THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH IT BEFORE WOODLAND HILLS WEST DEALS WITH TITLE PRESSURE AS TOURNEY LOOMS.Byline: Chris Cocoles Staff Writer Playing for a state championship, regardless of the level, is a high-profile situation. But for the Woodland Hills West 18-under American Legion American Legion, national association of male and female war veterans, founded (1919) in Paris. Membership is open to veterans of World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. team, it can't be much more stressful than the West Valley League. Woodland Hills, which plays Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. on Saturday at noon in the State American Legion Baseball American Legion Baseball is a variety of amateur baseball played by teenage boys in 45 states in the USA. Purpose According to the American Legion, the purpose of American Legion Baseball is to give young men "an opportunity to develop their skills, personal fitness, Championships in Yountville, is composed of 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:
``It has helped us. It's given us experience in big games,'' said pitcher/outfielder Chris Scott Chris Scott may refer to:
Many teams could have melted down in last Sunday's Area 6 championship round. Woodland Hills, suffering from a rash of injuries and a hitting slump, was routed by Santa Monica 10-2 to force a decisive game. Again limited with the bats, Woodland Hills pieced together enough timely hits - topped by Chad Boyd's two-out, game-winning 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 in the bottom of the ninth - to win 4-3. ``We knew the next game wasn't going to be a blowout like the first one,'' Boyd said. ``We just got a little complacent and relaxed.'' Woodland Hills has been forced to be on its toes throughout a summer filled with injuries. All-City Section third baseman Daniel Lee was lost with a broken collarbone col·lar·bone n. See clavicle. . Second baseman Dusty Destler is out for the rest of the summer with a bad back. And Greg Acheatel won't participate in the tournament for personal reasons. Boyd and Jesse Michel are recovered from nagging injuries and the pitching remains solid even without Acheatel. Woodland Hills has two quality starters in Scott, who accepted a scholarship from Nevada, and Blake Gailen, who went 10-0 for ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) during the high school season. ``I think this weekend's going to really say a lot about how close these guys really are,'' said co-coach Billy Ramirez, who is running the team with his brother, Mike. The Ramirezes are regular assistants for ECR coach Matt LaCour. Woodland Hills scratched its way through the Area 6 tournament, including a key victory over top-seeded and defending champion Agoura. But after playing high school baseball at the highest level - and losing a bitter City quarterfinal game to league rival Chatsworth - Woodland Hills remains hungry and focused. ``We've had it all (throughout the Legion season) with players that are gone. I think we can be fine because we made it here without two big players,'' Scott said. ``We can play well without them.'' STATE AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS When and where: Saturday-Tuesday, Cleve Borman Field (Veterans Home of California), Yountville. Saturday's game times: 9 a.m. St. John Bosco of Bellflower (Area 4 champion) vs. Hemet (Area 5); noon Woodland Hills West (Area 6) vs. Palo Alto (Area 2); 3 p.m. Yolo (Area 1) vs. Stockton (Area 3). Woodland Hills players to watch: P Chad Gailen, P/OF P/OF Pinhole Occulter Facility Chris Scott, C/IF Jesse Michel, SS Christian Hariot, OF/1B Chad Boyd, OF Eric Boranian. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: CHRIS SCOTT Nevada-bound pitcher says West Valley League competition has helped Woodland Hills West, which is made up of El Camino Real High players. Box: STATE AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS (see text) |
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