Camarillo’s Muncy Opts for Arizona State Over Yankee Offer

Camarillo High shortstop Mike Muncy, taken higher than all but one area position player in the recent amateur baseball draft, will honor his commitment to play next season at Arizona State.

Muncy was selected in the 10th round by the New York Yankees. Only Rio Mesa High shortstop Dmitri Young, a first-round selection of the St. Louis Cardinals, was selected higher than Muncy among position players in the region.

Muncy batted .384, drove in 22 runs and had nine doubles and four home runs. Muncy’s father said his son’s decision to play college ball had nothing to do with the terms that New York had offered.

“The numbers were great,” Gerry Muncy said. “It was a very fair offer.

“He just feels strongly about going to college. Who knows, in three years he might be drafted again, maybe even in a higher round.”

Muncy currently is playing for Camarillo’s American Legion team, which leads the District 16 race with a record of 10-1.

Kansas guard Adonis Jordan, formerly of Cleveland High, was among 16 players accepting training-camp invitations for the World University Games, USA Basketball announced Wednesday.

Training camp will begin July 6 at Seton Hall in South Orange, N. J. Head Coach P.J. Carlesimo of Seton Hall and assistants Roy Williams of Kansas, Pete Gillen of Xavier (Ohio) and Herb Kenny of Connecticut Wesleyan will pare the team to 12 for the games, to be held July 15-24 in Sheffield, England.

Ryan McGuire, a 1990 graduate of El Camino Real High who now plays baseball at UCLA, has been named as a member of two freshman All-American teams.

McGuire, a first baseman and designated-hitter, was selected to the All-American teams announced by Mizuno and Collegiate Baseball magazine.

McGuire batted .324, drove in 30 runs, had a team-high 12 doubles and hit seven homers.

Chris Tampoya, a pitcher and outfielder from Palmdale High, has been named to the All-Southern Section 3-A Division first team.

Tampoya was 4-4 with a 3.31 earned-run average for Palmdale and he batted .403. Josh Nolan of Saugus and George Boykins of Antelope Valley were second-team selections.

Garth Teron of Santa Clara, Anthony Chessani of Fillmore and Alex Armacost of Calabasas were first-team 2-A selections, and Pokey Sanchez of Fillmore was a 2-A second-team selection.

Amy Colton, a transfer from Chaffey College, has signed a letter of intent to play softball at Cal State Northridge.

Colton, an infielder, was a two-time All-Foothill Conference selection at Chaffey. She was selected the conference’s most valuable player in 1991 after batting .390 and driving in 32 runs.

Samantha McCargar of San Bernardino Valley College has signed a letter of intent with the Cal State Northridge women’s tennis team.

McCargar was a runner-up in the Foothill Conference singles championships this season and was a member of the winning doubles team. She was named as the conference’s most valuable player.

Matt Griffin, who graduated from Cal Lutheran in May, will coach the Kingsmen cross-country program.

Griffin will replace Don Green, who retired this spring.

During his career at Cal Lutheran, Griffin placed seventh in the 1988 and ’89 NAIA District 3 cross-country championships, and he won the 10,000-meter title in the 1989 District 3 track and field championships.

A volleyball clinic for players of all ages and abilities will be held tonight at Chaminade High. The clinic runs from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Information: 818-879-1409.

Victoria Herazo of Newhall finished third in the 10K race walk in The Athletics Congress track and field championships in Randalls Island, N. Y., and earned a berth in the World Championships in Tokyo, Aug. 24-Sept. 2.

Herazo, 32, finished in 46 minutes 26 seconds. The winner, Debbi Lawrence, finished in 46:06.

Herazo also earned a berth on the team that will compete in the Pan American Games in Havana on Aug. 3-18, and she is the top race walker on the West team for the U. S. Olympic Festival on July 19 at UCLA.

Agoura High’s Jason Stelle took second in the 100-yard backstroke in the National Interscholastic Coaches Assn. All-American Invitational last weekend in Winnetka, Ill. Stelle, who will attend USC on a scholarship next fall, finished in 50.77 seconds.

John O’Neill of Newbury Park is among the nominees for a comeback award that honors a male and female athlete who has overcome a sports-related injury.

O’Neill recently returned to the U. S. Field Hockey team after a knee injury that sidelined him for most of the 1990 season.

O’Neill, 20, will compete in the U.S. Olympic Festival (July 12-21), during which the award will be presented. O’Neill also will compete this summer in the World University Games in Sheffield, England, and in the Pan American Games in Havana.

The American Cancer Society’s three-on-three basketball tournament will begin July 19 at the Trillium Business Center in Woodland Hills.

The tournament is open to men and women ages 18 and older. Entry fee is $150 per team.

Information: 818-989-5555.

The Guru Nanak field hockey tournament, featuring 25 teams, will be held July 6-7 at Cal State Northridge.

Teams from England, India, Canada and the United States are expected to participate. Admission to the event, which runs from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., is free.

Information: 818-366-3233.

East-West Soccer Ambassadors, a youth soccer program, will be staging a tryout for the organization’s 15-member team that will travel to Sicily, Italy, Sept. 22-Oct. 6 for the 23rd Italian National Youth Games.

The tryout will be held at Wildflower Park in Thousand Oaks on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Information: 805-526-1125.

Greg Jackson, Moorpark College’s sophomore transfer from Michigan State, will compete in the Olympic Festival wrestling competition in July at El Camino College.

Jackson will be the West freestyle team’s entrant at 163 1/2 pounds. Jackson, from Santa Monica High, will be the first Moorpark wrestler to compete in the Olympic Festival.

Dave Salzwedel, a former soccer All-American at Cal Lutheran, will return next season to his alma mater as an assistant coach.

Salzwedel, a former goalkeeper who coached for the past three seasons at Westlake High, holds three career records at Cal Lutheran.

Montclair Prep pitching coach Tim Montez will conduct The Buckley School summer baseball clinic in Sherman Oaks on Aug. 5-9 for players ages 7 to 17.

Information: 818-783-1610 or 818-884-9719.

John Klitsner, Mission College baseball coach, said he has been selected as an assistant coach in the Olympic Sports Festival.

Klitsner said he does not yet know which team he will be helping to coach.