Baserunning

OLIVE PARK — Players from the Burbank Park, Recreation and Community Services Ponytail Softball League worked too hard this season to have their party spoiled by hot weather. So, despite searing heat above 100 degrees, the athletes flocked to Olive Park on Saturday to take part in the annual Ponytail Softball Jamboree end-of-the-year celebration. Like their Hap Minor Baseball counterparts the week before, the softball players invaded the park for their traditional skills competition, food and refreshments.

Jeff Tully With humid temperatures in the 90s, the heat was on for a group of local softball players. Despite the hot weather Saturday, members of the Burbank Park, Recreation and Community Services Ponytail Softball League took part in the annual Softball Jamboree sponsored by the Foothill Civitan Club. The players celebrated the end of the season with their annual celebration, which included skills competitions, games, food and a lot of awards.

OLIVE PARK — For years, the Burbank Park, Recreation and Community Services Department Ponytail Softball League has been the premier place for the area’s young players to hone their playing skills. Saturday at Olive Park, the players celebrated the ending of another successful season with the annual Ponytail Softball Jamboree, sponsored by the Foothill Civitan Club. Like their male counterparts a week earlier, the softball players invaded the park for their traditional skills competition, food, refreshments and a lot of awards.

Jeff Tully Things were hot at the 47th installment Burbank Civitan Day Jamboree, as players from Park, Recreation and Community Services Department Hap Minor Baseball leagues met for the annual summer event. But as temperatures hovered near the 100-degree mark, there was also some heated competition in the traditional skills competition that marks the end of the season. The day began Saturday with a parade from the Media City Center Mall that made its way to Olive Park for the skills competition, where 75 teams and more than 1,000 players took part.

Jeff Tully With temperatures in the high 90s, members of the Burbank Park, Recreation and Community Services Department Hap Minor Baseball league still had to compete in the heat at Olive Park. However, despite the annoying weather, the athletes were determined to have a good time Saturday at the 49th annual Burbank Civitan Day Jamboree. More than 1,000 players from 75 teams competed in the traditional skills competition, an annual event marking the end of the season.

OLIVE PARK - For decades, the Burbank Park, Recreation and Community Services Department Ponytail Softball league has been the premier place for the area's young players to hone their playing skills. Saturday at Olive Park, the players celebrated the ending of another successful season with the annual Ponytail Softball Jamboree, sponsored by the Foothill Civitan Club. Like their male counterparts a week earlier, the softball players invaded the park for their traditional skills competition, food, refreshments and a lot of awards.

OLIVE PARK — Participating in the Burbank Park, Recreation and Community Services Department Hap Minor Baseball league, players are concentrated on more team-orientated goals. During the season, winning championships and notching victories — along with having fun — is the main focus. However, at the 61st annual installment of the Burbank Civitan Jamboree Saturday, it was a time for individual accomplishments in the annual event of the city's biggest baseball league. The day began with a parade from the Burroughs High that made its way to Olive Park for a skills competition.