Smith Quits Pacific, Seeks New School

Former Crespi High quarterback Cody Smith has withdrawn from University of the Pacific and said he will try to land a scholarship at another four-year university.

Smith, who said he was released from his scholarship by Pacific, graduated from Crespi last year and spent less than a year at the Stockton school.

“I hated the town,” Smith said. “It just wasn’t the place for me. I felt like I wanted to try to play a little bigger-time football.”

Smith said he has been in contact with several NCAA Division I schools about a possible scholarship next season and has received positive feedback. He redshirted last fall and has four years of eligibility remaining.

Smith, a three-year starter at Crespi, passed for 2,044 yards and 20 touchdowns as a senior.

Sasha Garrison of Antelope Valley College has been selected the Foothill Conference women’s basketball player of the year.

Teammates Bernice Atkinson, Christi Huff and Aimee Grimes also have been selected to the all-conference team.

Garrison, a 6-foot-1 sophomore forward from Palmdale High, averaged 17.5 points and 11.2 rebounds a game to lead Antelope Valley to a 16-12 record during the regular season. She also shot 55.4% from the field for the Marauders, who finished third in the conference behind Chaffey and Desert.

The undefeated Cal State Northridge baseball team jumped 11 spots to No. 14 in Collegiate Baseball’s latest poll. The Matadors (7-0) were ranked 25th before the start of the season.

In Baseball America’s poll, CSUN is ranked 20th. Weather permitting, Northridge plays host to Cal Lutheran today at 2 p.m.

The Southern Section Division III-A quarterfinal boys’ basketball playoff game on Friday between La Canada and Moorpark has been moved from Thousand Oaks to Santa Clara at 7:30 p.m. because of a scheduling conflict.

Moorpark (12-11), which finished third in the Frontier League, defeated Workman, 71-64, in the opening round. Rio Hondo champion La Canada (22-5) topped Rancho Alamitos, 56-43.