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Players and spectators alike enjoyed a fun and relaxing Heroes softball game played at the USA Sportsplex Poway on Friday evening.
About 40 players who participated in the 12th annual game were from the Special Olympics softball team, the Poway Padres. Also playing were Team San Diego Vargas 18U, Poway Firefighters Local 3922, the Poway Sheriff’s Department and the Poway Fire Department. The players were divided into two teams – the Brewers and the Padres.
Doug Vick, a longtime Poway umpire and Poway Girl’s softball coach, was charged with calling the balls and strikes. Base umpiring duties were handled by Poway Mayor Steve Vaus and Councilmembers Peter De Hoff, Anita Edmondson and Christopher Pikus. The play-by-play announcing was done by crowd favorite John Couvrette, who is chief financial officer of the Poway Chamber of Commerce and owner of the Halcyon Property business. Live streaming of the event was provided by Unified Esports League.
The late Sue Herndon, a longtime Poway resident, and Poway Padres coach Tony Rubino started this event a decade ago with the help of Poway residents John and Ginger Couvrette, Jody Campillo, Heather Dugsdale, Susie...