BRIEFLY : HART RECEIVER JOYCE RUNS ROUTE TO UCLA.Hart High receiver Cody Joyce, one of the area's best athletes, has given UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX an oral commitment and will sign a letter of intent next month. Joyce, 6-foot-1 and 185 pounds, also will play baseball for the Bruins. He's an outfielder. ``UCLA was the most ideal place for me,'' he said. ``The coaches were great and the guys were great.'' Bruins head coach Bob Toledo Bob Toledo (born March 4, 1946, in San Jose, California) is an American football coach, recently hired as head coach at Tulane University. He is best-known as the thirteenth head coach at UCLA. and assistant Gary Bernardi visited the Joyce residence last week and the commitment followed. Texas A&M was his other finalist. The Bruins recently received a commitment from Citrus College According to the Public Policy Institute of California, Citrus College had 632 students who transferred to universities during the 2005-2006 academic year, ranking seventh in the area. Citrus College students are represented by ASCC the Associated Students of Citrus College. lineman Andy Kassotis, probably the only JC player they'll accept. ?13Jon Wilner USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. received five oral commitments from high school football players, led by tailback Maleafou MacKenzie of Capistrano Valley in Mission Viejo Mission Vi·e·jo A community of southern California southeast of Irvine. It is mainly residential. Population: 96,300. . MacKenzie (5-10, 220), a preseason All-American according to several recruiting services, rushed for 1,339 yards and scored 14 touchdowns. He chose USC over Ohio State and UCLA. The Trojans also received commitments from Loyola tight end Antoine Harris (6-4, 230), Long Beach Poly linebacker Michael Pollard (6-1, 205), Washington linebacker Kori Dickerson (6-5, 220) and Serra cornerback Kris Richard (6-1, 175). USC is also close to receiving an oral commitment from cornerback Antuan Simmons of Sacramento Valley High School. Simmons, considered one of the top defensive backs in the country, originally committed to California last summer but visited USC over the weekend and should make an official announcement this week. ?13Scott Wolf BASEBALL Ex-major-league umpire Jerry Neudecker has died of cancer at age 66 in Fort Walton Beach Fort Walton Beach, city (1990 pop. 21,471), Okaloosa co., NW Fla., on the Gulf of Mexico; inc. 1941. It is a year-round beach and fishing resort east of Pensacola. Electronic equipment and small boats are made, and military aircraft are modified here. , Fla. Neudecker, who died Saturday, was an American League umpire from 1965 to 1986. HOCKEY Nine cities seeking an NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there expansion franchise will make presentations to the league's owners this week. The NHL Board of Governors will listen to the presentations today and Tuesday. The league is expected to add two teams during the next round of expansion, and another two teams by 2002, although no exact timetable has been set. TENNIS Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman defeated Denmark's Kenneth Carlsen 7-6 (7-0), 6-0 today to capture the New Zealand Open The New Zealand Open, which is currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Blue Chip New Zealand Open, is the leading men's golf tournament in New Zealand. The documented history of golf in New Zealand dates back to 1871. in Auckland. WINTER SPORTS Austria's Thomas Sykora scored a victory at Chamonix, France, the most convincing in the last two years of World Cup slalom skiing. Sykora won his fourth slalom of the season and sixth of his career with a performance that left the rest of the field more than a 1-1/2 seconds behind. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Austria's Thomas Sykora zooms down the first run in Chamonix, France. Associated Press |
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