Sports

PREPS

The Rowland High boys’ basketball team avenged a defeat to Nogales in the final of the Nogales tournament last month and remained in the hunt for the Sierra League title with a 71-69 victory over the Nobles.

Before Friday’s victory, Rowland had lost to Nogales in three of the past four games dating to last season.

Rowland’s Tony Parker had 18 points; Terrence Moore contributed 17 points and seven rebounds and Tony Scott had 14 points and 11 rebounds.

“I think Nogales and us are pretty equal teams,” Rowland Coach Greg Pappas said. “But when you play at home, you have to serve notice and I think that gives you that little extra edge.”

The Raiders improved to 14-2 and 2-0 in league play to remain tied with Ayala for the league lead. The teams play Friday night at Ayala. Nogales, considered a contender for the league title, is 15-3 and 0-2 after consecutive league defeats to Ayala and Rowland.

Rowland is among six teams that will participate in the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Challenge Saturday at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion.

The Challenge will feature three games. Rowland plays Millikan at 5:20 p.m., Inglewood meets Peninsula at 7 and Dominguez plays Westchester at 8:40.

“The next two games won’t be hard to get up for,” Pappas said. “The team will be up because we are playing Ayala Friday. And on Saturday the team will be up because we are playing in Pauley Pavilion.”

* Senior Heather Sumpter and sophomore Obea Moore of Muir headline a list of San Gabriel Valley athletes who will compete in the high school portion of the Sunkist Invitational indoor track and field meet Feb. 11 at the Sports Arena.

Sumpter, the defending state girls’ champion in the 100 meters and the second-fastest returner in the nation in the event at 11.58 seconds, will compete in the 50 meters.

Moore, the freshman indoor national record-holder at 800 meters, helped Muir to its second state title in five years last season and ran on the Mustangs’ state champion 1,600-meter relay team. He will run in the 880 yards and on Muir’s 1,280-yard and mile relay teams in the Sunkist meet.

Daylon McCutcheon, The Times’ San Gabriel Valley back of the year, will face Chris McAlister of Pasadena in the football 50 meters. McAlister is also scheduled to compete in the long jump.

Other athletes scheduled to compete include Jamaal Carr of Muir (50 meters), Joaquin Gray of Muir (440 yards), James Liu of Temple City (two miles), DeSean Holmes of Muir and Chey Walker of West Covina (50-meter hurdles), Patrick Kooba of Glendora (long jump), and Jeremy Lingenfelter of Claremont and Willie Howard of Los Altos (shotput).

Walnut’s Stephanie Jones, who placed seventh in the long jump in the state meet as a sophomore, will compete in her specialty as well as the triple jump.

Other girls’ competitors include Tori Edwards of Pomona, Krystal Walden of West Covina, Joshara Brown of Muir, Janquil David of Charter Oak (50 meters); Sarah Ellis and Sharon Mars of La Canada, Liz Robles of Baldwin Park and Mary Nwaoguakor of Muir (mile); Annie Ebiner of St. Lucy’s (two miles); Kelly Moten of Muir (50-meter hurdles); Rosalyn Grant of Ganesha (long jump), and Arnika Hughes of South Hills and Katy Grubbs of South Pasadena (shotput).

COLLEGES

Cal Poly Pomona men’s basketball Coach Tom Marshall recorded his first California Collegiate Athletic Assn. victory with an 83-74 win over Cal State San Bernardino last week.

The first-year Bronco coach is now seeking his 200th career victory. Marshall, who coached for 11 seasons at UC San Diego before coming to Pomona, has a career record of 198-108.

Pomona (13-3, 1-1), ranked 18th in Division II, plays at Grand Canyon tonight in a conference game.

* The Cal Poly Pomona women will be seeking their first CCAA victory when they play host to Cal State Bernardino tonight. On Saturday, the Broncos play host to Cal State Dominguez Hills.

Pomona (7-9, 1-1), which has won or shared 13 consecutive conference titles, is coming off a 74-60 defeat against Grand Canyon in its CCAA opener. Jessica Eggleston had 18 points and 11 rebounds and Lori Talley scored 16 in the defeat, which marked the first time the Broncos had lost the first game of conference play since the CCAA began sponsorship of women’s athletics in 1982.

* The Cal State L.A. women’s basketball team improved to 12-4 with a 78-70 victory over Cal State Dominguez Hills in a CCAA opener. Stacie Washington leads the Golden Eagles, averaging 16 points and 10 rebounds. Rosa Mendez and Lupe Nava are averaging 10.9 and 10.4 points, respectively. Cal State L.A. plays host to Grand Canyon Friday and UC Riverside Saturday in CCAA games.

* The Cal State L.A. men will attempt to end a three-game losing streak tonight in a CCAA home game against Cal State San Bernardino. On Saturday, the Golden Eagles play host to league rival UC Riverside.

Cal State L.A. (10-5, 0-1), which has lost its three games by four points, including a 72-70 loss to Drury College Jan. 7, suffered a 72-71 defeat against Grand Canyon in its conference opener Thursday and lost to The Master’s, 66-65.

Senior Tyrone Haylock averages a team-leading 14.3 points and 7.9 rebounds for Cal State L.A. Rodney Harris and Aaron Lattimore are averaging 13.8 and 12.9 points.

* Cal State L.A. will field a women’s soccer program for the first time this fall and will compete in the CCAA along with Cal State Dominguez Hills, Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State San Bernardino.

Leo Cuellar, the men’s coach at Cal State L.A. for the past seven seasons, has been named director of soccer and will coach both teams. Cuellar has led the Golden Eagle men to a 77-51-10 record during his tenure and to the Division II playoffs two of the past three seasons.

The addition of women’s soccer brings the number of sports offered to 12, six for men and six for women. Cal State L.A also fields teams in women’s volleyball, men’s and women’s programs in cross-country, basketball, track and field, and tennis.

* Tiny Lister Jr., Charles Gwynn and David Capello will be inducted into the Cal State L.A. athletic hall of fame tonight at the Tower Restaurant in the TransAmerica Building downtown.

Lister was the 1982 Division II shotput champion and holds the school record at 61-feet-8. An actor who challenged Holk Hogan to a match with no rules in the 1989 film “No Holds Barred,” Lister is a veteran of more than 20 films. He was a regular on the HBO series “1st and 10” and has been a guest star on “Webster,” “Matlock” and “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” In 1993, he co-starred with Mario Van Peebles and Tone Loc in the Western “Posse.”

In October, Lister organized the first Tiny (Zeus) Lister celebrity basketball game, which raised more than $30,000 for athletic scholarships at Cal State L.A. and the West Angeles Church of God in Christ.

Gwynn, the older brother of major league baseball players Tony and Chris Gwynn, was a three-time Division I All-Far West region selection at Cal State L.A. from 1979-81. He holds school records for a 22-game hitting streak, 17 home runs in a season and most extra-base hits in a career with 74.

Capello was the CCAA singles champion in tennis in 1956 and teamed with another hall of fame member, Larry Smith, to win the conference doubles title in 1958. Capello and Smith went on to advance to the Division I quarterfinals that season.

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PREP ATHLETE OF WEEK

Kelly Chavez, Bishop Amat--The sophomore guard set a school-record with 12 steals in the Lancers’ 72-31 Del Rey League victory over St. Paul. Chavez also scored 28 points and had 10 assists. She had 22 points in the first half, making all eight of her field-goal attempts.

COLLEGE ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Stacie Washington and Rosa Mendez, Cal State L.A.--The duo combined for 48 points to lead the Golden Eagles to a 78-70 victory over Cal State Dominguez Hills in a CCAA game Saturday.

Washington, a 6-3 senior center, had 26 points, eight rebounds and three assists. Mendez, a 5-6 junior guard, scored 22 points, making 10 of 14 shots.