T.O. BEATS SIMI VALLEY IN ALL-MARMONTE DUEL : TH. OAKS 5, SIMI VALLEY 1.Byline: Dave Desmond Daily News Staff Writer It isn't so much the Southern Section Division I softball playoffs as it is the 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. postseason tournament. Thanks to the section's recent playoff regionalization regionalization Managed care The subdivision of a broadly available service–eg, a blood bank, into quasi-autonomous regional centers, capable of making decisions and providing more cost-effective and/or faster service to hospitals and health care facilities, , all three postseason qualifiers from arguably the strongest league were packed into the same eight-team region. 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. , 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. and Camarillo combined to outscore Verb 1. outscore - score more points than one's opponents outpoint beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard their first-round opponents 25-2 and advance to Tuesday's Region II round of four where league champion Thousand Oaks was forced to face off against third-place Simi Valley. Thousand Oaks prevailed 5-1 at Rancho Santa Susana Santa Susana can refer to several places:
``No one knows how tough our league is until someone sees us,'' said Simi Valley coach Suzanne Manlet, whose team defeated Mater Dei, the No. 4 seed and defending division champion, earlier this season. ``We really shouldn't have to be seeing Thousand Oaks this early.'' Thousand Oaks coach Gary Walin agreed. ``Simi Valley is far better than a second-round team,'' he said. Forced to slug it out against a familiar foe, the visiting 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. (25-3) struck early, scoring four times in the first inning. Notre Dame-bound senior pitcher Jennifer Sharron (21-3), who hurled a perfect game in the first round, quickly made her presence known offensively. She belted an 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 single off Pioneers pitcher Lori Tande (10-6) to give the Lancers a 2-0 lead. Sharron then took out shortstop Tracie Hall with a hard slide at second base on an attempted double play. The play allowed two runs to score on what was scored a fielder's choice. The 4-0 lead was plenty for Sharron, who struck out nine and allowed only four hits. Sharron's artistry has not been limited to the diamond. Prior to the playoffs she created a chart labeled the ``Road to the Ring,'' a five-step ladder detailing what Thousand Oaks must accomplish to capture the division title. The chart, which hangs in the Lancers' dugout, also serves as a reminder not to overlook any opponent. ``If you skip one step,'' she said, ``you trip.'' Right fielder Jennifer Richards collected two hits for the second straight playoff game and Arizona-bound first baseman Erika Hanson contributed two hits and a defensive stab that saved two runs in the fifth inning. Tande had two hits for the Pioneers (21-8). |
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