SCOREBOARD : FACTS, FIGURES AND COMMENTS FROM AREA EVENTS : PREP FOOTBALL GAMES

Glendale (10-1) vs. Dana Hills (7-1-3), Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Dana Hills--This Southern Section Division II quarterfinal game features two teams with talented running backs. Glendale’s Pathon Rucker gained 249 yards and scored two touchdowns for the Dynamiters last week in their 28-14 first-round victory over Paramount. Dana Hills defeated Buena, 21-7, for its first playoff victory since 1975. Dana Hills is led by running back Alfred Jenkins, who has rushed for more than 1,200 yards and had 91 yards and three touchdowns in 28 carries against Buena. Glendale should do well if the score is close; the Dynamiters have given up only two fourth-quarter touchdowns all season. “They’re going to out-size us, but everybody does,” said Glendale Coach Don Shoemaker, whose team has won 10 consecutive games.

COMMUNITY COLLEGES

The Glendale College football team concluded its season with a 29-14 loss to Santa Barbara. Glendale finished 3-7. “It’s been frustrating right from the start of two-a-day practices,” Glendale Coach John Cicuto said. “We never really got on track . . . it seemed like we were never able to generate things to happen at the right time.”

Glendale’s men’s soccer team will play Irvine Valley Saturday for a chance to advance to the four-team state championship tournament next week. Glendale defeated College of the Desert, 3-1, Friday to advance to the regional final.

The Glendale women’s basketball team won its first game in more than a year when the Vaqueros beat College of the Desert, 62-58, Saturday. Glendale, which was 0-22 last season, got 16 points from Lisa Bjornberg to improve to 1-1.

COLLEGES

The Occidental College men’s basketball team opened with a 79-66 victory over Christ College Irvine. Senior forward Sandy Brown scored 22 points and had five rebounds, four blocked shots and three steals to lead the Tigers, who play Division II Cal Poly Pomona Friday night at Pomona.

The Occidental men’s cross-country team placed eighth overall at the NCAA Division III championships last weekend at Newport News, Va. Emmitt Hogan finished sixth in 24 minutes 49 seconds. Jose Garcia was 15th in 24:59. Both runners earned All-American honors.

Occidental linebacker Robert Lewis, tight end David Grossklaus and defensive back Mike Bonetto--all of whom are seniors--were selected first-team all-conference in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Assn. Occidental finished its season 5-4.

PREP ATHLETE OF WEEK

Carlene Pengra, La Canada--Pengra, a sophomore, won the Southern Section Division III cross-country championship and qualified for this Saturday’s state meet at Fresno. Pengra won the Southern Section title last weekend by running the three-mile course at Mt. San Antonio College in 18:57.3 seconds. La Canada teammate Sarah Dien was second in 19:06 and also qualified for the state meet.

COLLEGE ATHLETE OF WEEK

Becky Kopchik, Occidental--Kopchik, a sophomore, finished second at the NCAA Division III cross-country championships last weekend at Newport News, Va. Kopchik lowered her personal best by 30 seconds as she ran the 5-K course in 17:33.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW

Olin Browne--Browne, a 1982 graduate of Occidental, finished second on the Ben Hogan golf tour money list to earn his PGA Tour card for next year. Browne earned $106,406 and won tournaments at the Bakersfield Open in February and the Hawkeye Open in Iowa in July.

MISCELLANY

Margarito Casillas of Hoover High, Froylan Sanchez of St. Francis and Sarah MacDougall of Crescenta Valley will participate in the state cross-country meet Saturday at Woodward Park in Fresno. Casillas finished second in boys’ Division I-AA in 15:19 at the Southern Section championships Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College. Sanchez finished third in the boys’ 3-AA Division in 15:49. MacDougall was seventh in the girls’ Division II, finishing the 5-K course in 19:27.7. . . . Former Eagle Rock High standout Kim Ojeda, who attends Cal State Los Angeles, finished seventh in the women’s competition at the NCAA Division II cross-country championships last weekend at Edwardsville, Ill. Ojeda ran the three-mile course in 18:54 and earned All-American honors. . . . Stacey Atwood, a pitcher for the Crescenta Valley High softball team, signed a letter of intent to attend UC Santa Barbara next year. Atwood was 23-2 with an 0.20 earned-run average last season.