High School Spring Sports : Jenkins Heaves Saugus to Victory

Saugus track Coach Bill Van Duzee has been waiting all season for discus-thrower Damiean Jenkins to cut loose.

“He’s been consistently throwing 175 feet in practice,” Van Duzee said. “But he hasn’t been able to do it in the meets.”

Until Tuesday.

Jenkins, who had a previous best of 169 feet, 10 inches, unleashed a throw of 173-5 to lead the Centurions to an 84-52 victory over Quartz Hill in a Golden League meet at College of the Canyons. The 6-2 1/2, 225-pound senior also had two other throws over 171 feet.

“He put it all together today,” Van Duzee said of Jenkins, who placed eighth in last year’s Southern Section 4-A Division championships. “He did what we knew he was capable of all along.”

Jenkins wasn’t the only Centurion to excel in the weight events. John Characky, who has a personal best of 53-1 1/2 in the shotput, approached that mark with a 52-11 effort.

Double winners for Saugus (3-2, 3-1 in league meets) were Christian Stanley in the 100 (11.7) and 200 meters (23.9) and Tom Greenwood in the 800 (2:06.3) and 3,200 (10:24.1).

Joe Devine, better known for the 800 and 1,600 meters, won the 400 in 53.3 and Scott Cutchall won the 300 intermediate hurdles in 41.8.

In other boys’ meets:

Burroughs 75, Burbank 52--Led by Bruce Luizzi’s victories in the 100 and 200 meters, Burroughs dominated the sprint events to win the Foothill League meet at Burbank.

Luizzi won the 100 in 11.1, the 200 in 22.8 and led off the victorious 400- and 1,600-meter relay teams. Teammate Otto Varela won the 400 in 53.2 and ran legs on the winning relays.

Mike Steward and Sasha Vujic won the pole vault (13-6) and 3,200 (10:13.0) for Burroughs (6-0, 3-0).

GIRLS’ TRACK

Burroughs 64, Burbank 54--Marji Gilles of Burbank won four events, but Burroughs defeated the host Bulldogs in the Foothill League meet.

Gilles, the defending Southern Section 3-A Division champion in the triple jump, won her specialty with a mark of 35-11 3/4. Her other wins came in the 400 (1:03.6), the high jump (4-6) and the long jump (16-3). Gilles’ teammate, Nicole Jimenez, won the 1,600 (5:39.0) and 3,200 (12:04.6).

Saugus 67, Quartz Hill 60--Kristine Camp won three events and Ellen Dinsenbacher and Amy Woodruff took two each as Saugus won its first meet of the season in the Golden League contest at College of the Canyons.

Camp won the 100 low hurdles in 18.1, the 300 low hurdles in 49.1 and the triple jump with a 30-10 effort.

VOLLEYBALL

Harvard d. Brentwood, 15-12, 15-11, 16-14--Bob Hillman had 30 kills to lead the Saracens to a nonleague victory over Brentwood at Harvard.

Harvard, the No. 3-ranked team in the 3-A, won the first two games, but Brentwood, ranked No. 8 in the 3-A, jumped to a 14-6 lead in the third. The Saracens (8-2) scored the last 10 points in the game, however, to win the match.

“That says a lot for the team,” Harvard Coach Mark Zalin said. “It was a pretty amazing comeback and Brentwood is a good team.”

Crespi d. St. John Bosco, 15-11, 15-5, 15-8--Chris McGee had 16 kills and Steve Lepire added 10 for Crespi (12-1, 7-1) in the Del Rey league match at St. John Bosco.

The loss dropped St. John Bosco to 1-7 in league play.

Hart d. Saugus, 10-15, 15-2, 7-15, 16-14, 15-1--The Indians came back to win a Golden League match at Saugus. Bruce Gray had a team-high 18 kills and seven blocks for Hart (3-7, 1-3) and teammate Pete Quinlan added 13 kills.

Royal d. La Canada, 13-15, 15-9, 15-12, 10-15, 15-4--Robert Fungaroli had a school-record 36 kills and Craig Parker added 19 kills for visiting Royal in a nonleague match. Setter Dean Borth had a school-record 49 assists and Cory Herbert added 18 kills as Royal improved to 9-2.

SOFTBALL

Newbury Park 1, Royal 0--Sophomore pitcher Lea Lopez threw her third no-hitter of the season to lead the Panthers (13-5-1, 6-0) to a Marmonte League victory at Royal.

Lopez (8-2) walked two and struck out eight. Only one runner got past first base and no Highlander hitter could hit the ball out of the infield.

Sylmar 5, San Fernando 4--Monica Brown’s RBI triple with two out in the seventh inning gave the Spartans a North Valley League victory at Sylmar.

With Beann Wright on first and two outs, Brown, who was batting .143, laced the ball down the right-field line to give Sylmar (3-5, 3-2) the win.

Wright scattered seven hits and four walks in pitching a complete-game victory. “She let them hit it to the defense and shortstop Cindy Campbell turned in an excellent performance,” Coach Chuck Miller said.

GOLF

Notre Dame d. Crespi, 204-220--Brendan O’Shaughnessy was low medalist for Notre Dame (8-7, 3-4) with a 2-over-par 37 for nine holes in the Del Rey League match at Woodland Hills Country Club.