NOTEBOOK : Former Edison Volleyball Player Boone Shares Comeback Award

UCLA volleyball player Brian Boone, a former standout at Edison High School, was named co-recipient of the Nuprin comeback award Tuesday in a ceremony at the Los Angeles Hilton.

The award is given to U.S. Olympic Festival athletes who have come back from sports-related injuries.

Boone, a 6-foot-5 middle blocker with the West team, shared the award with team handball player Liv Halle of Colorado Springs, Colo.

Both athletes, and their trainers who helped them during rehabilitation, each received a $5,000 grant with the award.

Boone, a junior who underwent surgery last year for tendinitis and calcium deposits in his knee, recovered in time to play for the gold-medal winning West team at last year’s Festival in Minneapolis.

Halle, 23, a native of Norway, tore ligaments in her left knee last December but recovered in time to play for the East team at the Festival.

Festival Notes

Lanee Butler of San Juan Capistrano moved up from third to second on the second day of competition in women’s Lechner Division II sailboarding at the Alamitos Bay Yacht Club in Long Beach. Butler finished second in Race 3 and won Race 4. She has 6.0 points and trails Kathy Chapin of Cape Canaveral, Fla., who has 3.0 points, heading into the final races today. . . . Carolyn Ulander of Costa Mesa was eighth after four races in the Europe dinghy competition, and Julia Norman of Newport Beach was 10th. . . . County athletes dominated the scoring in the West’s 14-9 men’s water polo victory over the North. Greg Boyer of Laguna Beach scored three goals, Brian Costanza of Tustin scored two and Nick Baba and Dan Leyson of Fullerton each scored a goal. Greg Morris of San Clemente scored four times for the North. Peter Campbell of Irvine scored four goals as the South defeated the East, 12-10. . . . Laura Baker of Fullerton scored two goals for the West in an 8-8 women’s water polo tie with the South.