East Valley Dominates Conference

Mid-Valley League teams can breathe a sigh of relief this week after finishing four weeks of intra-conference play with their East Valley counterparts. East Valley teams dominated Valley Pac-8 Conference play, posting a 24-8 record against Mid-Valley teams.

Accounting for most of the damage were Poly (18-1, 11-0 in Valley Pac-8) and Sylmar (13-5, 9-2), which were 15-1 against Mid-Valley teams.

Poly outscored Mid-Valley teams, 45-7, in three games last week. Sylmar, which has lost only to Poly and Birmingham in conference play, pounded Mid-Valley pitching and boasts three of the top six batters among Valley City players. Rene Navarro (.484), Dereck Ornelas (.477) and Cain Camarillo (.462) were fourth, fifth and sixth through last week. Robert Garcia (.444) is not far behind.

Batting: After getting five hits against Granada Hills on Wednesday, El Camino Real sophomore second baseman Dan Cey was two for three with two doubles the next day. In his past 21 at-bats, Cey has 14 hits and has raised his average to .412. He was seven for eight last week against Granada Hills. Teammate Greg Lederman has struck out once in 49 at-bats. . . .

Verdugo Hills’ Pat Eubanks (.313), a junior pitcher and outfielder, hit three home runs, drove in seven runs and was six for seven in the Dons’ first two games last week. Eubanks, who has four home runs this season, finished the week six for 10. . . .

Camarillo has eight batters in its starting lineup with batting averages of .300 or higher. . . . Each batter in Channel Islands’ lineup had at least one hit and one run scored during a 10-run inning in the Raiders’ 19-4 win over Royal last week. . . .

Scott Stringer of Quartz Hill was six for seven and scored four runs in the Rebels’ second and third games last week after going zero for three Monday when Saugus right-hander Doug Maggiora threw a no-hitter against the Rebels. Stringer’s average jumped from .333 to .441.

Stealing: Thousand Oaks’ Ryan Kritscher has been successful on 27 consecutive stolen-base attempts and is 32 for 33.

Pitching: Montclair Prep has found a starter in left-hander Steve Cain, who has won four consecutive decisions and has allowed two earned runs in his past 21 innings. . . .

R. J. Simone of Hart has 66 strikeouts in 49 innings.

Softball: Hart’s Jamie Dean (.600) and Heather Medearis (.478) are helping the Indians (12-2, 4-0 in Foothill League) in their bid for a fifth consecutive league title. Hart has won 37 consecutive league games. Thousand Oaks’ Carrie Russell (11-6) needed only 52 pitches in a 2-0 one-hitter against Notre Dame in the first round of the Thousand Oaks tournament Saturday. Only seven pitches were balls.

REGIONAL BASEBALL TOP 10

Selected by sportswriters of The Times

Last Rk Wk Team League Record 1 1 Poly East Valley 19-1 2 2 Simi Valley Marmonte 16-3 3 4 Channel Islands Marmonte 11-3 4 5 Thousand Oaks Marmonte 12-5-1 5 3 Rio Mesa Channel 15-3 6 6 Granada Hills North Valley 12-7-1 7 7 Chatsworth West Valley 12-6-1 8 8 Sylmar East Valley 14-5 9 9 Crespi Mission 12-7 10 NR Kennedy North Valley 13-6

NR--Not ranked.