Chaminade’s Lawson Resigns Football Post

Chaminade High football Coach Rich Lawson said Friday he is resigning after nine years at the school and has accepted a coaching position at Malibu High.

Malibu is starting a football program in the fall. Lawson will coach the freshman-sophomore team until it begins competition at the varsity level in 1998.

“I’ve built the first story at Chaminade,” Lawson said. “Now it’s somebody’s turn to come and add on.”

Lawson won two league titles with the Eagles and had a 71-36-1 record.

Defensive coordinator Ed Croson, also the school’s athletic director, will coach Chaminade on an interim basis.

“Our program has been pretty solid for a while,” Croson said. “Bringing someone in from the outside isn’t something we wanted to do.”

Chaminade was 11-2 last season and lost to Diamond Bar, 14-10, in the Southern Section Division III semifinals.

Baseball

Norm Greenbaum has resigned after one season as baseball coach at Harvard-Westlake High. The Wolverines finished 1-21 and were last in the Mission League at 0-12.

Glendale High pitcher Bryan Chan was named most valuable player of the Pacific League and Glendale’s Spiro Psaltis was selected coach of the year.

Camarillo High’s Nathan Kaup was selected the Marmonte League player of the year and teammate Mike Corral was named pitcher of the year.

Royal’s Dan Maye was named coach of the year.

Volleyball

Agoura High’s middle blocker Maegan Thomas has committed to Humboldt State. The 6-foot Thomas was an All-Marmonte League selection and a Times all-area pick.

Canyon setter Jeff Waller was named the Foothill League’s most valuable player.

Basketball

Pepperdine’s Lorenzo Romar will coach Athletes In Action during a tour to Spain this summer.

Chaminade High is hosting a basketball camp July 15-19. Registration is $125 per student and space is limited.

Information: 818-882-5907.

Golf

Cal Lutheran finished 16th in a field of 23 at the NCAA Division III championships at the Saratoga Spa State Park course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The Kingsmen were led by David Richardson and Rick Brown, both of whom finished in a four-way tie for 41st with an 18-over-par, four-round total of 306.

Methodist College of Fayetteville, N.C., won the team title for the third consecutive year, finishing 54 strokes ahead of Cal Lutheran.

Contributing: Mike Bresnahan, Vince Kowalick, Bryan Rodgers.