Battle at the Border softball tourney Sat.

The Del Norte County Recre- ation Department is hosting its Battle at the Border softball tour- nament on July 28–29 at Pyke Field in Crescent City.

The tournament pits teams from Oregon and California against one another to crown a champion. Participants may also sign up for a home run derby competition.

Cost per team is $250; the reg- istration deadline is Monday, July 23. The registration fee may be paid at 981 H Street, Suite 250 in Crescent City.

Please call 707-464-7237 for more information.

About $3,500 raised for  football, girls basketball

FROM LEFT: Tong Field, Paul Martinez and A.C. Field watch as Delano Hall attempts a putt on the 4th green at Del Norte Golf Course during the 2012 Football Booster Golf Tournament Saturday. The event raised about $3,500 for the Del Norte High School football and girls basketball programs.

The 2012 Football Booster Golf Tournament took on a British Open feel, with morning fog and cool temperatures. As the clouds burned off over time, the energy at the course picked up.

In all, members of the Del Norte Football Boosters and other contributors combined to donate about $3,500 toward Del Norte High athletics. (The Warriors football team will receive most of the funding; the girls basketball team will receive a smaller percentage.) Funds were raised through tournament entry fees, sponsorships, mulligans (to be used during the tournament), a 50/50 raffle and other means.

Has a 2-0 record, 2.10 ERA in six appearances

When the Redding Colt .45s, a collegiate wood-bat summer league baseball team in the Horizon Air Summer Series League, opened play, Chris Prokupek began the season in the stands.

Prokupek, a Del Norte High graduate and a senior-to-be at New Mexico Highlands University, was living and working in Redding earlier this summer and had bought tickets to a couple of Colt .45s games. After one game he attended with his pitching coach at Shasta Junior College, Frank Bowne, he was informed that Redding had an available roster spot.

He accepted, and is now entering his second summer of baseball.

Fishing for Chinook salmon “fairly steady” in Chetco River

Six-year-old Ryan Dunn recently caught the first fish of his life, a juvenile rockfish, from Citizens Dock in the Crescent City Harbor. Submitted by Dwight Jones

Crescent City ocean fishing

The salmon season doesn’t seem to be slowing down, but anglers are finding the fish where the ocean depth is 200 feet or more. When they find them, they’ve been nice 15- to 20-pound fish, according to Chris Hegnes of Englund Marine in Crescent City.

After travelling 4 miles west of the “sisters” sea stacks, fishing guide Jim Mitchell and his son caught a limit of four salmon in less than a half-hour.

Del Norte beats Peach Bowl LL Sat., falls to Gilroy LL Sun.

The Del Norte Little League 9–10 Softball All-Stars. Submitted by Mark Horner

Gilroy Little League defeated Del Norte on Sunday, 8-3, to claim the tournament championship. Del Norte suffered both of its losses at the hands of Gilroy, falling 12-1 in five innings on Thursday.

“Gilroy came to hit the ball,” All-Stars coach Mark Horner said. “We had them all the way to the fifth. It was a good battle.”

Tsunami Sirens lose early 18-point lead, fail to catch up to Assassins

Tsunami Sirens jammer Shellie “sHell On Wheels” Duncan, left, wearing the star on her helmet, makes a pass through a pack of blockers as Cynthia “Ms. CynAsster” Ford, center, keeps a member of the Shasta Assassins at bay during Saturday night’s roller derby bout at the Del Norte County Fairgrounds. The Assassins, based in Redding, defeated the Sirens, 149-77. Del Norte Triplicate/Robert Husseman

On Saturday, the Sirens held the lead for much of the first half against the Assassins but fell behind by 44 at intermission, eventually losing 149-77.

“I think our team fought until the end,” Siren Heather “Nursin A. Grudge” Larson said. “We did a little bit better than (the last time).”

A group of officials — some on skates, some off — make roller derby bouts go

Skating referees listen to The Star-Spangled Banner at the Tsunami Sirens’ roller derby bout against the Redding Angry Beavers on June 23. Six skating referees award points and assess penalties over the course of a bout. Del Norte Triplicate/Bryant Anderson

They wear the same basic uniform, taking individual stylistic liberties as they see fit. Some have numbers on their backs.

“They’re the team that never loses,” Cayce “Red Eye Jedi” Harris, emcee for the Tsunami Sirens roller derby team, tells a crowd at the Del Norte County Fairgrounds on June 23. “The zebras!”

The Del Norte Little League 9–10 Softball All-Stars lost their first game of the California Little League Division II Tournament on Thursday night in West Sacramento, losing their safety net in the process.

Del Norte allowed seven runs in the fifth inning to Gilroy Little League in a 12-1, five-inning loss. Gilroy moves on to Sunday’s championship game with the victory.

DN 9–10 All-Stars win two in Calif. Division II tournament

The Del Norte Little League 9–10 Softball All-Stars won their first two games of California Little League Division II Tournament play. Courtesy of Travis Stover

Del Norte took down Antioch Little League, 4-2, on Saturday morning and defeated American Canyon Little League, 12-3, on Sunday morning. Del Norte will play Chico Little League today at 6 p.m. for the opportunity to advance to the tournament semifinals.

“We’ve got the team to do it,” Del Norte coach Mark Horner said.

“These girls need to hold their heads high. They’ve really done something. They’re making Del Norte proud. It’s nice to know that the community’s behind us and able to help us out. We couldn’t do it without our sponsors.”

Softball All-Stars to head south for next round

This week was a historic one for Del Norte Little League softball.

Del Norte’s 9–10 Softball All-Stars and 11–12 Softball All-Stars won District 26 titles and advanced to their respective California Little League Division II tournaments. Today is the first game for both teams.