Danielle Ortega, who compiled a 25-3 record...

Danielle Ortega, who compiled a 25-3 record and 0.25 earned-run average last season for La Habra’s softball team has orally committed to attend the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. . . . Rancho Alamitos running back Jeff Byrd, Orange County’s single-season rushing leader, has narrowed his college choices to Yale and Columbia.

The Huntington Beach alumni boys’ volleyball match will be 6 p.m. March 5 at the Oiler gym. Among the alumni expected to play are Scott Drake, Al Gasparian, Tom Pestolesi, Doug Cunningham, Dean Cunningham and Mike Delsandro. The alumni will scrimmage the Oiler varsity, which finished 20-3 last season and reached the Southern Section 4-A championship match.