One Strike Is One Too Many for La Reina Slugger Anderson

Pitchers don’t like to throw strikes to Shane Anderson, and for obvious reasons.

In four plate appearances last week, the Stanford-bound La Reina High senior saw one strike. She knew what to do with it.

Anderson swatted a two-run home run, sparking an 11-0 Tri-Valley League victory over Fillmore.

“For some reason--I don’t know why--they pitched to her, and she hit it out,” Coach Don Hyatt said. “I was surprised she got anything to swing at.”

No doubt, so was Anderson. In her three other trips to the plate, she was walked on four pitches.

Anderson is batting .463 with three doubles and three home runs among her 19 hits. She has 16 runs batted in.

Contact sport: Former NFL coach Jerry Glanville was considered a rebel during his tenure with the Houston Oilers and Atlanta Falcons.

The outspoken Georgia native has a new gig as a driver on the NASCAR SuperTrucks series, but he’s up to his old tricks.

At Saugus Speedway on Saturday Glanville was involved in three crashes, including one that took out leader Mike Skinner on Lap 117.

Glanville and Skinner got tangled up in Turn 2. Skinner was making a bid to go wire to wire when the accident occurred. He never regained the lead and finished fifth.

As for Glanville, he was penalized five laps and wound up in 18th place.

Asked if racing would keep him away from coaching, Glanville replied, “Not for long.”

A crowd of more than 10,000--the largest in Saugus history--was on hand for the race, which was televised nationally by TNN.

No word on whether Glanville left tickets for Elvis.

Olympian feat: A Cal State Northridge basketball player might very well be competing at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

The catch is, he won’t be representing the United States.

Mike Dorsey, who was born in Japan and maintains dual citizenship, was a big hit last week during a tryout for the Japanese national team.

“I’m pretty sure I’ll make it,” said Dorsey, who expects to hear from Japanese sports officials soon. “I ought to. I think they were impressed. There were a lot of guys bigger than me, but they weren’t as athletic.”

Dorsey expects to receive an invitation to join a Japanese team that will play a series of international games this summer. The 6-foot-4 junior guard-forward from Riverside led Northridge with averages of 12.7 points and 7.1 rebounds last season.

Family affair: It’s a good thing Ed t’Sas married a baseball fan.

The Antelope Valley High baseball coach married Dara Goodkin on April 9. For their honeymoon, the newlyweds traveled to Atascadero, where t’Sas coached the Antelopes in a spring-break tournament.

The booster club even chipped in, paying for the t’Sases’ hotel suite in nearby Pismo Beach.

“It was the perfect baseball coach’s honeymoon,” t’Sas said.

Sensible approach: The Thousand Oaks High baseball team, which played in the Durango tournament in Las Vegas last week, heard a sobering speech from a Las Vegas police officer on the perils of the city and the many ways teen-agers can find themselves in jail.

The message got through to at least one person: Lancer Coach Jim Hansen.

“It sure put us on alert,” he said. “I’m sure some teams turned their kids loose, but we didn’t.”

Name game: The Westlake High baseball team won the Durango tournament for the second consecutive season, prompting the Durango coach Mike Gomez to consider his options.

While presenting the championship award to Westlake, Gomez quipped, “We’re going to have to change this to the Warrior invitational.”

Honors

In the 37-year history of the Mt. San Antonio College Relays, only three Ventura County athletes have won the long jump. Ronney Jenkins of Hueneme High last week became the latest, leaping 23 feet 10 1/4 inches. Other winners from Ventura County were Fred Dangerfield of Oxnard, who jumped 23-6 1/4 in 1965, and Lawrence Nelson of Simi Valley, who leaped 22-11 3/4 in 1985.

Quotebook

“It was pool play . . . and we drowned.”

--Crespi High baseball Coach Scott Muckey, after his team lost consecutive games to St. John Bosco, St. Paul and Long Beach Jordan during the St. Paul tournament.

“I’m losing all my hair, my wife hates me and my child hates me.”

--Chaminade High baseball Coach Denny Barrett, whose team has lost six one-run games.

Stats

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La Reina High pitcher Jennifer Baltruzak extended her scoreless streak in Tri-Valley League play to 26 innings by pitching a one-hitter and striking out seven last week against Fillmore. Baltruzak, a junior, has allowed only six hits and has struck out 37 during the streak.

Things to Do

Today, 3 p.m.: The Thousand Oaks High girls’ swim team can complete an undefeated Marmonte League season when it faces Royal at the Thousand Oaks pool.

Royal has lost two league meets, but both came when the Highlanders were missing Erika Salazar, Courtney Duncan and Jamie McIntyre, three swimmers who were competing in the U.S. Junior National championships.

Thursday, 2:45 p.m.: Buena, Dos Pueblos and Rio Mesa highs meet in a Channel League track meet at Rio Mesa.

The Buena girls’ team can clinch its second consecutive league championship by winning the meet, which features two of the top 300-meter hurdlers in the Southern Section. Buena junior Stacy Hebert has a personal best of 44.39 seconds and Rio Mesa senior Andrea Wasden has run 44.5.

Compiled by Mike Hiserman. Contributing: Jeff Fletcher, Vince Kowalick, Michael Lazarus, John Ortega, Bryan Rodgers.