Trojans Add CLU to Schedule as Hedge Against Suspensions

Cal Lutheran will visit USC on Thursday for a baseball game hastily scheduled by the Trojans in an effort to blunt the impact of impending suspensions.

The Pacific 10 Conference is expected to suspend several players for their part in a fight that occurred at the conclusion of a game Sunday between the Trojans and Arizona State.

The Trojans will begin a crucial three-game Pac-10 series against UCLA on Saturday. Should players be able to serve all or part of their suspensions in the game against Cal Lutheran, they could return against UCLA.

*

Adrian Mendoza, a Royal High left-hander who was 9-0 last season, committed Tuesday to Cal State Northridge.

*

Vince Kolbe, a senior outfielder who played at Chaminade High last season, has moved into the Cleveland attendance area and began practicing with the Cavaliers on Tuesday, Coach Steve Landress said.

Kolbe had transferred to Calabasas earlier this year. Calabasas co-Coaches Scott Drootin and Rick Nathanson said Kolbe broke a school rule in February and was declared ineligible to play for the Coyotes last week. Kolbe practiced with but did not play for the team.

*

Buena High softball Coach Peter Shedlosky said Tuesday that junior pitcher Nicole Greathouse will not play for the Bulldogs this season.

Shedlosky said that Greathouse told him she needed time off after playing varsity volleyball and basketball this school year.

Greathouse was 16-3 last season with an 0.11 earned-run average and earned first-team All-Southern Section Division I and All-Ventura County honors.

Basketball

Mike Penberthy of The Master’s College has been named to the NAIA Division I All-American team, and teammates James Mosley and Leo Gorauskas have received honorable mention.

Penberthy, a 6-foot-2 junior guard averaged 23.2 points and 4.3 assists. He also led the team in three-point (43.8%) and free-throw (87.7%) accuracy.

Mosley, a 6-3 senior forward from Indianapolis Colonial High, averaged 15.6 points and 6.4 rebounds.

Gorauskas, a 6-9 junior center, had averages of 14.8 points and 7.6 rebounds and shot a team-high 62.1% from the field.

Cal State Northridge point guard Trenton Cross suffered a broken left ankle playing basketball over the weekend. The injury apparently is not serious enough to affect Cross next season.

Football

Taft High running back Donald Carpenter, who gained 1,214 yards and scored 15 touchdowns as a sophomore, was dismissed from the team last week, Coach Troy Starr said. Starr would not elaborate.

Carpenter’s father, Donald Carpenter Sr., said his son was suspended from the spring weight training program and hopes to be reinstated in the fall.

Greg Nortman of Harvard-Westlake High, a Times All-Valley kicker in 1995, has committed to Princeton.

Tight end Mike Corr has left the Cal State Northridge team because of a condition in which he suffers from severe headaches. Corr, an Alemany High graduate, caught three passes for 31 yards.

Miscellany

Debby De Angelis, associate athletic director for business affairs at Cal State Northridge for seven years, resigned Tuesday to become associate athletic director for internal affairs at Towson State, Md.

Motor Racing

Ventura Raceway has rescheduled opening night for Saturday at 7 after last weekend’s races were rained out.

Contributing: Jeff Fletcher, Steve Henson, John Ortega, Bryan Rodgers, Tris Wykes.