NOTEBOOK / GARY KLEIN : Temple City Senior Reaches Her Goal With Soccer Record

Erin Martin and the Temple City High girls’ soccer team remain goal-oriented as they prepare for Saturday’s match against Marina in the quarterfinals of the Cerritos tournament.

Martin, a senior forward, broke the national girls’ soccer career-scoring record with seven goals in a 12-2 victory over Glendora last week.

Martin has 31 goals in seven matches this season and 246 in her career. She surpassed the record of 225 held by Carin Jennings of Palos Verdes (1979-83).

“I knew I was pretty close, it was just a matter of time,” Martin said. “It helps take away pressure getting the record this early in the season.”

Martin also had three assists against Glendora to pass Julie Tingle of Agoura as the Southern Section’s career leader. Martin has 110 assists, including seven this season, entering Friday’s nonleague match against Muir. Tingle set the previous record of 104 from 1985-89.

Martin, who has attracted scholarship interest from Stanford and North Carolina, set a state record for most goals in a season with 93 in 1991. She also scored 11 goals in a match to tie another record.

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The Mt. San Antonio College women’s soccer team won the community college state championship a few weeks ago with a 4-3 victory over De Anza that was decided by penalty kicks.

Naomi Low scored two goals and had an assist for Mt. SAC, which finished 15-3-1.

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Krystal Acosta of Arcadia and Jonie-Marie McGavock of Glendale won individual championships at the United States Gymnastics Federation championships last weekend in Santa Barbara.

Acosta, 11, placed first in the balance beam in Level 7. McGavock, 11, won the uneven bars event in Level 7. Both girls compete for the Crescenta Valley Gymnastics Club, which is moving its base from La Crescenta to San Dimas this month.

The USGF sponsors competitions for levels 5-10.

More than 30 teams from across the state will compete in the USGF team championships Sunday at the Charter Oak Gymnastics Club in West Covina.

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The Azusa Pacific men’s basketball team, off to its best start in 10 years, will play Washington State Friday in the first round of a tournament at San Diego State.

Azusa Pacific, averaging 103.5 points a game, improved to 8-0 with victories last week over Whittier and Redlands.

Azusa Pacific will play North Florida Saturday in San Diego.

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The Cal Poly Pomona men’s basketball team, off to its best start since 1983, will play at San Francisco State on Saturday and at UC Davis on Monday.

The Broncos, under first-year Coach Kevin Patterson, improved to 5-1 with victories over Sonoma State and College of Notre Dame last week.

Matt Mitchell is averaging 14 points a game for the Broncos.

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Pasadena City College will play host to a four-team men’s basketball tournament Friday and Saturday.

Pasadena plays Moorpark and Rancho Santiago plays Rio Hondo in first-round games.

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The Leukemia Society of America is seeking runners interested in raising money to fight the disease through participation in the Long Beach and/or Los Angeles marathons.

The nonprofit organization is sponsoring weekly training sessions at Cal Tech in Pasadena. The program is designed to meet the needs of novice and advanced runners.

Information: (213) 724-4582.