The Chancellors will be playing as the designated visiting team and occupy the first base dugout today at Dodger Stadium when they meet Narbonne at noon for the Los Angeles City Section Championship Division title.

 

ABOUT CHATSWORTH: The Chancellors (28-5), seeded No. 1 in the City Section playoffs for the sixth consecutive year, are on an 11-game winning streak and have won 19 of 20 games … Chatsworth is aiming to break a tie with Fremont and Kennedy for most City titles. Each has seven … Senior second baseman Matt Moreno, senior first baseman-pitcher James Wharton, junior catcher Carlos Escobar Jr., junior shortstop Kasey Toven and junior outfielder Andy Weissberg are looking to participate in their third City final at Dodger Stadium … Senior right-hander Trevor Takeyama (13-1) is tied for fourth place for most victories in a season by a Chatsworth pitcher … Takeyama has a 17-2 career record (two seasons) for an .895 winning percentage, the fourth best among Chatsworth pitchers with 16 decisions or more ... The Chancellors have reached at least 25 victories for 11 consecutive seasons … A victory would give the Chancellors at least 29 victories for six years in a row … From 2000 to the present, the Chancellors have won 28 Championship Division playoff games, more than any other team ... Chatsworth is making its 15th appearance at Dodger Stadium since the City Section title games first were played at the venue in 1969, twice playing in the third-place game that is no longer contested … The Chancellors won the WVL title for the sixth year in a row and 27th overall.

 

ABOUT NARBONNE: The No. 2-seeded Gauchos are 27-6 overall and were champions of the Marine League with a 13-2 record ... They are coming off a 7-4 win over No. 6 Cleveland in the semifinals and are on a nine-game winning streak.

 

SERIES VERSUS NARBONNE: Since 1980, the Chancellors are 3-2 against the Gauchos, including an 8-5 loss on April 19 in a Chatsworth tournament game ... The Chancellors are 2-0 against the Gauchos in the playoffs.

 

COACH TOM MEUSBORN: In his 19th season with the Chancellors, his record of 490-96-3 (.836 winning percentage) is the best ever in the state for a coach with 100 victories or more … Meusborn has won six City titles and is tied for first place on the all-time list with Les Haserot, who won six with Fremont between 1939 and 1948 … Meusborn’s record in the playoffs is 53-12.

 

CHATSWORTH’S ALL-TIME RESULTS IN PLAYOFFS (championship years in bold): 1963-68 — did not qualify; 1969 — Roosevelt W 10-0, Lincoln L 5-4; 1970-71 — dnq; 1972 — Carson W 10-3, Manual Arts W 7-3, Venice L 2-1; 1973 — dnq; 1974 — Carson L 6-4; 1975-78 — dnq; 1979 — Banning W 3-0, Crenshaw L 11-3; 1980 — dnq; 1981 — Huntington Park W 10-2, Grant W 6-3, Banning L 5-1, Sylmar L 1-0 (third-place game); 1982 — Fremont W 4-1, Franklin W 13-0, Palisades L 9-7, Banning W 5-3 (third-place game); 1983 — Fairfax W 9-0, San Pedro W 7-0, Granada Hills W 7-2, Sylmar W 8-7 (final); 1984 — San Pedro W 19-5, Banning L 3-0; 1985 — Gardena W 4-3, North Hollywood W 4-1, Kennedy L 4-2; 1986 — Sylmar W 8-5, San Fernando L 10-4; 1987 — North Hollywood W 16-5, Kennedy W 5-1, Poly L 6-4; 1988 — Gardena W 28-5, Sylmar W 7-3, San Fernando L 5-2; 1989 — Gardena W 9-1, Grant W 11-6, Palisades L 9-8; 1990 — Carson W 6-1, Palisades W 11-0, Taft W 6-1, El Camino Real W 3-2 (final); 1991 — Carson W 11-0, Poly L 17-1; 1992 — Sylmar W 4-2, Venice W 7-4, Poly L 3-2; 1993 — Venice W 10-0, Sylmar W 4-1, Taft W 17-1, El Camino Real L 7-6 (final); 1994 — Grant W 3-0, Birmingham W 11-10, Taft W 5-0, El Camino Real L 7-6 (9) (final); 1995 — San Pedro W 4-1, Banning L 6-3; 1996 — University W 6-5, Carson W 6-4, Poly L 6-4; 1997 — Reseda W 16-9, Cleveland W 9-5, El Camino Real L 9-6; 1998 — Van Nuys W 8-0, Monroe W 9-7, Kennedy W 5-2, El Camino Real L 5-2 (final); 1999 — San Pedro W 13-1, Roosevelt W 5-4, South Gate W 12-2, Poly W 17-7 (final); 2000 — Grant W 4-2, Kennedy L 11-4; 2001 — University W 4-0, Narbonne W 2-1, Banning W 4-0, Roosevelt W 2-1 (final); 2002 — Kennedy W 2-1, El Camino Real W 13-6, Cleveland L 4-0; 2003 — Fremont W 12-0, Kennedy W 2-0, Banning W 4-3, Carson W 3-0 (final); 2004 — Narbonne W 7-3, Sylmar W 6-4, Kennedy W 10-7, San Pedro W 7-1 (final); 2005 — Fremont W 11-0, Palisades W 5-4, South Gate W 15-5, El Camino Real L 5-1 (final); 2006 — Verdugo Hills W 7-0, Banning W 11-1, San Fernando W 14-0, Kennedy L 4-2 (final); 2007 — Garfield W 13-1, El Camino Real W 8-1, Palisades W 11-1, Cleveland W 2-1 (final); 2008 — Poly W 1-0, Palisades W 10-2, Kennedy W 4-2.