West Reaping Benefits of Legion Title

Nearly a month after winning the American Legion World Series, the honors keep pouring in for Woodland Hills West.

On Tuesday, the team will be honored at a banquet sponsored by the Woodland Hills Chamber of Commerce and next Saturday it will be introduced at Dodger Stadium before a game against the San Diego Padres.

Next month, as part of the World Series championship booty, Woodland Hills players and coaches will attend two World Series games at whichever site is closest to Southern California.

Invitations are rolling in, too. The team has agreed to play in the World Youth Baseball Classic in early June in Binghamton, N.Y., according to Coach Don Hornback, who will take over the team next season. Also scheduled to appear in the tournament are Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, and Gonzales, La., teams West defeated en route to the Legion championship.

The five-team Cal State Northridge Invitational volleyball tournament, which begins at 10 this morning in the Northridge gym, features four teams that competed in last year’s National Collegiate Athletic Assn. Division II women’s championships. So for Northridge, defending national champion Portland State, North Dakota State and UC Riverside, the tournament offers an opportunity to get a close look at the competition. San Francisco State rounds out the field.

Northridge is coming off a Monday victory over Cal State Sacramento, the nation’s top-ranked team in this week’s Tachikara poll.

Today’s schedule includes these matches: 10 a.m.--Portland State vs. San Francisco St.; Noon: CSUN vs. UC Riverside; 2 p.m.--North Dakota St. vs. San Francisco St.; 5--Portland St. vs. UC Riverside; 7--CSUN vs. North Dakota St.