SOFTBALL

TRI-VALLEY GIRLS WIN TITLE

Lompoc Valley Tournament

Highlights: Tri-Valley — The 10-and-under Gold All-Stars defeated Lompoc Gold 5-4 in the championship game. Jessica Bella and Audrey Webb combined on a five-hitter. Maile Osumi drove in the winnning run in the top of the sixth. Claira Lozano, Marina Coffin and Ashlyn Crouch were leading hitters. The others contributing to the championship were Farris Burke, Hannah Emery, Sammie Gonzalez, Taryn Morger, Thiana Morriset an Alex Penrose. Steve Lozano is the manager. Roger Webb, John Osumi and Matt Morriset are the coaches. This weekend the Ventura team will play in the Santa Maria Tournament.

SEASIDE FINISHES SECOND

Cool Down by the Sea Tournament

Highlights: Seaside — The 14-and-under Oxnard team ended the season with a second-place finish. The team competed in four traditional all-star tournaments in June and July, winning two, and placing second in the other two. Seaside also earned a bronze medal at the ASA Western District C League Tournament, which qualified it for the ASA State Championship Tournament, where it came in ninth place. The Seaside girls were the most successful 14-and-under team the league has produced in many years, said co-manager Pat Boales. The players include Jessica Boales, Catie De La Torre, Heather Forestelle, Olivia Hernandez, Tiki Litada, Tina Matautia, Danielle Morrison, Tori Ortega, Tori Rangel, Raylena Payan, Jackie Shea, Bianca Slagiel and Taryn Stagnaro. The team was co-managed by Joe LaFreniere. The coaches are Ben Litada and Frank Delgadillo.

MARTIAL ARTS

SASAKI STUDENTS EARN MEDALS

The Team Sasaki students, based in Oxnard and coached by 10-time World Champion Jody Sasaki, competed at a regional karate tournament in Grover Beach. The tournament, which is designed mainly for non-black belt competitors, gave Team Sasaki students valuable competition experience. "For this tournament we sent only under belt competitors. It was a little bit smaller and less stressful. Perfect environment to get experience for larger events," said Michael Sharma, a Team Sasaki trainer. Leading the way for Team Sasaki was 14-year-old brown belt Jessica Sumalpong. Sumalpong, from Camarillo, brought home a gold medal in creative weapons, a silver in traditional weapons and a bronze in traditional forms. Also bringing home gold was brown belt Andrea Mallul and green belt Arlene Bucio. Mallul, a sophomore at Rio Mesa High, earned her win in sparring. Meanwhile, Bucio, 8, placed first in a very large traditional forms division. Bringing home silver medals were Ignacio Bucio and Ignacio Bucio Jr. Next up for Team Sasaki will be the Duel in the Desert, a national tournament in Las Vegas. Making this August tournament even more special is the fact it is hosted by Team Sasaki. The tournament will take place Aug. 3-4 at the Tuscany Hotel and Suites. Information: 981-4333.

SOCCER

REAL CALIFORNIA WINS

Island Classic at Camarillo

Highlights: Real California — The under-9 girls won the championship, featuring more than 150 teams total and 10 teams in the under-9 division alone the 2007 tournament was one of the largest and most difficult to win. In pool play, Real California defeted Real SoCal Blue 5-1 in the opener and North Valley Daggers 3-0 in the second game. Roni Merrill, Karisma Carmichael, Kayla Manion each scored two goals in pool play, with Ally Parmele and Celine Chavez also scoring. In the semifinal played Sunday, Real California took on Real SoCal Black and won 4-2 with Chavez, Manion and Merrill all scoring again and Kaitlyn Halstead added a goal. Real California (12 goals for and three against) entered the finals versus club rival Real California Black (19 goals for and two against) in what promised to be a intense match. After the first half, the match was just that, as it was tied 0-0 with both teams playing hard. Finally, Manion broke the tie with a goal, which was quickly followed by another goal by Chavez. Goalie and player of the match Trysten Myers made several huge saves to keep the lead for Real California. Merrill added the final goal in the 3-0 decision. The defense of Alison Madden, Melissa Adler and Kristen Canepa was tenacious and when those three were on the field together they allowed only one goal. Real California has two championship wins and two second places in seven tournaments. Real California will play in Santa Barbara Aug. 18-19.

SOCCER

STARZ TO PLAY IN NORTHRIDGE

The XL Elite Starz (varsity), XL High School (JV) and the Development Starz will compete in a tournament at Nobel Middle School in Northridge today. The 6 p.m. game will be covered by CNN. Saturday's final games will be at Loyola Marymount University from 3 to 8 p.m.