Three County Players on South Baseball Team

Three San Diego county players will be on the South roster when the annual North-South high school all-star baseball series starts at 7:30 tonight at San Diego State’s Smith Field.

Sean Rees of Mission Bay, Andy Williams of Madison and Ron Kelly of Mt. Carmel made the South team after Sunday’s tryouts. Mike Rendina of Grossmont, the county leader in home runs (10) and runs batted in (38), was also selected, but he signed a contract with the Detroit Tigers and will not be able to participate.

The three-game series at Smith Field continues at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and noon Sunday.

An all-state team will be selected after the series. The team will play a five-game series against high school all-stars from Oklahoma, June 17-19 at Smith Field.

Eric Slinkard of Chula Vista High was selected last week by the Boston Red Sox in baseball’s free agent draft. Slinkard, a catcher, batted .421 as a junior and .398 as a senior.

Two San Diego State players have signed major league baseball contracts.

Catcher Jeff Champ, a 33rd-round pick in last week’s draft, signed with the Baltimore Orioles, and shortstop Steve Montejano, who was not selected in the draft, signed a free-agent contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

TRACK

Evelyne Hall Adams of Oceanside, the silver medalist in the hurdles at the 1932 Olympics, has been selected to the National Track and Field Hall of Fame by the seniors subcommittee.

Races in the men’s 5,000 and 10,000 meters have been added to the Michelob Invitational on June 25 at Balboa Stadium, meet promoters announced.

Among the runners scheduled to compete in the 10,000 are Pat Porter, Thom Hunt, Terry Cotton, Ron Tabb and Steve McCormick.

VOLLEYBALL

The San Diego Volleyball Club has earned the No. 1 seeding for the 17-and-under division at the junior national championships next month.

San Diego, with 14 kills by Sweetwater High School’s Carolyn Taeatafa, defeated the Orange County Volleyball Club last weekend, 15-10, 15-8, to win the Southern California regional title and secure the top berth.

The U.S. Volleyball Assn.’s junior national tournament is scheduled for July 4-9 in Ft. Collins, Colo.

SAILING

The ProSail professional sail-racing series Saturday and Sunday can be viewed from Silver Strand State Beach on Coronado Island. The series will match identical boats in near-shore racing, with a $5,000 purse at stake. Racing will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday and noon Sunday.