Northridge Adds Weber State to 1993 Football Schedule

Cal State Northridge has added Weber State to its 1993 football schedule, replacing Santa Clara, which dropped its program last month.

The Northridge program will receive a $20,000 gate guarantee from Weber State, an Ogden, Utah-based member of the I-AA Big Sky Conference. That increases CSUN’s guarantee total to $140,000, the largest in the program’s history.

The matchup enables CSUN to retain a 10-game schedule for its first season at the Division I-AA level. Northridge will play at Weber State on Sept. 11, a date originally filled by Nevada Las Vegas. At the request of UNLV administrators, the Northridge-UNLV game was moved to Oct. 9.

The complete schedule: Sept. 4 at San Diego State (I-A), Sept. 11 at Weber State (I-AA), Sept. 18 at Northern Arizona (I-AA), Sept. 25 Sonoma State (Division II), Oct. 9 at UNLV (I-A), Oct. 16 Cal State Sacramento (I-AA), Oct. 23 at UC Davis (Division II), Oct. 30 Chico State (Division II), Nov. 6 at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (Division II), Nov. 13 Southern Utah (I-AA).

Junior College Basketball

Cori Herman, a 5-foot-7 sophomore guard at Ventura College, has been selected the state co-player of the year by the California Community College Women’s Basketball Coaches Assn.

Karleen Shields, a 5-7 sophomore guard at Contra Costa, shared the honor. Herman averaged 18.4 points and 4.0 assists during the regular season, and led all Western State Conference free-throw shooters (79.2%).

Also named to the all-state team was Ventura’s Nicole Ellis, a 6-foot sophomore center who averaged 18.3 points and 11.5 rebounds. Herman and Ellis helped Ventura reach the semifinals in the state championships.

High School Baseball

Senior shortstop David Lamb of Newbury Park has been named a first-team preseason All-American by Baseball America magazine. Lamb batted only .297 last spring, but was named the American Legion national player of the year after a torrid summer. He has signed a letter of intent with Pepperdine.

Kevin Nykoluk, a senior outfielder from Simi Valley, was a second-team selection at designated hitter. Nykoluk was named Cal-Hi Sports’ sophomore and junior player of the year after the past two seasons. . . .

Rocco Buffolino, a Montclair Prep High graduate who played at Cal State Sacramento and in the San Francisco Giants’ farm system, has been hired as the junior varsity coach at Canoga Park. The team was in danger of folding because the program lacked a coach.

High School Basketball

Paul Foster of Thousand Oaks and Ryan Briggs of Simi Valley were named co-most valuable players in the Marmonte League.

High School Soccer

Jennifer Evans of Royal was named offensive most valuable player in the Marmonte League, and Audrey Maxfield of Westlake was voted defensive MVP. Mark Johnson of Simi Valley was named coach of the year.

Cycling

Thurlow Rogers of Van Nuys placed fifth Sunday in the Pyramid Lake road race in Castaic.

Rogers and West Hills cyclist John Wordin, teammates on the newly formed Miller Lite Racing Team, will participate against international competition starting today in the five-stage Tour of Redlands.