Whiting to Coach Basketball at Chatsworth

Bill Whiting, an assistant basketball coach at Occidental College and a professor of kinesiology at Cal State Northridge, has been named boys’ basketball coach at Chatsworth High.

Whiting, 40, replaces Sandy Greentree, who resigned in April after three seasons. Whiting served as boys’ coach at Eagle Rock High from 1984-92.

“I’m going to have players a little more talented than I’m used to,” Whiting said. “I’m looking forward to the challenge.”

Under Greentree, Chatsworth was 45-26 and won or shared three league titles.

Softball

Seven area college softball players, including three from NCAA Division I champion Arizona, have been selected to play on four Olympic Festival teams that will compete July 2-6 in St. Louis.

On the West team are infielders Amy Chellevold (Thousand Oaks High/Arizona) and Karen Walker (El Camino Real High/UCLA), outfielder Priscilla Rouse (Cal State Northridge) and utility player Barb Booth (Glendale).

Infielder Jenny Dalton (Glendale High/Arizona) will play for the South; outfielder Barbara Jordan (Granada Hills High/Cal State Northridge) for the East; and utility player Nancy Evans (Hoover High/Arizona) for the North.

Baseball

Cal Lutheran junior right-hander Marc Weiss said Monday he expects to sign with the Cincinnati Reds, who drafted him in the 26th round of the major league baseball amateur draft last week.

Weiss, a transfer from Cal State L.A., said he probably will be assigned to the Reds’ rookie-league team in Billings, Mont.

Two other area players selected in the later rounds of last week’s draft, Palmdale High left-hander David Glick and Antelope Valley High third baseman Eric Cole, will play next season at Antelope Valley College and then consider signing. Glick was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in an undisclosed round and Cole was taken by the Kansas City Royals in the 44th round.

Sylmar High right-hander Carlos Velazco has signed a letter of intent to play next season at Cal State Northridge.

Velazco, an All-City Section and Times’ All-Valley selection in ‘93, was 22-4 the past two seasons.

Track and Field

Sean McKeown of Moorpark College, the runner-up in the discus and the third-place finisher in the shotput in the state junior college championships, Monday signed a letter of intent with Fresno State.

McKeown, a 1992 graduate of Newbury Park High, has personal bests of 53 feet 2 3/4 inches in the shotput, 164-11 in the discus and 159-8 in the hammer.

Golf

Scott Golditch of Taft High and Anthony Marciano of Royal each shot 76 in the CIF-Southern California Golf Assn. Championships Monday at Redlands Country Club.

Golditch and Marciano were eight strokes off champion Charley Hoffman of Poway, who shot a 68.

Playing without City Section champion Darren Angel--who is attempting to qualify for the U.S. Open--Granada Hills finished ninth with 427.