Berganio Fires 2nd 68 to Take Publinks Lead

Dave Berganio of Sylmar fired his second consecutive three-under 68 Tuesday to win medalist honors at the halfway point of the United States Public Links Golf Championship at Riverdale Dunes Golf Course in Brighton, Colo.

Berganio, who played at Alemany High, Mission College and Arizona State, advanced to the match-play portion of the tournament, which begins today. Berganio won the tournament title in 1991.

Tony Bordwell of Woodland Hills, an El Camino Real graduate who plays at Cal State Northridge, shot 79 in the second round and failed to qualify with a 152 total. The low 64 advanced to match play.

Jason Semelsberger, a sophomore at Hart High, won the Junior PGA Regional championship with a second-round 76 on Tuesday at Glendora Country Club and earned the right to play in the national championship tournament.

The victory qualified Semelsberger, 14, for the Maxfli Junior PGA National Championships Aug. 24-27 on the No. 4 course at Pinehurst, N.C.

Semelsberger, who shot a one-under 71 in the first round Monday, made a five-foot birdie putt on the ninth hole--his final hole of the day--to hold off Ryan O’Neill of Thousand Oaks by one shot.

Darren Angel of Northridge fired a two-over-par 74 Tuesday to remain within five shots of the lead after one round of the Rolex Tournament of Champions at the Horseshoe Bend Country Club in Roswell, Ga.

Brian McCann of Canada leads after shooting a four-under 68. Angel, who will be a junior at Granada Hills High, is one of six players tied for 16th place.

In the girls’ division, Elise Kimm of Valley Village shot 81 and Allison Wilson of North Hollywood shot 87. Kellee Booth of Coto de Caza leads by two shots at 72.

El Cariso Senior Men’s Golf Club in Sylmar will hold the seventh Tom Drennon Memorial tournament Thursday, with proceeds benefiting the West Valley Disabled Children’s School in Reseda.

Information: 818-769-1788.

Softball

Nancy Evans, who was 78-17 in four seasons at Hoover High, paced Gordon’s Panthers to their fourth championship in five years in the Hall of Fame Tournament in Oklahoma City last weekend.

Evans gave up one hit in 19 innings during the tournament, striking out 35 and walking three while winning three games. The right-hander pitched a no-hitter against the Pirettes in the championship game, an 8-0 victory called after five innings because of an eight-run mercy rule. Evans struck out eight and walked none in the championship game.

Simi Valley High’s Sara Griffin, the Southern Section’s Division I player of the year, took the loss for the Pirettes, whose only losses in the 16-team tournament came against Evans and the Panthers. Griffin tossed a four-hitter in an earlier loss to the Panthers, but was tagged for 12 hits in the final.

The Panthers and the Pirettes earned berths in the National Championship tournament in Visalia, Calif., Aug. 11-15.

The Simi Valley All-Stars from the Simi Valley Girls Softball League earned a berth in the 12-and-under National Championship tournament in Longview, Wash., Aug. 13-15, after finishing second in last weekend’s qualifying tournament in Artesia.