FESTIVAL ROUNDUP : Cornell Shows No Signs of Age in Softball Victory

The years pass, but Sheila Cornell stays at the top of her game.

Cornell, 33, from Burbank, was a member of two national championship UCLA teams more than a decade ago. She got right into the swing of things on the first day of Olympic Festival softball, getting two hits and a run batted in to help the South to a 2-0 victory over the East at the Kennedy Softball Complex.

Christa Williams, a 17-year-old high school pitcher from Houston, threw a no-hitter with 14 strikeouts.

In Saturday’s other game, Karen Walker-Deegan of Woodland Hills singled home former Cal State Northridge star Barbara Jordan for the go-ahead run as the North scored all of its runs in the ninth inning of a 6-0 victory over the West.

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Archers Mark Hainline and Justin Huish of Simi Valley advanced to the second round. Hainline was fourth with 633 points after 72 arrows, and Huish eighth with 612. . . . Jim Hop of Camarillo scored a game-high six goals and Mike Hurdle of Reseda added two as the West defeated the North, 26-18, in team handball. . . . In volleyball, Tom Stillwell had 11 kills and eight blocks to help the North past the East in five games. Stillwell is a former Notre Dame High standout who attends UCLA. In women’s volleyball, Jennifer Johnson of Sherman Oaks had six kills and two blocks for the East, which fell to the North.