Fountain Valley

The Fountain Valley High School Foundation will offer practice tests for the SAT-I, SAT-II and PSAT on Sept. 25 at Fountain Valley High School, 17816 Bushard St. Information: (714) 964-9834.

More than a month into the season, Angels Manager Mike Scioscia admits he's still not sure what kind of team he has. That's understandable, because he really hasn't seen his team much. "It's tough to evaluate exactly what our team's going to be because the team hasn't been out there," said Scioscia, who has lost his top starter, the left side of his infield and his starting center fielder and leading hitter to injuries in April. "So it's tough to say, 'Well, this will happen or that will happen.'" It would have been extra tough to predict all the things that happened in the Angels' 5-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday, mainly because many of them hadn't happened all season.

Rank, School (Record), Playoff division . 1. MATER DEI (19-1) SS-Division 1 2. FOUNTAIN VALLEY (20-1) SS-Division 1 3. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (18-3) SS-Division 1 4. ORANGE LUTHERAN (16-4) SS-Division 1 5. EL TORO (15-5) SS-Division 1 6. BONITA (19-2-1) SS-Division 3 7. OAKS CHRISTIAN (17-3-1) SS-Division 4 8. ANAHEIM CANYON (15-4) SS-Division 1 9. GARDENA SERRA (17-5) SS-Division 3 10. REDLANDS (15-3) SS-Division 2 11. NORTHVIEW (17-4) SS-Division 4 12. SAN CLEMENTE (19-5)

Animal Planet needs to get its cameras trained on the Burrill brothers, Casey and Brady , at Valencia West Ranch High. They are quickly becoming adept at capturing and eradicating rattlesnakes. Call them "Rattlesnakebusters. " Since August, 11 rattlesnakes have been found on or near the West Ranch baseball diamond and sent to rattlesnake heaven. The diamond is located near a hill that's probably a nice home to lots of rattlesnakes. Coach Casey Burrill and his brother, Brady, the top assistant, have been the primary trackers of rattlesnake intruders.

After one month of the high school baseball season, there have been more no-hitters than triples, more strikeouts than doubles and more shutouts than .400 hitters. In conclusion, pitchers have been in complete command. "There's just not a whole lot of hitting going on," said Granada Hills Coach Steve Thompson, whose pitchers threw four consecutive shutouts in winning the Babe Herman tournament championship. Among City Section teams, the lack of hitting is particularly prevalent.

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