ROYAL SOFTBALL FULFILLS ITS DESTINY TITLE COMPLETES STORYBOOK YEAR.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 Royal High of Simi Valley's prom was scheduled for June 4 for a long time. Like so many other things this season for the Royal 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' team, the timing couldn't have been more perfect. ``It's almost like somebody wrote the book at the beginning of the season and everyone already knew how it was going to turn out,'' Highlanders' coach Bill Dishon said Saturday afternoon, one day after his team captured the first Southern Section title in school history with a 2-0 victory over Valencia. ``If we'd have played the game Saturday, we wouldn't have had a team. The girls would've gone to prom. But since we played Friday, the girls can celebrate (tonight) at prom.'' All year long, Royal seemed to be a team of destiny Destiny goddess of destiny of mankind. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 78] See : Fate . It won the Daily News Victory Spring Classic, outscoring its four opponents 21-2. It won the 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. tournament. First-year pitchers Becca Heteniak and Jessi Waers quickly developed into two of the best in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . Senior infielders Andi Ramirez and Devon Devon (dĕv`ən), county (1991 pop. 1,008,300), 2,591 sq mi (6,711 sq km), SW England. The county town is Exeter. Devon is bounded on the N by the Bristol Channel, on the S by the English Channel, and on the W by Cornwall. Hofland each had the best years of their careers. Young players like Kris Lesovsky and Kacee Cox showed the potential to be future stars. Unlikely heroes like Liz Troncali came up with clutch hits. In the end, the Highlanders were simply the best. ``We're standing right where we belong,'' Dishon said. ``It felt inevitable.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (Ran in Final edition only) Royal's Kris Lesovsky is congratulated by teammates after scoring a run in Friday night's victory over Valencia. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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