SOFTBALL NOTEBOOK: REGUENGO REWARDED FOR EFFORT.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 Two years ago Barbara Reguengo thought her softball career was over. After hitting over .500 at North Hollywood High
After graduating from North Hollywood in 2003 she decided to forgo her softball dreams and focus on school, but Reguengo's love for the game was too strong for her to ignore. Last spring, she signed to play for the softball team at Valley College, a program struggling for respectability and wins, but when Valley College made a run to the Community College playoffs this year under coach Frankie Garcia, Reguengo began to get looks from four-year universities. This summer, Reguengo and two other Valley College players were rewarded for their perseverance with scholarships. Reguengo and former Monroe High pitcher Amanda Salazar will play for Mayville (N.D.) State University. Teammate Lorena Arreguin, a former San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. High standout, accepted a scholarship to play for Abilene (Texas) Christian University. ``In the end, all the work really paid off,'' Reguengo said. ``This really was a second chance for us.'' --Northridge wins: The 12-under Northridge All-Star softball team won the American Softball Association `B' Western Regional championship last weekend in Skagit Valley The Skagit Valley lies in the northwestern corner of the state of Washington, USA. Its defining feature is the Skagit River, which snakes through local communities which include the seat of Skagit County, Mount Vernon, as well as Sedro-Woolley, Concrete, Lyman-Hamilton, and , Wash. Christian Carbajal, a 13-year-old pitcher from Northridge, earned four of the team's seven victories in the tournament, including the championship game, a 7-4 victory over Placentia Yorba Linda. In that game, Sunu Misini hit a three-run double that proved to be the game winner. --Recruiting showcase: Most of the top area softball players are competing in 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 18-under Gold national championships in Salinas Salinas, city, United States Salinas (səlē`nəs), city (1990 pop. 108,777), seat of Monterey co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. It is the shipping and processing center of a fertile valley famous for its grain and lettuce. this week. Besides the recruiting showcase tournaments in Colorado over the July 4th weekend, the 18-under Gold national championship is the most important tournament of the year. College recruiters fill the stands taking notes on prospective recruits, daily updates are posted on Web sites and the local newspaper, the Monterrey County Herald, is running front-page stories every day. The event has become so big that next year it's being moved to Oklahoma City and there's talk of televising the national championship game. 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:
``I try not to look in the stands that much during games to see which colleges are watching me,'' she said. ``You don't want to jinx jinx n. 1. A person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck. 2. A condition or period of bad luck that appears to have been caused by a specific person or thing. tr.v. yourself before or during the game.'' Ramona Shelburne, (818) 713-3617 ramona.shelburne(at)dailynews.com |
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