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August 15, 2008
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Hot Shots haul off World Series title
by Avi Burk
Staff Writer
The East County Hot Shots
13U team pulled of a remarkable
feat in Reno recently, playing
up a division and taking home
the 14B Division NSA World
Series title. Three other Hot Shot
teams made the trip to Reno, and
two of them turned in top-four
performances of their own, as
the organization’s performance
surpassed its coaches’ wildest
expectations.
“It was fabulous because
we have one girl who lives in
Martinez, one from Concord,
one from Discovery Bay – we
have girls from all over, and they
don’t all go to school together,”
said 13U assistant coach Richard
Bradshaw. “This was the fi rst trip
where the girls were all together
staying at the same hotel, and
there’s a lot of free time, so the
girls got to participate in a lot
of activities together. For us, the
main thing was to go up there and
for the girls to have a good time.”
The 13U Hot Shots breezed
through the opening rounds of the
double-elimination tournament,
knocking off California Paradise
10-2 in its fi rst-round match-up,
then downing the Blaze Fusion
of Washington 7-3.
The girls got their fi rst
chance to play a fellow Northern
California team in the quarterfi nal
round, handling Tracy’s Liberty
Fastpitch with ease 11-4 to
advance to the semifi nal round,
where they faced their toughest
test of the tournament … the Hot
Shots.
A local Nevada team, the
Carson Valley Hot Shots were the
last obstacle between the 13U East
County Hot Shots and a berth in
the 14B Division’s championship
round, and they put up quite
a fi ght. However, East County
turned up the heat against
The East County
Hot Shots had
plenty of reason
to smile this summer,
sending four
teams to the NSA
World Series in
Reno. The 13U Hot
Shots played up a
division and took
home the 14B title.
Photo courtesy of Richard
Bradshaw
their namesakes and advanced,
undefeated, to the championship
round with a 6-3 win.
After suffering the
quarterfi nal loss to the Hot
Shots, Liberty Fastpitch stormed
through the loser’s bracket of
the double-elimination event and
advanced to face the Hot Shots
once again in the championship
round, but having suffered a loss
already, needed to defeat East
County twice to capture the title.
Liberty Fastpitch came
out of the gates swinging, and
defeated the Hot Shots 4-3 in
see Hot Shots page 6B
From far East County to the Far East
by Marianne Foglia
Correspondent
Far East County native Della Lorenzetti
stands barely 5 feet tall, but she might be the secret
weapon lurking in Beijing’s Water Cube as Serbia’s
swimmers pursue their quest for Olympic gold.
What’s more remarkable: she’s not a swimmer.
A massage therapist who worked on American
sprint swimmers Gary Hall, Jr. and Anthony
Ervin at the 2004 Games in Athens, where the two
tied for the gold medal, Lorenzetti was invited by
Serbia to be part of its 2008 team. Her main focus
will be Serbia’s Milorad Cavic, a Cal Berkley
student.
Lorenzetti has worked as an independent
contractor with UC Berkeley for more than 10
years, specifi cally with the swimmers, and has
worked with the best of the best.
“I’m mainly going to be taking care of (Cavic)
this year,” she said, adding that he has carved out
an amazing career. “I’ll be stretching him, fl ushing
out muscles and anything else he needs – like
nutritional supplements. I’ll be dealing with everything.
“But once I get to the (Olympic) Village, all
the guys from all over the world will be stopping
by.”
In addition to Cavic, Lorenzetti’s current client
list of Olympic athletes, who will battle for the
gold against American champion Michael Phelps
this year, includes Rolin Schoeman of South
Africa, Guy Barnea of Israel, Dominik Meichtry
of Switzerland, Gordon Kozujl of Croatia
and America’s own Nathan Adrian, also of Cal
Berkeley.
“It’s amazing. They come from all walks of
life and from all over the world,” Lorenzetti said.
“It has been so incredible working with these
guys. I have learned so much about appreciating
what we have here in this country.”
It was back in 1989 that Lorenzetti owned a
chiropractic business in Danville and met worldrenowned
sprint swim coach Mike Bottoms and
got involved with the Cal athletes.
“He really is the top sprint coach in the
world,” she said, noting that half of the 18 medals
awarded in the men’s sprint freestyle events (50
and 100m) in the past three Olympiads have been
won by athletes Bottoms has coached. “And I’ve
worked with all of them.”
Taking part in the Olympics and working
with so many people from different cultures has
been an eye-opening experience for Lorenzetti,
see Olympics page 7B
Photo by Marianne Foglia
Prior to leaving for the 2008 Summer
Olympics in Beijing, Della Lorenzetti
relaxes at her desk where the wall is
adorned with memorabilia from the
2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
THIS WEEK
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good dining?
Check out a new eatery in
town in our Food Review and
Coupons section.
Page 12B
Preventing
the plunge
A new program is raising
awareness of the dangers of
falling – and how to avoid it in
the first place.
Page 11B
Survival of
the fittest
The Evolution soccer team
brought home a second-place
trophy at a recent tournament.
Page 3B
Puzzles and
Prophecies
You’ll find divine diversions on
our Sudoku and Horoscope
page.
Page 17B
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