Valley Star

Issue date: 2/15/06 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Daniel Kane NOT CLOSE ENOUGH - Lady Monarchs lose 4-2 to Santa Barbara Vaqueross; Valley's Kali Sheperd about to tag Santa Barbara's Aliana Gonzales as she slides into second. The next game is against Allan Hancock on Thursday, Feb. 16.

BASEBALL - The Valley College baseball season has begun as the team participated in the annual Casey Stengel tournament last weekend. The team posted a 1-3 record for the tournament, pushing their overall record to 4-7-1.

The non-conference games showcased some of the emerging stars on the team, such as right-handed pitcher Bobby Phillips. Phillips threw seven innings and had no earned runs in a three-hit, five-strikeout performance for the Monarchs in a 5-1 win over Cerritos Saturday. Catcher/Outfielder Garrett Shimmamoto added two RBIs to propel the team to victory.

After bolstering a 23-16 record last season, the team is back to regain their composure following a slow start. They will open conference play at Moorpark College on Thursday. The conference home opener is set for Friday with a rematch against Moorpark.



TRACK & FIELD - The men and women's track team got their season off to a good start in last Friday's meet against Moorpark, Glendale and host College of the Canyons.

The women's team, who started off their season minus some of their top players due to injury, placed in most of the events they entered. Freshman sprinter and long jumper Cherise Mariano placed second in the long jump with a jump of 15'8.5." Freshman Pardis Sobouti was named athlete of the week because she placed second in the 100 meter hurdles and made up an 80 meter gap in the third leg of the 4x400 meter relay.

The men's athlete of the week, Bryan Gonzalez, threw the javelin 120" and the shot-put 38'9." The runners also excelled with the 4x400 meter team having a time of 3:39.1.

The Monarchs will have their next meet against Allan Hancock, Cuesta and host Moorpark at 2 p.m. Friday.

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