Sports : SHOTS AND STATS

If you already miss high school basketball, you can still see some of the top underclassmen in the Southland compete every weekend through late May in the Slam N’ Jam Development League.

The league plays its games at Compton Community College and Dominguez High every Saturday and Sunday beginning at 9 a.m. Some of the participating area players include James Brown from Long Beach Poly, Brian Johnson from St. John Bosco and Chris Funderburk and Jonathon Nelson from Lynwood.

The games draw large crowds, including some familiar faces.

“You get roughly over 200 different scouts or coaches every weekend,” said Kenneth Miller, the league’s director of publicity, who listed Lorenzo Romar, George Raveling, Rollie Massimino and Seth Greenberg as recent coaches to attend.

Miller said that more than 500 players have received scholarships in the league’s 15-year history.

In addition to offering basketball, the league helps prepare players for the Scholastic Aptitude Test.

“We have a tutorial program that is called ‘Athletes for Academic Success,’ ” Miller said. “It provides free tutors to help kids in the league who are studying for the college entrance exam.”

SIGNINGS

Dayron Harris, a two-time All-City player at Washington High, signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Long Beach State in the fall. Harris, a 6-foot-6, 235-pound center, averaged 23 points and 10 rebounds a game as a senior. Tawana Grimes, a Southern Section Division I basketball selection from Lynwood High, has signed with UCLA. The 5-foot-10 forward-guard averaged 20 points and 12 rebounds a game and helped lead the Knights to a 32-2 record and their second consecutive Southern Section and Southern California Regional titles.

Kim Martin, a 5-foot-6 volleyball player from La Mirada, signed with Concordia College. Mayfair right-hander Dan Harkey has been offered a scholarship to Long Beach State. His coach, Barry Liebert, said Harkey will probably sign with the 49ers, but is also looking at USC and Arizona State. The Long Beach State women’s basketball team signed Sarah Davis, a 5-foot-6 point guard from Tustin High. Cerritos’ 5-9 point guard Ryan Brass signed with San Francisco. Brass’ 348 career assists is a school record. Kate Larrabbe, a 6-3 center from Cerritos, signed with Michigan State. Larrabbe set five school records, including most points in a game (35), most points in a season (660), most rebounds in a season (317), most career rebounds (571) and highest single-season field goal percentage (.590).

RESIGNING

Joe Tereschuk resigned last week after six seasons as Mayfair boys’ basketball coach.

“He wants to go back to school and get a degree and look for a job in Oregon teaching and possibly coaching,” Mayfair Athletic Director Merlin Driggs said.

Tereschuk led the Monsoons to the CIF quarterfinals in 1992. This season was highlighted by a victory over Artesia, the defending State Division II champion.

Individuals interested in applying for the job can call Driggs at (310) 925-9981.

LIGHTNING

The Long Beach Poly girls’ track team dominated the Mt. San Antonio College Relays on Saturday in Walnut.

Standing out was the school’s 800-meter relay team, which raced to the third-fastest time in national prep history in 1 minute 36.77 seconds. The national record is 1:36:46.

Trailing Morningside substantially after the first leg, the Jackrabbits didn’t take the lead until Andrea Anderson powered ahead on the anchor leg. Other members of the 800-meter squad include Rashida Green, Aminah Haddad and Pam Simpson. All will return next season.

In other races, Anderson won the 100 meters in 11.86 seconds, and Haddad won the 200 meters in 24.11. In sprint relays, the Poly girls won the 400 (46.61) and 1,600 (3:49.67).

The Poly boys won the 400 in 42.22. Poly freshman Kenyon Rambo finished second in the 300 hurdles in 38.09 seconds, a tenth of a second off the national freshman record.

LONG BEACH STATE

It looked so promising after the eighth-ranked Long Beach State baseball team won two of three games from then-No. 1 Cal State Fullerton on April 8-10 at Blair Field. But since then, the 49ers’ Big West Conference title hopes drastically diminished after they lost three of four games, including two of three last weekend at San Jose State.

With Cal State Fullerton’s three-game sweep of Nevada Las Vegas last weekend, the 49ers (27-11, 7-5 in the Big West) moved two games behind the Titans (31-8, 9-3). Tuesday night’s 5-1 nonconference victory against Pepperdine began an eight-game home stand, including a three-game Big West series against UC Santa Barbara Friday and Saturday nights at 7:05 and Sunday at 1:05.

In the 49ers’ 3-1 loss Friday to San Jose State, Spartan right-handed pitcher Dave Sick (7-0) scattered four hits and struck out eight. The 49ers broke loose Saturday for 17 hits in a 12-4 victory. Sophomore right-hander Scott Rivette (8-1) gave up six hits and three earned runs in eight innings. In Sunday’s game, the 49ers lost, 3-2, in 10 innings.

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On the road, the 49er softball team (23-19, 8-8 in the Big West) swept Arizona State, 7-5 and 3-0, in a Friday doubleheader. Stacy Van Essen (8-9) won the first game despite giving up 10 hits. Christy Tucker (6-2) scattered four hits in 4 1/3 innings to win the second game.

The 49ers lost at Arizona, 7-0 and 9-1. Arizona is ranked No. 1 in the country.

COMMUNITY COLLEGES

The Cerritos baseball team is 24-8 and in a first-place tie with Harbor in the South Coast Conference with a 13-4 record.

Last week, the Falcons edged host Mt. San Antonio, 12-9, in 10 innings, won a home game over Long Beach City College, 12-7, and then won at Long Beach, 9-3. During the week the team batted .389. Cerritos leads the conference in team earned-run average at 3.03.

The women’s tennis team (8-4, 8-1 in the South Coast) is tied for the league lead with Long Beach.

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The Long Beach women’s tennis team clinched a tie for first place in the South Coast Conference by defeating Mt. San Antonio, 8-1. In a 5-4 loss at Cerritos, the Vikings’ No. 1 singles player, Yvette Ralph, was upset by Denise Wilson, 7-5, 6-2. It was Ralph’s first loss in conference play in 10 matches.

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The Long Beach softball team improved to 33-5 and 9-1 in South Coast Conference play with a 3-0 victory at Mt. San Antonio and a 5-1 victory at El Camino.

Against Mt. SAC, the Vikings’ Susan Lamb, Chris Benyak and Wendie Aguayo hit home runs. Freshman Lisa Balbirnie (20-1) pitched a three-hitter and lowered her ERA to 0.25.

MISCELLANY

The La Mirada Community Services Department is having a track and field meet Saturday at La Mirada High. Check-in begins at 5:30 p.m. and the event starts at 6. The meet is for boys and girls born between 1979 and 1986. The top four finishers in each age division will advance to the Southeast Municipal Athletic Assn. Championships May 14. The entry fee is $3. Information: (310) 943-7277.