BURBANK QUESTIONS TRANSFER.

Byline: GERRY GITTELSON Community Sports

Ty Duncan, a second-team All-Foothill League defensive tackle for Burbank High this past season, has transferred to Westlake High, and Burbank football coach Greg Sobiech said he plans to file an official complaint with the Southern Section as soon as possible because he said he believes Duncan was recruited.

Westlake coach Jim Benkert confirmed Duncan, a 6-foot-3, 285-pound sophomore, recently enrolled at Westlake.

``The kid is a real player. Our principal and I are definitely putting together a formal complaint against Westlake High School,'' Sobiech said. ``I really can't say too much right now, but there's going to be some trouble. This is unacceptable. I had to lose this kid.''

Sobiech said he believes Westlake has violated an ``undue influence'' rule. If so, Duncan could be ruled ineligible for one year, and the Westlake program and/or coaches could face punishment.

Duncan wasn't available for comment.

Benkert said Duncan's mother works in Malibu and that the two have moved into Westlake's boundaries. He also said he hasn't been informed about Duncan's abilities as a football player.

``I haven't got into it much because I'm in track now. From what I know, he and his mom have moved out here,'' Benkert said.

Burbank is scheduled to participate in the Foothill League for one more school year before moving to the Pacific League in 2006-2007.

--Football standout Torrey O'Brien, the all-time leading tackler at Valencia High, has declined an invitation to participate in the 54th annual Shrine Classic football game, considered one of the nation's top high school all-star events.

O'Brien, a three-year starting linebacker, has decided to give up football, partly because he never received a college scholarship offer, according to his mother, Terri.

``He just decided that football isn't going to be part of his future anymore, so he didn't want to put his body through it any more (by participating in the Shrine event),'' she said.

O'Brien, who had expressed interest in playing football at College of the Canyons, didn't attend spring workouts at Canyons, which began last week. He also didn't return phone calls seeking comment.

Meanwhile, O'Brien's brother, Tyler, a promising starting receiver/running back for Valencia's freshman team this past season, has transferred to a new school, West Ranch High.

The younger O'Brien, the area's dominant youth-football running back before high school, said the two reasons he transferred were because he has more friends at West Ranch and he didn't want to compete for playing time at Valencia with returning varsity standout Shane Vereen, a sophomore running back.

``Shane is pretty much in there. I didn't want to wait three years,'' Tyler said.

--Ashlee Trebilcock's jersey No. 11 was retired during Hart High's annual girls' basketball banquet at Hart on Friday night. Trebilcock, who committed to UCLA prior to her junior season, dominated Foothill League basketball for four years, helping Hart to three section final appearances and three state tournament berths.

She's the school's all-time leading scorer, averaging a school-record 22.1 points last season despite a serious ankle injury.

Trebilcock, the Southern Section Div. I-AA tri-Player of the Year, recently participated in the annual WBCA All-America game at the Women's Final Four in Indianapolis, scoring four points with three rebounds in 19 minutes.

--Saugus residents Jessica Frump and Alyssa Wohlfeiler helped a local team win the USA Hockey 16-under girls' national championship in Colorado recently. It's their second USA title after winning the 12-under division together in 2001.