Southern Utah State Joins CSUN in WFC

Cal State Northridge will have some added competition next year when Southern Utah State enters the 4-year-old Western Football Conference.

Southern Utah’s approval for membership in the WFC, which becomes effective July 1, 1986, was passed unanimously by a vote of the WFC Executive Committee last week.

SUSC is the seventh school to affiliate with the NCAA Division II. Other schools in the WFC are Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, California Lutheran College, Cal State Sacramento and Portland State.

“The addition of Southern Utah moves the Western Football Conference one step closer to our immediate goal of a 10-school league,” said Vic Buccola, conference commissioner. “This action . . . provides the WFC with the potential to become one of the nation’s leading NCAA Division II football conferences.”

In 1985-86, Southern Utah will maintain its dual membership in the NCAA Division II and will participate in the NAIA playoffs.

Howard Sisters Receive Honors

Sisters Tina and Sherri Howard, former track standouts at Kennedy High, were honored this week at Cal State Los Angeles.

Tina, who competed in every meet this season, was named the most inspirational member of the women’s track team. Tina anchored Cal State L.A.’s school-record-setting 1600-meter relay team.

Sherri, the NCAA 400-meter champion in 1980, won the track team’s most valuable player honors. Sherri won an Olympic gold medal last year on the U.S. 1600-meter relay team.

Baseball School To Open

The Kevin Jacobson School of Baseball, located in Simi Valley, will offer eight one-week sessions of intensified coaching to young men age 8 to 16. The first session will begin June 24.

Jacobson, 28, is a former Moorpark College All-American who played in the Cincinnati, Oakland, Detroit and California minor leagues before retiring to pursue a career as a sports agent.

Al Schoenberger, baseball coach at Cal Lutheran College, will supervise the school. Several major league players will serve as guest instructors.

The school will be held at Simi Valley Youth Baseball Complex, Olsen Road in Simi Valley.

Each session consists of three hours of training a day for five days. Morning and afternoon sessions are offered each week from June 24 through August 12.

Information: (805) 497-8641 or (805) 482-6311.