Area softball squads ready for nationals
The So Cal Sliderz -- a local travel softball team featuring La
Crescenta residents Kelsey Brumm and Ashleigh Viers-Gordillo and
coached by Glendale Assistant Police Chief Ron DePompa -- will be
joining 95 other teams in the Amateur Softball Assn. of America
Girls' 14-and-under Fastpitch National Championship, which begins
today and runs through Sunday in Midland, Texas.
American Pastime -- a travel softball team based in Chino, but
featuring local residents Baillie Kirker and Kyle Mulligan -- will be
competing in the 80-team ASA Girls' 12-and-under Fastpitch National
Championship, scheduled for today through Sunday in Moline, Ill.
The two teams met in the 40-team 2003 ASA 12-and-under Western
Nationals in Manteca, with American Pastime winning two of three.
American Pastime finished 7-1 to qualify for the nationals at the
12-and-under level, and the Sliderz posted a 7-2 mark to secure a
national berth.
American Pastime is in a pool with the Arizona Hotshots of Tempe,
Ariz., the Vienna Stars of Vienna, Va., and the Orion Express of
Orion, Ill.
