TOUCHING BASE PREP BASEBALL NEWS AND FEATURES FROM AROUND THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY ... AND BEYOND.Byline: Heather Gripp KEEPING TABS Sylmar graduate Marco Estrada Marco Andrés Estrada Quinteros, usually known as Marco Estrada[1] (born on May 28, 1983 in Viña del Mar) is a Chilean football midfielder currently playing for Universidad de Chile of the . is undefeated in seven starts in his first season with Long Beach State. The junior right-hander is 5-0 with a 1.94 ERA entering this weekend's series against top-ranked Cal State Fullerton. ... Former Harvard-Westlake of Studio City teammates Brennan Boesch and Josh Satin are strong-hitting teammates at California. Boesch, a sophomore outfielder, leads the Golden Bears' starters with a .426 average and team-high 20 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 six home runs. Satin, a redshirt freshman second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker , ranks second with a .363 average and 19 RBI after hitting his first triple Sunday against Hawaii-Hilo. ... La Canada graduate Will Pennial is UCLA's leading base stealer (7 for 7). He's batting .321. CHAMPS Chatsworth overcame a scare from Sylmar to win a championship Wednesday at the Durango tournament in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . The Chancellors rallied from a 5-2 deficit in the final to beat the Spartans 6-5 in eight innings. Chatsworth's sophomores were key. Mike Moustakas Mike Moustakas (born September 11, 1988 at Chatsworth, California) is a Shortstop[1] who was drafted by the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball 2nd overall in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft. hit a three-run, game-tying home run and pitched the final three innings to earn the victory after Matt Dominguez Matt Dominguez (born June 27, 1978 in Georgetown, Texas, United States) is a top receiver for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. Matt attended Sam Houston State for college were he was the team's MVP twice and the school's first NCAA division I-AA singled in the deciding run. The Chancellors (9-1) reached the final with a 16-2 semifinal victory earlier in the day over Sabino of Tucson, Ariz., the last team to beat Chatsworth before the Chancellors' recently ended streak of 54 consecutive wins. WHO'S HOT --Shane Carlson, Sr., Hart: The UC Santa Barbara-bound third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker is making a strong impression after being sidelined by injury most of last season. Carlson is hitting .522 with at least one hit in each game this season. --Shaun Kort, Jr., 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:
--Travis Scott, Sr., Newbury Park: Scott is at the center of Newbury Park's hot start. He is batting a team-high .462 and leads the pitching staff with a 0.75 ERA and 13 strikeouts through 9 1/3 innings. He struck out 10 in an upset of Moorpark on Monday. --Jordan Ott, Sr., Westlake: He has three home runs in the past three games after homering twice in a 3-1 victory Wednesdayover 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. . --Trevor Bloom, So., Palmdale: One of several promising Palmdale underclassmen, Bloom entered the week batting a team-high .500 with three home runs. The outfielder drove in the winning run as the Falcons improved to 2-0 in the Golden League with a 6-4 victory Wednesday over Littlerock. --Carlos Lopez, Fr., Crespi: Lopez has been sparking the offense since the start of the season. On Wednesday, he went 3 for 4 in a 10-3 victory over Alemany of Mission Hills. His .500 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. , 13 hits and five RBI are all team highs. LEAGUE UPDATES FOOTHILL Valencia (4-3, 2-0) was the league's only team to enter Foothill play with a losing record, but the three-time defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre has the best record in league games. The Vikings, coming off a victory over Burroughs of Burbank (4-4, 0-3), tries to maintain its early hold on first place when it plays host today to Hart of Newhall. ... Hart, ranked No. 3 in Div. I, has an unusual doubleheader Monday against West Torrance, the No. 3 team in Div. II. After a 3:15 p.m. game at Hart, the teams will travel to Birmingham High of Lake Balboa for a 7 p.m. contest. ... Hart's game against Burbank, rained out Tuesday and moved to Thursday, was postponed again. The tentative plan is to make up the game as a doubleheader May 10, when Hart has a regularly scheduled game at Burbank. GOLDEN This is the second week of league play, but rain has kept three-time defending league champion Quartz Hill from beginning defense of its title. The Rebels (3-3) were to play their league opener against Highland of Palmdale (3-4, 1-0) last Friday at Lancaster Municipal Stadium, but it was postponed until 6 p.m. next Thursday at Lancaster Municipal Stadium. Quartz Hill and Lancaster (2-4, 1-0) played half an inning Wednesday before rain prompted the teams to move the game to 11 a.m. Saturday. MARMONTE The two teams that finished at the bottom of last year's league standings have been the toughest to beat this season. Newbury Park (5-3, 2-1), which finished last at 4-10 in league play last year, posted victories this week over two preseason favorites. The Panthers defeated Moorpark 2-1 Monday and Agoura 6-2 Wednesday. Westlake, which finished just ahead of Newbury Park last year, when the Warriors posted the program's fewest overall wins (11) since 1993, is in first place after victories over Calabasas (0-8, 0-3), 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. (7-1, 2-1) and Thousand Oaks (5-2, 1-2). League play is on hold next week for spring break. MISSION It took his third start - and fourth appearance - of the season before someone figured out how to score against Chaminade of West Hills ace Kyle Thompson Kyle Thompson (born April 25, 1979) is an American professional golfer. Thompson has been a member of the Nationwide Tour since 2003. He won two events in 2007 which put him in the top 25 on the money list which will earn him a PGA Tour card for 2008. (3-0). Calabasas scored two runs Monday off Monday Off is a vocal jazz group based in New York City. The quartet is composed of Amy Cervini, Hilary Gardner, Richard Roland and Raymond Sage. The group formed in Denver, Colorado in March of 1999 when all four members were appearing in a production musical Titanic the senior, who had allowed only five hits this season after surrendering three in the nonleague victory over the Coyotes. ... Turns out Harvard-Westlake of Studio City coach Tim Cunningham wasn't to blame when the Wolverines lost last week's league opener against St. Francis of La Canada. Harvard-Westlake (1-5, 0-1) was charged with a game-ending out after a starting player re-entered the game without informing the umpire and delivered what would have been a game-tying, two-run hit. Cunningham accepted blame for not reporting the substitution, which was the source of the controversy. Published reports of the incident prompted other coaches and at least one umpire to point out that, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. high school rules, the umpire, not Cunningham, was wrong as re-entries are not required to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. . ... St. Francis (4-1, 1-0) joined No. 4 Chaminade (5-2, 1-1) in the Div. II rankings this week, at No. 8. VALLEY MISSION Less than a month into the season, Van Nuys (5-1) is one victory from matching last season's total. The Wolves, who went 6-16 and finished fifth in the league last season, enter Valley Mission play next week with the league's winningest record. The Wolves open against Monroe of North Hills after taking this week off. WEST VALLEY With its 54-game winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" over, Chatsworth dropped from No. 9 to No. 14 in this week's Baseball America  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . national rankings. The Chancellors are the lone local team in the poll, but an impressive performance by El Camino Real of Woodland Hills at this week's Mizuno Classic The Mizuno Classic is an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the United States LPGA Tour, jointly sanctioned the LPGA of Japan Tour. It has taken place every year since 1973 at various locations in Japan. in Florida, where the Conquistadores faced Baseball America's top-ranked team (Monsignor Pase of Opa Locka, Fla.) in Thursday's final, could give the league a second team in the rankings. ... Cleveland of Reseda received a boost when sophomore standout Andrew Lambo, who had been sidelined for disciplinary reasons, made his season debut March 17. He had 14 strikeouts and allowed one unearned run in seven innings against San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. . EYE CATCHING Simi Valley is winless since starting 3-0, but the Pioneers are getting plenty of attention for their uniforms. For home games this year, Simi Valley is sporting throwback uniforms that make the Pioneers look like something out of Babe Ruth's era. The uniforms, which feature hats with a small brim and baggy pants worn knee-high, were part of Simi Valley's prize for winning last year's Daily News Invitational. ``The guys love them,'' Simi Valley coach Matt La Belle La Belle may be a place in the US:
HIGHLANDERS RIDING HIGH Granada Hills coach James Mulcahy was so frustrated with his team that he canceled the final weeks of the Highlanders' winter-league schedule to use the time for intrasquad games. The move produced better results than Mulcahy imagined. Granada Hills has responded by getting off to one of the program's best starts in recent memory - and one of the best in the area this season. The Highlanders claimed berths in upcoming championship games of the first two tournaments they entered this season, the Hamilton of Los Angeles tournament and the Daily News Invitational. ``We didn't have a lot of experience returning, and we didn't win a lot of games during the summer or winter ...,'' said Mulcahy, whose team finished fourth in the West Valley League last season. ``This kind of start is exactly what we needed to build some confidence.'' Granada Hills started the season 7-0 and was 9-3 entering a game Thursday at the RBI tournament. ``Our attitude on the field just unbelievably improved the last few months,'' Mulcahy said. ``They're playing together as a team. And another big part of it is we just kept giving the young players the repetitions, and now they're feeling comfortable out there.'' Thomas McKenna, Daniel Nemoy, Jacon King and Daniel Weingart are the leading hitters for a team that entered the week with a .339 batting average and 22 stolen bases. CAPTION(S): 2 photos, 2 boxes Photo: (1) Hart third baseball Shane Carlson, left, is hitting .522, with at least one hit in each game this season. Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer (2) Chaminade of West Hills pitcher Kyle Thompson (3-0) has been one of the top pitchers in the Mission League. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer Box: (1) TOP 10 (2) SEVEN-DAY FORECAST |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion