Daily Press from Victorville, California • 24

DS The Daily Puss Victorville Calif Prep Softball" Saturday May 9 1992 YACHTING Cup is wide open Rabbits stay alive in battle for third is a professional sport of the highest level To have somebody come and try to fit in without enough experience or background or ability is a little German Frers of II More di Venezia referring to America3 skipper Bill Koch the cup for the first time filling to Australia That spurred the quest ultimately successful to regain it in Fremantle Australia in 1987 Just who is at the helm during the eight-leg 203-mile race could play a major role in the outcome Dellenbaugh handles the starts experienced Buddy Melges is the primary skipper and Koch sometimes takes the wheel despite having sailed competitively only since 1984 is a professional sport of the highest said German Frers an Argentinian who designed II Moro di Venezia "To have somebody come and try to fit in without enough experience or background or ability is a little nothing wrong with my driving said Koch 52 maintain where we left on April 30 skipper Paul Ca-yard a San Francisco native said when his Italian boat clinched the challenger finals over New Zealand weakness is relative inexperience on match racing said Koch the multi-millionaire president and sometimes helmsman of America3 strength is we believe we have a good boat good equipment and a good race ends a seven-day lull since America3 eliminated Stars Stripes in the defender finals Since then both sides have been making changes on their boats America3 tactician Dave Dellenbaugh thinks he has a pretty good idea of Mores changes but said sailors are always waiting to see the true evidence on the There is little of the widespread excitement of 1983 when the United States lost BARSTOW Juniors Julie Kelly and Margaret Rodriguez collected five hits between them as Victor Valley defeated Barstow 12-6 in a San Andreas League softball game on Friday The Jackrabbits (6-6 SAL 7-10 overall) are battling San Bernardino for third place and the final playoff spot Kelly and Erica Solis each produced run scoring singles as a part of a seven-run fifth inning for the Jackrabbits The Aztecs then responded with six runs in the bottom of the inning but starting pitcher Kendall Kaanapu settled down and completed the game to notch her seventh win of the season The Jackrabbits host Cajon on Tuesday at 3 pm In other games involving local teams on Friday Hesperia and Apple Valley both lost leaving them tied for first place at 9-3 Cajon whitewashed Hesperia 4-0 and Colton ripped Apple Valley 9-4 No details of either game were reported Victor Valley 040 170 0 -12 134 Barstow 000 060 0 6 8 5 WP- Kaanapu (7-51 IP hscher HR- Norman 3B- Norman (Bl Hesperia Christian 5 Victor Valley Christian 4 Christy single drove in the winning run as the Patriots salvaged an important Christian League win Hesperia Christian 6-4 in the Christian League needed the victory to remain in third place The Patriots took a 3-0 lead in the first with two runs coming on Jenny single but the Royals eventually tied the score with two runs in the seventh The Christy Cuellar walked two batters in the sev relay team advances to GIF Prep Baseball Christenson keeps AV in championship chase By Howard Ulman Associated Press SAN DIEGO The Cup final has been awash in talk of technology soaring expenses and whether Bill Koch can sail a boat Whatever happened to the battle between nations? Italy will try to take the Cup from the United States when the best-of-7 series starts today But the precompetition chatter lacks the nationalistic tinge that has enlivened the 141-year history of the event Those discussions have produced no consensus on a favorite II Moro di Venezia and America3 (America Cubed) are similar boats which could remain competitive through a range of wind and sea conditions think be able to Prep Swimming AV girls Staff report Apple girls 200-yard medley relay team won the San Andreas League championship and advanced to the CIF meet highlighting local results in the SAL swim finals held at Victor Valley High School on Friday Kristen Skweres Traci McKesson Deborah Sarkesian and Janna Woltil qualified for CIF with a time of 2:0472 The CIF meet is next week Angels From di Mavericks iFromDi Rich Becker took third on a two-out double by Troy Ricker Then Scott Stahoviak pounded a ball in front of home plate that took a hop so high that Becker and Ricker were both able to score Stahoviak also beat the throw to first base by Bruno who fielded the ball Suddenly a 5-2 Mavericks lead was 5-4 "Everyone in the dugout turned and looked at each other and said th way the whole Spann said Galindez bounced right back allowing just two singles to th next 11 batters he faced He struck out two and walked one in that span The last man he faced Ryan Turner hit into an inning-ending double play had good off-speed stuff" Little said "It was definitely a quality outing" Mavericks reliever Rafael Chaves allowed a run and two hits in the last two innings but notched his second save enth (her only walks of the game) then Gina Blenis and Christy Cruz drove in runs In the eighth Cuellar tripled and came home on single The Patriots finish the regular season with two home games next week They play Baptist Christian on Tuesday and Arrowhead Christian on Friday Arrowhead Christian is Hesperia main competition for the third and final playoff spot Hodson had two hits and two RBI and Wilkerson added three RBI on two hits For the Royals Jamie Alder-son was 2 for 4 and Blenis 2 for 3 with a run and an RBI Hesperia Christian S00 00G11-5 63 Victor Valley Christian 000 Oil 20 4 7 4 WP Cuellar (11-41 LP Gonrales 2B Hod-son IHCI Hailand (HC) 3B Cuellar (HC) Hesperia Christian 3 Victor Valley Christian 2 Junior pitcher Breven Clark went 3-4 including the gamewinning home run as the Patriots (7-3 league 10-8 overall) clinched at least a second place finish in the Christian League On the mound Clark allowed two singles and overcame six Patriot errors At the plate Clark broke a 2-2 tie with his first home run of the season in the seventh Clark also recorded a personal best 12 strikeouts including the game closer in the bottom of the inning With runners on second and third and one out the Royals failed to score the runner on a sacrifice fly Clark then struck out the final batter for his second win of the season Clark also had a double and two runs scored on the day Junior Greg Wilson added two hits and an RBI single in the win The Patriots host Baptist Christian on Tuesday at 3:15 pm HE Hesperia Christian 110 000 1 3 7 6 Victor Valiev Christian 200 000 0 2 2 5 WP Clark (2-2) LP Morns HR- Clark (HCI 2B- Clark (HCI Big Bear 3 Serrano 1 PHELAN Big Mike Benson gave up five hits and no earned runs in a complete-game victory as the first-place Bears (10-2) knocked off the Diamondbacks in De Anza League play Right fielder Gil Ruiz was the only Serrano player with two hits The Diamondbacks (6-6 12-7) finish the regular season next week with road games at Banning and Aquinas 3 Bear 000 003 0-3 6 3 Sano 000 010 0-1 5 2 Camera Brown (6) WPBnon LP-Cato-rata (i re-States ISI pher Week and country and western sinr Bill Erickson provided theighlights of the shew according to Gee The toumamnt was organized by Apple Vsjey club president Sam Bybee twbee is a friend of Jim Hampon a writer on the television shov Evening Shade' which stars Bui 1975 Current Victor Valley water polo coach Ed Conde was a member of the relay team that held the previous record Omidi placed second in the 200 IM losing by 05 seconds in 2:1056 Erik Keskula of Apple Valley was third in 2:1858 Keskula also placed third in the 100 breaststroke (1:0886) Other Apple Valley placers were Skweres at second place in the girls 200 IM (2:3461) and Cirstin Curry at second in the girls 500 freestyle (6:3115) ley remains In his second consecutive start without a decision Finley allowed seven hits and two walks He struck out four and was relieved by Eich-horn after 93 pitches mechanics went awry on him for about three minutes in the second inning and it handed the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead Pat Tabler started it with one out when he bounced a chopper past charging shortstop Gary DiSarcina Right behind that Candy Maldonaao lined a single into center field Right about then everything went haywire Finley threw eight consecutive pitches out of the strike zone the first four to Pat Borders and the second four to Manuel Lee the Nos 8 and 9 hitters in the Blue order The walk to Lee forced home Tabler for the easiest RBI Lee will ever see Finley's first pitch to lead-off hitter Devon White was a strike and White eventually grounded back to Finley who threw home for the second out Roberto Alomar who hits in front of Joe Carter Dave Winfield and Kelly Gruber worked the count to 3-and-2 before flying out to left field All things considered 1-0 was not a horrible thing Two innings later it a thing at all when Hubie Brooks whacked Dave fastball into the left-field seats Brooks who had a hit in three games before doubling in Thursday 6-0 win over the New York Yankees led off the fourth inning with his fifth home run It was his first in eight days and it tied the score 1-1 HESPERIA IFromDi innings striking out five and inducing eight ground-ball outs Most of the action went to shortstop Jesse Colin and second baseman Jason Pluma Colin fielded eight balls without an error showing no signs of a hip-pointer he suffered Tuesday against Apple Valley a little hurt right Hesperia coach Bob Gra-uiilas said still got some pain in his side but he did a great job again Colin and Pluma were sharp at the plate as well In the nine-run second Pluma had two hits two RBI and a run scored Colin ripped a two-run double and scored once Lewallen also had a strong hitting day going 3 for 3 and walking once in four appearances He scored twice and drove in a run HE Caron 000 000 1 1 4 2 Hesoena 090 021 12 it i WP Eber 15-01 IP Castro 2B Story 2 PKenalHI CotnlHI included Apple Chuck Curry in the boys 500 freestyle (5:3055) Woltil in teh girls 100 breaststroke (1:1899) and Victor Jason Salz in the 50 freestyle (2379) Victor Shawn Fedroff placed in three events He was second in the 200 freestyle (2:0662) third in the 500 freestyle (5:5946) and swam a leg on Victor second-place 400 freestyle relay team Salz Fedroff Robert Bagshaw and Ramin Omidi eclipsed the school record established in scored on ground out MAVERICKS NOTES starting pitchers are Tony Mortens-en (2-0) for High Desert and Jeff Thelen (3-2) for Visalia Game time is 7:05 pm Gates open at 6:05 pm at Maverick Stadium Add starters: Ted Devore (1-3) will miss his next two or three starts including the one he was scheduled for today after receiving a cortisone shot for his right foot He is on the disabled list indefinitely Rusty Silcox the winning pitcher for High Desert in Game 5 of the 1891 Cal League championship series will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery next week It is to correct a problem with his right kneecap which has kept him on the disabled list all season is by far not a career-ending thing" Silcox said Friday just turned 23 That bonding his career) hasn't even entered my Add Wilcox: Silcox said he will spend a week in San Diego where the surgery will be performed then begin rehabilitation end at Belmont Plaza in Long Beach Earlier in the season Sarkesian a freshman qualified for CIF in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:0528 No other local swimmers met the CIF-qualifying standard but several others placed high in the league meet SAL champions are not guaranteed a spot at CIF rather the qualifying standard in each event is the determining factor Other local league champions Arredondo had three singles and drove in one run Martinez reached base all three times he came up collecting two infield singles and scoring twice Spann had a double single and one RBI Bish had two hits and scored once Cordova put the Oaks out in front 2-0 with his homer his third of the year The Mavericks responded with three runs in the bottom of the first Spann smacked a two-run single and scored on a single by Arredondo The Mavericks stretched their lead to 5-2 in the second when Sean Mulligan scored on a wild pitch and Bish singled in Martinez After two-run kangaroo single the Mavericks increased their lead to 6-4 in the batom of the fourth A double by Cill scored Martinez Visalia last run came when Denny Hiking doubled to lead off the dghth advanced to third on a ground out and Staff report COLTON Senior Ryan Christenson drove in four runs and notched a complete game victory as Apple Valley pounded Colton 16-2 in a key San Andreas League baseball game Defending champion Apple Valley (9-3 SAL 14-6 overall) remains one-game behind Hesperia in the race for the league championship Hesperia defeated Cajon 12-1 on Friday (See page 1) Christenson went 3-5 including two doubles and also struck out three to record his eighth win of the season Senior Dennis Gunther went 3-5 with two RBIs and sophomore Robert Muro collected a double triple and two RBIs as the Sun Devils pounded out 16 hits on the day The Sun Devils collected four hits and took advantage of two Yellowjacket errors in a seven-run second inning Senior Matt Kirk added his first home run of the season and senior David Jaglowski added a double in the win The Sun Devils host Pacific on Tuesday at 3 pm 075 013 0 -16 16 1 000 200 0 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LP Clave HR- Kirk 'uro 2B-Christenson (21 Jaglowski VI lufcr Victor V2ey 4 Barstow 3 The Jackrbits pushed across three runjn the bottom of the seventh irkjng scoring the winning run a bases loaded walk Shawn wo-run single highlighted the Venth before Tony James scory the winning run Christian Gomez had two and an RBI for Victor Valle which is 6-6 in league and 11-13 overall Barstow 000 111 0 3 6 3 Victor Valiev 000 001 3 4 7 4 WP fonseca IP Rawer HR Neal SOUTHARDS From D1 at a dinner at the Hesperia Elks Club the night before the tournament show was A No 1 Gee said had extra people show up for that that didn't play in the tournament We were expecting about 450 Stand-up comedian Henry Cho actor-comedian Christo 7 I.