WSC Honors Local Backs as Tri-Offensive Players of Week

Running backs LaShante Parker of Pierce College, Terrance Brown of Valley and William Mills of Ventura have been honored as the Western State Conference tri-offensive players of the week.

Valley linebacker Avo Avetisyan has been selected as a WSC co-defensive player of the week.

Parker, a sophomore from Palmdale High, gained 214 yards in 31 carries and scored four touchdowns in Pierce’s 47-37 victory over Santa Monica on Saturday.

It was the third time this season, and the second week in a row, that Parker has earned offensive player of the week honors.

Brown, a sophomore from Texas, rushed for 143 yards in 14 attempts and scored three touchdowns in Valley’s 62-21 win over West Los Angeles.

Mills did it all for Ventura in the Pirates’ 55-26 victory over Compton that snapped a five-game losing streak. The sophomore from Cleveland gained 123 yards in 12 carries, scored on a 59-yard run and caught nine passes for 71 yards.

Avetisyan, a sophomore from Hollywood High, had eight tackles--including two sacks--and a fumble recovery for Valley.

Spencer Wray of L. A. Southwest also was honored as co-defensive player of the week.

Heather Scobie, the former Saugus High standout who had her promising career as a distance runner slowed by injuries sustained in a car crash in October of 1987, placed 18th Saturday at the NCAA Division II cross-country West regional at Sonoma State in Rohnert Park, Calif.

Scobie, a Cal State Stanislaus sophomore, covered the 5,000-meter course in 18 minutes 16 seconds. The top 15 finishers qualified for the Division II nationals.

The Channel Islands Volleyball Club will hold tryouts for girls in three age brackets beginning Sunday at Ventura College.

Players should attend either Sunday’s tryout or another tryout Nov. 24. Parents are invited to attend an information meeting, which will be held during both tryouts.

Tryouts each day will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. for the 14-and-under team, from 3 to 5 p.m. for the 16-and-under team and from 5 to 7 p.m. for the 18-and-under team. A $5 tryout fee will be charged.

For more information, contact Jimmy Miranda at (805) 658-7577.

Grant High will play host to an an alumni basketball game at 7 p.m. Nov. 21. All former Grant varsity basketball players are eligible.

Information: Grant Coach Howard Levine at (818) 781-1400.