Chaminade to Play Touring Japanese Baseball Team

The Chaminade High baseball team is scheduled to play against a team from Japan which will be touring Southern California.

Chaminade will be the first stop for the Japanese team, which will also face Santa Monica, Hueneme and Crossroads on the one-week junket beginning March 24.

It is the second time in as many years a team from Japan will play Chaminade.

“It’s great competition, but we’re not doing it for that,” Chaminade Coach Dave Desmond said. “The experience and the cultural exchanges are just incredible.”

A baseball alumni game for all former Moorpark College players will be held Saturday, Feb. 5, at 3 p.m.

Former players interested in playing should contact Mark Siegel at 714-494-6567 or 714-675-3448.

Football

San Fernando High quarterback Leon Blunt has been selected SuperPrep magazine’s offensive player of the year in the Far West geographical area.

Blunt, a two-time All-City Section pick who has committed to play at Notre Dame, rushed for 803 yards and passed for 715.

Three players from the region were named to the national recruiting magazine’s 223-member All-American team: tight end Dorrick Roy and running back Wilbert Smith of Montclair Prep, and tailback Tyrone Crenshaw of Sylmar.

Several players were ranked among the top 100 college prospects in the Far West.

In order, they were Blunt (fifth), Crenshaw (14th), Smith (17th), linebacker Willie Perryman of Burbank (18th), Roy (23rd), defensive back Shaun Williams of Crespi (25th), linebacker John McLaughlin of Hart (29th), quarterback Keith Smith of Newbury Park (45th), tailback George Keiaho of Buena (48th), defensive back Dwight Patton of Sylmar (52nd), receiver Jim Romero of L.A. Baptist (78th), quarterback Trevor Thompson of Thousand Oaks (80th), defensive back Rommell Butler of Royal (85th), lineman David Pratchard of Canyon (86th) and tailback Franklin Saunders of Chaminade (87th).

Six players from the region were named to SuperPrep’s 100-member junior college All-America team.

They are defensive back Marian Bacon of Antelope Valley, tight end Miguel Gonzalez of Glendale, quarterback Sean Fitzgerald of Valley, lineman Randy Clemons of Antelope Valley, tailback Pathon Rucker of Glendale and tight end John Fenger of Moorpark.

Longtime Canyon High assistant Brian Stiman has applied for the head coaching position at newly created Valencia High in Santa Clarita, former Canyon Coach Harry Welch said.

Stiman served as Welch’s top assistant for the past 14 years.

Basketball

Tonight’s Western State Conference men’s basketball game between Glendale and Santa Monica has been moved to Glendale at 7:30 p.m. The game originally was scheduled to be played at Santa Monica.