STUDIO CITY : High School Soccer Player Gets Probation in Fight

A high school soccer player charged with assault and battery for kicking another player in the head was placed Monday on six months of unsupervised probation and ordered to perform 40 hours of community service. Deputy Dist. Atty. David Disco said he agreed not to take the case to trial because the probation department had recommended such a disposition.

The report was based primarily on the fact that Dwight Angelini, 18, a two-time league MVP from Harvard-Westlake School in Studio City, does not have a criminal record and has been accepted to Yale University.

The parents of the rival soccer player who was injured in the Feb. 3 incident said the sentence was too lenient. Gloria Herrera said her 17-year-old son Ryan continues to suffer from headaches, fainting spells, blurred vision and ringing in his ears.