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Richard Mullaney of Thousand Oaks caught 19 passes for more than 300 yards tonight in a Northern loss to Oaks Christian, setting a Southern Section season record of 120 receptions. The old mark was 111 by Pepe Villasenor of St. Bonaventure in 1996.

Mullaney fell one shy of the 1977 state record of 121 by Steve Martinez of L.A. Wilson,

Oaks Christian of Westlake Village received 16 valuable points Tuesday from divers Chris Todd and Mike Logsdon in its bid to win the Southern Section Div. II boys' swimming and diving title.

Todd finished eighth at the division final at Fullerton College with 309.75 points on his 11-dive schedule. Logsdon was 12th with 292 points.

Oaks Christian will compete Friday in the Div. II swimming prelims and Saturday in the championship meet, already holding an important advantage over four-time champion La Canada and fellow challenger Crescenta Valley of La Crescenta.

In the girls' Div. II final at Fullerton College, Calabasas' Casey Rakauskas placed 14th with 334.90 points and Oaks Christian's Brooke Bauer took 15th with 330.90 points.

John Geyer, a senior at La Canada High School, was 30th in the 3-meter portion of the 16-18 boys group in the FINA Junior Diving World Championships in Aachen, Germany on Tuesday. He scored 420.55 points.
Russia's Evgeny Kuznetsov won gold with 591.45 points. Kristian Ipsen of Clayton, Calif., was the highest finishing diver from the United States in sixth with 548.45 points.
Geyer will compete with Atlanta's Thad Ellis in the synchronized 3-meter competition today.
Pasadena Poly's Felicitas Lenz of Altadena was 19th in the 3-meter portion of the 16-18 girls group. She scored 381.55 points. China's Han Wang was the gold medalist at 497.15 points.
Jennifer Abel of Canada won silver after placing 13th on 3-meter in the Beijing Olympics last month.
There are about 220 divers from countries competing in the Junior Diving World Championships.

La Canada High's John Geyer is one of 16 divers who will represent the United States in the FINA junior world championships in Germany starting Sept. 16.
Geyer, a senior at La Canada High School, will compete in 3-meter springboard in the boys 16-18 year old division. He is competing through the Trojan Diving Club.
Felicitas Lenz of Altadena is competing for the United States in 3-meter springboard in the girls 16-18 year old division.
Kristian Ipsen of Clayton, Calif., will be competing in all three events, 1-meter springboard, 3-meter springboard and 10-meter platform, at the junior world championships. He won the junior world championships in 2006.
The diving championships are in Aachen, Germany and end Sept. 21.