June 2009 Archives

Two days after news broke about former Crespi High of Encino standout tight end Joe Fauria being suspended for his upcoming sophomore season at University of Notre Dame, Fauria has been granted a requested release from the Fighting Irish with plans to transfer to another major-college football program.

"I just want everyone to know that I'm not transferring for football reasons. Notre Dame has always been good to me," Fauria said. "I was supposed to be the No. 2 tight end, which means I wasn't going to be the starter, but I was still going to play a lot."

Fauria, a 6-foot-7, 245-pounder who was among the nation's top recruits prior to last season, admitted he was being punished for a disciplinary infraction several months ago but did not elaborate.

"I don't want to go into great detail, but the truth was I was mistreated. The punishment did not fit the crime," Fauria said. "Anyone who knows me knows I'm a funloving guy. ... I'm going to miss my teammates and my friends. I worked hard and I battled (alongside) those guys."

As a freshman, Fauria played sparingly, appearing in three games without catching a pass.

In Notre Dame's annual spring scrimmage this past April, he caught two passes for 17 yards.

Fauria, who said he has a 3.0 grade-point average, is hoping to land at a Pacific-10 university, but nothing is certain.

"I don't know where I'm going to end up," he said.

One thing for sure is Fauria has strong bloodlines. His uncle, Christian, played 13 NFL seasons. Two other uncles, Lance and Quinn, played college football, and his mother, Julie, was a top women's basketball player at College of the Canyons.

At Crespi, Fauria caught 35 passes for 518 yards and five touchdowns and recorded five sacks as a senior. He was also standout in basketball, volleyball and track.

-- Gerry Gittelson

2009 Van Nuys High summer showcase

Sunday June 28

4:30 p.m. Notre Dame vs. Sierra Canyon
5:30 p.m. Dorsey vs. Pasadena
6:30 p.m. Birmingham vs. Reseda
7:30 p.m. Van Nuys vs. Sylmar
8:30 p.m. Cleveland vs. Chatsworth

Monday June 29

4 p.m. El Camino Real vs. La Canada
5 p.m. L.A.C.E.S. vs. Verdugo Hills
6 p.m. Birmingham vs. La Canada
7 p.m. Taft vs. Community Charter
8 p.m. Reseda vs. Cleveland
9 p.m. Pasadena vs. Chatsworth

Tuesday June 30

4:30 p.m. Notre Dame vs. Birmingham
5:30 p.m. El Camino Real vs. L.A.C.E.S.
6:30 p.m. Dorsey vs. Verdugo Hills
7:30 p.m. La Canada vs. L.A.C.E.S.
8:30 p.m. Chatsworth vs. Sylmar

Wednesday July 1

4 p.m. La Canada vs. Verdugo Hills
5 p.m. El Camino Real vs. Van Nuys
6 p.m. Dorsey vs. Cleveland
7 p.m. Taft vs. Reseda
8 p.m. Sylmar vs. Community Charter
9 p.m. Taft vs. Pasadena

Reseda coach Keith Higgins, who led the Regents to the City Section Div. II championship in March is one of two finalists for the coaching job at Compton College.

Higgins could be named coach as early as Monday or Tuesday next week.

Thursday June 25

Taft vs. St. Francis, 4 p.m.
Campbell Hall vs. Loyola, 5:30 p.m
Westchester vs. Leuzinger, 7 p.m. (championship semifinal)
Mater Dei vs. Serra, 8:30 p.m. (championship semifinal)

Friday June 26
Harvard-Westlake vs. La Canada, 4 p.m.
Crespi vs. Dorsey, 5:30 p.m.
Fairfax vs. Santa Monica, 7 p.m.
Long Beach Poly vs. Orange Lutheran, 8:30 p.m.

Crespi of Encino football player Blake Stanton is concentrating on football this summer but was at Fairfax High Wednesday night supporting his basketball teamates.

Stanton told me he is taking a trip to Arizona next week and lists Arizona, Oregon, Washington, UCLA and Boise St. as his top five. He also said UNLV is in the mix.

Stay tuned............

Joe Frank, a returning 6-4, 290-pound offensive lineman from Moorpark High, has committed to Air Force.

-- Gerry Gittelson

According to Van Nuys football coach Sean Pollard, Van Nuys has been placed in the West Valley League for the 2010-2011 school year.

The leage will now have seven teams as will the East Valley League and newly named Mission League, formerly the Valley Mission League.

It seems quite odd to put Van Nuys, which hasn't exactly dominated the East Valley into the West Valley with Taft of Woodland Hills, Chatsworth and El Camino Real of Woodland Hills.

Van Nuys certainly can't comepete in football or baseball.

I am sure there will be more to come of this situation. Stay tuned...

The 13 and under seventh grade ARC Gorillas club basketball team based in the San Fernando Valley will be attending the AAU National tournament next week in Memphis, Tennessee.

The Gorillas, coached by longtime Calabasas resident Lee Garson, finished fourth last year and are seeded 11th for this years event.

Garson said the team is led by Marcellus Johnson, Parker Cartwright and Jeremy Lieberman.

Johnson is a 6'5 center, who attends Pinecrest of Van Nuys and is the younger brother of Campbell Hall forward James Johnson.

Cartwright is one of the best point guards in the country for his age group according to Garson, attends Sierra Canyon middle school and is the younger brother of Loyola guard Miles Cartwright.

Lieberman is a great shooter and could be headed to Calabasas for high school.

As for Garson, he has been coaching what seems like forever and is the father of current UCLA assistant Scott Garson, who played at Harvrad-Westlake of North hollywood from 1992-1994.

Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth upset Saugus Monday night in a Div. II silver bracket quarterfinal, 47-42.

But that wasn't the whole story.

Sierra Canyon was led by Derrick Newton, a 6'5 forward, who just completed the eighth grade is still only 13 years old.

Newton scored a game high 17 points and showed great poise and finesse for a such a young player.

Newton will definitely be one to watch in the next four years.

War on the Floor Monday Schedule
Boys Games
at Taft

12 pm Ripon vs. Moorpark
1 pm Canoga Park vs. Northridge Academy
2 pm Alemany vs. Knight
3 pm Buckley vs. Grant

Championship Quarterfinals
4 pm Taft vs. Dorsey
5 pm Pasadena vs. Birmingham
6 pm Campbell Hall vs. Crescenta Valley
7 pm The Rock Academy vs. Oxnard

Games at El Camino Real
2 pm Reseda vs. Paraclete
3 pm Calabasas vs. Westlake
4 pm Van Nuys vs. Montclair Prep
5 pm Washington Prep vs. Sylmar
6 pm Notre Dame vs. Chaminade
7 pm Lincoln-San Diego vs. Golden Valley
8 pm El camino Real vs. Cleveland
9 pm Sierra Canyon vs. Saugus

It's been a good couple of days for local quarterbacks. Moorpark's Brian Blechen committed to Utah today one day after Crespi's Bryan Bennett committed to Oregon.

-- Gerry Gittelson

Oaks Christian of Westlake Village will be hosting a 16-team girls basketball tournament Dec. 26-30.

The teams lined up to play include:

Taft
Buena
Sheldon (Sacramento)
Thousand Oaks
Oaks Christian
Sierra Canyon
Granada Hills
Moorpark
Westlake
Agoura
Camarillo
Hanford
Santa Clara
Palisades
Alemany
Edison (Fresno)

Oaks Christian of Westlake Village isn't all about football.

The school will be hosting a very competitive boys basketball tournament scheduled for Dec. 26-30.

The teams scheduled to participate are:

Dominguez
Etiwanda
Loyola
Pasadena
Colony
Thousand Oaks
Santa Monica
Cleveland
Salesian (Richmond)
Sacramento
Edison (Fresno)
Sheldon (Sacramento)
El Camino Real
Alemany
Sierra Canyon
Oaks Christian

Fresh off winning the state Division V championship, the Bell-Jeff of Burbank girls basketball team has added a talented player as it attempts to win another title next season.

Khia Jones, a part time starter at Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth has transferred in, adding to a deep, talented Guards roster.

Jones will be a sophomore in September, joining forces with Margeaux Gupilan, Julia Tani and Rishonda Napier.

"It is not surprising because I think Bell-Jeff was her first choice after junior high," Sierra Canyon coach T.J. Knox said.

Bryan Bennett, a Crespi senior who is among the area's top returning quarterbacks, has committed to Oregon. Bennett, 6-foot-3, has passed for more than 1,000 yards in each of first two seasons.

-- Gerry Gittelson

Crespi's Dustin Doty was selected a High School All-American defenseman. He has committed to playing Division l lacrosse next fall at Wagner.

The Celts finished third in the Mission League this season.

Lance Martin, who coached foootball at Calabasas last season, has been named to the same position at Simi Valley.

Martin replaces Todd Borowski, who left to take the athletic director position at Chamiande of West Hills.

If De'Andre Daniels from Taft of Woodland Hills continues to improve at the rapid rate he is moving at right now, he could have his pick of colleges to go to come the 2011-2012 season.

Daniels could be the regions most improved player after scoring 25 points and grabbing nine rebounds in a summer league game against Agoura Monday night.

The 6'9 wing showed improved skills and a fluidness to his game not seen ever since he landed at Renaissance Academy in La Canada via Louisiana two years ago.

Daniels had potential but was raw his sophomore year and it is now just starting to come out.

Having to sit out of varsity competition because he transferred, Daniels must have been working on his game in secret.

He had a dunk in the second half that brought the crowd to its feet, showing his amazing athletic ability.

His father, LaRon, said Kentucky, Virginia, Memphis, UNLV, and Utah have offered scholaships and more colleges are expected to do so this week.

Daniles also received good news two weeks ago when the NCAA sent a letter confirming it will give Daniels an extra year to gain full eligibility for the 2012 season.

Daniels will play at Taft next year but will likely play the 2011 season not in California.

2009 Big - 10 summer league

at Taft High on Mondays

First week recap
June 15

El Camino Real 47
Buckley 29

Treyare Holden had 26 points and six rebounds to lead El Camino Real. Dushon Carter and Keith Dawkins also played well. Carter had five points, eight rebounds and four assists.

Nick DeBonfilhs and Andrew Farhadi led Buckley. De bonfilhs had seven points, six rebounds and five blocks. Farhadi had 10 rebounds and four assists.

Birmingham 60
Alemany 45

Rene Reyes had 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists to lead Birmingham. Angel Gutierrez had 17 points and 10 rebounds and Sahdi Odu had 12 points and seven rebounds.

Steven Jones and Max Guercy led Alemany. Jones had 12 points, five rebounds and four assists. Guercy had nine points.

Taft 72
Agoura 51

De'Andre Daniels had 25 points, nine rebounds, four blocks and one thunderous dunk to lead the Toreadors.

Bryce Jones had 15 points and eight rebounds while sophomore Spencer Dinwiddie had nine assists.

Taft led 36-10 before Agoura came back to cut it to eight in the second half.

Stephan Hicks and Hasan Khan played well for Agoura.

Crespi 66
Golden Valley 40

Matt Mounier had 18 points and Reggie Coates provided the bulk down low to lead the Celts.

Golden Valley was missing 6'7 forward Trevor Wiseman, who was out with a wrist injury.

Crespi was without Blake Stanton, who will probabaly stick with football for most of the summer.

Harvard-Westlake 65
Simi Valley 45

Four players scored in double figures for the Wolverines led by Austin Kelly's 17 points.

Damiene Cain had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Cain has been offered by Oregon St., UNLV and San Diego St. and is only going into the 11th grade next September.

Erik Swoope had 13 points and an electrifying right handed put back dunk in the second half with six minutes remaining.

The league takes a break next Monday for the annual War on the Floor tournament but will resume again June 29.

The Big - 10 Summer League starts Monday at Taft High in Woodland Hills.

There is no shortage of top teams from the region.

Taft, Simi Valley, Harvard-Westlake, Crespi, El Camino Real, Golden Valley, Alemany, Buckley, Birmingham and Agoura are all competing each Monday through Aug. 3.

Come check it out.

Games will be played from 4 p.m. till 9 p.m. each Monday

The Harvard-Westlake girls basketball team, fresh off its Div. IV-A championship, has gotten right back to business winning the Palm Spring Tournament.

The Wolverines knocked off another championship team from the region, Bell-Jeff of Burbank, 65-52, in the finals.

Nicole Hung was named MVP and Skylar Tsutsui made six 3-pointers in the championship game.

The region has been well represented through the first two days of the MLB draft. Here is a list of the local kids who have been picked so far.

66/Marlins/ Bryan Berglund, Royal HS RHP

67/Cardinals/ Robert Stock, USC/Agoura C

75/Phillies/Kelly Dugan CF, Notre Dame HS

111/Astros/ Jonathan Meyer 3B, Simi Valley HS

117/Giants/ Jason Stoffel, Arizona/Agoura

127/Dodgers/ Mario Songco, CF, LMU/Alemany HS

171/Angels/ Casey Haerther, 1B, UCLA/Chaminade

189/Cardinals/Virgil Hill CF, Mission College/Valencia HS

281/Astros/Ben Orloff, SS, UC Irvine/Simi Valley HS

361/Rockies/Jared Clark Fullerton/Valencia HS

250/Blue Jays/ Brian Slover, RHP, CSUN

518/Marlins/Brent Keys, CF, Simi valley HS

651/Angels/ Richard Cates, LF, CSUN

688/Braves/ Lucas La Point, RHP, Knight HS

710/Cubs/ Jeffrey Pruitt, CF, CSUN

835/Pirates/ Kyle Hooper, RHP, Saugus HS

906/Diamondbacks/ Jack Marder, SS, Newbury Park HS

907/Dodgers/ Nicholas Gaudi, RHP, Pepperdine/Paraclete

After considering more than 14 colleges and visitng a dozen or so, Oaks Christian of Westlake Village quarterback Nick Montana has settled on one.

Montana committed to the University of Washington and its new coach Steve Sarkissian.

Montana's pledge comes on the heels of a visit he took last weekend.

Bill Redell, coach at Oaks Christian, weighed in on Montana's decision.

"I think (Steve) Sarkissian being there was the most influencing factor, Redell said. "He (Nick) was impressed with the coaching staff, facilities and the committment to bringing in top players."

Montana had many programs coming after him, including Georgia, Ohio St., Florida, LSU and Alabama to name a few.

"Washington has been down the last couple years and it is a situation where they need to bounce back but Nick can go in there and comeopete right away," Redell said.

Montana will team with Malcolm Jones, Zac Stout, Cassius Marsh, Erik Kohler and a host of other talented Oaks Christian teammates this upcoming season to try and go after the schools seventh consecutive section championship.

If you thought the Taft of Woodland Hills boys basketball team already had enough talent on its roster, it is about to get a little deeper.

Mark Jackson, Jr., the son of former NBA star and current analyst for ABC/ESPN Mark Jackson, Sr., is in the process of transferring back to Taft.

Jackson played at Taft as a freshman but transferred to Calabasas when the family moved after that year.

Jackson left the team midway through last season for unknown reasons. Speculation was a differences with coaches, teammates and the administration.

"We were not happy with the coaching at Calabasas," Mark Jackson, Sr. said. "We were not happy with the committment to winning.

Jackson would be a welcomed addition to a Toreadros roster that features seniors Bryce Jones, De'Andre Daniels, Sam Natt and Pierson Williams, juniors Domonique Evans, Spencer Dinwiddie, Khiry Williams and Stephon Maxwell and sophomore Landon Drew.

Jackson would have to move back into the Taft attendance area to be eligible.

Taft will be playing eight consecutive days from June 20-28 at the War on the Floor tournament at Taft and the Fairfax Summer Classic at Fairfax High.

Harvard-Westlake and Beverly Hills are teaming up on a big girls tournament taking place in the region next year.

The tournament will feature 32 teams with games being held at both Harvard Westlake and Beverly Hills.

The tournament will run from Dec. 26-31 with no games on Dec. 28 because it is a Sunday.

Here are the 32 teams scheduled to participate.

Harvard-Westlake
Beverly Hills
Alemany
Bellflower
Chatsworth
Channel Islands
Burroughs
Brentwood
Crescenta Valley
Culver City
El Camino Real
L.A.C.E.S.
Marlborough
Marymount
Monroe
Norco
Newbury Park
Morningside
Notre Dame Academy
Oak Park
Oxnard
St. Monica
Saugus
Poly-Sun Valley
St. Paul
Summit
Sylmar
Valencia
Venice
Westchester
West Ranch
Vista Del Lago

Notably absent from the region are Thousand Oaks, Agoura, Bell-Jeff, Montclair Prep, Notre Dame, Chaminade, Canyon, Oaks Christian and Campbell Hall.

Cleveland of Reseda may have graduated Prince Obasi but two new players will be arriving in September.

J.R. Williams and Jason Moore are expected to transfer in from Taft. Both will be sophomores

Obviously with Taft's enormous depth it would have been hard to find a lot of playing time.

Williams and Moore should help returner Jason Johnson to keep the Cavaliers very competitive under hard nosed coach Osiris Nalls.

Brentwood school in Los Angeles has hired John Pugliese as its new boys basketball coach, replacing Steve Wachs, who took over at Campbell Hall

Pugliese has been an assistant at Wagner University.

Campbell Hall of North Hollywood, under new coach Steve Wachs, will take its act to Brentwood of Los Angeles to play on Tuesday nights this summer.

Campbell Hall has two of the most sought after players in the region in 6'8 forward James "Deuce" Johnson and guard Austin McBroom.

The Vikings are coming off a disappointing season in which they lost to St. John Bosco of Bellflower in the second round of the playoffs.

Campbell Hall had won three state titles in four years prior to last season. Those were during the Jrue Holiday era.

By the way, Holiday is projected to go as high as No. 3 in the NBA draft the last week of June.

Anyway, here is the schedule at Brentwood on Tuesday nights. The league starts June 9th and runs through July.

TUESDAY, JUNE 9
5:00 pm University v. Culver City
6:00 pm St. Monica v. Windward
7:00 pm Campbell Hall v. Palisades
8:00 pm Brentwood v. Crossroads

TUESDAY, JUNE 16
5:00 pm University v. St. Monica
6:00 pm Brentwood v. Palisades
7:00 pm Campbell Hall v. Culver City
8:00 pm Windward v. Crossroads

TUESDAY, JUNE 23
5:00 pm University v. Windward
6:00 pm Campbell Hall v. Crossroads
7:00 pm St. Monica v. Brentwood
8:00 pm Palisades v. Culver City

TUESDAY, JUNE 30
5:00 pm Brentwood v. Culver City
6:00 pm University v. Crossroads
7:00 pm Windward v. Palisades
8:00 pm Campbell Hall v. St. Monica

TUESDAY, JULY 7
5:00 pm University v. Campbell Hall
6:00 pm Culver City v. St. Monica
7:00 pm Crossroads v. Palisades
8:00 pm Brentwood v. Windward

TUESDAY, JULY 14
5:00 pm University v. Palisades
6:00 pm St. Monica v. Crossroads
7:00 pm Campbell Hall v. Brentwood
8:00 pm Windward v. Culver City

Here is the schedule for the Fairfax Summer Tournament

It will be held June 20-23 at Fairfax High in Los Angeles.

Campbell Hall vs. Westchester, Tue. June 23, 5:30 p.m.
Leuzinger vs. Loyola, Tue. June 23, 4 p.m.
Serra vs. Harvard-Westlake, Tue. June 23, 8:30 p.m.
Mater Dei vs. La Canada, Wed. June 24, 8:30 p.m.

Taft vs. Orange Lutheran, Tue. June 23, 7 p.m.
Long Beach Poly vs. St. Francis, Wed. June 24, 4 p.m.
Dorsey vs. Santa Monica, Wed. June 24, 5:30 p.m.
Fairfax vs. Crespi, Wed. June 24, 7 p.m.

El Camino Real Summer Varsity Showcase Boys Basketball

July 17th-July19th

$5 entry fee for adults, $3 for kids per day

Friday July 17th: Sunday July 19th:
2pm Valencia v. Calabasas 9:30am Alemany v. Reseda
3:15pm Chatsworth v. Reseda 10:45am Chatsworth v.S.M.
4:30pm Valencia v. Van Nuys 12pm Team Kentucky v. Taft
5:45pm Camarillo v. Chaminade 1:15pm Alemany v S.M.
7pm Chatsworth v. Team Kentucky 2:30pm ECR v. Chaminade
8:15 Camarillo v. Reseda 3:45pm Taft v. Valencia
5pm Calabasas v. Camarillo
6:15pm ECR v. Valencia
7:30pm Van Nuys v. Calabasas

Saturday July 18th:
9:30am Birmingham v. Van Nuys
10:45am Camarillo v. Team Kentucky
12pm Chatsworth v. Chaminade
1:15pm Taft v. Santa Monica
2:30pm Birmingham v. Team Kentucky
3:45pm ECR v. Santa Monica
5pm Van Nuys v. Reseda
6:15pm ECR v. Calabasas
7:30pm Taft v. Chaminade

2009 War on the Floor Summer Spectacular
Tip off the Summer Tournament 818-425-8737

Saturday June 20
Boys Games at Taft High in Woodland Hills
9 am Birmingham vs. Northridge Academy
10 am Cleveland vs. Montclair Prep
11 am Buckley vs. Oxnard
12 pm Westlake vs. Northridge Academy
1 pm Cleveland vs. Crescenta Valley
2 pm Buckley vs. Saugus
3 pm Campbell Hall vs. El Camino Real
4 pm Sylmar vs. Gametymers
5 pm Westlake vs. Golden Valley
6 pm Alemany vs. El Camino Real
7 pm Sylmar vs. Rock Academy
8 pm Campbell Hall vs. Van Nuys

Boys Games at El Camino Real High in Woodland Hills
9 am Reseda vs. St. Genevieve
10 am Chaminade vs. Moorpark
11 am Dorsey vs. Paraclete
12 pm Taft vs. Reseda
1 pm Notre Dame vs. St. Genevieve
2 pm Montclair Prep vs. Knight
3 pm Moorpark vs. Paraclete
4 pm Pasadena vs. Calabasas
5 pm Lincoln vs. Canoga Park
6 pm Washington Prep vs. Gametymers
7 pm Saugus vs. Ripon
8 pm Lincoln vs. Calabasas

Girls Games at Cleveland High in Reseda
11 am Taft vs. Sylmar
12 pm Calabasas vs. Reseda
1 pm Chaminade vs. L.A. Baptist
2 pm Taft vs. Alemany
3 pm Calabasas vs. Oaks Christian
4 pm El Camino Real vs. L.A. Baptist
5 pm Notre Dame vs. Golden Valley

Sunday June 21
Girls Games at Cleveland High in Reseda
1 pm Sylmar vs. Alemany
2 pm Cleveland vs. Notre Dame
3 pm Oaks Christian vs. Reseda
4 pm Chaminade vs. El Camino Real
5 pm Cleveland vs. Golden Valley

Boys Games at Taft High in Woodland Hills
9 am Golden Valley vs. Northridge Academy
10 am Montclair Prep vs. Crescenta Valley
11 am Chaminade vs. Dorsey
12 pm Golden Valley vs. Birmingham
1 pm Buckley vs. Ripon
2 pm Dorsey vs. Moorpark
3 pm Knight vs. Crescenta Valley
4 pm Oxnard vs. Ripon
5 pm Birmingham vs. Westlake
6 pm Sylmar vs. Washington Prep
7 pm Saugus vs. Oxnard
8 pm Rock Academy vs. Washington Prep

Boys Games at El Camino Real High of Woodland Hills
9 am Notre Dame vs. Reseda
10 am Pasadena vs. Lincoln
11 am Taft vs. Notre Dame
12 pm Taft vs. St. Genevieve
1 pm Pasadena vs. Canoga Park
2 pm Alemany vs. Van Nuys
3 pm Rock Academy vs. Gametymers
4 pm Chaminade vs. Paraclete
5 pm Campbell Hall vs. Alemany
6 pm Calabasas vs. Canoga Park
7 pm Knight vs. Cleveland
8 pm El Camino Real vs. Van Nuys

Monday June 22
BOYS GAMES AT TAFT HS
12 pm A4 vs. H4
1 pm B4 vs. G4
2 pm C4 vs. F4
3 pm D4 vs. E4
4 pm A1 vs. H1
5 pm B1 vs. G1
6 pm C1 vs. F1
7 pm D1 vs. E1

BOYS GAMES AT EL CAMINO REAL
12 pm A3 vs. H3
1 pm B3 vs. G3
2 pm C3 vs. F3
3 pm D3 vs. E3
4 pm A2 vs. H2
5 pm B2 vs. G2
6 pm C2 vs. F2
7 pm D2 vs. E2

GIRLS GAMES AT CLEVELAND HIGH IN RESEDA
12 pm A3 vs. B3
1 pm C3 vs. D3
2 pm A2 vs. B2
3 pm C2 vs. D2
4 pm A1 vs. B1
5 pm C1 vs. D1
6 pm 2 pm loser vs. 3 pm loser
7 pm 2 pm winner vs. 3 pm winner

Tuesday June 23
ALL GAMES AT TAFT HS
11 am Girls 12 pm Monday loser vs. Girls 1 pm Monday loser
12 pm Girls 12 pm Monday winner vs. Girls 1 pm Monday winner
1 pm Boys 4 pm ECR Monday winner vs. Boys 5 pm ECR Monday winner
2 pm Boys 6 pm ECR Monday winner vs. Boys 7 pm ECR Monday winner
3 pm Girls 4 pm Monday loser vs. Girls 5 pm Monday loser
4 pm Boys 4 pm Taft Monday winner vs. Boys 5 pm Taft Monday winner
5 pm Boys 6 pm Taft Monday winner vs. Boys 7 pm Taft Monday winner
6 pm Girls 4 pm winner vs. Girls 5 pm winner (Girls championship)
7 pm Boys 1 pm winner vs. Boys 2 pm winner (Boys Div. II championship)
8 pm Boys 4 pm winner vs. Boys 5 pm winner (Boys Div. I championship)

Pool A Pool B Pool C
Taft Pasadena Campbell Hall
Notre Dame Calabasas El Camino Real
Reseda Lincoln Alemany
St. Genevieve Canoga Park Van Nuys
Pool D Pool E Pool F Pool G Pool H
Rock Acad. Oxnard Knight Golden Valley Chaminade
Wash. Prep Saugus Cresecenta Valley Westlake Dorsey
Sylmar Buckley Cleveland Birmingham Moorpark
Gametymers Ripon Mont. Prep Northridge Paraclete

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2009 War on the Floor summer tournament
June 20-23

Schedule here.

Saturday June 20
Girls Games at Cleveland High in Reseda
11 am Taft vs. Sylmar
12 pm Calabasas vs. Reseda
1 pm Chaminade vs. L.A. Baptist
2 pm Taft vs. Alemany
3 pm Calabasas vs. Oaks Christian
4 pm El Camino Real vs. L.A. Baptist
5 pm Notre Dame vs. Golden Valley

Sunday June 21
Girls Games at Cleveland High in Reseda
1 pm Sylmar vs. Alemany
2 pm Cleveland vs. Notre Dame
3 pm Oaks Christian vs. Reseda
4 pm Chaminade vs. El Camino Real
5 pm Cleveland vs. Golden Valley

Monday June 22
GIRLS GAMES AT CLEVELAND HIGH IN RESEDA
12 pm A3 vs. B3
1 pm C3 vs. D3
2 pm A2 vs. B2
3 pm C2 vs. D2
4 pm A1 vs. B1
5 pm C1 vs. D1
6 pm 2 pm loser vs. 3 pm loser
7 pm 2 pm winner vs. 3 pm winner

Tuesday June 23
ALL GAMES AT TAFT HS
11 am Girls 12 pm Monday loser vs. Girls 1 pm Monday loser
12 pm Girls 12 pm Monday winner vs. Girls 1 pm Monday winner
1 pm Boys 4 pm ECR Monday winner vs. Boys 5 pm ECR Monday winner
2 pm Boys 6 pm ECR Monday winner vs. Boys 7 pm ECR Monday winner
3 pm Girls 4 pm Monday loser vs. Girls 5 pm Monday loser
4 pm Boys 4 pm Taft Monday winner vs. Boys 5 pm Taft Monday winner
5 pm Boys 6 pm Taft Monday winner vs. Boys 7 pm Taft Monday winner
6 pm Girls 4 pm winner vs. Girls 5 pm winner (Girls championship)
7 pm Boys 1 pm winner vs. Boys 2 pm winner (Boys Div. II championship)
8 pm Boys 4 pm winner vs. Boys 5 pm winner (Boys Div. I championship)

2009 War on the Floor/Future Stars
: : : : Boys Junior All Star Game
: : : : Saturday June 13
: : : : Taft High in Woodland Hills 6:30 p.m.

: : : : West Roster
: : : : 12-Jamal McClerkin-Chaminade
: : : : 2-Gilles Dierickx-Chaminade
: : : : 22-Bryce Jones-Taft
: : : : 20-Pierson Williams-Taft
: : : : 42-Sam Natt-Taft
: : : : 44-Keith Dawkins-El Camino Real
: : : : 00-Dushon Carter-El Camino Real
: : : : 32-Jared Garner-Grant
: : : : 34-Sahdi Odu-Birmingham
: : : : 10-Patrick McBride-Newbury Park
: : : : 30-Jordan Coleman-Calabasas
: : : : 4-Danny Cox-Simi Valley
: : : : 24-C.J. Faulwell-Simi Valley
: : : : 40-De'Andre Daniels-Taft
: : : : 34-
: : : : COACH-Todd Wolfson (Chaminade) and David Rebibo (El Camino Real)
: : : : West Practice Wednesday June 10 at Chaminade 6 p.m.

: : : : East Roster
: : : : 23-Myles Mungcal-Chatsworth
: : : : 21-Jason Johnson-Cleveland
: : : : 25-Andrew Farhadi-Buckley
: : : : 11-Trevor Wiseman-Golden Valley
: : : : 15-Jermaine Dansby-Community Charter
: : : : 3-Josh Greene-Community Charter
: : : : 43-Kris Cormier-Van Nuys
: : : : 5-Darrell Haley-Palmdale
: : : : 1-Andry Karchemsky-Notre Dame
: : : : 0-Stephan Hicks-Agoura
: : : : 35-Hasan Khan-Agoura
: : : : 33-
: : : : 13-Andre Fowler-Reseda
: : : : 41-Aaron Curry-Campbell Hall
: : : : 31-
: : : : COACH-Mike Hamilton (Buckley) and Steve Wachs (Campbell Hall)
: : : : East Practice Wednesday June 10 at Buckley High in Sherman Oaks 5 p.m.

2009 War on the Floor/Future Stars Game
BATTLE OF THE VALLEY class of 2010
JUNIOR ALL STAR GAME
June 13 @ Taft High in Woodland Hills 4:45 p.m.

West-
35-Destinee Sellers-Chatsworth
43-Monica Jackson-Chatsworth
15-Rmanii Haynes-Taft
11-Amari Hampton-Taft
25-Katie Deamer-1000 Oaks
13-Erin Dautremont-Chaminde
23-Britt Daniels-Louisville
1-Katie Brooks-Oaks Christian
31-Taylor Ignoto-Westlake
3-Lindsay Schapiro-Buckley
5-
21-
33-
41-

Head Coach Will Burr (Westlake)
Practice Tue. At 7 p.m. at El Camino Real

East-
12-Jenny Lentz-Valencia
44-Emily Cohen-Calabasas
4-Angelica Sahagun-Alemany
40-Maya Sotelo-Alemany
32-Cassie Pappas-Crescenta Valley
24-Brooke Lemar-Canyon
22-Megan Musashi-Flintridge Prep
30-Destinee La Fountain-Royal
20-Brittany Oster-Agoura
10-Sarah Rebibo-El Camino Real
14-Roya Valikani-Calabasas
2-
42-
34-

Head Coach David Goossen (Calabasas)
Practice Tue. At 5 p.m. at Calabasas

Officials: Jenny Isbell, Shaun Shanklin, Bob Newt

It wasn't so long ago the Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks boys basketball team and coach Bill Bedgood were among the top teams in the very competitive Mission League.

In fact, in 2007, Notre Dame was really good.

The last two seasons have been less than desired but things are looking good again at the Sherman Oaks campus.

Bedood is excited again and has some real nice young players to work with.

Jonathan Bell and Kennedy Edwards were freshman this past season and are expected to contribute a lot on the varsity in 2009-2010.

Bedgood is also high on three incoming freshman.

Ausar Madison, Antwon Johnson and Jahmel Taylor have been elementary and junior high standouts.

The trio is ready to make their mark at Notre Dame.

They already led St. Charles Middle School to championships in football and basketball this school year and want to do the same for Notre Dame.

Bedgood couldn't be more pleased.

"I think these guys can come in here and really leave a mark," Bedgood said. "they are very talented and we are looking forward to great things."

Expect a breakout performance Sunday from Saugus running back Ryan Zirbel in the 13th annual Daily News East-West All-Star Football Game at Birmingham High in Lake Balboa. Kickoff is 3:30 p.m.

After rushing for more than 5,200 yards and scoring 79 touchdowns in his three-year career, Zirbel should be the dominant player for the East team based on his performance Tuesday in a practice scrimmage.

"Ryan was unbelievable. He looked really good," said East coach Dean Herrington of Alemany of Mission Hills. "He's a pretty impressive player. On one play, he scored on a 60-yard touchdown and was weaving across the field."

Perhaps Zirbel has a chip on his shoulder, too. The 5-foot-10, 190-pounder turned down his only scholarship offer to Portland State, partly because he expected more offers. But none came, so he plans to play JC football at College of the Canyons in Valencia and has been working out there the past few weeks with the Cougars.

For the West, among those who have impressed are quarterbacks Jordan Adamczyk (Canyon) and Morey Croson (Birmingham), running backs Trevion Johnson(North Hollywood) and Nick Bruce (Taft), receiver Ronald McCrory (Chaminade), offensive linemen Japeth Gordon (Canyon), Chris Costello (Crespi) and Andres Alvarez (Crespi), linebacker Chris Carter (Crespi), defensive back Oliver Johnson (Taft) and defensive lineman Timote Tonga (Birmingham).

Trevion Johnson, who is slated to start at running back for the West, could be an X factor. He's just 5-foot-4 and weighs 160 pounds but rushed for nearly 2,000 yards and scored 25 touchdowns this past season for the Huskies - including 377 yards in one game - but never received much publicity because North Hollywood won just three games and failed to make the City playoffs despite participating in one of the Valley area's weakest leagues.

"Trevion is just a little guy but he can really play. I like him a lot," said West coach Ed Croson of Chaminade.

-- Gerry Gittelson

Cornerstone Christian of Camarillo won the Division VII championship Friday afternoon in a 12-2 victory against Cate of Carpinteria.

Aaron Roth hit a grand slam home run in the second inning and oitched three innings of scoreless relief to lead the Eagles (22-0), who finished the season unbeaten and won the first boys championship in school history.

Cornerstone Christian became the areas second consecutive Div. VII winner following Viewpoint of Calabasas' title last year.

Rosamond had only four hits in a 5-1 loss against Oxford Academy of Cypress in the Div. VI championship game at Long Beach's Blair Field.

The field is set for the 6th annual Pasadena High School "Rose City Round Ball Classic".

The dates are Nov 30 - Dec. 5.

Teams confirmed are: Etiwanda, Eisenhower, Arroyo Valley, Cleveland, Sylmar, Van Nuys, Corona Cent., Cajon, L.A. Jordan, Canyon Springs, Price, La Verne Lutheran, Dorsey Fremont, Inglewood and Pasadena.

For more information contact coach Tim Tucker at Pasadena High. coachdadawgs@yahoo.com

According to a source in the West San Fernando Valley, Newbury Park will announce Matt Goldfield as its new baseball coach.

The announcement will come at the teams banquet tonight.

Goldfield has been an assistant coach at Newbury Park under Scott Drootin and Chuck Berrington.

Goldfield also has had stints at Chaminade and Thousand Oaks.

Goldfield replaces Berrington, who lasted only one season.