– Lety Pineda-Boutte, a three-time first-team All-American for Arizona softball in the mid-1990s, part of ’96 and ’97 NCAA championships, must be a proud mom. Her daughter, Lorin Boutte, last week accepted an offer to transfer to Nebraska, helping to replace Women’s College World Series pitching ace Jordy Frahm. Boutte pitched at Ohio State the last two seasons, winning 28 games for the Buckeyes. Her mother, Lety, played at Desert View High School before becoming an All-American at Arizona.
– Along with Wolfgang Weber and Dave Cosgrove, Jon Pearlman is surely part of the Mount Rushmore of Tucson soccer coaches/administrators. So it was no surprise last week when Pearlman attended the Belgium-Egypt World Cup Soccer match in Seattle. Pearlman is a co-founder and coach of FC Tucson. He made his first soccer impact in Tucson in 2005 when he coached Sabino High School’s boys soccer team to the state championship.