SOFTBALL NOTEBOOK: TOUGH STRETCH DOWN STRETCH.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 If there's one thing the Hart High 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 will be by the time Southern Section playoff seedings are announced Monday, it's tired. Hart played four games last week, three games the week before and will play three games this week. After disappointing losses to Valencia and 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. two weeks ago, Hart rebounded to go 4-0 last week. Two of the victories were over No. 6 Westlake and Peninsula of Palos Verdes Palos Verdes is often used to refer to a group of coastal cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the Los Angeles/South Bay area of California. This affluent bedroom community is known for its dramatic views, good schools [1] extensive horse trails [2] as part 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. Hart played Burroughs of Burbank Tuesday and will play Saugus on Thursday with second place in the Foothill League on the line. The Indians close out the regular season against Village Christian of Sun Valley on Friday. Although a Div A DIV Associate of Divinity . V school, Village Christian can be dangerous, as it proved when it upset Westlake 3-2 Saturday. The Crusaders are led by sophomore leadoff batter Alex Kinney, who only recently began slap hitting from the left side but is among the area leaders in stolen bases and 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. . And if Village Christian throws junior pitcher Lauren Nydam, a Daily News All-Area selection last season, Hart could be in for another tough ball game. --Krallis moves to catcher: It's been quite a year for Hart senior Erin Krallis. She started the year in a slump, left the team for four games, was suspended for another four games by Hart coach Cathy Giordano, returned to have one of her best offensive days against Saugus and now has moved to catcher. Giordano made the change against Canyon on Thursday and Krallis, who usually plays first base, has done well in the three games she's played catcher. ``She caught a little bit as a freshman on JV,'' Giordano said. ``But she's doing an excellent job back there. She handles the pitchers really well and has a great presence that I think makes us a much better team.'' --Flaherty could miss three weeks: Hart senior center fielder Meaghan Flaherty could miss three weeks with a thumb injury suffered against Westlake on Friday. Flaherty leads off for Hart and is among the area leaders in stolen bases. She might have torn ligaments in her thumb diving back into a base. Flaherty plans to get a second opinion from the 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, Orthopedic Institute in Van Nuys. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Hart's Erin Krallis continued her roller-coaster season by moving from first base to catcher. Krallis and the Indians are aiming for second place in the Foothill League. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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