SPORTSCOPE : $14,000 Raised for Paralyzed Torrance Football Player

The Jason Knight Trust Fund has raised more than $14,000, according to its administrator. Knight, 14, broke his neck in a sophomore football game last September while making a tackle for Torrance High School. He has undergone several operations and is receiving rehabilitation treatments at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital in Downey. He remains paralyzed but is showing signs of regaining some movement of his arms. Contributions to the fund are still being accepted. Contact Torrance National Bank at 534-1400 in Lomita or 326-2345 in Torrance to make a donation.

Professional tennis player Arthur Ashe will be the featured participant in a seminar examining “African-Americans: Sports, Education and the Human Spirit,” presented by the Young, Gifted and Black Residency in Honors Program at Cal State Dominguez Hills on Wednesday and Thursday. For more information call 516-3317.

The college of Business Administration at Loyola Marymount University will host “The Wide World of Sports Ethics” Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Call 338-4566.

Ed Benavente of the South Bay Weightlifting Club won the senior division title in the 90-kilogram category of the recent Southern Pacific Weightlifting Championships.

The Pee Wee C1 Division Minor Hockey Assn. team from the Bay Harbor Olympic Ice Arena will compete in the Yankee Conference Super C Jamboree ice hockey tournament Feb. 19-24 in Hingham, Mass. The team is composed of players in their early teens. Other matches in Boston and Rhode Island are scheduled for the eight-day trip, according to C1 Coach John Mepham.

The second Marlboro Cup international soccer tournament will be held Feb. 20 and 22 at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Competing will be three World Cup teams--the Soviet Union, Costa Rica and Colombia--plus Chivas of Guadalarjara, Mexico. Earlier this month, Miami hosted a Marlboro Cup tournament that included the U.S. National Team.

Entries must be received by next Friday for the annual city of Hawthorne Kiwanis Youth Track Meet. The event is open to boys and girls ages 7 to 12 and will be held at Hawthorne High School on March 3. Registration forms can be obtained at the city Parks and Recreation Department, 3901 El Segundo Blvd. For more information call 970-7230.

The Bay Harbor Minor Hockey Assn. sponsors a learn-to-skate program for prospective youth hockey players Sunday mornings from 9 to 10 at the Olympic Ice Arena in Harbor City. The cost is $3 per person and includes all necessary equipment and instruction in hockey fundamentals. For more information call 547-0608.

Playa del Rey beach is the site of the eighth annual Los Angeles Dietetic Assn. 5-K/10-K run March 24. For entry forms call 459-9343. The cost is $12 per runner and includes a T-shirt. Entries must be postmarked by March 14.

Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital hosts a free sports injury clinic each Saturday morning from 9 to 11. People with recent sports injuries that occurred as part of recreational activities are eligible to receive free physician referrals and consultations. Call 301-2400.