City Postpones Ruling on Eligibility of Brison

A decision on the athletic eligibility of San Fernando High’s Brian Brison has been postponed at least a month, according to City Section Commissioner Hal Harkness.

Brison, 16, attended a hearing Thursday of the rules committee of the City Section’s Interscholastic Athletics Committee, but a decision was postponed until all parties could be interviewed.

Brison, a football and track standout, was suspended from San Fernando earlier this month after he was arrested on suspicion of punching Birmingham track Coach Scott King on April 30. His case has been referred to juvenile authorities of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Brison, a sophomore, has yet to return to San Fernando High and might be expelled. He is attending Jane Addams, a continuation high school in Granada Hills, pending an expulsion hearing Thursday.

Kim White, a Cal Lutheran junior, was chosen second-team softball All-American by the National Assn. of Intercollegiate Athletics Coaches’ Assn.

White, who graduated from Burbank High, played center field, third base and second base and led the Regals (32-12-2) with a .410 batting average.

A teammate, shortstop Danielle Piotrowski, was named an NAIA scholar-athlete for the second consecutive year. Piotrowski, a senior liberal-arts major, carries a 3.84 grade-point average.

The Master’s College announced the signing of three baseball players, including Chad Hankinson, son of Master’s basketball Coach Mel Hankinson.

Chad Hankinson, a third baseman from Saugus High, batted .328 during the regular season with a team-high 10 doubles. The other two players to commit were brothers Mike and Steve Smith.

Mike Smith is a right-handed pitcher who was 8-4 with 86 strikeouts in 113 innings for San Diego City College. Steve Smith, a center fielder, batted .566 for Midway Baptist High in National City.

Dave Klatt of the Oxnard-based Anacapa Yacht Club won Class A in the yacht Galena during the Ventura County Offshore Racing Circuit last Saturday. Bob Reaume, also of AYC, won Class B in the yacht Hawk, and Wes Golemon of Channel Islands Yacht Club won Class C in El Tigre.

Tickets remain for the eighth Ventura County Hall of Fame dinner May 26 at the Radisson Hotel in Oxnard.

Information: 805-482-0764.

Angie Leonard, 12, of Sepulveda, won the balance beam and placed second in the all-around in the U.S. Gymnastics Federation Region I championships in San Diego.

Leonard qualified for the Western Nationals in Seattle as one of six members of the Region I team.

Region I includes California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah. The Western Nationals will include gymnasts from 17 states.

Leonard competes for Van Nuys-based Gymnastics Olympica.

The Simi Valley Soccer Foundation, a new umbrella organization for various soccer groups in the community, is holding its inaugural “Celebration of Excellence” dinner at Royal High on June 9.

The group’s current focus is making existing fields safer and adding new and better fields.

Information: 805-378-6751.

Gary Anglin and his Ventura College baseball staff will be conducting baseball camps for boys and girls aged 7 through 15 throughout the summer.

The camp includes instruction in various fundamentals as well as games. Week 1 runs from June 18-22; Week 2 from June 25-29; Week 3 from July 9-13; and Week 4 from July 16-20.

Information: 805-654-6459.

Former all-pro football player Dick Butkus and actors Tom Hallick and Lucinda Crosby will join 33 other celebrities competing in the Make-A-Wish Foundation celebrity golf tournament June 3 at River Ridge Golf Club in Oxnard.

Funds raised by the tournament will benefit the local tri-county Make-A-Wish Foundation, which helps grant wishes to terminally ill children.

Information: 805-983-GOLF, 805-988-9951 or 805-647-1817.