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Wednesday nights Kern County ASA High School Senior All-Star Game was a complete success as 25 of Kern County's finest young ladies got together for a fun evening of great softball, and it was a great game won by the East 6-5 over the West. Those players that missed attending and taking part missed out a a once in a life time memory. The stands were packed with fans. Good eats were had at the snack bar. All the players received game T-shirts, courtesy of "Supreme Bean" Coffee along with framed certificates of participation. Next year will be even better!  

Barbara SantaCruz was in attendance to receive her 2008 Kern County ASA "Woman of Softball" award, which was very deserved. I will now be taking nominations for next years award. If anyone knows a very deserving person, contact me.
 
I would like to thank all 3 local TV stations for attending and giving us such great coverage on the 11:00pm news (I managed to watch all 3 of you) and thanks to the Bakersfield Californian for it's great coverage. Thanks to all the local media in attendance. There is and will be a lot of paper clipping going on this week as players save the articles. GREAT JOB ALL OF YOU!  Thanks, the girl's that were there deserved it!! Next year we will be bigger and better! That's a promise!!
 
Each year we will be giving out a scholarship to one of the previous years players. This year we will award the "Supreme Bean Coffee" scholarship of at least $200 to Aly Rosales, 2007 Golden Valley player and this year a Bakersfield College player our scholarship. One of tonight's players will receive the scholarship at next years game.  

Vanessa Medina of Centennial was selected as the games "Outstanding player" and Shelby Alsup was selected as the games "Most Valuable" player. A complete listing of the players, playing in last nights game:
     On the East Team; 
          Kelsey Nichols, Highland
           Ellen Krausse, Garces
           Brittney Hunt, Foothill
           Danyel Fein, BHS
           Stephanie Powell, Shafter
           Celina Morales, Garces
           Shelby Alsup, Graces
           Lonnie Carrera, garces
           Amy Waters, Shafter
           Yvette Salazar, Golden Valley
           Heather Shull, Foothill
           Kaiyla Stoddard, Golden Valley
 Coach Henry Arias, Liberty
 Coach Mike D'Amato, Garces

For the West Team:  
           Breanna Brown, North
           Jessica Newton-Smith, North
           Sami Lindsey, North
           Vanessa Medina, Centennial
           Ashley Young, Taft
           Amanda Flores, North
           Joya Cervera, Wasco
           Hannah Grisham, Centennial
           Andrea Graza, Wasco
           Danielle Scroggs, North
           Brittany Barlow, Taft
           Joni Langerstrom, Centennial
           Callie McRoberts, North
Coach Jayna Chapman, Centennial
Coach Corrie Gunnaway, North
Coach Megan Machado, Centennial

I would like to offer a special thank you to Gary Rennie for his superb job on the mic last night. we hope to have him back next year. as it added a touch of class to the event.  Mike, thans for being the scorekeeper. Thank you to Supervisor Ray Watson for your help. Thank you Anessa for your fine singing of our National Anthem, to all the crew in the snack bar and ticket table. Again, thank you to all who helped make this years event such a success. Lastly, to all the great softball fans out there that attended, you make it all possible and worth while!

Joe Cox
KernCountyASAJO@aol.com
661-565-1808