Ashley's Softballers On A Roll

Aim To Repeat State, National Championships

Ross never showed and Brady would only say of her absence, "She may become the first female suspended."

"As far as Iknow, and I should since I put up the bucks for this team, Brady is the coach," said team general manager and sponsor Mike Gunther.

Washington Bullets' publicist Rick Moreland, the former UMBC star and one-time Bullets draft pick, combined with former South River star Brett Carter for 27 points as Pro Jersey bombed Annapolis Garden, 40-28.P.J.'s Pub and Hunt's Movers took the other two games.

P.J.'s gota dozen points from Adrian Burgess to down coach Jack Jordan's Seahawks, while former Annapolis All-County cager Teddy Watson banged in 15 points to pace Hunt's to a double-overtime thriller over Selly's Car Care, 54-45.

In girls' softball, the Tangerine Machine 18 and Under Team is in Colorado for a couple weekends to play in a pair of highly regarded tournaments.

Tangerine Machine started last weekend (June 28-30) in the 25-team Colorado Classic at Fort Collins, Colo., and will move on to Boulder, Colo., for this weekend's 42-team Colorado Fireworks Invitational.

Coaches Jack Crandell, Tom Conley, Joe Kisser and George Votta left Wednesday with the girls for the Rocky Mountains.

"We are guaranteed seven games in each tournament, and this is a great way to get ready for the ASA Nationals and, at the same time, have a fun trip," said Conley. The ASA 18 & Under Nationals are coming to Maryland in August and will be played in Howard County.

In American Legion Baseball, Annapolis Post copped the Cambridge-South Dorchester Invitational over the weekend (June 28-29) by defeating Dallastown, Pa., 6-2 on Saturday and Funkstown Legion of the Hagerstown area by 8-zip Friday night.

Annapolis high school grad ShawnTipton, a 5-foot-10 lefthander, pitched Annapolis to victory over Dallastown, while Brendan Sullivan fired a one-hitter against Funkstown.

The pair of wins ran the Annapolis team's overall record to 22-2.