W e e k l y RIALTO RECORD
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Vol 1 7, NO. 42
Rialto softball player Madeline Gonzalez knocks it out of the park By Shelby Horton
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eing a teenager in any generation is a difficult journey, but people like Madeline Gonzalez go above and beyond what is expected of them. The 17-year-old Rialto High School softball player has had a busy year in her softball career. While completing her high school diploma, Gonzalez was conquering the field as her team’s pitcher, achieving goals she set for herself. Playing softball since she was four years old, Gonzalez recalls initially not being ecstatic about going to practice. Her parents had put her in softball so she could spend time with her cousin and aunt, who were on the team already. Eventually they would stop playing, but Gonzalez had become passionate for the game. “When I was 10 it started to get
serious, my parents must have seen it in me because that’s when I started getting private lessons,” said Gonzalez. Gonzalez recalls her first private lesson was to help her pitching, which is what she has become known for. Gonzalez has gone on to achieve recognition for her talents as a softball player, such as being awarded the San Andreas League 2019 MVP. “I was seeking the San Andreas League MVP since I was a freshman in high school, all four years I was working towards it. When I got it, it was a complete shock for me since I hadn’t thought this was one of my best years,” she said. Gonzalez has achieved the Ken Hubbs Award 2019 nominee, along with her best friend, and she made the All CIF Division 4 Gonzalez, cont. on next pg.
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Madeline Gonzalez of Rialto was San Andreas League 2019 MVP, Ken Hubbs Award 2019 Nominee, and All CIF Division 4 1st Team. She will be attending University of Redlands to play softball in the fall.
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ver 130 Latino eighthand ninth-grade students from schools representing San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange and Los Angeles counties participated in the 35thth annual Inland Empire Future Leaders Program (IEFLP). This year’s program was held at the Idyllwild Pines Camp in Idyllwild from June 16 to June 21. The program’s goals are to motivate students to graduate from high school, strive for academic excellence, become leaders in school and the community, and eventually earn a college degree. In addition, participants received leadership training, financial literacy information and communication skills which were emphasized in combination with cultural pride workshops, said Dr. R.C. Heredia, alumnus of Colton High School, UCLA and Pepperdine Univ. and current professor of psychology at East Los Angeles College and chair of the IEFLP Board of Directors. IEFLP, cont. on next pg.
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The Inland Empire Future Leaders Program aims to motivate students to graduate from high school, strive for academic excellence, become leaders in the school and community, and to earn a college degree.