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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 19, 2007

Monarchs lose opener

The Monarchs came as close as three points, but couldn’t close out the win against the Shock on Saturday in their season opener, losing 75-68 at the Palace.
Chelsea Newton and Kara Lawson led the Monarchs in scoring with 14 points each. All of Newton’s points came in the first half.
Detroit had a standout performance from Plenette Pierson coming off the bench and scoring 22 points.
The Monarchs leave tonight and will head to Minneapolis for a game Sunday.

Posted by tnegrete, May 19, 2007 03:51 PM

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