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Bee staff writer Melody Gutierrez grew up in Twentynine Palms. At 14-years-old, she decided to combine her two passions -- sports and writing -- when she became a special assignments reporter for the Desert Trail, her hometown weekly newspaper. Melody headed to Northern California in 2000 to attend Chico State and has remained in the region ever since. She earned an internship with The Bee and subsequently became a staff writer in 2004 and has covered virtually every sport, starting with high schools, up through college and then the pros. Melody took over coverage of the Monarchs last season and chronicled the team's pursuit of a second straight league championship -- a quest that fell just short.

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April 23, 2007

Catching up with Chameka

A couple readers have noticed Chameka Scott now is in Seattle trying to make the Storm's roster. Scott was an inactive player with the Monarchs during the entire 2006 campaign.

With the Monarchs picking up players with WNBA playing experience - LaToya Bond, La'Tangela Atkinson and Adrian Williams - Scott made a smart move to head to Seattle. She would have been a long shot to make the Monarchs inactive list this season, let alone one of the coveted 11 roster spots.

"I just felt like I was going to be a practice player for a lot longer than I wanted to be," Scott told the Waco Tribune-Herald. "It just seems like a lot more promising opportunity for me to actually go in and contribute.

"(Seattle coach Anne Donovan) knows what I can do, and that's what she's going to expect of me. At Sac, I felt like I had to keep proving myself every day."

Seattle has 21 players at training camp after waiving two players Monday.

Posted by Brian Blomster, April 23, 2007 06:03 PM

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