Violations in Burbank Football Disclosed

Scores of irregularities in the Burbank High football program were uncovered during a private investigation, according to a report made public Friday by the Burbank Unified School District.

Sam Nicholson, a former principal at Crescenta Valley High School who was hired by the CIF Southern Section and the district, found five possible violations of the so-called undue influence rule (recruiting), two violations of residency rules and three possible residency-rules violations.

Former Burbank coach John Hazelton may have exerted undue influence on three students to attend Burbank and may have used a tutorial service that was available to Bulldog players as an inducement for two of them to attend Burbank, the report says.

Nicholson’s report came to the same conclusion about Burbank Board of Education president Joe Hooven regarding the transfer of a student from Burroughs to Burbank, and named assistant coaches Ted Anderson and John Greaves as exerting influence on students to transfer to Burbank.

Soccer

Chatsworth sweeper Kim Pickup, an all-City Section selection and a member of The Times’ all-area team in 1994-95, has orally committed to Santa Clara University.

Volleyball

Harvard-Westlake’s Jenni Kristie was selected most valuable player in the Southern Section’s Division II and Jess Quiroz took coach of the year honors.

The Wolverines placed Lesley Coben and Melaka Maulls on the Division II all-section team.

Royal setter Heidi Ferguson is a Division I second-team selection.

La Reina outside hitter Alyssa Hain was picked to the Division IV team and L.A. Baptist’s Tunde Hrotko and Lindy James made the Division V team.

Cornerstone Christian’s Karen Breshears made the Division VI team.

Baseball

Former Calabasas pitcher Brandon Cohen has committed to Wyoming, where he will receive a partial scholarship.

Miscellany

A sports auction and dinner will be held to raise money for the Port Hueneme Boys and Girls Club on Sunday from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel in Oxnard.

Chuck Muncie, a former San Diego Charger running back who is the executive director of the Boys and Girls Club, said that several former teammates will attend, including Dan Fouts, Ed White and Kellen Winslow. Former Los Angeles Ram Rosey Grier also is expected to attend.

Information: 805-488-3719.

Basketball

The City Section Rules Committee denied the appeal of Cleveland High’s Akua Floyd for extra eligibility, Barbara Fiege said Friday.

Floyd, a 6-8 transfer from Reseda, has used his eight successive semesters of eligibility, Fiege said.

Contributing: Darin Esper, Steve Henson, Bryan Rodgers, Tris Wykes.