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GRIFFINS
DOWN VISTA MURRIETTA 7-0
TO WIN LOARA CHAMPIONSHIP! |
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March 11, 2008
Griffins stay atop OC Register Baseball poll,
split pair with LB Poly; open season with home game against FV
this Friday
Los Al Griffins baseball team which won the
Loara championship and has a 5-0 record going into Monday's double-header
with LB Poly, stayed atop that sport's poll
of county coaches, and even got coach Mark Clabough excited
by his team's performance.
The Griffins suffered their first loss of the
season on MKonday when they split a doubleheader with Long Beach
Poly at Blair Field in Long Beach. The Griffins won the afternoon
game 4-1, but lost the evening match 8-5.
Los Al opens its Sunset League season on Friday
with a home game against Fountain Valley.
Results
at Max Preps
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BASEBALL: Los Al downs Vista Murrietta 7-0,
wins Loara Tourney championship
 Matt
Avery singled, doubled and drove in a pair of runs, while Travis
Garrett allowed just one hit in four innings and struck out nine
batters, as the Los Al baseball team downed Vista Murrietta High
School 7-0 to win the Loara Baseball Tournament championship.
Avery (below, left). who had eight hits throughout
the week, was named the Tournament's Co-Most
Valuable Player, as the Griffins, the No. 1 team in Orange
County, improved their record to 5-0.
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Al got two runs in the second inning, thanks to a triple by Brian
Tripp and a double by Ken Uyetake, then broke it open with five
in the third.
Garrett was named the Player of the Game. Kyle
Simon, who came in for Garrett in the fifth inning, received a
save.
The Griffins will play a double header against
Long Beach Poly on Monday at Blair Field, and then begin their
15-game Sunset League schedule on Friday with a home game against
Fountain Valley.
photos by Kevin Rysavy (click
for larger image)
March 6, 2008
BASEBALL: Griffins
hold on to down Marina, advance to Loara championship
It was a rough final inning, but relief pitcher
Lance Breedlove came to the rescue and helped Los Al downSunset
League rival Marina 7-4 and allow the Griffins to advance to Saturday's
championship game of the Loara Baseball Tournanment.
Los Al scored four runs in the fifth inning
to take what seemed an a commanding lead, bu tafter Marina loaded
the bases in the seventh, the game was anything but over until
Bredlove came in struck out Marina's Ryan Olson looking with a
breaking ball.
Los Alamitos (4-0), the No. 1 team in the county
preseason poll, lost in the Loara semifinals last season before
going on to win the Sunset League. The Griffins defeated Marina
all three times in league play, each game by one run.
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March 4, 2008
BASEBALL: Los Al downs Cypress 11-5, advances
to face Marina in Loara Tournament semi-final
The Los Al Griffins baseball team, ranked
No. 1 in Orange County, did nothing to hurt their reputation
by downing Cypress 11-5 in a third round quarterfinal Loara
Tournament match-up Tuesday evening at Glover Stadium in Anaheim.
The Griffins, who improved their non-league
record to 3-0, will next play Marina in Thursday's semi-final
match-up. Game time is 3pm at Glover
Stadium.
March 3, 2008
BASEBALL: Griffins at top of first OC Register
poll
The Los Alamitos Griffins, who are already
off to a 2-0 start in non-league play, now have a bigger target
on their back after being ranked No.l 1 in Orange County in
the first OC register poll of the young baseball season.
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Register notes that "The Griffins return several top players
from last year's team that went 22-6 and was a Sunset League
champion. Senior utility player Travis Garrett hit .425 with
six home runs and 31 RBIs in 2007, and had a 4-2 record on the
mound. Senior pitcher Kyle Simon (left), who signed with Arizona,
was 7-2 with a 2.72 ERA. Junior pitcher Beau Wright went 6-0
in '07. Senior outfielder Matt Avery batted .354 with 22 RBIs,
and senior infielder Brian Tripp was 13 for 14 on stolen-base
attempts."
February 24, 2008
BASEBALL: Griffins ranked No. 3 in CIF pre-season
poll
The Los Al Griffins baseball team, ranked
No. 3 in the CIF Division I coaches poll which was released
last week, will open the non-league portion of its season this
Friday against Woodbridge in the first round of the Loara Tournament.
The Griffins return a slew of all leaguers,
including Arizona-bound pitcher Kyle Simon, and UC Irvine -bound
Beau Wright, and returning all-leaguers Travis Garrett, Brian
Tripp, Matt Avery and Kirk Singer.
If Los Al beats Woodbridge, theyn would play
the winner of the Millikan-Sonora match on the following Saturday.
If they lose they would play the loser of the same game.
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CIF Division I
Pre-season rankings
(Released Feb. 11)
1. Long Beach Wilson
2. Mater Dei
3. Los Alamitos
4. Thousand Oaks
5. Capistrano Valley
6. Saugus
7. Orange Lutheran
8. Norco
9. Esperanza
10T. Lakewood
10T. Riverside Poly
Others: Mater Dei, Others: Arroyo Grande,
Others: California,
Mission Viejo, Westlake
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County rankings.
(as of March 11)
1. Los Alamitos, Sunset League, 5-0 (60 poll
points)
2. Orange Lutheran, Trinity League, 4-1 (54)
3. Esperanza, Sunset League, 3-2 (34)
4. Cypress, Empire League, 3-2 (33)
5. Capistrano Valley, South Coast League, 3-2 (32)
6. El Toro, Sea View League, 4-1 (31)
7. Mater Dei, Trinity League, 2-3 (27)
8. Tesoro, South Coast League, 3-2 (14)
9. Fountain Valley, Sunset League, 4-1 (12)
10. Dana Hills, South Coast League, 3-2 (11)
Also receiving votes: Canyon (Century) 3-2,
10; Marina (Sunset) 3-2, 7; Sonora (Freeway) 4-1, 3; El Dorado
(Century) 2-3, 1; Foothill (Sea View) 3-2, 1
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