HART PLAYERS CALL FOR THEIR COACH'S RETURN.Byline: Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer The Hart High softball team was stunned this summer when longtime coach Cathy Giordano retired. Now, after leading candidate Krista Humphreys pulled out to accept a teaching position in Lancaster, the team wants Giordano back. Senior shortstop Emily Sudik said she doesn't want to play her senior year if Giordano and assistants Roland Wrinkle and Tim Melton aren't around to, at the least, ease the transition to a new coaching staff. Sudik and several other players have met with Hart administrators to ask that Giordano be rehired. ``The whole softball team has gone into the office to see if there's any way we can get Cathy back, because right now we don't have a softball program or a coach,'' Sudik said. ``If we don't get Cathy back, there's not going to be any sense of continuity. We'd even be OK if she was able to come back and help train somebody. ``But I'm feeling like I need to concentrate on school and get a job, and if I didn't have someone there I was comfortable with, I didn't want to come back. Cathy and the other coaches have really been there for me as a player and personally.'' Sudik, who has been offered recruiting trips by UC Santa Barbara, Hawaii and Long Island University, said she intends to keep playing but isn't interested in playing in high school if Giordano doesn't return. Several coaches, including Littlerock's Sarah Adams, whom Giordano has said in the past she admired, have applied for the job. --Duhart to SDSU SDSU San Diego State University SDSU South Dakota State University SDSU Standard Distribution Switching Unit SDSU Smds Dsu : Former Hart and College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. standout Erica Duhart plans to play for San Diego State next spring. Duhart said she had offers after high school but preferred to COC See chip on chip. while considering her options, then choose the school she liked best. ``I'm really excited,'' she said. ``This was the school that fit me the best.'' Duhart said former Hart teammate Jessica Bailey is her roommate. She'll be seeing another familiar face on the diamond, as former Valencia High standout Christina Ross transferred to SDSU last spring after playing for Kansas as a freshman. --Herrera wins another title: National titles are becoming an annual event for former Valencia High shortstop Ashley Herrera. Last week, Herrera won the ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and Women's ``major'' division national title in Stratford, Conn. She won an NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association title in 2004 as a freshman at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . Herrera led the Schutt Hurricanes to an upset of national power Stratford Brakettes and was MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. of the tournament. She also was accorded All-America status. Ramona Shelburne, (818) 713-3617 ramona.shelburne(at)dailynews.com |
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