Jeff TullyFor months, players from the Burbank...

Jeff Tully

For months, players from the Burbank Park, Recreation and Community

Services Department Ponytail Softball league have been busy taking

part in competition.

With victories and division championships at stake, the athletes

worked hard to better themselves, and their teams.

However, Saturday at Olive Park, the players were able to relax a

little and have some fun, as they celebrated the ending of another

successful season with the annual Ponytail Softball Jamboree,

sponsored by the Foothill Civitan Club.

Like their Hap Minor Baseball counterparts the week before, the

softball players invaded the park for their traditional skills

competition, food, refreshments.

The day began with a parade from the Media City Center Mall to

Olive Park for the annual skills competition and awards ceremony.

In the skills competition, players took part in four events --

hitting for distance; throwing for accuracy; baserunning and throwing

for distance -- and won awards for their accomplishments.

The top three award winners from each division in the skills

competition include:

T-BALL PURPLE

BASERUNNING -- 1. Kylee Burdick, Starlights (16.97 seconds); 2.

Erika Zubia, Wildcats (16.99); 3. Carlie Stewart, the B.A.D. Girlz

(17.8). HITTING FOR DISTANCE -- 1. Candace Mathis, Starlights (81

feet); 2. Sierra Underwood, Starlights (68); 3. Lisa Meir, Starlights

(60). THROWING FOR ACCURACY -- 1. Rachel Lara, Rossmoyne Blue Angels

(10 points); 2. Samantha Haley, Starlights (6); 3. Jazmin Orozco,

Wildcats (5). THROWING FOR DISTANCE -- 1. Ashton Akins, Starlights

(84 feet); 2. Yomira Orozco, Wildcats (66); 3. Candace Mathis,

Starlights (59).

T-BALL PINK

BASERUNNING -- 1. Arleen Curiel, Red, White & Blues (14.78

seconds); 2. Dakota Briseno, Wicked (15.53); 3. Juliana Marx,

Girlie Girls (15.59). HITTING FOR DISTANCE -- 1. Nicole Lucas, Lucas

Diamond Girls (95 feet); 2. Kim Daniel, The Glitter Girlz (84); 3.

Katie Stanton, Stanton Blue Angels (75). THROWING FOR ACCURACY -- 1.

Lily Winn, Lil Rockets (11 points); 2. Ashley Lafevre, Stanton Blue

Angels (10); 3. Emily Doyle, the Rock Stars (9). THROWING FOR

DISTANCE -- 1. Hayley Woolsey, Wicked (84 feet); 2. Caitlin

Cottrell, Stanton Blue Angels (79); 3. Kaitlin Brooks, Red, White &

Blues (77).

COLT B

BASERUNNING -- 1. Tori Valdivia, Calvary Warriors (14.31 seconds);

2. Amanda Trinh, Lucas Diamond Girls (14.40) 3. Jackie Flores, Lucas

Diamond Girls (14.44). HITTING FOR DISTANCE -- 1. Savannah Simmons,

Sluggin Divas (82 feet); 2. Bridgette Pisa, Islanders (78); 3. Emilee

Holgate, Champion Chicks (76). THROWING FOR ACCURACY -- 1. Amanda

Alvarez, Champion Chicks (8 points); 2. Kristen Tzintzun, Calvary

Warriors (6, 2); 3. Bridgette Pisa, Islanders (6, 1). THROWING FOR DISTANCE -- 1. Amanda Trinh, Lucas Diamond Girls (90 feet); 2. Morgan

Tashjian, Calvary Warriors (89); 3. Emilee Holgate, Champion Chicks

(76).

COLT BB

BASERUNNING -- 1. Megan Stephenson, HoneyBees (13.47 seconds); 2.

Gina Levitt, Dodgeretts (13.53); 3. Brice Edrington, Wicked (13.59).

HITTING FOR DISTANCE -- 1. Courtney Seidler, Purple Angels (113

feet); 2. Chelsea Miosi, Purple Angels (105); 3. Jacquline

Villarreal, Purple Angels (102). THROWING FOR ACCURACY -- 1. Chelsea

Miosi, Purple Angels (11 points); 2. Hayley Taylor, Dodgeretts (7);

3. Alexa Salvador, Purple Angels (6). THROWING FOR DISTANCE -- 1.

Courtney Seidler, Purple Angels (102 feet); 2. Riley Garden,

HoneyBees (95); 3. Lysette Perez, Wicked (93).

COLT BBB

BASERUNNING -- 1. Danielle Coye, Dark Angels (13.38 seconds); 2.

Caitlin Serna, Lightning (13.6); 3. Talia Cassandra, Groovy Girls

(14.18). HITTING FOR DISTANCE -- 1. Rena Tomihara, Groovy Girls (145

feet); 2. Shannon Trujillo, Bubblegum Bombers (128); 3. Heather Haynes, Groovy Girls (120). THROWING FOR ACCURACY -- 1. Taylor Baker, Bubblegum Bombers (10 points); 2. Katie Coderko, Groovy Girls (9); 3.

Daniell Pendleton, Bubblegum Bombers (6). THROWING FOR DISTANCE -- 1.

Rena Tomihara, Groovy Girls (118 feet); 2. Katie Hooper, Jensen’s

Blue Angels (115); 3. Nalani Hernandez, Groovy Girls (110).

COLT AA

BASERUNNING -- 1. Alex Ward, California Wild Girls (14:06, 13.73

seconds); 2. Miluchia Sibala, Underdogs (14.06, 14.54); 3. Brooke

Johnson, Underdogs (14.19). HITTING FOR DISTANCE -- 1. Emily Seidel, Underdogs (87 feet); 2. Tatiana Quiroz, Garcia Xtreme (85); 3.

Christina Lara, Silver Bullets (82). THROWING FOR ACCURACY -- 1.

Cheyenne Balani, Silver Bullets (8 points); 2. Contance Innocent,

Diamond Dolls (6); 3. Katelyn Villarreal, California Wild Girls (5)

. THROWING FOR DISTANCE -- 1. Christina Lara, Silver Bullets (120

feet); 2. Hannah Kolus, Diamond Dolls (118); 3. Amanda Pendleton,

Silver Bullets (117).

COLT AAA

BASERUNNING -- 1. Zaaki Daniels, Wild Stars (12.61 seconds); 2.

Brittany Austin, Bad News Babes (13.41); 3. Alyssa Meredith, Bad News

Babes (13.57). HITTING FOR DISTANCE -- 1. Hattie Linares, Burbank

Heartbreakers (117 feet); 2. Taylor Buliavac, Burbank Heartbreakers

(103); 3. Jessica Diaz, Rockets (101). THROWING FOR ACCURACY -- 1.

Quinn Rodriguez, Winters Angels (7, 5 points); 2. Amy Clarke, Rockets

(7, 1); 3. Jocelyn Campos, Burbank Bratz (6). THROWING FOR DISTANCE

-- 1. Vanessa Simile, Burbank Bratz (139 feet); 2. Solana Sanchez,

Burbank Heartbreakers (123); 3. Rachael Kronlund, Burbank Bratz

(120).

YEARLING AA

BASERUNNING -- 1. Jenifer Coderko, Dirt Devils (13.02 seconds); 2.

Ava Elong, Wild Things (13.34); 3. Rasa Reynolds, Dirt Devils

(13.74). HITTING FOR DISTANCE -- 1. Kathy Dalley, Wild Things (108

feet); 2. Adriana Alvarez, Blue Jays (107); 3. Yvonne Ha, Wild

Things (106). THROWING FOR ACCURACY -- 1. Courtney Vannoy, Dirt

Devils (8 points); 2. Shelley Klawitter, Blue Jays (6, 7); 3. Lisa

Atwell, Wild Things (6). THROWING FOR DISTANCE -- 1. Kerry Harrison,

Blue Jays (121 feet); 2. Krystin Thomas, Wild Things (120); 3.

Leatrice Innocent, Renegades (118).

YEARLING AAA

BASERUNNING -- 1. Jenna Todd, Roadrunners (12.33 feet); 2. Bri

Casillas, Thunder (13.08); 3. Sydney Dunivant, Diamonds (13.09).

HITTING FOR DISTANCE -- 1. Kayla Gurley, Thunder (145 feet); 2.

Angela Parker, California Crushers (132); 3. Vanessa Elmore,

Thunder (118). THROWING FOR ACCURACY -- 1. Cassie Colon, Peale

Xtreme (10 points); 2. Heather Markow, Peale Xtreme (8); 3. Sydney

Dunivant, Diamonds (7). THROWING FOR DISTANCE -- 1. Bri Casillas, Thunder (158); 2. Jenna Todd, Roadrunners (143); 3. Jessica “JC”

Cabrera, Thunder (142).