A FAST PITCH; VENTURA SOFTBALL TEAM'S BUILDING.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Daily News Staff Writer With the recent success of high school softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' programs like Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. , Newbury Park, Camarillo and Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. , Ventura County has emerged as a hotbed hotbed, low, glass-covered frame structure for starting tender plants. It differs from a cold frame only in that the soil is heated—either artificially as by underground electric wiring or steampipes, or naturally with partially fermented stable manure, which for softball talent. Unfortunately, that hasn't meant success during the summer travel league season. Unlike established programs in Orange County and the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , Ventura County has relatively new clubs that haven't distinguished themselves yet. As a result, many of the area's top players prefer to join teams outside the county because they believe they'll receive more exposure from college scouts and coaches. For instance, the San Fernando-based Stealth stealth Any military technology intended to make vehicles or missiles nearly invisible to enemy radar or other electronic detection. Research in antidetection technology began soon after radar was invented. 18-under team features a number of county players and the Gordon's Panthers team in Orange County has former Thousand Oaks pitching ace Jennifer Sharron and current Camarillo catcher Jennifer Mendoza. That could soon change. Thousand Oaks recently started the Summertime Blues  This article or section resembles a .Please help [ improve this article] by removing excessive trivia, irrelevant praise and criticism, lists and collections of links that are of . 18-under, 14-under and 12-under travel teams to supplement it's 2-year-old 16-under team. In addition, there are up and coming programs in Camarillo and Ventura. Area coaches hope that these teams assert themselves to the point that the best players will chose to stay home during the summer instead of playing outside the county. ``Right now the teams in Orange County and the San Fernando Valley are more established,'' said Summertime Blues 18-under coach Jeff Combe combe Noun same as coomb , an assistant coach at Thousand Oaks High School Thousand Oaks High School is a high school established in 1962 and located in Thousand Oaks, California. It is a California Distinguished School, and offers curriculum at all levels for Thousand Oaks students. The mascot is the lancer. . ``But if we can keep the top players here we can easily be as competitive as anyone.'' Combe's team was able to secure a number of talented area players, although it's a bit thin at pitcher. Sharron decided to play in Orange County and Camarillo's Cindy Ball is with a team in the San Fernando Valley. Because of that, the Summertime Blues have been competitive this year but not dominant. Combe's daughter Kristen, a senior shortstop at Thousand Oaks, stayed home to play for the Summertime Blues this summer. She understands why other players go elsewhere, but would like to see them stay local. ``Some of the best players in the country are right here in (Ventura County),'' Combe said. ``I would love it if everyone played here.'' Ron Rutschman, who manages the Gold Coast Scorpions in Camarillo, is confident that will happen. ``We've made progress,'' said Rutschman, whose Scorpions 18-under team qualified for the American Fastball Association National Finals. ``If you look at our team this year, almost all of the players are All-Marmonte or All-Ventura County players. What we hope to do is build a level of loyalty so that local players will want to play in Ventura County.'' Two things need to happen, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. area coaches. First, Ventura County teams need to be competitive against the other top programs so that local players will want to stay in the county. Secondly, area travel clubs need to attract more financial sponsorship to offset the monetary burdens that players incur. Orange County and San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. teams can entice top players to their programs by providing financial packages that cover membership fees and some travel expenses. Most of the area teams do not have the means to make those type of offers. ``Teams in Orange County have a way of selling themselves,'' said Don Kaspar, who coaches the Summertime Blues 16-under team. Still, Kaspar envisions Ventura County teams competing with those outside the area on a yearly basis. ``It's already starting to evolve,'' Kaspar said. ``Not all of the top players here are traveling anymore, and that's great because we have as much talent here as anywhere in the country. I would just like to see all of these players stay in the Ventura County suburbs where they ought to be and would like to be.'' |
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