game with a triple to left field that would've cleared most fences. A junior this season, Miranda should be one of the most heavily recruited players 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, next season. PITCHER OF THE YEAR ASHLEE FREEMAN Oaks Christian, Senior The award says Pitcher of the Year but Freeman earned it as much for what she did this season as in her three-year career at Oaks Christian of Westlake Village. Over that span, Freeman went 60-8 with a 0.196 ERA, 813 strikeouts, 11 no-hitters, 32 shutouts and only 13 earned runs in 464 1/3 innings. But as impressive as those stats are, there's really no way to quantify what Freeman meant to the Oaks Christian program. Perhaps her coach, Pete Ackermann, said it best: ``She put Oaks Christian on the map.'' Quite simply, no other pitcher in the area was more valuable to her team than Freeman. Freeman led Oaks Christian to the Div. VI championship game as a sophomore and junior in the school's first two years of existence. This year, after two championship game losses, Freeman, bound for Boston University Boston University, at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; founded 1839, chartered 1869, first baccalaureate granted 1871. It is composed of 16 schools and colleges. , pitched a three-hitter and struck out nine to lead Oaks Christian to a 2-0 victory over Alemany of Mission Hills. She ended her senior year with a 22-1 record, a 0.09 ERA, 218 strikeouts and allowed two earned runs the entire season. Coach of the Year JIM Jim Miss Watson’s runaway slave; Huck’s traveling companion. [Am. Lit.: Huckleberry Finn] See : Escape STONE Village Christian All one needs to know about Jim Stone was evidenced at an otherwise meaningless doubleheader in May. Village Christian, with 550 students, had opted to play in the more competitive upper division of 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 and drew traditional area power Westlake and 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. , then the No. 5 ranked team in the country. The Crusaders' best chance for a victory seemed to be if they started two-time, Daily News All-Area pitcher Lauren Nydam against Westlake and then concede a lopsided loss to Mater Dei. But Stone decided to save Nydam for Mater Dei and started his No. 2 pitcher against Westlake. ``Hey, why not try for the sweep?'' he said with a straight face. And maybe because of that confidence, Village Christian pulled off the upset of Westlake in dramatic fashion. Then later in the week, they knocked off another strong Div. I team in Hart of Newhall. After that, winning the first softball Div. V title in school history seemed inevitable for the Crusaders, who defeated Pasadena Poly for the title. Stone, the first-year head coach who only reluctantly took the job in December when no other candidate could be found, is already hard at work lining up opponents for next year. ``In order to be the best we feel we have to beat the best. We don't want to be a paper tiger paper tiger n. One that is seemingly dangerous and powerful but is in fact timid and weak: "They are paper tigers, weak and indecisive" Frederick Forsyth. Noun 1. ,'' Stone said. CHRISTINA ROSS Valencia, P, Junior That Ross was a close finisher to Ashlee Freeman for Pitcher of the Year despite pitching only half of her team's games underscores her talent. Ross is a hard-throwing left-hander with a tough curveball she can throw for a strike on either corner of the plate. She will be one of the most highly recruited area players next season. This year, she was 13-1 with 11 shutouts, a 0.27 ERA and 113 strikeouts in 103.67 innings as she allowed opponents only a .094 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. . LAUREN NYDAM Village Christian, P, Junior Wicked. That's really the only way to describe Lauren Nydam's changeup. Opposing batters know it's coming but that rarely helps. Her screwball screw·ball n. 1. Baseball A pitched ball that curves in the direction opposite to that of a normal curve ball. 2. Slang An eccentric, impulsively whimsical, or irrational person. adj. and curveball are almost as good. All of which make Nydam one of the more sought after pitchers in the country this season. Despite missing the first six weeks of the season because of a shoulder injury suffered in a car crash, Nydam finished the year with a 12-1 record, 0.64 ERA, 129 strikeouts in 98 innings and held opponents to a .132 batting average. That led Village Christian of Sun Valley to its first Div. V softball title. 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 Westlake, OF, Sophomore Anyone who hits .450 in the 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. is doing something right. The fleet-footed Gonzales had a big season for Westlake and was named the league offensive MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. . She batted .422 overall. CIRI CIRI Canadian Investor Relations Institute CIRI Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated BRYAN La Canada, IF, Junior Bryan's name stayed near the top of the area statistical leaders from the beginning of the season. She finished with a .542 batting average, nine doubles, four triples, four home runs, 22 RBI and 20 runs scored. LAURA Laura, subject of the love poems of Petrarch. She is thought to be Laura de Noves (1308?–1348), wife of Hugo de Sade, but this has not been proved. Laura Petrarch’s perpetual, unattainable love. [Ital. Lit. HOVESTREYDT Verdugo Hills, IF, Senior Teammates and coaches took to calling Hovestreydt, ``Pig Pen'' for her aggressive style of play that left her uniform covered in dirt. But the coaches at Cal State Northridge, who signed Hovestreydt after the season, noticed more than her hustle. Hovestreydt led the area with 13 home runs and she hit .430 with 36 RBI. CHANEL ROEHNER 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. , P, Junior Not many players or coaches in the Marmonte League figured Simi Valley would be much of a factor this season. Even fewer figured that Roehner would be the Most Valuable Pitcher at the end of the season. But Roehner, a right-hander who keeps batters off-balance, seemingly willed her team to the Marmonte League title. For the year, she was 19-5 with 142 strikeouts and a 0.54 ERA. That earned her CalHiSports All-State recognition as an underclassman. DEVON HOFLAND Royal, IF, Sophomore Royal of Simi Valley will graduate five key starters from this season's team, but many coaches in the Marmonte League are picking them to contend for the title again next season. Hofland, who may have been the team's best clutch hitter n. 1. (Baseball) a batter who hits safely more frequently when men are on base or the team is behind in the score. Clutching at the phantoms of the stock market. - Bankroft. , is the main reason why. The left-handed gap-hitter batted a team-leading .419 with 17 RBI, four doubles and three triples. NICHOLE MEARS MEARS Metro Ethernet Access Ring Solutions (Telco Systems) MEARS Multi-User Engineering Change Proposal Automated Review System Royal, IF, Senior Mears proved she belonged with the area's top power-hitters when she had three tape-measure shots in the home run contest of the Daily News All-Star softball game. Royal of Simi Valley played 12 games in the Marmonte League, easily the toughest league in the area, and most of its nonleague games were against top competition from Orange County. But none of those pitchers bothered Mears, who will attend Rider University Rider University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian university located chiefly in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, in Mercer County. It consists of four academic units - the College of Business Administration, the College of Liberal Arts, Education and Sciences, the College of in New Jersey next season. She hit .384 with 11 RBI as Royal advanced to the Div. I quarterfinals. KAT kat katal. kat abbr. katal kat katal. WALSH Granada Hills, P, Junior If statistics ever spoke for themselves, Walsh's line for this season is it. The junior right-hander went 22-4 with seven no-hitters, five of which came in consecutive games. In 183 innings, Walsh had an area-leading 296 strikeouts and a 0.99 ERA as she led Granada Hills to their best playoff run since 1995. AMANDA PEEK 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. , C, Junior Peek will most likely have 10-15 full scholarship offers from Div. I schools this fall after only her first season of playing softball. Before this season, when she burst on the scene with a .506 batting average, Peek was a standout baseball player. Playing baseball gave her a competitive drive not always seen in teenage girls and helped her develop into one of the area's most feared hitters and best defensive catchers. MICHELLE SMITH
Michelle Smith (born December 16, 1969 in Rathcoole, County Dublin), now more commonly referred to by her married name, Michelle de Bruin, is an Irish former swimmer. Agoura, IF, Junior It's not often a player from the fifth-place team in a league wins the Most Valuable Player award, but that's just how good a season Smith had. Smith, who is being recruited by 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 , Stanford and 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 , batted .413 with 10 doubles and 18 RBI despite Agoura's fifth-place finish in the Marmonte League. She also was 5-2 with a 1.14 ERA on the mound. FRANCESCA ENEA ENEA Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie l'Energia e l'Ambiente (Italian National Board for New Technology, Energy and the Environment) ENEA European Neuroendocrine Association ENEA European Nuclear Energy Agency ENEA European Nursing Education Association 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:
There's a certain pressure, and honor, that comes with being the only freshman selected first-team Daily News All-Area but absolutely no one who knows Enea doubts she can handle it. El Camino Real of Woodland Hills coach Lori Chandler was wary of heaping too much attention on Enea at the start of the season, preferring to downplay Enea's talent until she proved it on the field. Others worried Enea would struggle to overcome the expectations that come with being the younger sister of Christina Enea, an All-American at Oklahoma. Consider those fears unfounded after Enea hit .465 with five doubles, four triples, four home runs and 37 RBI, which tied with Cambria Miranda of Camarillo for the area lead in RBI. ASHLEY HERRERA Valencia, IF, Senior Statistics hardly do justice to the way Herrera plays. She led the Vikings with a .356 average, six home runs and was named to the CalHiSports Second-Team All-State team. But to truly appreciate Herrera, one had to attend a game and watch her throw out runners from deep in the hole at shortstop or fly around the bases after hitting a line drive past outfielders who underestimated the wiry wir·y adj. 1. Resembling wire in form or quality, especially in stiffness. 2. Sinewy and lean. 3. Filiform and hard. Used of a pulse. leadoff batter. Fortunately, for those who missed seeing her in high school, Herrera will be playing for national champion UCLA for the next four years. JENNIFER CURTIER Quartz Hill, IF, Senior When Curtier gets to Pacific University in Stockton next season, she'd be well advised not to speak with any of the opposing pitchers in the Big West Conference or it might undermine the fearsome reputation she established at Quartz Hill. Pitchers in the Golden League began to pitch around the soft-spoken, left- handed slugger last season and continued that practice this year. Still, Curtier had her finest offensive season, batting .514 with 24 RBI and six home runs and led Quartz Hill to the second round of the Div. I playoffs. KRYSTLE CHAMBERLAIN Camarillo, OF, Senior Opposing catchers can relax now that Chamberlain has graduated and moved on to college. Chamberlain broke the area record for career stolen bases as a junior last season and added 22 steals this year. That sets the mark at 152 for all future base-stealers. She batted .426, scored 35 runs with an on-base-percentage of .514 as Camarillo returned to the Div. I semifinals. LISA The first personal computer to include integrated software and use a graphical interface. Modeled after the Xerox Star and introduced in 1983 by Apple, it was ahead of its time, but never caught on due to its $10,000 price and slow speed. MODGLIN Simi Valley, OF, Senior If Chanel Roehner was the key to Simi Valley's defense, then Modglin was the key to its offense. The speedy right-handed table-setter hit .367, scored 15 runs and hit five triples. Modglin, who will play for Cal Poly Cal Poly may refer to:
 `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. next season, always seemed to get on base and score runs in Simi Valley's big games. Second Team Megan Allen, Sr., Hart, OF; Ginger Ayala, Sr., Rio Mesa, UTL/P; Cori Blanton, Jr., Notre Dame, INF INF interferon. ; Stephanie Byrne, Jr., Camarillo, P; Jessie DePippo, Sr., Agoura; Dena DePompa, Sr., Verdugo Hills, C; Danielle Ellement, Sr., Newbury Park, P; Heather Erickson, So., Royal, OF; Heather Hamasaki, Sr., Glendale, P/UTL; Ryanne Hodgins, Sr., Burroughs, OF; Shauna Johnson, Jr., L.A. Baptist, INF; Robyn Kontra, Jr., Hart, P; Jordan McPherson, Jr., Royal, P; Nicole Means, Jr., Quartz Hill, INF; Tori Rocco, Sr., Valencia, P; Selena Salazar, Jr., San Fernando, P; Stephanie Savre, Jr., Westlake, INF; Danielle Soule, Sr., Glendale, INF; Lauren Tantlinger, So., Highland, P; Kirsten Whitt, Sr., Crescenta Valley, INF; De Ann Young, So., Camarillo, INF; Makenzie Smith, Jr., Desert Christian, UTL UTL Utility UTL Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Portugal) UTL University of Toronto Libraries (Canada) UTL Unable To Locate UTL Universal Task List UTL Upper Tolerance Limit UTL Unit Transmittal Letter ; Jaisa Creps, Sr., Valencia, C; Heidi Knabe, Sr., Simi Valley, C; Kelly Zakosek, Sr., Granada Hills, INF; Vanessa Rodriguez, Sr., Alemany INF. Biggest Surprises 1. Simi Valley Coach Suzanne Manlet's team plays fundamental, station-to-station softball and despite a team batting average that hovered near .200 for most of the season, the Pioneers won their first Marmonte League title since 1994. 2. Alemany They upstaged Notre Dame as the biggest surprise out of the Mission League by advancing to the Div. IV championship game. After a 4-8 start, Alemany won 11 in a row before losing to Oaks Christian in the title game. 3. Notre Dame First-year coach Rob Dimuro led Notre Dame to its first Mission League title since 1990 after a 1-6 start to the year. 4. Paraclete The Spirits barely made the playoffs after finishing in a tie for third place in the Olympic League with L.A. Baptist of Canoga Park. But they certainly made the most of their opportunity and advanced to the Div. V semifinals. Biggest Disappointments 1. Thousand Oaks The Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. at least a share of the Marmonte League title this season and seemed to have the team to do it. But when senior pitcher Mandy Kilionski was declared academically ineligible midway through the year, Thousand Oaks lost its edge and ended up on the wrong side of countless 1-0 games. Instead of a playoff berth, Thousand Oaks finished in sixth place. 2. Westlake's first-round playoff loss Two weeks after Westlake nearly upset Mater Dei of Santa Ana, then the No. 5 team in the country, the Warriors drew second-seeded Valencia in the first round of the playoffs. Third place in the ultra-competitive Marmonte League should've gotten them an easier draw. 3. Valencia's second-round loss Valencia was clearly the area's most talented team but they ended the year with an early exit from the Div. I playoffs. Gone now are UCLA-bound Ashley Herrea and Jaisa Creps, as well as all-area pitcher Tori Rocco, and all-league players Natalie Mueggler and Danyale Peterson. 4. La Reina's first round loss La Reina rolled through the Tri-Valley League to earn the No. 3 seed in the Div. V playoffs. But their first-round opponent, Western Christian of Pomona, was no easy mark. Western Christian, which advanced to the title game the previous season, upset La Reina 3-0. The Champs Alpha: Valley Christian Cerritos Delphic: Grace Bretheren Desert Mountain: 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. Foothill: Valencia Frontier: Oaks Christian Golden: Quartz Hill Heritage: LA Lutheran High Desert: Bishop Liberty: Viewpoint Marmonte: Simi Valley Mission: Notre Dame Olympic: Village Christian Pacific: Crescenta Valley Pacific View: Camarillo Prep: Pasadena Poly Rio Hondo: La Canada Sunset Six: Verdugo Hills Tri-Valley: La Reina Valley Mission: San Fernando West Valley: El Camino Real Westside: Hillcrest Christian Granada Hills Final Top 10 No. Team (Record) 1. Camarillo (24-7) 2. Royal (22-6) 3. Valencia (27-4) 4. Simi Valley (19-7) 5. Quartz Hill (21-5) 6. Hart (21-9) 7. Village Christian (22-6) 8. Oaks Christian (32-2) 9. Crescenta Valley (22-4) 10. Westlake (17-11) Top Five FOR 2004 1. Camarillo They lose Krystle Chamberlain but Miranda, Young, Katelyn Miller and Stephanie Byrne return. 2. Royal Jordan McPherson, Devon Hofland and Heather Erickson are a good core to build around. 3. Westlake No seniors this year so everybody is back. 4. Valencia If Valencia can score for her, Christina Ross might win 25 games next year. 5. Village Christian Coach Jim Stone is already lining up one of the area's toughest schedules for pitcher Lauren Nydam's senior year. CAPTION(S): 19 photos, 3 boxes Photo: (1) CAMBRIA MIRANDA (2) ASHLEE FREEMAN (3) JIM STONE Village Christian (4) CHRISTINA ROSS (5) LAUREN NYDAM (6) MONICA GONZALES (7) CIRI BRYAN (8) LAURA HOVESTREYDT (9) CHANEL ROEHNER (10) DEVON HOFLAND (11) NICHOLE MEARS (12) KAT WALSH (13) AMANDA PEEK (14) MICHELLE SMITH (15) FRANCESCA ENEA (16) ASHLEY HERRERA (17) JENNIFER CURTIER (18) KRYSTLE CHAMBERLAIN (19) LISA MODGLIN Box: (1) The Champs (see text) (2) Final Top 10 (see text) (3) Top Five for 2004 (see text) |
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