Camarillo’s Pinuelos Moves to Boys’ Track

Sam Pinuelos, the girls’ track and field coach at Camarillo High for the past three years, has taken over the boys’ program at the school.

Pinuelos, 33, replaces one-year interim coach Mike Smith, who guided the Scorpions to a third-place finish in this year’s Marmonte League finals.

Smith, the boys’ cross-country coach since 1982, will probably continue to coach the distance runners during track.

Kelly Churchman-Nizdil will take over a Scorpions’ girls’ team that placed seventh in the league finals.

Churchman-Nizdil, 31, was a member of Rio Mesa teams that won the 1979 Southern Section 2-A Division title and placed second in 1980.

Soccer

Robert Kodama has been named Crespi High coach. Kodama served as the girls’ coach at Burroughs High in 1992-93 and was the Foothill League coach of the year in ’92.

Miscellany

The Agua Dulce Lions Club is sponsoring a 5K run Sunday at Agua Dulce Airpark.

Registration begins at 7 a.m. and race time is 8:30 a.m. Divisions range from 14 and under to 60 and over.

Littlerock’s Bruce Gallion won the Grand American points title for the 1995 season that ended last weekend at Kern County Raceway.

Other points champions include Acton’s Art Nevill in the Legends Car pro division, Simi Valley’s John Mead in the Legends Car semipro division and Reseda’s Brian Horst in the Daredevil Stock division.

Two track championships are still up for grabs heading into tonight’s Stock Car finale at Ventura Raceway.

In the Mini Stock division, defending champion Richard Webster of Camarillo holds a 40-point advantage over Ernie Malone of Casitas Springs, 1,105-1,065, with Jim Jewett Sr. of Oxnard third at 1,020.

Tracy Jewett of Sherman Oaks is 65 points ahead of her brother, Jim Jewett Jr. of Ventura, in the Pony Stock class, leading, 980-915.

Contributing: Mike Bresnahan, Darin Esper, John Ortega, Bryan Rodgers.