BRIEFLY : Camarillo’s Henry to Start at Quarterback for East in Ventura County All-Star Game

The Ventura County high school all-star football game, featuring several players from the Marmonte and Tri-Valley Leagues, is set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Ventura’s Larrabee Stadium.

The East team, coached by Dave Murphy of Simi Valley High, includes Andy Silvestro, David Barrow, Andrew Mazzare and Ray Pacheco of Simi Valley; Gus Nelinger, Todd Rathsthorne, Joe Sturges, Matt Young and Ken Hafeliger of Thousand Oaks; Mike Stein, Greg Mattes, Steve Muscarella and Robert Yoos of Newbury Park; Chris Mann, Chris Lemieux, Vic Topper and John Maio of Westlake; Ramee Hijaz of Moorpark; Larry Roberts of Fillmore; Mike Henry, Kevin Ochs, James Walsh and Anthony Trueba of Camarillo; Phil Vasquez of Royal; Tim Brown, Ryan Braddock and David Bond of Oak Park; and Eric Tobias, Joe Gonzalez, Vince Guerrero and Jarl Nerdrum of Santa Paula.

Henry will start at quarterback, and Roberts and Ochs will start in the backfield, Murphy said.

The Los Angeles City Recreation and Parks Department is sponsoring free golf lessons for youths under the age of 18. Local professionals will conduct the clinics at both the Sepulveda and Hansen Dam golf courses on June 23-25. The clinics run from 10 a.m. to noon.

“The program allows youngsters who might not normally take up golf because of the cost a chance to enjoy the game,” Hansen Dam pro Jim Anderson said.

Instruction will focus on golf etiquette and rules along with demonstrations on the use of various clubs. Juniors are asked to furnish their own clubs and to rent a basket of driving range practice balls.

Information: 818-986-4560 or 818-896-0050.

Although the 1987 high school track season just concluded, Melissa Sutton of Newbury Park and Doug Fairman of Thousand Oaks will compete in the National High School All-American Cross-Country Championships in New Orleans on Tuesday.

The championship, which will include many of the best seniors in the country, will be run on a 5,000-meter course.

Sutton won an unprecedented third straight Southern Section 4-A cross-country title in November and placed sixth in this year’s state track championship at 1,600 meters. Sutton will attend UCLA in the fall.

Fairman has a personal best of 4:14.80 for 1,600 meters and was a member of a Lancers’ cross-country team that won the boys Southern Section 4-A title.