CHATTER: EX-WESTLAKE QB WEIGHS HIS OPTIONS.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Staff Writer Former Westlake High quarterback Zac Wasserman, who opted out of his scholarship at Penn State University last month to transfer to a school closer to his ailing mother, has narrowed his choices to Texas A&M, San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. State and College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. . ``Hopefully, I'm going to make a decision within the next couple of weeks,'' Wasserman said. His mother has been diagnosed with cancer. Wasserman visited Texas A&M last week and has a history with the Aggies. His father attended the school and when Zac came out of Westlake, the Aggies offered him a scholarship. ``The visit went really well,'' Wasserman said. San Diego State is also an intriguing possibility. The Aztecs coach, Ted Tollner Ted Alfred Tollner (born May 29 1940) is a football coach who has worked as a head coach in college football and as an assistant coach in the National Football League. Playing career , is a friend of former Westlake assistant Erik Affholter, who played at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. under Tollner. Affholter, now an assistant at Crespi High, has recommended Tollner to Wasserman. ``He's had good things to say about coach Tollner,'' Wasserman said. If Wasserman goes to either Texas A&M or San Diego State, he'd have to sit out the 2001 season. If he goes to College of the Canyons, where he'd join former Taft star Marquis Brignac and former Westlake standout Michael Brignac, Wasserman would be eligible to play immediately. ``That's a big consideration,'' Wasserman said. ``It seems like I haven't played forever.'' ... Former Camarillo baseball player Jay Caligiuri, a 13th-round draft pick of the Mets, signed for $38,000 on Monday, his father, Len, said. On Thursday, Jay flew to Buffalo, where he will join Brooklyn (short-season Single-A) of the New York-Penn League in a road game at Jamestown, N.Y. ... For those looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. some good summer basketball, the Wednesday-night Crespi Summer League might have the region's best teams. Taft, which figures to open the season as the Daily News top-ranked team, heads an impressive 12-team field. ``It's a tough league with good competition,'' said North Hollywood coach Rob Bloom Rob Bloom is an American comedy writer and screenwriter. He has written for the Cartoon Network, McSweeney's, CRACKED, Fresh Yarn, Funny Times, National Public Radio, American Public Media, among others. . Besides Bloom's Huskies and Taft, the league consists of Mission League powers Crespi and Chaminade and Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. , Newbury Park, Agoura, Westlake and Royal of the Marmonte League. Saugus and Canyon from the Foothill league round out the field. Games start Wednesday at 3 p.m., followed by contests at 4, 5, 6:30, 7:30 and 8:30. ``We're looking forward to some great basketball,'' Crespi coach Dick Dornan said. ... As for a top summer tournament, the sixth annual boys' and girls' War on the Floor tournament runs Saturday through Wednesday and features a number of the region's top teams. On the boys' side is Taft, led by football/basketball standout Steve Smith and talented point guard Mustafa Asgari. Also, Chatsworth, Harvard-Westlake, Sylmar, Simi Valley, Chaminade, Canoga Park and Littlerock are participating. Out-of-area powers Inglewood and Clovis West of Fresno will play as well. The boys tip off Saturday at 10 a.m. at Pierce College and Taft High. The girls tip off Saturday at 10 a.m. at Cleveland High of Reseda. ... USC shortstop Seth Davidson and Pepperdine pitcher Dan Haren signed pro contracts with the St. Louis Cardinals For the National Football League team that played in St. Louis from 1960 to 1987, see . The St. Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards" or "the Redbirds") are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. . Davidson, a four-year starter for the Trojans, hit .323 with 26 RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in and 14 stolen bases as a senior. Haren, a second-round pick, was a second-team All-American selection by Baseball America. He was 11-3 with a 2.22 ERA and also hit .308 with 47 RBI as the Waves' designated hitter. St. Louis also signed 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 product Matt Pearl. ... Westlake's Scott Dragicevich earned Academic All-America baseball honors. He was the starting shortstop for Stanford, which lost to Miami in the College World Series championship game. Staff Writers Lee Barnathan, Heather Gripp and Chris Cocoles contributed. |
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