CSUN Baseball Snubbed by Big West; Softball Accepted

The Big West Conference has invited the Cal State Northridge softball team to join as an affiliate member beginning in 1997, but the Northridge baseball team was not considered.

This will be the last season for both teams in the Western Athletic Conference. WAC officials decided in the fall that the conference would have only full-time members in 1997.

Northridge’s baseball team will probably compete as an independent in 1997.

Baseball

Jim Hansen on Monday resigned as baseball coach at Thousand Oaks High after 21 seasons, Assistant Principal Jim Martin said.

Martin said an interim coach will be hired for this season and that a search for a permanent coach will take place during the summer.

Hansen last season led the Lancers to the Marmonte League championship.

Football

Fillmore Coach John Wilber has resigned. He compiled a 7-13 record in two seasons.

“This was just a case where I needed to spend more time with my family,” Wilber said. He will continue to teach social studies at Fillmore.

Contributing: Jeff Fletcher, Steve Henson, Bryan Rodgers.