Page to Play Basketball at Fresno State

Paula Page of Antelope Valley College, a J. C. Athletic Bureau All-State selection in women’s basketball during the 1991-92 season, has signed a letter of intent with Fresno State.

Page, a 6-foot-1 forward from Quartz Hill High, led the Marauders to a 23-8 record and a share of the Foothill Conference championship with Chaffey.

She averaged 21.9 points and 12.5 rebounds a game. The Marauders advanced to the second round of the Southern California regional.

A contract grievance of former Cal State Northridge women’s basketball Coach Janet Martin against the university was heard Monday by Donald Cameron, CSUN’s executive assistant to the vice president for academic affairs.

The school must respond by May 4, according to Rick Nadeau, Martin’s representative from the California Faculty Assn. who presented the grievance.

Martin, who says she was pressured into resigning Dec. 12, 1991, is seeking four months salary that would pay her through the end of the 1991-92 school year.

Cal State Northridge, winner of 10 consecutive games before losing to Cal on Tuesday, moved up to No. 8 in Collegiate Baseball magazine’s rankings of Division I teams.

The Matadors (29-8-1), previously rated 10th, beat Chapman, 6-0, and swept a three-game series from Southern Utah last week. Kenny Kendrena, the ace of Northridge’s pitching staff, was recognized as the magazine’s co-player of the week for his performance against Chapman.

Kendrena (8-4), a senior right-hander, struck out 17 and did not allow a walk.

The California Beach Party volleyball tournament Saturday kicks off the first of 12 California Beach Volleyball Assn. events this season in Ventura.

About 300 players are expected for the tournament by the Ventura Pier, but entries are still being accepted, according to Dale Hoffman, president of the Ventura-based CBVA.

The CBVA is a 2,500-member organization that will stage about 250 amateur grass and sand tournaments across the state this summer.

Check-in time for all tournaments is 8 a.m., and competition begins at 9.

Information: 805-652-2282.