MacKenzie Resigns as Bell-Jeff Baseball Coach

Doug MacKenzie resigned Tuesday after one season as baseball coach at Bell-Jeff High. MacKenzie has coached in the area for 41 years, most of them at Canoga Park High. He left Canoga Park in 1987 after winning the City Section 4-A Division championship.

At Bell-Jeff, MacKenzie was frustrated by a lack of commitment on the part of many players. The Guards forfeited three games for not having enough players.

MacKenzie, 70, would like to continue coaching.

“I have the energy and enthusiasm,” he said.

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David Esquer and David Rhoades have been named by Coach Frank Sanchez as assistants at Pepperdine. Sanchez was hired June 20, replacing Pat Harrison.

Esquer served as a Stanford assistant the past six seasons and is a former Stanford shortstop.

Rhoades, a former Pepperdine shortstop and former coach at Moorpark High, is a holdover from Harrison’s staff.

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The 31st American Legion District 20 East-West all-star game will be played Sunday at 1 p.m. at Birmingham High.

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Second baseman Gabe Halcovich of College of the Canyons has committed to Cal State Fullerton.

Track and Field

Mikee Stafford of Palmdale High, a runner-up in the girls’ pole vault in the 1995 Southern Section Division I championships, has committed to Cal State Northridge.

Tennis

Nicholas Weiss of Calabasas and Jieun Jacobs of Valencia won singles titles in the 14-and-under division of the Southern California Junior sectional tournament at Fountain Valley.

Top-seeded Weiss defeated No. 2 Ryan Redondo of Fallbrook, 7-6 (11-9), 6-2. Top-seeded Jacobs beat No. 3 Luana Magnani of Pasadena, 6-4, 6-2.

Dylan Mann of Canoga Park won the 18-and-under doubles title for the second year in a row, teaming with Joseph Gilbert of Fullerton to defeat Bryan Golledge of Goleta and Sam Adam Webster of Santa Barbara, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

Darian Chappell of Camarillo and Jonni Seymour of Bakersfield, seeded No. 1, defeated Allison Arvizu of Huntington Beach and Natalie Exon of Irvine, 6-3, 6-1, for the girls’ 18 doubles title.

Golf

Pro Brad Moss and club president Jack Sweeney of North Ranch Country Club shot an eight-under par 64 to finish third Monday in the Pro/President Championship, a Southern California PGA partners best-ball event at North Ranch.

Pro Scott Walter and club president Ray Losi of Bermuda Dunes won the tournament at 61.

Ron Cox (pro) and Lowe Schultze (president) of Simi Hills tied for sixth at 66. Ojai Valley’s Mark Greenslit (pro) and Dave Schmidt (president) tied for ninth at 67.

Basketball

Bobby Castagna, a former Cal State Northridge assistant, has accepted a staff position at New Hampshire.

Inglewood High defeated Canoga Park, 79-72, to win the Sylmar High tournament.

Littlerock High’s Bronson Pitts, who averaged 17.8 points last season, will attend Antelope Valley College.

Miscellany

Ventura High’s Tyler Richardson and Santa Paula’s Jennifer Hendren have won Ventura County Hall of Fame scholarships of $500.

Contributing: Dana Haddad, Paige A. Leech, John Ortega, Bryan Rodgers.