CHATTER: FOOTBALL POWERS TO BE ON TV.

Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Staff Writer

The region's high school football powers will be well represented during FSN 2's 11-game televised schedule this year, beginning with Taft of Woodland Hills hosting Crenshaw next Thursday at Canoga Park High to kick off the 20th season of FSN high school coverage.

In all, the network this year will feature seven region teams, including the Hart of Newhall at Westlake game Sept. 23, which marks the 100th high school football telecast for FSN 2. Also on the schedule are Loyola of Los Angeles at Hart (Oct. 7) and Palmdale at Oaks Christian of Westlake Village on Oct. 21.

The complete lineup: Crenshaw vs. Taft at Canoga High, Sept. 8, 7 p.m.; Long Beach Poly vs. Bellevue, Wash., Sept. 16, 8 p.m.; Westlake vs. Hart, Sept. 23, 7 p.m. (FSN); Rancho Cucamonga vs. Centennial, Sept. 29, 7 p.m. (FSN); Loyola vs. Hart , Oct. 7, 7 p.m.; De La Salle vs. Mission Viejo, Oct. 8, TBD; Week 6 game, Oct. 14, TBD; Palmdale vs. Oaks Christian, Oct. 21, 7 p.m.; Week 8 game, Oct 27, TBD; Los Alamitos vs. Esperanza, Nov. 3, 8:30 p.m.; Colton at Redlands East Valley, Nov. 11, 7 p.m.

--Moorpark High baseball standout Ryne Intlekofer has orally committed to play at the University of Notre Dame.

--Highland of Palmdale graduate Matt Parris was named the Golden Baseball League's California Division Pitcher of the Week after throwing a five-hit shutout with no walks last week for the Long Beach Armada. The victory over the Japan Samurai was the right-hander's first complete game of the season. Parris (4-3), a huge Dodgers fan, got a boost before the outing with a pregame visit from Tommy Lasorda.

``That was awesome,'' Parris said. ``It was like a Catholic person meeting the pope.''

Parris, a sixth-round draft pick of the Detroit Tigers in 2000, is hoping for another positive experience this weekend when the Armada is among four teams in the independent league's playoffs at Blair Field in Long Beach. The three-day tournament begins Friday with top-seeded San Diego facing Chico at 3 p.m., followed by Long Beach against Mesa at 7 p.m.

Several locals are participating in the postseason.

Parris is joined on the Armada by outfielders Travis McAndrews and Kevin Miller of USC, and third baseman Randall Shelley from UCLA. Victory Hall from Monroe of North Hills is an outfielder for the Arizona Division champion Mesa Miners. Second baseman Johnny Day (Simi Valley/Moorpark College), shortstop Tony Garcia (Pepperdine) and outfielder Ed Montagu, Jr. (Pepperdine) play for California Division champion San Diego, which also features future Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson.

The championship game is Sunday, one hour following the conclusion of a 1 p.m. elimination game.

--Outfielders Delmon Young (Camarillo) and Jerry Owens (Hart/The Master's College) were selected to the Double-A Southern League postseason all-star team. Former Crespi of Encino standout Brian Horwitz, an outfielder in the San Francisco Giants organization, made the Single-A South Atlantic League all-star team.

--The UCLA men's water polo team, the 2004 NCAA champs, earned the top spot in the 2005 national preseason poll.

USC and California tied for second with 91 points apiece.

UCLA opens its season Saturday at the BYU-Hawaii tournament.

Sean Martin and Heather Gripp contributed.

Vincent Bonsignore, [phone]

vincent.bonsignore(at)dailynews.com