The Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County hosted its 5th Annual Co-Ed Softball Tournament on August 18. This year's tournament was the largest ever--in additional to the usual participants (APABA, PABA, KABA, SCCLA, JABA, and SABA), the Asian Pacific Public Defenders Association, the Mexican American Bar Association, and the Langston Bar fielded teams to do battle under the hot sun at Cheviot Hills Park.



PABA's team captains, Arnold Pamplona and Hildy Aguinaldo, along with team mangaer Stan Escalante, assembled a capable team consisting of Mel Avanzado, Abigail Treanor, Patrick Treanor, Bryan Clavecilla, Marco Del Chiaro, Windell "Dell" Jones, Joyce Fujikmaki, Joyce (Cruz) Carey, Mark Santa Romana, and Jason Villamater.



After a grueling day of softball, PABA made a respectable showing, losing to APABA, beating the combination team made up of SCCLA and the Asian Public Defenders, and fighting MABA to a draw.



Team Captains Aguialdo and Pamplona have guaranteed a tournament championship in 2008. To do that, they must unseat KABA, this year's champs, who looked unbeatable. They are now accepting suggestions for a team name in 2oo8. The current front runner for a moniker is "The Bad News Carabaos."



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