SOFTBALL NOTEBOOK: RENEGADES MOVE ON SOFTBALL TEAM LOSES, STILL EARNS NATIONALS BERTH.Byline: Jason David Jason Aeron Walter David (born June 12, 1982 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a cornerback for the New Orleans Saints. David grew up in Covina, California, before attending Washington State University on a football scholarship and majoring in communications. Special to the Daily News The San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. Renegades gave up only five hits in the championship game of the All-American Fastpitch Tournament held at Lancaster City Park last weekend, but the San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. Strikezone managed to convert them into four runs. The Renegades were happy despite their two-run loss, however, because second place was good enough for a berth in the Nationals. ``Our team knows that if we hit, nobody can touch us,'' Kyla Sullivan (Saugus High) said. ``And we hit.'' Sullivan, a junior, pitched the losing game, her only outing during the tournament. Coach Andy Anderson For other persons named Andy Anderson, see Andy Anderson (disambiguation). Andy Anderson (birth name Clifford Leon Anderson) is a drummer, notably for the band The Cure. He was born in West Ham, East London, England on January 30, 1951. opted to give most of the pitching duties to his recent graduates. The Renegades will take this week off before participating in two major tournaments as they prepare for national competition. Sullivan hopes to receive more time on the mound. ``It might be the same thing at first, but once I prove myself, I'll get more pitching time,'' Sullivan said. ``And if we get in a losing bracket In programming, brackets (the [ and ] characters) are used to enclose numbers and subscripts. For example, in the C statement int menustart [4] = ; the [4] indicates the number of elements in the array, and the contents are enclosed in curly braces. , then we'll need all our pitchers.'' The Renegades were on a tear going into the championship game, winning four games in a row and winning by the mercy rule A mercy rule, also well known by the slightly less polite term slaughter rule (or, less commonly, knockout rule and skunk rule), brings a sports event to an early end when one team has a very large and presumably insurmountable lead over the other team. in two of those teams. With the pressure of qualifying off their shoulders, they can now focus on themselves. ``We kind of need to work on our sacrifice bunting and baserunning,'' Sullivan said. ``Other than that, we are pretty ready.'' --Parents' wallets provide motivation: Five qualifying berths were available at the Lancaster tournament and the Spoilers grabbed the last one. If they hadn't, they would have spoiled their chances to make some easy money. ``We were actually very motivated,'' Krystan Reed (Valencia) said. ``All the parents offered each of us $100 to qualify. If we didn't, we'd have to go to Virginia or Seattle, and that would have been more expensive.'' The Spoilers participated at a major tournament in Colorado the week before, notching notching Radiology Small grooves on the anterior aspect of ribs seen on a plain CXR of children with post-ductal–ductus arteriosus coarctation of the aorta, due to 'tracks' from the pressure of collateral vessels on the ribs wins over teams from Texas, Arizona, Michigan, Washington and Virginia, as well as a couple from California. The tournament was a showcase and didn't offer a chance to qualify for any other major tournaments, but the Spoilers took the opportunity to gain experience and confidence. ``We've been playing a lot harder than normal,'' Jessica Seybold (Valencia) said. ``Everyone wants to play hard and get to Oklahoma this summer.'' The Spoilers reached the semifinals of the Lancaster tournament before losing to the Strikezone. They then faced off against the Vipers for the second time in the tournament, winning 8-1 to clinch Clinch, river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, formed by the junction of two forks in SW Va., and flowing generally SW across E Tenn. to the Tennessee River at Kingston. that fifth qualifying spot. ``We were really excited after the last game,'' Reed said. ``We've been working so hard to qualify.'' The first time they faced the Vipers, it took nine innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. to reach a 3-2 final. The Spoilers' Ashley Sarver (Buena of Ventura) hit a single over the left fielder to bring home the winning run. Reed said the defense carried the team over the weekend, mainly behind the strong pitching efforts of Tori Rocco (Valencia), who saw action in all seven games. In all, the Spoilers managed to come out of the Lancaster tournament, which features more than 100 teams in three divisions, with an invitation to Nationals and $100 in each of their pockets. ``We all earned it,'' Reed said. CAPTION(S): photo |
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