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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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August 09, 2007

Blue skys ahead for Storm

Seattle has weathered its share of injuries and internal strife, but there is certainly a rainbow on the horizon. After the Storm (14-16) face Eastern Conference leader Detroit tonight, it's clear sailing from there with three home games against teams posting under .500 records. That creates a relatively easy playoff entrance should Seattle play decent basketball.

The Storm faces Washington (13-15) on Saturday, Minnesota (8-22) on Tuesday and Los Angeles (9-19) on Friday.

Houston is Seattle's only competition for the fourth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference as the Mercury, Monarchs and Silver Stars are locked in. The Comets (10-19) will face a tough schedule, starting with the Monarchs on Friday, San Antonio on Saturday and Detroit on Tuesday before closing their season against Chicago and at Los Angeles.

Melody Gutierrez

Posted by tnegrete, August 9, 2007 03:55 PM

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