DAILY NEWS ALL-STAR SOFTBALL NOTEBOOK: BASHING JUST LIKE HER IDOL.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer Seven years after watching her idol win the Daily News home run contest, Glendale High's Audrey Andrade did so herself prior to the West's 4-0 victory Tuesday in the 19th annual Daily News All-Star 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' Game at Cal State Northridge. ``I remember watching Kelly Cook (from Glendale) win it right here on the same field. I was in fifth grade at the time,'' Andrade said. ``Kelly was my role model.'' --There's no place like home: San Fernando's Selena Salazar, one of the City Section's all-time greatest pitchers and sluggers, enjoyed playing at Northridge - a good omen considering she has signed with the Matadors. She pitched three hitless innings Tuesday, striking out six. --Ivy League connection: Three future Ivy Leaguers participated for the West team: Harvard-bound Suzanne Cominski of 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. and Haley Bock Noun 1. bock - a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring bock beer lager beer, lager - a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally of Viewpoint of Calabasas, and Westlake's Ava Amini, who's heading to Brown. --Caitlyn Bailey of Newbury Park left early after foul-tipping a ball against her forehead in the bottom of the seventh inning. Bailey ended up with a knot on her head but didn't seek medical attention, 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. one of the West coaches. --Smart cookie: Among those in attendance was Francesca Enea of City Section champion El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
The correct answer: Shannon Doepking (Highland High of Palmdale/Tennessee), Kortney Bell (Valencia High/Tennessee), Ashley Herrera (Valencia High/UCLA) and Jaisa Creps (Valencia High/UCLA). --Back at CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge : The event returned to Cal State Northridge for the first time since 1999. The game had been played at the Glendale Sports Complex the past five years. --MVP: Stacy Milne of Canoga Park is only the second City Section player since 1988 to win the Most Valuable Player award. The other was Patty Del Real of Kennedy of Granada Hills in 1999. --East still leads: Depsite its loss, the East leads the series 12-7. The West's shutout was only its second in series history, the other in an 8-0 victory in 1991. Gerry Gittelson, (661) 257-5218 gerry.gittelson(at)dailynews.com |
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