NOTES: GLENDALE MAN UPSETS KAFELNIKOV.Byline: Daily News Sargis Sargsian Sargis Sargsian (born June 3 1973, Yerevan, Armenia) is a Florida-based tennis player. He has played for Armenia in the Olympics twice but lost in the first round both times. , a Glendale resident who plays as an Armenian national, scored perhaps the biggest upset of his tennis career Wednesday when he stunned No. 1-ranked Yevgeny Kafelnikov Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov (born 18 February, 1974; Russian: Евгений Александрович 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 at the Queen's Club The Queen's Club is a private sporting club in West Kensington, London. Founded in 1886, the Queen's Club was the world's first multipurpose sports complex and named after Queen Victoria, its first patron. tournament in London. Kafelknikov, of Russia, double-faulted 10 times in losing the second-round match to Sargsian, who is ranked 74th in the world and teaches at the Burbank Tennis Center. Kafelnikov had a first-round bye in the grass-court warmup tournament for Wimbledon. After breaking serve to lead 3-2 in the second set, Kafelnikov dropped the next six games. Esquer to Cal: Dave Esquer, an assistant baseball coach at Pepperdine for the past three years, will be announced today as the new head coach at Cal. Esquer, 34, is a former player and coach at Stanford. He joined the Waves staff in 1996 and helped direct Pepperdine to three consecutive winning seasons, including this past year, when the Waves were 46-16. ``David Esquer is one of those people that any institution would be proud to have as a head coach,'' said John Watson John Watson is a common name. Some of the more notable John Watsons include:
Pepperdine has been ranked in the top 10 in the nation in fielding all three years with Esquer, a former shortstop, on staff. - Chris Branam Keys to the city: Former Antelope Valley High standout pitcher Sean Douglass, who plays in the Baltimore Orioles organization, was assigned to the Single-A Frederick Keys of the Carolina League from extended spring training. Douglass went 2-2 with a 3.23 earned run average earned run average n. Baseball Abbr. ERA A measure of a pitcher's performance obtained by dividing the total of earned runs allowed by the total of innings pitched and multiplying by nine. Noun 1. last season at rookie Bluefield of the Appalachian League. Phillips signs: Cal State Northridge outfielder/third baseman Danny Phillips signed with the Colorado Rockies and has been assigned to the organization's short-season Single-A club in Portland. Phillips, who was drafted in the 15th round last week, will report over the weekend. Lane signs: USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. outfielder Jason Lane, a sixth-round draft pick, signed with the Houston Astros. Blonstein's choice: Notre Dame volleyball setter Nevada Blonstein, a member of the Daily News All-Area team, signed to play at Coastal Carolina. She chose the Lady Chanticleers over Texas, Lehigh and Boston College. Goldman commits: Michael Goldman of Calabasas High, who has won several slam-dunk contests but failed to meet NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association academic requirements, said he'll play basketball for 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. . Out of site: The High Desert All-Star Football Game has switched sites. The game is now at Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. on Saturday at 7 p.m. Coaches honored: Four area coaches will be honored by the California Coaches Association on June 26. Scott King of Birmingham is being recognized as girls' cross country coach of the year, Joe Pawlick of Westlake as girls' athletic director of the year, Jim Clemmesen of Van Nuys Middle School as middle school coach of the year, and Eddie Lopez of Glendale College as community college men's cross country coach of the year. In addition, activist Duke Russell of Hollywood is receiving the William Rockwell Memorial Award for his role in reviving four men's sports at Cal State Northridge after they were eliminated two years ago. Pac-10 medal winners: The Pacific-10 announced its Conference Medal winners, an annual award that goes to each member school's outstanding athletes who show the greatest combination of performance and achievement in scholarship and leadership. From 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 , Saugus' Shawn Stuart of the football team and gymnastics' Kiralee Hayashi were honored; from USC, basketball's Adrain Williams and football's Adam Abrams were chosen. In addition, Agoura's Amy Skieresz of Arizona's track and field team was honored. More all-star football: A number of area players have been selected to play in an all-star game sponsored by Nationwide Sports, to be held June 19 at 7 p.m. at Santa Monica College Santa Monica College was first opened in 1929 as Santa Monica Junior College. Current enrollment is 32,000 students in more than 90 fields of study. The college also has one of the largest international student populations of any community college in the US, with approximately . The locals include Kevin Carden and Robert Mueller of Crespi as well as Taft's Michael Adams, Marquis Brignac, Dionte Hall and Lawrence Wallace, Sylmar's Tony Sanchez, Granada Hills' Robert Garica, Peter Gunny and Gerald Jones and De Angelo Nedd of El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Special Olympics: About 4,000 athletes, coaches and volunteers from 11 counties are participating in the 30th annual Special Olympics Southern California Summer Games this weekend at Long Beach State. The opening ceremony takes place Friday at the Pyramid on the CSULB CSULB California State University at Long Beach campus, culminating with the 1,500-mile torch run involving more than 3,500 law-enforcement officers who carried the torch throughout Southern California. The ceremony will include a parade of athletes and a laser-light show. Admission and parking are free. More information is available at the organization's Web site, www.sosc.org. |
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