HOMETOWN HEROES\ATHLETES OF THE WEEK.

Boys: Tanner Trosper, Calabasas.

What he did: The senior pitcher threw his second consecutive one-hitter in a 5-0 shutout of Santa Clara. He had a no-hitter for 6-2/3 innings.

The scoop: Trosper signed a letter of intent with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo last November. He has one of the area's best arms. When he throws strikes, he rarely loses.

Comment: "He was outstanding," Calabasas co-coach Scott Drootin said. "He was in total control."

Girls: Kristi Fox, Newbury Park.

What she did: Fox, a senior right-hander, threw a three-hitter in a 4-1 victory over Crescenta Valley in the championship game of the Downey tournament.

The scoop: Fox is 4-0, including a one-hitter Monday in a 5-0 win over Marmonte League power Westlake. She was the starting forward on the girls' basketball team.

Comment: "It's very exciting to be playing on a team as great as ours this year," Fox said. "I'm just one of the players."

SPORT-BY-SPORT UPDATE

Prep football: Taft will have a new tailback next fall. Sophomore Donald Carpenter, who rushed for 1,255 yards and scored 16 touchdowns, has been dismissed from the team, according to Toreadors coach Troy Starr. . . . Greg Nortman, an All-Southern Section and All-Camino Real League kicker at Harvard-Westlake last fall, has agreed to play football at Princeton next season. Nortman connected on 9 of 15 field goals and 16 of 17 PATs. . . . Thousand Oaks will play Chaminade for its third football game next season.

Prep volleyball: One of the best volleyball matches of the season is set for Friday night, when Marmonte League powers Royal and Westlake meet at Royal.

Prep water polo:Chris Richeson of Royal and Alfonso Tucay of Burroughs (Burbank) have been named to the United States National Junior Water Polo Team Southern California Training Team. Both are juniors.

Prep basketball: One of the most impressive players trying out for the Maccabi Youth Games this summer is eighth-grader Darren Freedman, who will attend Crespi this fall. Freedman, a point guard from Lidero Canyon Middle School, has held his own against much older, more experienced players seeking spots on a team that will play in New Jersey next August.

Prep baseball: Providence in Burbank is going to have a 10-year reunion of its 1986 Southern Section championship baseball team on April 2 in Anaheim. That's when former Providence star Jeff Cirillo, now the starting third baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers, is in town to face the Angels.

College baseball: Cal State Northridge is rated No. 8 this week by Collegiate Baseball.

OFFBEAT 

Volleyball scholars: When it comes to brain power, Royal's volleyball team is No. 1. Two players - junior Nick Flanagan and senior Jason Brown - have SAT scores of 1450 and 1410, respectively. The team GPA is 3.34. As for the 6-foot-6 Flanagan, who also plays basketball, athletic director Terry Dobbins said, "Nick is the quintessential student-athlete, the prototype we would like all our athletes to emulate."

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"I almost had a triple-double, if you look at my turnovers."

- Harvard-Westlake guard Alex Gelbard

after committing eight turnovers in the State championship game

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Chart (1) BASEBALL RANKINGS (2) SOFTBALL RANKINGS Photo (1) Tanner Trosper (2) Kristi Fox