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WATER POLO
Defending national champion
USC and UCLA open play in the
NCAA water polo championships
this weekend at the University
of Michigan.
The No. 4 seeded Trojans
(18-6) take on No. 5 UC Irvine
(21-8) at 4 p.m. Friday to open
eight-team tournament. No. 3
UCLA (24-6) faces No. 6 Indiana
(25-11) at 1:30 p.m. Friday in
its fi rst-round game.
UCLA is led by Montebello
High School and Commerce
Aquatics Club product Priscilla
Orozco, a two-time fi rst-team
All-MPSF selection. She leads
the Bruins with 56 goals and
is sixth among MPSF players
with a 1.87 goals per game
average.
WATER POLO
USC senior opposite hitter
Murphy Troy has been named
the American Volleyball Coaches
Association men’s Division I-II
National Player of the Year.
It is the sixth time a Trojan
has won the award.
Troy is a four-year starter and
two-time fi rst-team All-American.
He was selected the Mountain
Pacifi c Sports Federation Player
of the Year last month.
BASKETBALL
Serra High School product
Hakeem Washington has signed
a national letter of intent to play
basketball at Cal State San
Bernardino.
The Los Angeles native played
the past two seasons at Citrus
College, helping Citrus win the
Western State Conference as a
freshman and place second in
state this year.
The 5-foot-9 point guard averaged
9.0 points, 3.0 assists
and 1.5 steals per game as a
sophomore.
SOFTBALL
Former Westchester High
School standout Breea
Jamerson, a freshman pitcher on
the Jackson State softball team,
has been named fi rst-team All-
Southwestern Conference.
Jamerson went 13-9 with 11
complete games and a 3.60
ERA for the Tigers this spring.
She also batted .263.
Another Westchester product,
freshman catcher Arianna Smith
batted .282 with 21 RBIs for
Jackson State.
BASEBALL
UCLA freshman right-hander
Adam Plutko has been named
Pac-10 pitcher of the week.
Plutko threw a two-hit complete
game shutout in the series
fi nale at Oregon Sunday, helping
the Bruins earn the road sweep.
He struck out seven and walked
one, facing three over the minimum.
He allowed just one baserunner
through the fi nal fi ve
innings to notch his fi rst career
complete game and UCLA’s second
in as many days.
Plutko lowered his ERA to
1.59 and has gone 2-0 with
a 1.05 ERA through his last
six starts. He is 4-3 with 68
strikeouts and 17 walks in 79.1
innings this spring.
TRACK
UCLA’s Cory Primm and
Ashlea McLaughlin are the Pac-
10 men’s and women’s track
athletes of the week.
Primm won the top section
of the 800 meters Saturday at
the Oxy Invitational with the No.
3 time in the NCAA this season.
Primm’s time of 1:46.20
knocked nearly two seconds off
his previous season-best mark.
McLaughlin ran a lifetimebest
in the 400 meters at the
Oxy Invitational. She fi nished
second overall and was the top
collegiate fi nisher with a personal
best 52.95. McLaughlin’s
time ranks 13th in the NCAA
this season.
POLLS
Alhambra High School is
third and Paramount sixth in
the latest Southern Section
Division 3 baseball coaches’
poll. Alhambra leads the Almont
League, Paramount the San
Gabriel Valley heading into the
fi nal week of the regular season.
In Division 7, Firebaugh is
fourth and Animo Leadership
sixth.
In the softball polls, Warren
is third and Downey sixth in
Division 3. They rank one-two in
the San Gabriel Valley League.
Downey Calvary Chapel is
again No. 1 in Division 6.
In Division 5, Schurr is seventh
and Keppel ninth.
Wave Staff
Serra High School exploded
for eight runs in the fourth inning
and added fi ve more in the
fi fth and rolled to a 13-2 victory
over host Cantwell Sacred
Heart Monday in a Camino Real
League baseball game.
The second-place Cavaliers
improved to 16-5 overall and
10-3 in league, while Cantwell
dropped to 9-13 and 5-9. The
two teams closed the regular
season Wednesday at Serra.
Sophomore Khalil Denson
(5-0), the benefi ciary of a 12-hit
attack, scattered eight hits in a
complete game effort. He struck
Photo by Ron Guild
Dorsey High School first baseman Oscar Lamas holds a West Adams Prep runner on during Tuesday’s game. Dorsey
won, 11-6.
Smith leads way for Dorsey
BY RON GUILD
STAFF WRITER
Nothing like a little senior
leadership to get a team through
a rough patch.
Shortstop Stephen Smith got
the Dorsey High School baseball
team through one Tuesday
night and the result was a critical
come-from-behind 11-6 victory
over West Adams Prep at Roybal
L.C.
The victory enabled the Dons
(10-6, 7-4) to move into a thirdplace
tie with West Adams (12-5,
7-4) in the Coliseum League race.
With a playoff berth at stake, the
two teams close the regular season
against each other at 6 p.m.
Thursday at West Adams.
Dorsey can thank the slick
glove work and clutch hitting of
Smith for putting them in that position.
As Dons coach Peter Dobson
said, “He really came through
tonight.”
It was his two-run double that
broke a 6-6 tie and sparked a sixrun
fi fth inning that enabled the
Dons to take control of a contest
they trailed 6-2 heading into the
last of the second.
Earlier, he had turned what appeared
to be a sure single up the
middle by Andrew Diego into a
force play. In the top of the seventh,
he completed a 4-6-3 double
play following a leadoff single
by Diego, who was 2-for-4.
Smith, who was 2-for-5 and
scored two runs, said he lives for
the big moments.
“I love the clutch and as a senior
I’d rather the game came
down to me,” he said. “Win or
lose it’s my fault. That way the
younger ones, the underclassmen,
can see how to react in that
situation.”
He felt he had a role to play
when the team fell behind right
off the bat.
“I told them to keep it together,
to stay strong, stay focused, and
not let the little errors mess us
up,” he said.
One of the younger players
who did come through for the
Dons was freshman David Lamas,
who had to take over on the
mound in the second inning after
Deiondre Nelson struggled.
He would shut out the Panthers
the rest of the way, allowing only
fi ve hits, while striking out four
and walking none. Lamas, who
started the game at third base,
went 2-for-3 with an RBI and
three runs scored.
Oscar Lamas went 2-for-3 with
a double and three RBIs.
For West Adams, shortstop
Corey Akins went 2-for-3 and
third baseman Steven Garcia
went 2-for-4 with a double and
two RBIs.
King-Drew 6, Manual Arts
1: John Narvaes (3-6) pitched a
two-hitter and went 3-for-4 with
two RBIs at the plate to lead
King-Drew (6-13, 4-7) to a 6-1
Coliseum League victory over
Manual Arts (2-12, 1-10).
He struck out three and walked
three.
Rahean Hart went 2-for-3 with
an RBI and Chris Anderson went
1-for-4 with a run batted in for
King-Drew.
Manual Arts and King-Drew
play Thursday at Harvard Recreation
Center in the regular-season
fi nale. Game time is 3 p.m.
Brother battery provides spark in win
BY RON GUILD
STAFF WRITER
While the present in promising
for the Crenshaw High School
baseball, its brother battery
showed there is much to look
forward to in the future.
Sophomore pitcher Edgar Resendez,
throwing to his freshman
brother, Oscar, pitched six innings
of seven-hit ball in helping
the Cougars defeat Fremont,
11-5 Tuesday at Athens Park and
keep their title hopes alive.
A Crenshaw victory Thursday
at home against Fremont would
give the Cougars (9-3, 8-3) a
share of the league championship
with Locke, which concluded its
regular season last week. The
Cougars will throw ace Keymon
Thomas at the Pathfi nders Thursday.
They did well enough with
their number two pitcher Resendez
(2-0), who needed only 81
pitches to dispatch the Pathfi nders
(7-13, 3-8).
“I just tried to throw the ball
right over the plate and strike
guys out,” said Resendez, who
struck out six. “I just wanted to
fi nish off the batters.”
He admitted it was nice throw-
L O S A N G E L E S W A V E
ing to his brother, who also contributed
an RBI-single.
“Since I was a little kid, I’ve
always thrown to him,” he said.
“It makes me feel comfortable.”
“I thought Edgar did a good
job today,” Crenshaw coach Art
Burke said.
Crenshaw managed only nine
hits, but was aided by six Fremont
errors, four during a fourrun
third inning in which the
Cougars did not get a hit.
“It seems like we always have
that kind of inning,” Fremont
coach Curtis Johnson said. “Until
that point we were doing pretty
well.”
Silvestre Quintanilla, who
went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, was
the lone Cougar with more than
one hit.
Thomas crashed a long home
run to right during the seventh.
Lavale Adolph, who pitched the
seventh, hada scoring fl y ball and
single and Avantre Lesley had
an RBI single and scored three
runs.
Christian Garcia went 3-for-3
and Carlos Garcia went 3-for-4
with two RBIs to pace the Pathfi
nders offensively. Marc Garcia
and Pablo Valdes also drove in
runs.
Photo by Mario Villegas
Serra High School’s Jamiel Robinson takes a big cut
against Cantwell Sacred Heart in Monday’s Camino Real
League game. Serra rolled to a 13-2 win.
SPORTS
Photo by Ron Guild
Crenshaw High School’s Keymon Thomas awaits a pitch
during Tuesday’s game with Fremont.
Serra batters Cantwell, 13-12
out one and walked one.
Reggie Southall went 3-for-4
with an RBI and Dominic Smith
went 2-for-2 with three RBIs to
lead the way for the Cavaliers
offensively. Ronald Miller was
2-for-2 with an RBI and Kamal
Muhammad was 2-for-4 with a
run batted in. Jamiel Robinson
had a hit and RBI.
With his big day, Smith raised
his average to .554 with 28
RBIs. Robinson is now hitting
.533 with 27 RBIs and Southall
is at .434 with 19 RBIs.
Cantwell scored single runs in
the third and fi fth innings.
League champion Cathedral
(22-4, 12-1) routed St. Bernard,
Compton
standout
takes top
honors
Wave Staff
It was easily understandable
why El Camino College-Compton
Center outfi elder Matthew
Young was selected the South
Coast Conference most valuable
player as well as its offensive
player of the year in baseball.
After all, the sophomore led
the SCC in nine different offensive
categories while helping the
Tartars tie for second place with
East L.A. in the standings.
Young’s numbers in conference
included a .465 batting average,
10 doubles, two triples,
two home runs, 16 RBIs and 13
stolen bases in conference play.
For the season, he batted .428
(62-for-145) with three homers,
13 doubles, two triples and 24
RBIs. He also stole 22 bases.
Young isn’t the only Tartar
represented on the All-SCC fi rst
team.
First baseman Pascual Garcia
(Lynwood High School grad)
was also honored after hitting
.316 with a homer, seven doubles
and 16 RBIs.
First-team starting pitchers are
Long Beach’s Steven Gallardo,
El Camino’s Andrew Pulido,
East L.A.’s Chris Reyes, Long
Beach’s Omar Jimenez and El
Camino’s Alex Mistulof. Gallardo
is the SCC pitcher of the
year.
First-team relief pitchers are El
Camino’s Mason Patterson and
East L.A.’s Gerardo Arias.
Chris Rodriguez of Cerritos is
the utility pick, while East L.A.’s
Tim Soonthorngarun, L.A. Harbor’s
Marc Venning, El Camino’s
Peter Ives, East L.A.’s Ruben
Ramirez and Harbor’s Carlos
Avila are the infi elders. The outfi
elders are Hector Gomez of
Cerritos, Kyle Demarco of Harbor,
Kevin Jones of East L.A.
and Joe Lent of Long Beach.
ECC-Compton players on the
second team are infi elders Joseph
Williams and Mark Silva and
outfi elder Kyle Gonzaga. Tartars
to receive honorable mention
were pitcher Aldo Montoya,
catcher/pitcher David Rivera and
pitcher Tyray Gatewood.
East L.A.’s second-teamers
are starting pitcher Jose Medina
and outfi elder Ricardo Arias.
The Husky honorable mentions
are shortstop Austin McFarland,
third baseman Andy Salcido and
designated hitter Manuel Estevez.
The SCC’s all-defensive team
includes East L.A.’s Martinez at
catcher, Cerritos’ Soonthorngarun
at fi rst, Compton’s Williams
at second, Harbor’s Carlos Avila
at shortstop, Harbor’s Venning at
third, East L.A.’s Jones, Harbor’s
Kris Cayton and Hector Gomez
of Cerritos in the outfi eld.
Ken Gaylord of SCC champion
Cerritos is coach of the year.
13-2 Monday. The Vikings are
11-13, 4-10.
In the other Camino Real
game Monday, Mary Star routed
Bosco Tech, 10-1.
Junior Brandon Rea (5-3)
struck out eight and walked one
in a two-hit complete game effort.
Mary Star (15-8, 8-5) scored
eight runs in the bottom of the
fi fth inning to break the contest
open.
Chris Alvarez and Marco
Armienta had the hits for Bosco
Tech (4-19, 1-12). Alvarez drove
in the only run.