Mike Gillespie, College of the Canyons baseball coach, is well aware that his team is not among the favorites to win the State championship tournament that begins here today.
Chapman College defeated Stephen F.
Rolling Hills 56, Corona del Mar 54--Rolling Hills built a 44-29 half-time lead and led by as much as 22 points in the second quarter but couldn't stand the prosperity.
Ilkka Sinisalo's second goal of the game 9:11 into overtime gave the Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens Monday night in the opening game of their NHL semifinal playoff series.
Chatsworth High and Birmingham won their City Section 4-A quarterfinal tennis matches Tuesday behind the strong play of their doubles teams.
College of the Canyons made a quick exit from the Southern California junior college regional basketball tournament Saturday night, losing to Orange Coast, 99-63, in the first round game at Orange Coast.
Young University at noon today in the first round of the Western Athletic Conference double-elimination playoffs at Provo, Utah.
playoffs with a 6-2 victory Friday over La Quinta at Rancho Alamitos.
Glen Hanlon recorded Detroit's first playoff shutout in 21 years as the Red Wings beat the Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-0, Wednesday night at Detroit to stave off elimination in the Norris Division finals.
The Oakland Invaders turned three first-half Houston turnovers into a 24-7 halftime lead en route to a 31-21 victory over the Gamblers on Monday night in the USFL regular-season finale.
More bazzzzzzeball.
NOTE--Poly and Edison High Schools played to a 14-14 tie in the Big Five Conference Championship game last Friday.
Central Division will qualify for the playoffs IF CLEVELAND WINS Cleveland wins the title with the best record.
If the clubhouse attendants at Anaheim Stadium scrounge around long enough, they are bound to find at least one half-empty champagne bottle left over from last Friday's title celebration.
Marina 62, Loyola 55--Marina guard Matt Hattabaugh scored eight points in the third quarter to lead the Viking rally at Marina.
Fairfax, with a 20-0 record, is top seeded for the City boys' 4-A division basketball playoffs starting Friday at 7:30 p.m.
San Fernando 61, Huntington Park 50--Forward Shelton Boykin scored 21 points and had 9 rebounds to lead San Fernando into Friday's City Section 3-A semifinals against Granada Hills.
The Times, on Monday and Tuesday, will take a look ahead to the baseball playoffs.
Two basketball teams fighting for coveted spots in the California Collegiate Athletic Assn. race battled with playoff intensity Saturday night at the Cal State Northridge gym and the home team, the one with the most to lose, came away with the victory.
Laguna Hills High School's baseball team was not in the best of situations in the seventh inning of its Southern Section 2-A playoff game Friday against Mountain View.