PRO SOFTBALL GAMES WILL FEATURE ELITE PLAYERS OLYMPIC MEDALISTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THREE-DAY EVENT.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Staff Writer Elite-level professional softball arrives today in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley . The Pro Fastpitch X-Treme Tour features six former Team USA
Team USA (also known as Team NWA or Team TNA) is a wrestling faction brought together as part of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's X-Cup Tournaments, which Olympic gold Olympic Gold is the official video game of the XXV Olympic Summer Games, hosted by Barcelona, Spain in 1992. It was released for the Sega consoles, Mega Drive/Genesis and Master System, and Sega's handheld, Game Gear. medalists and amateur divisions who'll participate in the three-day event three-day event a competition in the pleasure horse sport comprising usually one day each for dressage, cross country and show jumping. at Palmdale's Marie Kerr Park and Lancaster City Park. The PFX's most high-profile stars include three-time gold medalist pitcher Lisa Fernandez Lisa Fernandez (born February 22, 1971, in New York City) is a renowned softball pitcher of Cuban-Puerto Rican descent who established an Olympic record in softball with 25 strikeouts as a member of the United States Women Olympic Softball Team. and second baseman Dot Richardson, a two-time gold medalist. Outfielders Laura Berg and Jessica Mendoza, catcher Stacey Nuveman, second baseman Lovie Jung and utility player Tairia Flowers are former Olympic gold medalists too. The professional teams' first game is scheduled for today at 7:30 p.m. at Marie Kerr Park, following a 6:30 opening ceremony. The park is on Rancho Vista Boulevard at 30th Street West. An autograph session will immediately follow Saturday's 2:30 p.m. game at Marie Kerr Park. The event will feature an instructional clinic today at 4 p.m., and a talent showcase college coaches will attend on Saturday at 8 a.m. Both the clinic and the college showcase will be at Marie Kerr Park). The amateur players will compete in three-day age-specific divisional tournaments starting today at Lancaster City Park's Big 8 softball complex. ``What I really like about (the PFX PFX Personal Information Exchange PFX Powerflex (database file extension) PFX Purple Fluid Exchange (band) PFX Generic Police Term for Multi-Channel Packset Radio ) is that anybody can come out and watch,'' Mendoza said. ``The Team USA and Olympic games are really structured, and this is so much more interactive. Someone can come out and see Lisa Fernandez and watch her pitch and then get her autograph.'' Registration for clinics and amateur tournament participation is closed, but tickets are available for both professional games. Admission is $5 per entry, with ticket packages available. For more information, contact the PFX at (352) 516-4254, or log on to its Web site: www.pfxtour.com. gideon.rubin@dailynews.com (661) 267-7802 |
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