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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 24, 2007

The boss is ailing

Monarchs new coach Jenny Boucek was hospitalized overnight following Monday's training camp after reporting of a pain in her abdomen, prompting concern she might have appendicitis.

Doctors today were assessing Boucek's condition and have ruled that appendicitis is unlikely, team officials said.

As soon as more information is available, I'll share it with you.

Boucek wasn't the only member of the Monarchs to miss today's practice with an illness. Yolanda Griffith missed the first three days of training camp with a stomach flu. She is expected to practice Wednesday.

Practice was run effectively run Tuesday by Monarchs assistant coaches Tom Abatemarco, Monique Ambers and Steve Shuman.

Posted by Brian Blomster, April 24, 2007 03:59 PM

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