For two weeks, July 5-19, a ballgame can be found daily at one or more of Sunnyvale's parks--De Anza, Raynor, Washington, Fair Oaks, Ortega or Serra--or Sunnyvale Middle School. All weekday games begin at 5:30 p.m. Times for weekend contests vary. Complete schedules can be found at www.district44.leaguehost.net.

Senior softball

Sunnyvale Southern is the only league with a team in the 15-16 age bracket. The team's top player is Kelly Verstegen, who excelled as a pitcher (1.12 earned run average) and a hitter (.708 batting average) during the regular season. Her teammates are Lindsey Chase, Karen Clark, Breanna Gildea, Adriana Hampton, Kathleen Lynch, Jamie Mangan, Summer Pollock, Emily Pool, Katie Sanders, Julie Spencer, Nicole Wadley, Amelia Walton and Noelle Wood. Manager Bob Kinder has three coaches--Mark Chase, Mark Pool and Betty Verstegen.

Junior softball

Players from Southern, Metro, National and Cupertino American combine to represent District 44 in a best-of-three contest with a District 59 team at Ortega Park. The dates have yet to be determined. The winner will move on to division play.

Team members include Alexandra Burrow, Kara Coby, Stephanie Dobson, Kelsey Easop, Nicole Harless, Kimberly Lankford, Ashley Larborough, Hannah Marlowe, Grace Mercado, Rennea Phillips, Alexis Raisch, Mariah Ramirez, Vivian Reed, Andrea Thomas and Katie Thurman. Chris Marlowe is the manager, with Tony Phillips and Mitch Pruett serving as coaches.

Junior baseball

Three Sunnyvale squads are among the eight teams that will try to unseat defending champ Cupertino National. Serra and Sunnyvale National will square off in a first-round game on July 7 at Los Altos. Southern will open the same day against Cupertino American at Miller Middle School.

Serra's team includes Ryan Caballero, Paul Kamradt, Sean Lawson, Justin Matsuura, James Osorio, A.J. Puziol, Devan Ramsour, Derek Shull, Denny Sinn, Kris Smith, Zach Snyder and Joey Whitworth. The manager is Paul Kamradt and coaches are Dave Puziol and Jeff Osorio.

Playing for Sunnyvale National are Robert Browning, Anthony Colon, Robert Freemyer, Bryce Galvin, Sean Gambill, Josh Holmes, Loleti Mapa, Joshua Quinones, Rand Rockwell, Brian Rogers, Irwin Romero, Nicholas Sayers, James Senesac and Kurtis Swain. The manager is Dan Tellez.

Southern's roster includes Arian Afrasiabi, Tyler Ataide, Jerome Barclay, Blake Clark, Riley Cressler, Danny Dutro, Dylan Duvall, Joey Gonzales, Mikkie Louthan, Philip Maksim, Tad Malone, Thomas McGeoy, Nathan Raff, Aaron Schwartz and Freddy Stahl. The manager is Mike Louthan and the coaches are Paul Maksim, Mike Malone and Tony Tani.

Major softball

What a difference a year makes. Last season Sunnyvale National advanced all the way to the U.S. West Regional, one game away from the Softball World Series. This year National, Metro, Southern and Cupertino American have formed a combo team to compete against other districts in sectional and divisional play.

Team members are Karena Cai, Margo Cilker, Elena Clark, Stacey Dobson, Feane Flores, Kelli Fredrickson, Michelle Hauer, Jessica Holmes, Wangui Hymes, Kristina Luotto, Eryka Temorres and Alex Viveiros. Keith Viveiros is the manager and Jim Fredrickson is the coach.

Major baseball

After a first-round bye in the major (ages 11-12) tourney, Southern's first game comes July 7 against either defending champion Serra or 2003 District 44 winner Moreland. Serra-Moreland, Los Altos-Metro and National-Campbell were among six first-round games on July 5.

Playing for Southern will be Shane Bond, Tyler Bond, Randy Cressler, Jason Dwelle, Johnnie Greco, Matt Healy, Chris Hendrickson, Nathaniel Linford, Kyle Nishimoto, Geoffrey Perkins, Chet Radish, Victor Rodgrigo, Ryan Rouleau, Kyle Squarcia and Nicolas Warmke. The manager is Vic Rodrigo, and Kevin Squarcia and Mike Takahara are coaches.

The National team, managed by Jarrod Simon, includes Jeffery Amaral, Dylan Camargo, Dimitri Castro, Ryan Dunphy, Emmett Jackson, Thomas Le, Ifoni Mapa, Connor Nowlin, Miguel Pope, R.J. Ramirez, Brandon Simon and Angel Trejo.

Making up the Metro major all-stars are Jordan Dieck, Jared Dinges, Jack Forney, Cole Fredricks, Steven Gonsalves, Michael Hauan, Race Mar, Tyler Meeken, Tetsuya Nishimoto, Calvin Nuti-Van Vorst, Akihiro Saito, Bryan Tachibana and Kevin Zhang. The manager is Michael Zhang and the coaches are Reed Forney, Kirk Nishimoto, Kris Tachibana and Steve Van Vorst.

Serra's squad includes Ryan Blodgett, Alex Chapman, Gordy Deacon, David Estko, Graham Gage, Matt Hopkins, Matt Kelley, Eugene Kim, Dylan Martino, Alex Onishi, Shane Ortiz and Colin Warner. Scott Deacon is the manager, while Jay Martino and Jim Chapman are coaches.

11-year-old baseball

National and Southern are not in this 12-team tourney. Metro plays Los Altos at Miller on July 6. Serra tangles with Cupertino National on July 7 in Santa Clara.

The Metro 11s are managed by Mike Mulcahy and coached by Rick Duffy and Richard Reed. Team members are Michael Bourey, Kevin Chen, Brian Duffy, Zachary Kindleberger, Alex Kwiatkowski, Kyle Madden, Derek Martinez, Jason McCrorie, Sean Mulcahy, Russell Reed, David Sarver and Aaron Spanner.

Playing for Serra are Jack Bordoni, Daniel Camburn, Gautum Chandiok, Kevin Convissar, Cameron Heen, Troy Hoffman, Zach James, Todd Matsuura, Alec Mertens, Jimmy Roslund, Jordan Spence and Damon Wong. The manager is Tennyson Heen. Coaches are Gary Matsuura, Jeff Hoffman and Chris Mertens.

9-10 baseball

After Southern, Metro and National's 9-10 all-star teams begin play on July 5, Serra opens two days later at Campbell's Holman Field.

Southern's 9-10 roster includes Tony Carlotta, Prudhvi Gadiraju, Austin Gregory, Donovan Hill, Andy Ishii, Brendan Johnson, Kenny Kobetsky, Akhil Mauze, Tyler Miller, Owen Price, Travis Purdom, Brittany Squarcia and Brandon Ustaris. Gary Hinds is the manager. Coaches are Eric Ustaris and Tony Pineda.

Playing for Metro are Pharam Bhatter, Daniel Chae, Brandon Farrell, Nick Hoy, Joseph Manuel, Davis Messer, Nicholas Molina, Bailey Owen, Ryan Pechulis, Ryan Philips, Matthew Rikimaru and Yuki Umeda. The Metro team is managed by Chris Owen. The coaches are Doug Messer and Gil Molina.

National's 9-10 squad is managed by Terence Rajah. Team members are Michael Angulo, Jake Collins, Ridge Fernandez, Aaron Gallagher, Joseph Kealiinohomoku, Isaac Marquez, Tony Montano, Logan Nowlin, Justin Rajah, Elijah Sebastian, Grant Schomberg, Adam Verbrugge and Lexy Winters.

Playing for Serra are Jordan Chapman, Curtis Currier, Adam Hayes, Jeffrey Hardy, Ashonti Hunter, Pablo Lozano, Justin Lyon, Miles Martin, Cory McGee, Ross Slaney and Michael Todd. The team is managed by Rex Hardy. Kevin Lyon and Craig Currier are coaches.