Redfern Takes Post as Master’s Pitching Coach

Pete Redfern, pitching coach for Chatsworth High and head coach of the Valley North American Legion baseball team, has accepted a position as pitching coach at The Master’s College.

Redfern, 40, the City Section player of the year at Sylmar High in 1972, pitched seven years for the Minnesota Twins before a diving accident in October, 1983, left him paralyzed from the neck down. Redfern compiled a 43-48 record in the majors.

Redfern attended USC from 1972-75 on a baseball scholarship and played on two national championship teams. He has spent the past four years coaching at Chatsworth and the past five years as American Legion coach.

“He has so much knowledge of the game with all the years of pitching he’s had, you just can’t put a value on that,” Master’s Coach Jack Mutz said. “He’ll add a lot of stability to our program.”

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Former Glendale College shortstop Randy Vickers signed with the Seattle Mariners and has been assigned to the club’s rookie-level affiliate in Peoria, Ariz., where he will play third base.

Vickers, who batted .374 with 13 home runs and 45 runs batted in for the Vaqueros, turned down an offer to play at Cal State Fullerton.

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A team of Valley Pony League Baseball players will travel to Japan on Aug. 16 to compete in the 20th USA/Japan Pony Baseball Friendship Series in Tokyo.

The team will include 14 players ages 14 and 15 from the Valley, Simi Valley, Camarillo and Calabasas. The two-week competition will include games against all-star teams from Tokyo, Sapporo, Edogawa, Chiba and Ohta.

Golf

Chad Wright of Ventura fired a 36-hole total of 143 to win the Buenaventura Junior Golf Championship last weekend at Buenaventura Golf Course in Ventura.

Wright, 18 and a sophomore at USC, edged Tyler Satchwell of Ventura by two shots and Ryan O’Neil of Camarillo by 11.

Barkley Martin of Ventura won the 14-15 division with a 79 and Mike Anderson of Ventura won the 13-and-under division with an 85.