CHATTER: PLAYING LIKE THE BIG BOYS.

Byline: Lee Barnathan Staff Writer

First came the ACC vs. the Big East. Now, get ready for the Mission-Marmonte Millennium Challenge.

Crespi boys' basketball coach Dick Dornan enjoys college basketball and thought a version of the Atlantic Coast Conference-Big East Conference preseason matchups might work locally. So, he contacted the coaches from the two leagues. Everyone liked the idea enough to do it for two years.

``When the ACC plays the Big Ten (sic), there's always arguments about who's the best,'' Dornan said. ``Someone got the idea, `Why don't we play?' ''

Dornan said the event will feature seven games in one day, a different Mission team playing a Marmonte team. The site needs to be arranged (Dornan is hoping for Cal State Northridge), as do the matchups and dates (Dec. 23, Jan. 6 or Jan. 15).

But Dornan is excited about the day. . . .

Are you ready for some football, female style?

Trevor Schmidt answers the question affirmatively.

Schmidt, a former Chatsworth High and Cal State Northridge player, is attempting to bring a women's outdoor soccer league to the Valley.

``Growing up in the Valley, there was only one women's league: at Winnetka Park, and it folded,'' Schmidt said. ``Friends requested where they can play. Mothers asked where they can play. It seemed like a good idea.''

Ideally, Schmidt's league would have both a competitive and recreational division, with eight teams per division and 18 players per team. Each team would play 11 matches plus playoffs.

Schmidt and partner Aamon Ross, also a former CSUN player, have advertised with flyers at markets, salons, gyms, soccer shops and AYSO regions. They were most successful when they approached the over-18 league in Simi Valley. Since that league's seasons is near completion, teams have signed up for Schmidt's league, which is scheduled to begin March 19 at Sutter Middle School in Winnetka.

Spots are available. Cost is $80 a player or $1,440 per team. Information: [phone], ext. 8059, or on the Web at wssasoccer.com. . . .

A benefit basketball game between the Calabasas boys' soccer team and the faculty is March 16 at 7 p.m. at the Calabasas gym. Tickets are $20 apiece, with all proceeds going to a trust account established under the name Friends of Albert Barajas, Union Bank of California, 1901 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, 90067.

Barajas, a Calabasas student, has been in a coma since an October auto accident.

Donations also are welcome. Make checks payable to Friends of Albert Barajas. . . .

Pepperdine's Rasheeda Clark was named the West Coast Conference's women's basketball Player of the Year. Moorpark graduate Damarias Hinojosa was named Freshman of the Year. Senior forward Dee Braxton was an honorable-mention selection. . . .

Registration at the U.S. Youth Volleyball League's Thousand Oaks and Encino locations is happening now through March 10. The eight-week programs begin April 25 at Conejo Creek Park North in Thousand Oaks and Balboa Recreation Center in Encino. Cost is $90 per child for boys and girls ages 8 to 14. Information: [phone]. . . .

Crescenta Valley's baseball alumni game is Friday at 5 p.m., preceded by batting practice at 4 p.m. Alumni ages 21 or older are invited. Information: [phone].