PREP SIGNINGS : Marina Catcher Cresse Signs With LSU

Marina catcher Brad Cresse has signed a letter of intent to play baseball at LSU, his father, Mark, said Monday.

Cresse, who played at Los Alamitos last season, was second-team All-Orange County last season. He hit .433 with 11 home runs. He transferred to Marina last summer.

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Rosary’s Kathleen Celio has made an oral commitment to play women’s soccer next year at Santa Clara, Royals softball Coach Tom Tice said. She had also visited Stanford and Michigan.

Celio, a midfielder, has not played high school soccer since her freshman year, but established herself as one of the county’s better basketball players, making The Times all-county second team. She also was a second-team All-Golden West League softball player.

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Foothill pitcher Marie Gieron signed a letter of intent to play next year at Creighton.

She visited the Omaha, Neb., campus over the weekend; it was her only recruiting visit. She chose Creighton over Oklahoma State, North Carolina, North Carolina Greensboro.

Gieron went 20-3 with a 0.62 earned-run average last year, and was a second-team Times all-county selection.