Torres 4th Glendale College Runner to Sign Letter With Adams State

Jesse Torres, a Glendale College distance runner, has signed a letter of intent to attend Adams State in Colorado.

Torres, who advanced to the Southern California junior college track finals in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, joins Glendale teammates Oved Aguirre, Oscar Perez and Grace Padilla, who already have signed with Adams State.

Derek Pope of Nordhoff High and Philip Tseng of Harvard-Westlake will compete today in the round of 16 in the Southern Section boys’ individual tennis tournament at SeaCliff Tennis Club in Huntington Beach.

Aaron Cohen and J.W. Hobson of Harvard-Westlake also qualified in Saturday’s preliminaries for today’s round of 16 in doubles. The semifinals and finals are scheduled for Saturday.

Pierce College outfielder Joey Arnold has been named to the junior college all-state baseball team as selected by coaches.

Arnold, a sophomore, was the Western State Conference player of the year and the Southern California co-player of the year, sharing that honor with Rancho Santiago pitcher Mike Fontana.

Other Pierce players named to the All-Southern California team are pitcher Mike Eby, designated hitter Robby Welles, infielder Jason Cohen and outfielder Erik Martinez. All four are second-team selections.

Pierce finished third in the junior college state tournament.