BASKETBALL TRIO BOUND FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS.

Byline: GERRY GITTELSON Community Sports

Local girls' basketball players Jessica Honnen, Jean Garong and Janelle Spindt are on the their way to Dublin to represent the United States in the 12th annual 2003 World Special Olympics Summer Games.

The event, which begins June 23, is the largest international multisport competition in the world this year, as 7,000 athletes from 160 countries will participate in 18 events.

U2 is scheduled to perform at the Opening Ceremony at Croke Park Stadium.

Honnen, Garong and Spindt were selected by former Olympian Rafer Johnson through an allotment system.

--Christina Hock, who helped Hart High's girls' basketball team to the Southern Section final and a berth in the state championship playoffs, has been named the Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the Southern Section.

Hock, who plans to attend Azusa Pacific University on a full academic scholarship, also has received a Bank of America Achievement Award and a scholarship from the Santa Clarita Valley Scholarship Foundation. She plans to major in accounting and business administration in college.

Hock was a four-year member of both the Hart basketball and swim teams. Both won Foothill League championships this year.

Hart's Ian Feldman, a standout baseball player who has committed to Claremont-McKenna, also was selected for the Scholar-Athlete Award.

--Nate Longshore of Canyon High is ranked the No. 20 quarterback prospect in the nation, according to ESPN's Tom Lemming.

--Saugus High's football team hosts a large-scale passing tournament at Central Park in Saugus beginning at 6 p.m. June 26 and and concluding June 27.

Among the schools scheduled to participate are: Canyon, Crescenta Valley of La Crescenta, Chatsworth, Franklin of L.A., Granada Hills, Hart, Moorpark and San Fernando.

--Congratulations to the Diamondbacks of Canyon Country East Little League. They went 20-0 this past season to become the league's first undefeated team before losing in the first round of the Tournament of Champions.

--The Santa Clarita Community Center Boxing Program will host a $3 pancake breakfast beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Newhall American Legion at 24527 Spruce Street. Proceeds benefit the program, providing uniforms and equipment.

``We hope the community shows supports for our youth programs and comes to the breakfast,'' supervisor Hope Horner said.

Information: [phone].

--In other SC Community Center boxing news, Samuel Chavez won the 117-pound championship at a boxing show in Northridge last month. He's been training at the center for a year.

--Nick Prange of the Antelope Valley Northerners hockey team won the first $1,000 College Head Start Scholarship at Ice Station Valencia, sponsored by Valencia Nissan.

--Line Drive Baseball Academy in Valencia is conducting a three-day baseball and softball camp beginning at 9 a.m. June 30. The cost is $150. Information: [phone].