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! region softball quarterfinals, Tuesday at North Shore
1 By Stephen ColHtw what’s ahead with Humble,” said Kelly came in and still shut
! Sports Editor Cash, referring to Thursday’s work- Stratford down. Cash said. I Was-
1 out. “We worked on a few areas like n’t surprised at all by her perfor-
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After celebrating last week's area-playoff win over Stratford, the Alvin High School Varsity Softball Girls
hope to keep their postseason roll alive in Tuesday night's region quarterfinal encounter with Humble.
time ever.
“It’s great that we’re making his-
tory along with the Alvin volleyball
and soccer teams," she said. “Our
goal right now is to get to 31 wins,
which would put us in the state tour-
nament and I’m confident we can
make that happen if we play the
kind of ball we’re capable of."
The Lady Jackets’ playoff roster
includes Ashley Presnal, Tiffani
Craft, Danya Whatley, Ashley
Delbello, Melissa Bullion, Gennifer
Stuksa, Brittany Hnat, Elizabeth
.Gonzles, Jessica Denham, Lanae
Perry, Laura Smith, Torie Perry,
Kayla Knippa, Kelly Patton and
Andrea Causey.
Region track results to be
included in Wednesday's
Alvin Advertiser
1 If the Lady Yellowjackets have laying off the rise ball and our bunt mance. She was really bringing the
i proven anything in recent years dur- defense and things went pretty heat on Monday (before the area
) ing the high school softball playoffs, smoothly.” game) and 1 was very confident
; it’s once they get past the first Another element. Cash and com- about putting her into that type of
■ round the area stage soon becomes pany look to refine is preventing a situation.
i a conquering ground as well. similar incident to the fiasco with Lady Wildcats’ hurler Kate
i Spring discovered that sobering the Lady Spartans. The Alvin coach Cucciniello proved she could fling it
1 fact in 1998 and Houston Stratford was forced to remove pitcher Jessica in the big time as well last week,
was given a reminder following the Denham (19-6 season record, 0.31 holding hosting North Shore to just
i Alvin varsity girls’ 1-0 triumph last earned run average) from the mound a pair of hits and no runs.
। week just two outs into the bottom of the “She (Cucciniello) throws an
i Just taking that intense approach first inning after the sophomore ace effective rise ball and a change up
! to the next level and beyond now was called for several illegal pitches along with a curve," Cash said. We
i becomes the mission at hand. by the infield umpire. struggled with the change against
i While the victory equaled the ‘98 “We worked with Jessica on what Stratford and we re taking steps in
squad’s landmark accomplishment amounted to a minor correction for practice to try to keep that from hap-
i by winning its first two playoff about 30 minutes and although she pening again.
: games, Alvin seeks to reach even was a little uncomfortable at first, “She’s going to get some strike
i greater heights for the softball pro- she eventually made the adjustment outs, but we want to put the ball in
! gram in the 2000 Region ill without any problem,” Cash said. “I play as much as possible and try to
Quarterfinals against Humble at 7 think she’ll be okay even though, it force them into making mistakes. I
: p.m. Tuesday night at North Shore wouldn’t surprise me if another didn’t get to see their defense much
: High School. team tries to bring it (the alleged against North Shore, because nei-
The 28-6 Lady Jackets, who won crow-hopping) up again.” ther team was hitting the ball that
i the flip to gain the home-team status Following Kelly Patton’s clutch good. From what I’ve heard, though,
1 at the neutral site, hope to extend the relief outing, though, Alvin’s post- it’s a little suspect .
victory formula into the Tuesday season foes might want to retreat With the Lady Jackets lineup fea-
encounter. from that further line of thinking. taring the firepower of sophomores
I Scouting the Lady Wildcats dur- All Patton did during the ensuing Tiffani Craft (.352 batting average,
" ing their stunning upset over North 6 1/3 frames, was blank Stratford on 19 runs scored & 18 stolen bases)
. Shore last Thursday, second-year only two hits and four base runners, and Patton (.310 average, 18 runs
.' head coach Andrea Cash feels her What was even more remarkable driven in), seniors Melissa Bullion
: team is ready to aim in the above was that the sophomore (who (.293 avg.. 19RS.10RBls.Ashley
: direction, despite Alvin having its improved to a perfect 9-0) hadn’t Delbello (14 RS, 10 and
I practices cut short to two days see any previous hill action since Lanae Perry (10 RBI s 11 KM
; instead of three with the prom activ- suffering a mild ankle sprain at along with junior Laura Smith (15
‛ ities Angleton a month earlier. RBI s). Cash hopes to find enough
3 “It was little on their minds, but “It was the talk of the state, how kinks in Humble to move Alvin into
! they still remained focused on Alvin’s ace was forced out and how the region semifinals for the first
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Pictured is Kenny Burns of Alvin, who won his race at Texas Thunder Speedway on April 15. Burnswa
driving the Turf Fire Mini Modified Orange Crush, sponsored by Bado Service Equipment Company &
Parts Unlimited. In one of the closest races of the season in this class, the top four places were nose to
' tail when crossing the finish line.
RR's Dell Diamond to serve as state baseball tourney site
Dell Diamond in Round Rock, three first-day sites the UIL uses for The state tourney slate has both
home of the Class AA Round Rock semifinals at the state tournament. 2A and 4A semifinal games
Exnress (co-owned by Nolan Scheduled for June 8-9. Dell Round Rock, while the IA semis
RDn has been added as one of the Diamond joins Disch-Falk Field on will be at Burger and the3Aand5A
sites for the 2000 UIL State the University of Texas campus and semifinal contests each take place at
Baseball Tournament in June. Burger Field, an Austin ISD facility Disch-Falk.
The first-year facility will replace as serving as the three sites for the Thefinals for all classes will
Austin ISD’s Nelson Field as one of games. played at Disch-Falk, June
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April 21, 2000
B DearE those of you out there who are thinking about voting for Mr. Frank Miller. I would H
I like to remind you that Mr. Miller wrote a letter to the editor shortly after Marvin Norwood •
" retired from the City of Alvin, praising him for his good deeds and accomplishments . .
■ Let me recap some of those good deeds and accomplishments Mr. Norwood, while ■
I working for the City, got rid of Robert King, who was on the “first alert team of the EMS. ■
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Service. Luckily, Larry Townsend, then council member, killed that proposal and we stl
■ have our EMS service. Thank You, Mr. Townsend. ■
I Norwood, in a fit of anger, gave his irrevocable letter of resignation. Weeks later, City ■
I Council gave Norwood a $5,000.00 bonus to withdraw his resignation. Townsend voted •
erassd the hard drives ottwom
■ City-owned computers, one at City Hall in his office and the other at his home. (Oops. ■
| SoM: Miller evidently aunhehnat M^N^ood was a great guy and did a great service B
to the citizens of Alvin. Are you sure that we want someone in office like Frank Miller
m He obviously thinks that trying to get rid of a public service Iike the EMSnandthezgaod B
■ people that serve there was a good thing. Not to mention the fact that he thinks ■
I spending a large amount of money to keep someone that wanted to quit was good for our •
B CHy. And if he thinks that it was okay, by any means, to delete the hard drives o
_ city-owned computers, then what is going to be okay when he gets into office.
Sincerely,
H /»/ Bill Parker
• Rt. 3, Box 161, Alvin, TX 77511
281-756-8160
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Schwind, Jim & Holton, Kathleen. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 36, Ed. 1 Monday, May 1, 2000, newspaper, May 1, 2000; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1602506/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.