Yoshimura to Replace Cyrus as Valencia Boys’ Basketball Coach

Dean Yoshimura has been named boys’ basketball coach at Valencia, replacing John Cyrus, who resigned for personal reasons.

Yoshimura has coached the Valencia junior varsity to Orange League titles in two of the last three years, as well as coaching the girls’ and boys’ volleyball programs.

Because of his new duties with the basketball program, Yoshimura has resigned as girls’ volleyball coach. Mark Castillo replaced him.

Valencia was 15-7 and 8-2 in league last season, finishing second in league behind Magnolia.

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The Southern Section Division III championship baseball game between La Quinta and Tustin will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Anaheim Stadium. Esperanza and Simi Valley will play for the Division I title at 7:30 p.m.

The games were originally scheduled for Saturday but were rained out.

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Rosters for the all-star boys’ basketball game between Orange County and San Diego have been announced. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m. June 27 at Orange Coast College.

Orange County--Aaron Aguilera (El Modena), David Drakeford (Mater Dei), Adam Dzierzynski (Santa Margarita), Jim Faulkner (Estancia), Jim Harris (Ocean View), David Sedgwick (Capistrano Valley), Chris St. Clair (Sonora), Terence Wilborn (Mater Dei), Marmet Williams (Mater Dei), DeVaughn Wright (Mater Dei).

San Diego County--Chris Dade (Oceanside El Camino), David Demian (Encinitas San Dieguito), Andy Davis (Poway), Larry Elliot (Spring Valley Monte Vista), Jerome Green (Chula Vista), Leonardo Gorauskas (Del Mar Torrey Pines), Shane Ryan Nietz (Poway), Jason Peck (Spring Valley Monte Vista), Scot Pollard (Del Mar Torrey Pines), Scott Schoenwald (San Diego Mt. Carmel), Kewan Shariff (Carlsbad).

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The North-South all-star softball game will not change its game time to accommodate players in the rescheduled Southern Section Division III softball championship game.

The all-star game will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Brea-Olinda High School, 30 minutes before the rescheduled starting time of the Division III title game between Laguna Hills and Irvine at Lakewood’s Mayfair Park. That game, originally scheduled Saturday, was postponed because of rain.

Laguna Hills’ Jennifer Milo and Irvine’s Rebecca Smith and Alleah Poulson will miss the all-star game.

“It would be too chaotic (to change the date at this time),” said all-star game representative Cathy Green. “Unfortunately, the three girls will not be able to participate, but our responsibility is to take care of the entire group--it’s one of those majority-rules type of decisions.”

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Among the players selected in baseball’s free-agent draft last week were:

Fountain valley pitcher Mark Gardner (Philadelphia Phillies); Fountain Valley pitcher Ara Petrosian (Cleveland Indians); Irvine outfielder Scott Seal (Kansas City Royals) and Buena Park pitcher Alfredo Garcia (Chicago Cubs).

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Huntington Beach girls’ basketball standout Deana Itow will attend Golden West College next year, according to her coach, Nick Bartlett.

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Huntington Beach’s returning varsity leaves June 19 to be part of a 271-team, four-day girls’ basketball tournament in Grand Junction, Colo., in which the Oilers are expected to play seven games a day. The team returns June 26.