PIONEERS GET KICKS AWAY FROM SOCCER FIELD; SIMI VALLEY GIRLS FIT TWO SPORTS INTO BUSY SCHEDULES.Byline: Jim Inghram Daily News Staff Writer In this age of sports specialization A career option pursued by some attorneys that entails the acquisition of detailed knowledge of, and proficiency in, a particular area of law. As the law in the United States becomes increasingly complex and covers a greater number of subjects, more and more attorneys are several players on the 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. girls soccer team are proving that success can be had at more than one. ``Most teams in soccer, and for that matter most sports in general, have kids that play that sport year-round,'' Simi Valley coach Mark Johnson Mark Johnson may refer to: Academics and scientists
The Pioneers, 3-0 overall and 1-0 in league, ranked sixth in the area, have their share of soccer-only players, but several key contributors fit soccer into busy schedules. Junior Mindy Gondrez, the Marmonte League 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. in tennis, plays club soccer and has her tennis lessons to worry about. Standout 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' players Jill Clarkson, Alexandria Ingraham and Lori Tande find time for both. Although Tande has dropped out of club soccer to concentrate more on softball. She signed a letter of intent with Northeast Louisiana in November. ``These girls are fabulous athletes,'' Johnson said. ``That's how they can be successful at both. If they spent all of their time in soccer they'd be incredible, but they are so good at their other sports that they can't just give them up. Mindy will probably play tennis in college, but she loves soccer and she excels. Alexandria is all over the field in soccer, Lori only plays high school soccer and still is one of our best players and Jill does the basics so well that she is successful anywhere I put her in. We moved her to stopper and she controls things on that end.'' Why do they spread themselves so thin? ``I've been playing soccer since I was very young,'' Gondrez said. ``It's something I've always done. I don't think it hurts my tennis playing. It compliments it to me. I like them the same so playing both splits things up so I don't get burned out on one.'' For Clarkson, soccer is in her blood. Her grandfather George Kay George Kay (born 21 September 1891, died 18 April 1954) was an English football player and manager of Luton Town, Southampton and Liverpool. The highlight of his playing career was when he captained West Ham United in the first FA Cup final to be played at Wembley, the was instrumental in starting the AYSO AYSO American Youth Soccer Organization AYSO All Your Saturdays Occupied AYSO Alabama Youth Soccer Organization AYSO Albuquerque Youth Soccer Organization (Albuquerque, New Mexico) program. He's in the AYSO Hall of Fame. ``I guess it runs in the family,'' Clarkson said. ``It's fun playing both. The thing I like about soccer is it always feels like you're in the game and in softball it doesn't.'' Added Tande, who plays pitcher and shortstop in softball and takes her softball serious enough that she travels to Orange County to be on a travel team: ``Soccer is a sport I grew up playing. I used to play club, but had to give it up because it was during the time that college coaches really scout the travel softball teams. I keep playing high school because I like it. I like the people on the team. A lot of my closest friends are on the soccer team.'' Which would make it reason enough for anyone. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Mark Johnson Simi Valley soccer coach (2) Simi Valley's Lori Tande, center, is one of several Pioneers who excel in more than one sport. John McCoy John McCoy may refer to:
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