SOUTHERN SECTION: POISED TO STRIKE CAMARILLO HAS MORE THAN ENOUGH OFFENSE.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 CAMARILLO - Sarah Dorr has sympathy for opposing pitchers. After all, she knows better than anyone how imposing Camarillo High's offense can be. ``I pitch against them in practice all the time,'' the Camarillo senior said. ``And I always try to strike them out. You just have to hit your spots, because if you don't, they're going to crush it.'' And despite the graduation of Krystle Chamberlain, the region's all-time leading base-stealer (152) who batted .426 and scored 35 runs, that fearsome offense might be better this season. In a game usually dominated by pitching, no lead is safe with Camarillo. ``Last year in the semifinals, (Foothill) scored 11 runs but I knew we could still come back,'' Dorr said. And the Scorpions almost did, scoring six runs off Foothill, which had yielded only four runs in its previous three playoff games. Last season, Camarillo batted .339 as a team. Seven players hit .316 or better, led by Oregon State-bound senior Cambria Miranda, who hit .511, scored 30 runs and drove in 37. ``We've got a lot of power hitters so it's pretty exciting this year,'' said Miranda, who was the Daily News Player of the Year last season. ``We love to hit.'' Junior De Ann Young, the younger sister of Delmon Young Delmon Damarcus Young, (born September 14, 1985 in Montgomery, Alabama), the younger brother of Dmitri Young, is an outfielder on the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and was, arguably, the top hitting prospect in baseball as of the end of the 2005 minor-league baseball season. - the No. 1 pick in the Major League Baseball draft The First-Year Player Draft is Major League Baseball's primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players, from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs, to its teams. in June - seems poised for a big year. Young hit .404 with 31 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 last year but coach Jack Willard said she's improved considerably over the summer. ``She's hitting balls that are just scary right now,'' Willard said. ``Thank gosh she's only a junior.'' And then there's sophomore Katelyn Miller, who batted .345 with six home runs and 20 RBI in 58 at-bats after being called up from the junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. midway through the year, and senior Stephanie Byrne, who hit .392 and scored 33 runs. Byrne and Dorr were effective as Camarillo's top pitchers last season. But look for freshman Lindsey Dean and sophomore Kelly McGregor to see significant time in the circle as well. The only team that comes close to matching Camarillo's offense is second-ranked 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. , which returns All-Area infielder Devon Hofland (.419, 17 RBI) and adds dangerous freshman leadoff hitter In baseball, a leadoff hitter is a batter who bats first in the lineup. Strategy Leadoff hitters must possess certain traits to be successful: they must reach base at a proficient rate and be able to steal bases. Kristine Lesovsky. Senior Jordan McPherson (7-2, 0.14 ERA) is one of the area's top pitchers and will share time with Mercedes Lovato. Junior shortstop Andi Ramirez had a solid summer and was a second-team all-league pick last season. Third-ranked Westlake returns every player from last year and adds Ashley Jones Ashley Jones (born September 3, 1976 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American television soap opera actress from Memphis, Tennessee She rose to fame on the long-running CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless , who will attend 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 on a soccer scholarship. Jones was the team 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. as a sophomore in 2002, but didn't play last season to concentrate on soccer. Valencia graduated several key players from last season - Ashley Herrera (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 ), Jaisa Creps (UCLA), Tori Rocco (Arkansas Tech), Natalie Mueggler (UC Davis) and Danyale Peterson (College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. ) - but the Vikings will again be among the area's best because of senior pitcher Christina Ross (13-1, 0.27 ERA) and a talented freshman class coach Donna Lee Donna Lee is a bebop jazz standard itself based on the chord changes of the traditional jazz standard "(Back Home Again in) Indiana".[1] It is named after the now-obscure bassist Donna Lee. calls the ``Fab Four.'' Village Christian of Sun Valley rounds out the preseason top five. The small-school power won the Southern Section Div. V title and has two NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college signees in pitcher Lauren Nydam (Stanford) and infielder Jaclyn Duree (Cal State Northridge). Village Christian defeated large schools Westlake and Hart of Newhall last season. Ramona Shelburne, (818) 713-3617 ramona.shelburne(at)dailynews.com PLAYERS TO WATCH PITCHER Lauren Nydam, Village Christian Area's best changeup. Christina Ross, Valencia Vikings always in game with power left-hander. Kat Walsh, Granada Hills Area-best 296 Ks and seven no-hitters as junior. Robyn Kontra, Hart Not overpowering, but great movement and accuracy. Jordan McPherson, Royal Allowed one earned run earned run n. Baseball A run scored without the aid of an error, used in computing earned run averages. Noun 1. earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team in 51 2/3 innings. Chanel Roehner, Simi Valley Crafty right-hander wins, out-thinks hitters. Shelly Madick, Harvard-Westlake Hard-throwing right-hander, also top hitter. Suzanne Cominski, 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. 10 K's in scrimmage with Camarillo. Kyla Sullivan, Saugus Looking to build on great summer. Michelle Rehm, Westlake Must have big year for Westlake to go far. CATCHER Francesca Enea, 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:
Star in the making. 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. , Sr. Big hit in first year of softball last season. Tiffany Huff, Saugus, Jr. Her bat makes team contender for league title. FIRST BASE De Ann Young, Camarillo, Jr. Latest in line of family standouts. Devon Hofland, Royal, Jr. Clutch hitter had .419 average as sophomore. Stephanie Savre, Westlake, Sr. Left-handed power hitter can go to all fields. SECOND BASE Shauna Johnson, L.A. Baptist, Sr. Can hit to all fields, .517 average last year. Cori Blanton, Notre Dame, Sr. Big part of school's first Mission League title since 1990. Alex Kinney, Village Christian, Sr. No telling how many stolen bases she'll get. SHORTSTOP Cambria Miranda, Camarillo, Sr. Returning Daily News Player of the Year. Bianca Mejia, Sylmar, So. Area co-leader in home runs (13) as freshman. Ashlee Veilleux, Oaks Christian, Jr. Came up big in Div. IV title game. THIRD BASE Kortney Bell, Valencia Will look to continue big summer. Ciri Bryan, La Canada .542, 22 RBI, nine doubles. Jen Whitcomb, Hart Singles hitter has great glove. OUTFIELD Monica Gonzales, Westlake, Jr. Marmonte League offensive MVP last season. Katelyn Miller, Camarillo, So. Great potential as power hitter. Heather Erickson, Royal, Jr. Will move into RBI position after leading off past two years. Stephanie Byrne, Camarillo, Sr. Solid defensive outfielder, high on-base percentage. Chelsea Berthiaume, Thousand Oaks, Sr. Hit .429 in Marmonte play last season. UTILITY Michelle Smith, Agoura, Sr. MVP of Marmonte League on fifth-place team. Makenzie Smith, Desert Christian of Lancaster, Sr. Scholarship to Illinois proves she's more than small-school standout. Lauren Tantlinger, Highland, Jr. MVP of Golden League as sophomore. Selena Salazar, San Fernando, Jr. Hit .429, was 17-4 with 192 Ks and 0.20 ERA as pitcher. Julia Stanchina, Thousand Oaks, So. Only freshman on all-Marmonte League, first team. CAPTION(S): 6 photos, 7 boxes Photo: (1) Oregon State-bound senior Cambria Miranda is a big reason why Camarillo is the Daily News' top-ranked team heading into the 2004 season. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer (2) Ross (3) Saugus' Tiffany Huff David R. Crane/Staff Photographer (4) Gonzalez (5) Westlake's Stephanie Savre Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer (6) Stiglich Box: (1) PLAYERS TO WATCH (see text) (2) DAILY NEWS TOP 10 (3) GAMES YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS (4) WHERE THEY'RE GOING (5) WATCH OUT FOR... (6) DID YOU KNOW? (7) BIG BATS |
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