Aguiniga Defeated in Junior Golden Gloves Semifinal

Ron Siler of Cincinnati defeated Mario Aguiniga of Oxnard by a 2-1 decision Friday in a in ta 90-pound division semifinal bout of the Junior Golden Gloves boxing competition at Cincinnati.

Aguiniga, 14, who will start his freshman year at Channel Islands High next month, was the aggressor in the bout, according to Southern California Coach Ben Lira, but hometown fighter Siler was awarded the victory.

“Mario lost, but he didn’t really lose,” Lira said. “It was a very disappointing decision. We thought [Mario] was going to get the decision. I’m not saying that the other kid didn’t land some punches, but Mario was the aggressor. He should have won.”

Aguiniga, was trying to add the Junior Golden Gloves title to a pair of gold medals he’d previously won in Junior Olympic and Silver Gloves competition.

Basketball

A high school all-star tournament sponsored by the American Roundball Corp. and Slam-n-Jam has been scheduled for Sept. 23-24 at Cal State Northridge.

The eight-team event features some of Southern California’s top high school players, including Jason and Jarron Collins of Harvard-Westlake, Eddie Miller of Chatsworth, Schea Cotton of St. John Bosco and Corey Benjamin of Fontana.

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Football

Former Newbury Park High lineman Joe Smigiel was waived by the Cleveland Browns and Kennedy High running back Ontiwaun Carter was released by the Miami Dolphins.

Baseball

Billy Hoover of Calabasas will play for Sacramento State next season on a partial scholarship.

Hoover hit .363 and was a first-team All-Frontier League selection as Calabasas won 25 consecutive games and its first outright league title.

Soccer

Ty Russell, The Times’ all-area goalie last season, has obtained a release from the Naval Academy and is now playing on a partial scholarship for UC Irvine.

Russell, who led Royal to the 1995 Southern Section Division I championship, had originally committed to the Naval Academy but changed his mind.

Russell was an All-Southern Section Division I selection and had a 15-1-1 record including 11 shutouts for the Highlanders last season.

Miscellaneous

Burbank High Friday announced the hiring of two varsity coaches. Ron Quarterman was chosen to succeed Jeff Davis as boys’ basketball coach. Davis was recently promoted to vice principal.

Frank Des Enfants was hired to replace Chad Nammack as baseball coach. Nammack resigned last spring to become an assistant at Santa Monica College.

Quarterman comes to Burbank from Bell-Jeff, where he led the Guards to their first playoff appearance in three seasons. He had previously worked as a junior varsity coach at Santa Monica High. He takes over a Burbank team that won the Foothill League championship last season.

“I’ve very excited,” Quarterman said. “I’m real flattered. We’re going to have a lot of fun. It’s a real good team.”

Quarterman said he had no intention of leaving Bell-Jeff until the Burbank job became available.

“It’s a step up--a bigger school,” he said. “It has a larger pool of players. I have nothing negative to say about Bell-Jeff. But when an opportunity arises you have to hear what they have to say.”

Des Enfants coached at Reseda as a junior varsity coach and a varsity assistant from 1986-93. A long-time American Legion coach, Des Enfants in 1993 coached the Valley Rangers to a seventh-place finish in the semipro baseball National Baseball Assn. World Series.

Contributing: Dana Haddad, John Lynch, John Ortega, Bryan Rodgers, Tris Wykes.