THE DAY IN PREPS: MONROE NETS PLAYOFF WIN.Byline: Daily NewsEven though it nearly swept the singles matches, the Monroe High boys' tennis team needed a clutch doubles performance to beat San Pedro 15-14-1/2 in a first-round City 3-A playoff battle on Wednesday. Monroe's top three singles players took 10 of 12 sets, but the No. 3 doubles team of Billy Cutler and Charlie Fragozo clinched the victory with their win in the final round. The Vikings will take on top-seeded Eagle Rock in the next round. Granada Hills, seeded third, cruised in its first-round City 4-A match. The Highlanders beat Venice 29-1/2-0 and Deepu Murthy lost just one game in winning all four sets at No. 1 singles. The Highlanders will take on second-seeded 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:
In other 3-A playoff matches, Vincent Hsu swept his sets without losing a game and second-seeded Van Nuys (12-2) crushed Belmont 29-1/2-0. The Wolves will host seventh-seeded Westchester on Friday. Collin Greene, Andre Gokhgauzer and Daniel Der Sarkissian all swept their singles matches to help 12th-seeded Cleveland (9-5) upset fifth-seeded Bell (13-2) 22-1/2-7. Valley Pac-8 race tightens: Sophomore right-hander Mike Marble scattered Scattered Used for listed equity securities. Unconcentrated buy or sell interest. six hits in five innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. and unranked Grant upset Sylmar for the second time in three days, this time 10-0 in five innings, in an East Valley League game. Billy Karz, Luis Estrada and Danny Schrader had three hits each for the 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. , who are the only conference team to beat the No. 9 Spartans (16-5, 10-2). North Hollywood drew within one game of Sylmar in the conference race with a 6-4 win over Poly. Ismael Rangsiyawong hit his seventh homer for the Huskies (13-9-1, 9-1-1). Warriors streaking: Kevin Howard Kevin C. Howard (born June 25, 1981 in Hinsdale, Illinois) is a infielder in Minor League Baseball who plays for the Jacksonville Suns in the Double-A Southern League. went 2 for 4 with four 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 and had the game-winning hit, a bases-loaded double in the sixth, to help Westlake win its third straight 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. game, 7-6 over Newbury Park. The unranked Warriors (11-7, 5-3) moved passed struggling 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. (13-7-1, 4-4-1) and into third place in league. The Lancers have lost four in a row after going undefeated in their first five league games. Ennis pitches gem: Monroe senior right-hander John Ennis threw his first no-hitter of the season and the Vikings beat Canoga Park 11-0 in five innings. Ennis, who had two no-hitters last year, struck out eight and walked one. Hot shot: Birmingham's Keith Romar shot a 5-under-par 66 at Knollwood Country Club and finished first in a triangular meet. PRIME-TIME PLAYERS PREP BASEBALL Jon Anello (Highland) HR, 5 RBI Kevin Howard (Westlake) 2 2Bs, 4 RBI Christian Paasch (Viewpoint) 3 hits, 3 RBI Leo Rosales Leonel Rosales (born May 28, 1981 in Los Angeles, California) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who is currently with the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. Rosales attended California State University, Northridge. (Reseda) HR, complete game PREP 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' Laura Power (Montclair Prep) complete game, 2 hits PREP VOLLEYBALL Chris Gorney (Littlerock) 22 kills, 9 blocks CAPTION(S): Photo, Box PHOTO Jose Sanchez (33) and Reggie Ellis (12) of Monroe battle at the net against Canoga Park. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News BOX: PRIME-TIME PLAYERS (see text) |
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