PREP NOTES
La Quinta High School baseball Coach Dave Demarest has been named an assistant coach of the junior national team that will compete for the world championship in Monterrey, Mexico, Aug. 21-Sept. 2.
Demarest will join head Coach Joe Ross of Normandale Community College in Minnesota and Tom Hilton of Dennis Community College in Kansas to coach a team of 17- and 18-year-old players. Demarest served as an assistant for the gold-medal winning West team that competed in the Olympic Festival last summer in Los Angeles.
The U.S. team is expected to compete against national teams from Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Chinese-Taipei, Venezuela and Italy. Canada is the defending champion.
Demarest, an 18-year veteran at La Quinta, has led teams to seven Garden Grove League titles and 16 postseason playoff appearances. La Quinta lost to Lompoc in the Division 3-A title game in 1979.
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