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Local Sports Online? Hey why not? For
various reasons, -- and my inability to meet
a press deadline was actually not one of
them this time -- it seemed like the time
had come for Local Sports to take a trip to
cyber world. The large number of local
sports activities -- youth, high school,
alumni in college, and professional -- made
it difficult to do justice to all the worthy
stories in a limited number of pages every
two weeks. Combine that with the fact that
for whatever reason, the larger local print
media all too often overlooks our little
corner of the county. This first issue is
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Ex-Giant
Nenn honored by Giants
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Plaque
denotes his 300th major league save
Former LAYB, Los Al Griffin and
major league standout pitcher Robb
Nen was honored this past Sunday
by the San Francisco Giants with a
plaque commemorating his 300th save.
The 36-year old Nenn, at one time
baseball's top relief pitcher, retired
in 2003 after a 10-year career with
the Rangers, Marlins, and Giants.
After growing up in Rossmoor, Nen
played for Los Al from 1985-87.
Ironically, while he pitched a bit,
his innings were limited as he was
considered on the wild side. He now
lives in Dove Canyon down by Rancho
Santa Margarita.
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Griffins
clinch CIF baseball playoff spot
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Avery,
DeAngelis, and Marmion all get three
hits in 14-10 win
The Los
Al Griffins baseball team
returns to Sunset League play today
with a game at Fountain Valley,
hoping to gain ground on Esperanza
which has a two game lead over Los
Al with four games to go.
The Griffins however did clinch a
CIF playoff spot and ran their
league record
to 8-3 with a wild 14-10
win over Huntington Beach last
Friday. Sophomore Matt Avery,
junior Geno DeAngelis, and
senior Tyler Marmion each had
three hits for Los Al. Travis
Cross picked up the win, and Danny
Farris came in to get the save.
The Griffins defeated Westminster
2-0 in Redondo Tournament non-league
game on Monday at Los Al.
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Griffins
Harris, Vartebedian reach Ojai
Tennis festival high school
doubles final.
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Griffins
down Edison 18-0 to clinch another
Sunset title
Los Al seniors Cory Harris and
Marc Vartebedian made an impressive
run through the Ojai Tennis
tournament that saw them reaching
the high school division doubles
finals, where they unfortunately
fell to Santa Barbara's Christopher
Ho and Billy Grokenberger, 6-2, 6-4.
The effort earned them OC Register tennis
athlete of the week honors.
The Griffins returned to Sunset
league play action on . Going into
last week they were tied
with Fountain Valley (both with
5-1 records), but since nobody
turned in the scores to the the
papers or anyone else, it has made
our job difficult. However, we do
know Los
Al shut out Edison 18-0 on
Monday to clinch yet another league
championship -- about the 17th or
18th in a row (but who's counting?).
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AYSO
signups begin for next three
weekends
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ALUMNI:
Ex-LAGSLer Winford leads Chapman
to 2-0 win
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Article
5 Subheading
Former LAGSL standout pitcher Jennifer
Winford improved her record to
11-4 by throwing a six-hitter
shutout as Chapman downed
Vanguard 2-0 this past weekend.
Chapman improved its record to 23-8.
Winford, who grew up in Hawaiian
Gardens, attended Brethren Christian
High School. Her mother works in the
Los Al High health office.
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LAHS
Golfers split with Edison, fall to
HB
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Griffins
have 17-3 overall record, 6-3 in
league
The Los
Al Griffin boys golfers split a
pair of matches with Edison on
Monday and Tuesday and fell to third
place in the Sunset league with a
6-3 mark. They edged the Chargers
191-192 on Monday but lost 193-203
yesterday. Last week the Griffins
fell to Huntington Beach which
clinched the league title. Los
Alamitos, which now has a 17-3
overall record, was ranked 11th in
the county. Kenny Roberts has
been among Los Al's most consistent
golfers this season. In Monday's win
over Edison Jonathan Saunders
shot 1-over-par 37 for Los Al at El
Dorado Golf Course. In a non-league
188-222 win over Downey (8-12) at El
Dorado Park, Griffin soph Miles
Cole shot 1-under-par 35 with
three birdies.
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Griffins
sprinters, hurdlers do well at
Sunset track prelims
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Finals
slated for Friday night at HB HS
Los Al sprinters and hurdlers
turned in very strong team
performances at the Sunset League
Track preliminaries Tuesday
afternoon. The finals are Friday
night at Huntington Beach High.
In the Boys 200 meters, four
Griffins advanced to Fridays final. Anthony
Giambona turned in the third
best time ( 23,40), followed by
sophs Sean Henderson (4th,
23.50), Wes Feighner (7th,
23.78), and senior Chris
Pettigrew (24.03).
In the 100 meters, three Los Al
runners qualified– Henderson (4th,
11.41), junior Jason Chung
(6th, 11.53) and Pettigrew (7th,
11.69). But Chung, who had earlier
missed eight weeks with a pulled
hamstring, pulled up lame two steps
short of the finish line and will
most likely miss Friday’s race.
Four Griffins also advanced in the
400 meters. Soph Wes Feighner
led a Griffin wave with a third-best
time of 51.94, followed by senior
Anthony Giambona (4th, 52.41),
junior Kasey Ahlstrom (5th,
53.31) and junior Chris Platt (8th,
54.80).
On the varsity girls side, two
Griffins advanced in the 100 meters:
senior Megan Strawther had
the third best time of 12.92, while
junior Claire Navarro ran a
seventh-best 13.18.
Kelly Jue was the only
Griffin girl to advance in the 200
meters, turning in an 8th best
27.16. Jue also squeaked into the
Varsity girls 400 meters with a
ninth best 63.87, but soph Katie
Suits advanced with a seventh
best 63.14.
In the girls 110 high hurdles, all
three Varsity entries qualified.
Junior Taylor Bennett won her
heat in 17.21, while fellow junior Casey
Bay had the fifth best time with
17.34. Senior Annie Doberteen
also advanced to Friday night’s
final with an 8th best 17.85.
In th 300 low hurdles, Bennett was
the sole Griffin to advance, again
winning her heat, with a 47.88,
third best overall.
Los Al also looks to have a strong
showing in the JV and Frosh-Soph
finals as well.
In the Boys JV 200 meters, five
Griffins qualified for the nine
finals spots: Marius Lakeman
(2nd, 24.63), Jeff Mauler
(4th, 24.68), Tyler Payne
(5th, 24.88), Ryan Vigil
(6th, 25.87), and senior Chris
Golden (7th, 25.89).
Only four boys qualified in the JV
100. Mauler topped all entries with
a 11.94, edging out senior teammate Danny
Suits’ 11.95. Lakeman (4th,
12.15) and Golden (6th, 12.51) also
advanced.
In the JV 300-meter hurdles, three
Griffin juniors finished in the top
six. Michael Louden ran a
second best 46.60, Colin Mayuga
was third (46.88) and Ken Obara
was sixth (48.22).
Three Griffins also advanced in the
110 hurdles: Louden (4th, 17.95),
Obara (7th, 18.93) and Jamie
Davis-Seigal (9th, 19.60).
Junior Stephen Long won the JV long
jump (19-6), while classmates Jameson
Henry won the triple jump (37-11¾)
and Taylor Gibbons took a
third (36-0¼).
Taylor Beukes was second in
the JV shot put (39-1¼).
James Imamato had the second
best qualifying time in the JV 1600
(4:53.20),
The Girls JV hurdle team dominated
their qualifiers. In the 110 hurdles
Griffins turned in four of the top
six times, led by Arielle Hardy
(1st, 18.64), Lidia Yasay
(2nd, 18.81), Allison Jacquier
(4th, 19.38), and Katelyn Hunt
(6th, 20.24). Hunt is a freshman,
the others are sophomores.
In the 300 hurdles, Jacquier topped
all qualifiers with a top time of
51.97, while Hardy was third (54.58)
and Yasay fifth (57.05).
On the girls frosh-soph side, Mary
Garrett won the pole vault with
a vault of 8-9, freshman Paige
Delazzer took third in the long
jump (14-5), three inches behind the
winning jump. In the shot put, Rachel
Jones (28-0½) and Lisa Dolan
(27-8¾) brought home a second and
third place medals.
Madeline Caddell topped all;
qualifiers in the girls F-S 400
meters, turning in a 60.48, to beat
her closest competitiro by almost
three seconds.
In the 110 low hurdles, soph Kasandra
Shagena also headed the list of
qualifiers with a 17.73. Soph Katie
Christensen had the fourth best
time (18.40), and Christianna
Finn was sixth (18.71). In the
300 meter hurdles, soph Camille
Forest ran a second fastest
51.67, while Finn was fourth
(55.28), and Christensen grabbed the
last qualifying spot with 56.12. On
the boys frosh-soph side, soph Kevin
Cornelius had the third best
time in the 300 meter hurdles
(44.25).
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