Jones Heads Rosters for All-Star Game

Dana Jones, The Times’ Valley Player of the Year from North Hollywood High, heads a group of area high school basketball players who will compete in a pair of all-star games Friday at Pierce College.

A girls’ game pitting players from City Section schools against their Southern Section counterparts begins at 6 p.m. A boys’ game, played under the same format, is scheduled to start at 8.

Coaches for the boys’ teams are Harvard’s Greg Hilliard (Southern Section) and Jeff Halpern (City Section). The girls’ coaches are Alemany’s Melissa Melton (Southern Section) and Rich Allen of North Hollywood and Tony Magnante of Van Nuys (City Section).

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It was a circuitous route, but it finally led Myron Jones to the National Football League.

Jones, a Chatsworth High graduate, made stops at Pierce and Valley colleges before becoming starting fullback at Fresno State.

Jones (5-foot-10, 195 pounds) rushed for 863 yards and 14 touchdowns for the Bulldogs. He was an 11th-round draft choice of the Raiders on Monday.

Cal State Northridge has signed three softball players to letters of intent, including Cami Allen, a junior college All-American pitcher from Palomar College.

Allen led Palomar to the state championship last season with a 30-5 record and an 0.55 earned-run average. CSUN also signed Beth Calcante, a shortstop from Newbury Park High, and Nicole Noyes, and infielder from Royal High.

Moorpark center Greg Taylor has committed to Pan American University in Edinburg, Tex., and Raider guard Roger Thomas has committed to Biola, Moorpark basketball Coach Al Nordquist said.

Taylor (6-foot-4 1/2) was the leading rebounder in the Western State Conference last season. He and Thomas, Moorpark’s second-leading scorer at 16.1 points a game, were All-WSC selections.

Cal Lutheran baseball teammates Mike Clark and Dave Leonhardt earned NAIA District 3 pitcher and player of the week, respectively, for the week that ended Sunday.

Clark, a senior right-hander, threw six shutout innings in an 8-1 win against Biola on Saturday. Clark (5-1, 3.80 earned-run average) has not allowed a run in 22 innings against Biola this season.

Leonhardt, a senior second baseman, was five for 10 with eight runs batted in and three runs in two games. He is hitting .326 and leads the team with 34 RBIs.