Sports

PREPS

Bishop Amat will play for the Southern Section Division I football championship Saturday night when the Lancers meet Mater Dei at Anaheim Stadium. The game will be televised live by Channel 13 starting at 7:40 p.m.

Bishop Amat advanced to the final with a 49-22 victory over Trabuco Hills last week. Mater Dei beat Los Alamitos, 28-24, ending the Griffins’ Southern Section record 47-game unbeaten streak.

“This will be our toughest game of the year because Mater Dei is the most physical team we’ve faced,” Bishop Amat Coach Tom Salter said.

Saturday’s game was originally scheduled to be played at Cerritos College, which has an expandable seating capacity of 15,000. However, the game was moved to Anaheim Stadium after the Mater Dei-Los Alamitos game drew more than 30,000.

* Miki Kanemitsu, who led the Pasadena Poly girls’ tennis team to the Division III championship, lost to Camarillo’s Monique Allegre in the individual quarterfinals, 6-1, 6-2. Kanemitsu, a senior, finished the season with a 71-2 record.

* Annie Ebiner of St. Lucy’s finished 16th in the Foot Locker West Regional cross-country championships last weekend at Woodward Park in Fresno. Ebiner clocked 18 minutes, 15 seconds over the three-mile course, but fell eight places shy of qualifying for Saturday’s national championships in San Diego.

COLLEGES

Doug Blake, a sophomore at Mt. San Antonio College, won the 158-pound class at the Community College State Wrestling championships last weekend at Rio Hondo College.

Blake defeated Mark Shin of Skyline, 5-2, for the title and finished the season with a 25-6 record. He helped Mt. SAC to 10th place in the team standings at the championships, which were won for the second consecutive year by Fresno City College.

Mt. SAC’s Raul Tapia finished fifth at 150 pounds by defeating Jack Crosby of Santa Rosa. Darren Hill of Mt. SAC finished eighth at 177 pounds.

* The Pasadena City College women’s volleyball team lost to Santa Monica, 16-14, 15-9, 15-17, 15-12, in the second round of the Southern Regional of the Community College State tournament to finish the season 17-4.

* The Azusa Pacific women’s soccer team lost twice to Moorhead State (Minn.) and was eliminated from 20-team National Assn. of Intercollegiate Athletics championships at Chattanooga, Tenn.

Azusa Pacific junior middle blocker Tiara Ainuu, who had 59 kills in pool play, was named to the all-tournament team.

* Quarterback John Shipp of Claremont Mudd was named offensive player of the year and La Verne defensive end Tyrone Youngblood was named defensive player of the year in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Conference champion La Verne had nine other players selected to the first team, including offensive linemen Jeff Drouin and Ed Quezada, wide receiver Anthony Rice, running back Darren MacLellan, quarterback Ryan Campuzano, kicker Juan Contreras, defensive lineman Kelly Matson, linebacker Doug DuBois and defensive back Bob Gleason.

Other local All-SCIAC selections included offensive lineman Terry Woolridge and wide receiver Mike Cook of Claremont and defensive lineman Matt Bissell of Pomona-Pitzer.

* Gary Barnes, Tim Behrens and Bill White of the Claremont-Mudd water polo team were named All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference by league coaches.

Claremont-Mudd, the SCIAC champion, finished fifth at the Western Water Polo Assn. championships. The Stags lost to Chaminade, 10-9, in the first round, defeated Whittier, 16-5, in the consolation semifinals and defeated Loyola Marymount, 9-2, in the fifth-place match.

Claremont-Mudd finished 20-9.

* The Cal Poly Pomona men’s basketball team plays at Menlo College UC Davis on Sunday.

The Broncos are coming off a loss to San Diego State, their first defeat of the season. Junior forward Tyrone Merriweather is averaging 19 points a game for the Broncos.

* The Cal Poly Pomona women’s basketball team plays host to Cal Baptist on Friday night after splitting two games in the NCAC/CCAA Challenge tournament last weekend at Cal State Hayward.

Pomona, which entered the week 4-2, lost to Cal State Stanislaus, 84-66 despite 33 points by freshman Jessica Eggleston, who is averaging 16.7 points a game. Pomona defeated Hayward, 82-60 behind 18 points by Michelle Kerzie.

* Don Morel, an assistant football coach at La Verne for the past four seasons, will become head coach of the Leopards, replacing Rex Huigens, who resigned last week.

Huigens, 46, guided La Verne to the SCIAC title and the NCAA Division III playoffs this season. He was 30-6-1 in four seasons and will continue to teach at the university and coach the golf team.

PREP OF THE WEEK

Annie Ebiner, St. Lucy’s--Ebiner finished 16th in the Foot Locker West Regional cross-country championships last weekend at Woodward Park in Fresno.

COLLEGE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Doug Blake, Mt. San Antonio College--Blake, a sophomore, won the 158-pound class at the Community College State Wrestling championships and finished the season with a 25-6 record.

MISCELLANY

The Foothill-Citrus Baseball Umpires Assn. will have its first meeting Jan. 22 at Walnut High. The organization is seeking members, who earn $46 for working one-man, non-varsity games. The association will provide training in rules. Information: (818) 964-9445.

CALENDAR

* Broadcaster Vin Scully, artist Brent Berger and baseball scout Larry Harper will be at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena on Saturday to sign copies of the book “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.”

Harper, a San Marino High graduate who works for the Seattle Mariners, conceived the project, which will benefit several charities.

Information: (818) 449-5320.

* A baseball camp for players ages 6 through 16 will be held Dec. 21-23 and Dec. 27-29 at Temple City High.

The camps, run by former South Pasadena High and Mt. SAC standout Rob Nelson and Temple City High Coach Denny Marquardt feature instruction and lectures by current and former professional players. Cost is $75 a session.