Davenport Signs to Play Softball at San Diego St.

Jessie Davenport, an All-Ventura County pitcher from Thousand Oaks High, has signed a letter of intent to play softball at San Diego State.

Davenport is 5-4-1 this season.

Football

Alleged acts of illegal recruiting by a Taft High assistant coach will be reviewed by the City Section Rules Committee on Tuesday.

City Commissioner Barbara Fiege interviewed two Chatsworth students on campus Wednesday after Chatsworth administrators claimed that a former Chancellor assistant tried to recruit them to play at Taft.

John Brown, a former assistant with the Chatsworth frosh-soph team, is now a Taft varsity assistant.

Taft’s football team was placed on probation for one year last June after Coach Troy Starr violated a state rule regarding undue influence by making contact with Dante Clay, a junior high standout now enrolled at North Hollywood.

If the allegations are true, Taft could be banned from the playoffs for violating probation.

Track and Field

Issac Turner of Glendale College, the school record-holder in the 800 meters, has made a verbal commitment to USC.

Boxing

Undefeated Robert Garcia of Oxnard (20-0) will fight Julian Wheeler (11-0) for the vacant North American Boxing Federation junior lightweight championship tonight at Arizona Charlie’s Casino in Las Vegas.

Contributing: Jeff Fletcher, Mike Hiserman, Michael Lazarus, John Ortega.