Kennedy to Play in Top Baseball Event

Kennedy High, defending City Section 4-A Division baseball champion, has been invited to the Dole Invitational at Cal State Fullerton in April, 1996, a tournament that attracts some of the best teams in the nation, Golden Cougar Coach Manny Alvarado said.

The tournament was formerly known as the Upper Deck Classic.

Kennedy appears to be one of the top teams in California heading into the 1996 season. Pitchers Derek Morse and Jon Garland, and infielder Aldo Pinto return from last year’s team. They will be joined by three transfers, including All-City outfielder Fernando Centeno from Birmingham.

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Mike Amundson, a pitcher at Newbury Park High, threw six no-hit innings to lead West Oaks to a 9-1 victory over Redlands in the first round of the South Orange County Thanksgiving tournament at San Dimas High.

Amundson struck out nine and walked one to earn the victory. He was perfect through 5 1/3 innings of the seven-inning game.

Manny Mosqueda of Agoura High and Matt Reardon of Westlake High each had two hits and knocked in two runs for West Oaks, which faces San Dimas in the second round today at 1 p.m.

Volleyball

Jennifer Phillips of Saugus High has been selected Foothill League player of the year. Other first-team selections are Wendy Roof and Andrea Koman of Canyon, Lauren McCartin and Erika Lilly of Saugus, Christy Russell of Burroughs and Danielle Odiorne of Hart.

Heidi Ferguson has been selected Marmonte League player of the year.

Tunde Hrotko of L.A. Baptist has been selected Alpha League player of the year.

Soccer

Julio Castillo has been hired as boys’ coach at Reseda High. Castillo, 21, attends Mission College, where this fall he played for Coach Adolpho Perez.

Castillo, a 1993 Reseda graduate, was a varsity assistant the past two seasons for the Regents.

Perez had been hired at Reseda after the 1994-95 season but took the Mission job before coaching any games.

He follows Terry Davila, who led the Regents to a 23-2-5 record last season and is now an assistant at Cal State Northridge.

Contributing: Mike Bresnahan, Michael Lazarus, Tris Wykes, Peter Yoon.