McAlester: Taylor Dewbery trying out for Junior National Team...
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
McAlester softball star Taylor Dewbery is one of 42 girls in 13 states trying out for the 2010-11 USA Softball Junior Women’s National Team this week in Chula Vista, Calif.
The three-day event begins Thursday and runs through Saturday. The 17-player team will be selected June 15.
Dewbery, who will be a junior this season, has been a dominant pitcher for the Buffaloes the last two seasons. She helped McAlester advance to the Class 5A championship last year.
If selected to the team, Dewbery will play in the Pan-Am Championships in Colombia in August.
Here is the full list of girls who will be vying for the spots:
Marisa Bast (Orange, Calif./So Cal Explosion 18-Under Gold)
Bianka Bell (Brandon, Fla./Florida Tampa Mustangs Bell)
Nancy Bowling (Simi Valley, Calif./Orange County Batbusters 18-Under Gold)
Ally Carda (Elk Grove, Calif./California Lady Magic)
Lauren Chamberlain (Trabuco Canyon, Calif./California Worth Firecrackers 18-Under Gold)
Erica Cipolloni (Philadelphia, Pa./New Jersey Breakers)
Cheyenne Cordes (Fairfield, Calif./California Lady Magic)
Cheyenne Coyle (West Hills, Calif./ Orange County Batbusters 18-Under Gold)
Jessica Damico (Gray Summit, Mo./St. Louis Chaos)
Shelby Davis (Goddard, Kan./Kansas Mustangs)
Hailey Decker (Keizer, Ore./Oregon Northwest Bullets Gold)
D’anna Marie Devine (Morrisvile, Pa./Newtown Rock Gold)
Taylor Dewbery (McAlester, Okla./Oklahoma Diamond Girls)
Taylor Edwards (Murrieta, Calif./California Corona Angels)
Dallas Escobedo (Glendale, Ariz./Arizona Hotshots Gold)
Amber Freeman (Lakewood, Calif./Corona Angels 18-Under Gold-Tyson)
Erin Gabriel (Poland, Ohio/Valley Extreme Blue)
Chelsea Goodacre (Temecula, Calif./California Fury)
Lauren Haeger (Peoria, Ariz./ Arizona Hotshots Gold)
Meghan Harman (Trabuco Canyon, Calif./California Raiders)
Andrea Hawkins (Bay City, Texas/Texas Impact 18-Under Gold)
Kaitlin Inglesby (Portland, Ore./Oregon Northwest Blaze)
Breana Kostreba (Aptos, Calif./California Sorcerer 18-Under Gold-Phil)
Kylee Lahners (Laguna Hills, Calif./ California Worth Firecrackers 18-Under Gold)
Samantha Lenahan (Lawrenceville, Ga./Georgia Elite 18-Under Gold)
Destinee Martinez (Corona, Calif./ Corona Angels 18-Under Gold-Tyson)
Alexis “Mo” Mercado (Temecula, Calif./So Cal Athletics 18-Under Gold)
Shelby Pendley (Albuquerque, N.M./New Mexico Sundancers)
Jessica Plaza (Huntington Beach, Calif./California Cruisers)
Sierra Rodriguez (Chandler, Ariz./Killer Bees 18-Under Gold)
Sierra Romero (Murrieta, Calif./Orange County Batbusters 18-Under Gold)
Kourtney Salvarola (Arnold, Md./Wagners)
Madison Shipman (Valencia, Calif./So Cal Choppers)
Delaney Lyn Spaulding (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Orange County Batbusters 16-Under– Meyers)
Mckenzie St. Clair (Highland, Utah/Salt Lake Flames)
Kelsey Stewart (Arkansas City, Kan./Wichita Mustangs)
Cheyanne Tarango (Anaheim Hills, Calif./ California Worth Firecrackers 18-Under Gold)
Darian Noa Tautalafua (Carson, Calif./ Orange County Batbusters 16-Under– Meyers)
Nyree White (Eugene, Ore./ California Worth Firecrackers 18-Under Gold)
Hallie Wilson (North Tustin, Calif./ California Worth Firecrackers 18-Under Gold)
Chelsea Zgrabik (Nokomis, Fla./Florida Tropic Wave-Morgan)
Courtney Ziese (Canyon Country, Calif./California Choppers)
