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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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May 08, 2007

Boucek bounces back

Monarchs new coach Jenny Boucek said she received her last test result and she’s A-OK. Boucek was hospitalized two nights at UC Davis Medical Center in late April after she complained of abdominal pain.

She was diagnosed with an inflamed intestine resulting from an infection.

Test results ruled out other conditions, which Boucek declined to identify. The final negative test results on Monday cleared an enthusiastic Boucek.

Initially, doctors feared it was appendicitis, but quickly ruled that out.

Posted by Bill Bradley, May 8, 2007 05:31 PM

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