YSYSL offering referee course
The Yuba-sutter Youth Soccer League is looking for referees for the upcoming fall season.
The season runs from September through November, and there will be a three-day referee course offered in July at 970 Klamath Lane in Yuba City.
The dates are Thursday, July 12, and Friday, July 13, from 6 p.m.-9 p.m., and Saturday, July 14, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
The cost for the course is $55.
Pay starts at $15 per game and increases with experience. Referees must be 14 years old or older.
For more information, email Bill Tice at ben@snellingbkkg.com.
SAN FRANCISCO – His average had dipped more than 30 points in just two weeks.
Contact that was so solid for more than a month was suddenly weak. Swings that looked so fluid started to look out of whack.
But All-stars make adjustments, and this season, Brandon Crawford is poised to start the All-star Game.
With three extra base hits, a walk, three RBIS and one tremendous play at shortstop, Crawford snapped an 0-for-18 stretch at the plate and lifted the Giants past the Padres in a 5-3 win on Saturday.
“Even though I may not have looked good at times, I did feel like I was seeing the ball well and my timing was just a little bit off,” Crawford said. “It was just a matter of squaring the ball up. Finding a hole. Hitting it to a spot where they couldn’t catch it.”
The National League’s leading All-star vote-getter at shortstop, Crawford is well on his way to locking up a starting role in the showcase of baseball’s best talent. The Giants’ Brandon Crawford slides safety into third base with an Rbitriple during the fourth inning of Saturday’s win over the Padres.
Despite a rough ninth inning that included a throwing error for Crawford, his impressive day at the plate helped the Giants climb back to .500 and earn a shot to clinch a series victory over San Diego today.
“Today he found it,” manager Bruce Bochy said. “What a great game and we needed it. We needed somebody to come through. Their guy was throwing well and he got three big hits there. He’s just a good hitter.”
With right-hander Jordan Lyles slated to start for the Padres, Bochy included every left-handed position player on his roster on the lineup card he turned in prior to the game.
After the Giants optioned outfielder Mac Williamson to Triplea Sacramento following Friday’s game, switch-hitter Alen Hanson started in left field while all four infielders including switch-hitting
third baseman Pablo Sandoval were geared up to hit from the left-handed batter’s box.
However, Lyles experienced right forearm tightness during his pregame bullpen session, forcing Padres skipper Andy Green to send Matt Strahm down to the bullpen in the top of the first inning.
Strahm has prior experience as a starter, but the decision to insert him in Lyles’ place was an easy choice for Green considering Strahm could neutralize the Giants’ left-handed hitters.
The Giants failed to challenge Strahm until the bottom of the fourth, when the left-hander issued a leadoff walk to Andrew Mccutchen. After Brandon Belt flew out to right field, Crawford stepped to the plate and smashed a line drive high off the brick wall in right field.