Hard-Throwing Hussman Will Sign With Arizona

Quartz Hill pitcher Darrell Hussman will sign a letter of intent next week to play baseball for Arizona, he said Tuesday.

“When I took my trip there, I felt at home the minute I got off the plane,” Hussman said. “The desert climate and their baseball stadium felt right to me.”

A 6-foot-4, 175-pound senior right-hander, he was rated the No. 74 prospect in the nation by Baseball America although he did not pitch much as a junior because of tendinitis in his right shoulder.

Basketball

Anwawn Jones of Montclair Prep, who led the Mounties to a State championship, has been selected the state’s Division V player of the year by Cal-Hi Sports.

Four other area players were selected to Cal-Hi’s all-state team. Seniors Arthur Lee of North Hollywood and Brock Jacobsen of Crescenta Valley were chosen for the third five in the 30-player team. Senior Greg Minor of Canyon was chosen for the fifth five and sophomore forward Jason Collins was selected to the sixth five.

Lee (Division I), Jacobsen (II), Collins (III), Charlie Petit of La Canada (III), Reed Berglund of Montclair Prep and Jones were selected to their respective divisional teams.

Steve Aylsworth of Westlake, and Jerome Joseph and Eddie Miller of Chatsworth were selected to the all-state junior team. Collins and brother Jarron of Harvard were selected to the all-sophomore team.

Area girls selected included junior Tawnee Cooper of Simi Valley (Division I), juniors Carly Funicello and Samantha Rigley of Alemany (II), senior Maggie Dixon of Notre Dame, and seniors Jann Thorpe and Julie Wastell of Newbury Park (III). Cooper was selected among the third five in the all-state team.

All-state juniors included Cooper, Funicello and Eboni Conley of Buena. Nicole Greathouse of Buena was selected to the all-sophomore team and Michelle Greco of Crescenta Valley was selected to the all-freshman team.

Contributing: Vince Kowalick and Michael Lazarus.