SOFTBALL NOTEBOOK: SAUGUS WELCOMES NEW ACE.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 One thing Saugus High's softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' team won't struggle with this season is offense. The Centurions opened the season Monday with a 14-1 victory over Highland of Palmdale. But after the graduation of All-Area pitcher Kyla Sullivan, Saugus has some question marks in the circle. Senior Ashley Arnett is expected to throw the majority of innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. . Sarah Hooper will be the No. 2 pitcher. Junior catcher Tiffany Huff huff - To compress data using a Huffman code. Various programs that use such methods have been called "HUFF" or some variant thereof. Opposite: puff. Compare crunch, compress. has been working with Arnett for about four years and said she's excited to see Arnett get her chance. ``Pitching is going to be key in the league this year,'' Huff said. ``There's a lot of good hitters. But I think Ashley can step up.'' --Kemp moves to second base: If Saugus sophomore Victoria Kemp was one of the top defensive outfielders in the area last season, how good will she be at her natural position, second base? ``She's doing really well there,'' Huff said. ``It's where she's been playing in travel ball.'' --Defensive clinic: Hart shortstop Emily Sudik made several spectacular defensive plays in the Indians' Hart Tournament victory Saturday over Hoover of Glendale. ``She was unconscious,'' Hart coach Cathy Giordano said. ``Anything she touched turned to gold.'' Sudik went 2 for 2 with one 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 , one run and three stolen bases. in the victory. Ramona Shelburne, (818) 713-3617 ramona.shelburne(at)dailynews.com |
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