SOFTBALL NOTEBOOK: DON'T HOLD BACK THOUSAND OAKS PLAYS FULL SPEED.Byline: Chris Cocoles Staff Writer See 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. High run. See Thousand Oaks steal bases. See Thousand Oaks win softball games. An aggressive game plan on the bases has been a key to the Lancers' 2000 portfolio, which already includes a state ranking, a 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. championship and an 18-4-1 record. Thousand Oaks, which also features a balanced offense, an ace pitcher in Nicole Angelo and a superb defense, figures to be one of the favorites in the Southern Section playoffs. But last week's 2-0 loss to Oak Ridge Oak Ridge, city (1990 pop. 27,310), Anderson and Roane counties, E Tenn., on Black Oak Ridge and the Clinch River; founded by the U.S. government 1942, inc. as an independent city 1959. of Sacramento at the Arroyo Grande Tournament taught 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. a valuable lesson. Oak Ridge catcher Leah Hornsby has what coach Gary Walin called one of the best throwing arms he's ever seen. When the Lancers played Oak Ridge, Walin was told Hornsby had allowed one stolen base during her four-year high school career. The Lancers did manage one steal in the game, but they've been averaging almost four a game and broke last year's school record of 77. Although Thousand Oaks has speedsters such as Michelle Spencer (23 steals) and Sheridan Fowler (22) among others, Oak Ridge dictated what the Lancers couldn't do because of Hornsby. ``That game showed if we run into a team with a strong catcher, our speed probably won't be nearly as effective,'' Walin said. Not able to run against Oak Ridge, the Lancers' bunting bunting, common name for small, plump birds of the family Fringillidae (finch family). Among the American buntings are the indigo bunting, in which the summer plumage of the male reflects sunlight as a rich, metallic blue; the painted bunting, or nonpareil ( game was tested and failed 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. Walin. --Battle-tested: Thousand Oaks will get somewhat of a reprieve this week with a Marmonte League bye on Thursday following Tuesday's game against Agoura. The Lancers played six games against tough competition last week. Thousand Oaks lost only to Oak Ridge and beat Cajon, Atascadero and Chaminade at the Arroyo Grande tournament and defeated Valencia and Harvard-Westlake at the Lancers' own event on Saturday. Walin planned to give his team today off and then get in light workouts on Thursday and Friday in preparation for Saturday's Thousand Oaks tournament semifinal with 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. . --A good sign: Camarillo's 3-0 loss to Hart in the quarterfinals of the Thousand Oaks tournament isn't any reason for the Scorpions to panic if the teams meet again in the Southern Section playoffs. Granted, Camarillo's offense was stymied by Hart pitcher Amanda Fortune, who tossed a two-hit shutout. But Fortune (9-1, 0.10 ERA) has similarly dominated most of the Indians' opponents. Camarillo pitcher Kathryn Nevard, who, like Fortune, is bound for Illinois, retired 17 of the 18 batters she faced, 11 on strikeouts. The only problem for the Scorpions was that Kathryn's twin sister Meredith started the game and allowed three runs in the first inning. ``She has not gotten to throw as much even when you look at a two-year period,'' Scorpions coach Miki Mangan said of Meredith Nevard, who has been a second option behind Kathryn throughout her career. ``She hasn't gotten to throw as much as everyone else.'' Should the teams get a postseason rematch, a Fortune-Kathryn Nevard duel could last well into the evening without a run being scored. ``They're beatable,'' Mangan said of the Indians. ``And we didn't perform today offensively and didn't pick up Meredith at all. . . . We would look forward to a 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 (against Hart). . . . They're not that far ahead of us. . . . We were right there after the first inning.'' --Notable numbers: Calabasas catcher Sara Hall Sara Hall is a social democratic candidate in the 2007 Ontario election, representing the New Democratic Party of Ontario (NDP) in the Parry Sound-Muskoka electoral district. While in university, she majored in Political Science and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1994. , who will attend Purdue next season, is having one of the better offensive seasons in the area. Hall is batting .409 with 20 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 in just 49 at-bats. Calabasas pitcher Amy Rosson has allowed just 37 hits and struck out 159 in 97 innings. The Coyotes' Krystle Chamberlin has stolen 24 bases. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Joey McKearn (2) of Thousand Oaks knocks the ball loose at second on a stolen base vs. Simi Valley. Michael Owen
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