Stanley Resigns After 33 Years as Coach at Pierce

Ken Stanley, who guided the Pierce College men’s volleyball team to three state championships since launching the program in 1976, has resigned.

Stanley, 58, who began coaching at Pierce in 1964 as a basketball assistant, said he is considering retiring from teaching after the coming school year. Turhan Douglas, a member of the Brahmas’ 1988 state championship team and an assistant to Stanley last season, has been selected as a replacement.

“”When you coach and you’re a full-time instructor, it’s a lot of time,” Stanley said. “But I accepted that I’ve tried to do the best job I could.”

Stanley led Pierce to the state Final Four nine times and the title match six times. The Brahmas won titles in 1986, ’88 and ’92.

Kevin Galbraith, men’s track and field coach at Valley College for the past two seasons, has resigned from that position.

Galbraith coached the men’s cross-country team at Mission College for two years before it was canceled because of budget constraints.

GOLF

Linda Pearson of La Canada shot one-under-par 72 to finish first in the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur qualifying tournament Tuesday at Redlands Country Club.

Linda Olsen of Northridge shot 74 to finish second and Jody Duclos of Moorpark finished tied for fifth at 79. Olsen and Duclos qualified.

The U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur, for women aged 25 and older, is Sept. 6-11 at Atlantic City country club in Northfield, N.J.

FOOTBALL

Darren Del’Andrae came off the bench to lead the Simi Valley Swarm to three second-half scores, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a disastrous first half in a 29-17 loss Saturday to the Washington Posse in a Pacific Football League game in Vancouver, Wash.

Del’Andrae, a former Calabasas High standout, completed seven of 14 passes for 142 yards and two touchdowns.

The Swarm plays against the Antelope Valley Crusaders at 7 p.m. Saturday at Palmdale High.

BOXING

Heavyweight Lance Whitaker of Granada Hills recorded a first-round technical knockout against Isaac Brown of Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday in San Benito, Texas. Whitaker, 26, improved to 9-0, all by knockout.

Welterweight Carlos Martinez of Oxnard improved to 4-0 with a four-round unanimous decision over Victor Hugo Rodriguez of San Antonio on the same card.

MOTOR SPORTS

Cory Kruseman of Ventura won the 30-lap sprint-car main event race Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway and ranks third in the series points standings with 1,200 points.

Mike Bush of North Hills won the Pro Street Stock division main-event race Saturday night at Kern County Raceway. T.K Karvasek of Acton and Kevin Wood of Saugus finished third and fourth, respectively.

In the Pure Street Stock division, Dana Rea of North Hollywood won the feature race, with Lancaster residents John Cereoli and Larry Wolford finishing second and third, respectively.