OCC Softball Forfeits Wins for Using Ineligible Player

Orange Coast’s softball team must forfeit two victories for using an ineligible player, Athletic Director Barry Wallace announced Wednesday.

The team will forfeit a 4-0 victory over Saddleback in Orange Empire Conference play Feb. 26 and a 6-5 victory over Cuesta College at the Fresno City College tournament March 8.

The player in question had not been cleared for participation because her name was not placed on the official eligibility list required by the state athletic code, Wallace said. The Pirates are 4-9, 1-5 in conference.

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The Piranhas of the Arena Football League traded quarterback Scooter Molander, lineman Pete Porcelli and the rights to defensive specialist Latrod Garner to the Florida Bobcats.

The Piranhas will receive quarterback James Guidry and the rights to receiver Daryl Frazier in return. Guidry spent last season as a backup with the Milwaukee Mustangs and Florida.

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Lynn Taylor, who has led Laguna Hills to Friday’s state championship game, and Rich Yoon of Rosary will be the coaches for the Orange County all-star girls’ basketball game. Taylor will coach the South squad and Yoon the North for the April 19 game.

Gene Lloyd of Brea Olinda will coach the boys’ North team and Craig Falconer of Calvary Chapel will coach the South. The boys’ game also is scheduled April 19.

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The Orange Coast women’s crew will host the Berg Cup competition beginning at 7:30 a.m. Saturday at Newport Harbor.

Crews from San Diego State, University of San Diego, Chapman, Long Beach State, USC and UC Irvine will join Orange Coast in competition at 2,000 meters in novice fours, novice eights, varsity fours and varsity eights. Orange Coast won the Berg Cup last year.

The women’s races will be followed by the Pirate men’s crew taking on San Diego State and San Diego.

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Four high school soccer players from the county have signed letters of intent to play in college, said Matthew Kinney, director of the Mission Viejo Pateadores Soccer Club.

The four are El Toro’s Ron Davis (Fresno State) and Patrick O’Brien (Loyola Marymount); Trabuco Hills’ Brenton Junge (South Carolina) and Irvine’s Sean Ganey (Azusa Pacific).

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The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team moved up to sixth from seventh in the recent American Volleyball Coaches Assn. national rankings. The 49ers are 14-5. Brigham Young (14-1) is ranked No. 1 and UCLA No. 3.

Long Beach’s softball team (20-8) fell a position this week to 11th in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches’ Top 25 poll. Arizona (25-0) is the top-ranked team and received all 25 first-place votes. UCLA is ranked No. 3.