Two Area Pitchers Invited to Combine

Pitchers Mike Kolbach of Mater Dei and Jim Munroe of Servite will participate in a three-day scouting combine in Cincinnati for prep baseball players, beginning June 21.

Seventeen players from California will be among a group working on its hitting, defensive and pitching skills in front of approximately 250 major league scouts and college baseball coaches. More than 40 minor league and 200 Division I players have participated in the combine, now in its fifth year.

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Lionel Horn, an assistant boys’ and girls’ basketball coach at Santa Ana Valley High, has been selected the girls’ varsity coach, the school announced.

Horn, a 1980 Santa Ana Valley graduate, has been the boys’ varsity assistant since 1992. Last season, Horn assisted the girls’ team as well.