Sonora’s Weinberg to Play for Titans

Jeremy Weinberg, pitcher and infielder for Sonora, has agreed to attend Cal State Fullerton this fall. Weinberg, who chose Fullerton over UCLA, Loyola, Pepperdine and Cal State Northridge, said he informed school officials Monday night that he would accept their scholarship offer.

“I decided I wanted to stay close to home where I have so much support,” said Weinberg, who was selected in the 42nd round by St. Louis in this year’s free-agent draft. “I didn’t want to leave that.”

Weinberg, who will play third at Fullerton, was the Freeway League player of the year and earned a spot on The Times All-County first team as the designated hitter. At the plate he averaged .416, with 12 home runs and 40 RBIs. As a pitcher for the league champion Raiders, Weinberg was 11-1, 1.32, with 81 strikeouts in 74 1/3 innings.

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Danielle de Beaubien of Lake Forest was named the state female athlete of the year by the California State Games.

De Beaubien, 14, won three three gold medals in the California State track and field games, which were held last weekend in San Diego. Her medals came in the javelin, shotput and discus events. She’s also the National AAU Champion in the Pentathlon and twice has won the USATF Javelin National Championship. She is a 4.0 student at Serrano Junior High in Irvine.

Other Orange County medalists at the California State track and field games were Nicky Morillo and Nick Beniot, who won gold and silver medals in the 1,500 meter racewalk; Keith Calcagnie of Irvine (gold) and Connor Duckworth of Anaheim (silver) in the high jump (bantam boys); and Sean Calcagnie (bronze) in the shotput (bantam boys).

Also winning was Jose Rodriguez of Tustin (bronze) in the 1,500 meters and 3,000 (midget boys); Nicholas Harris of Mission Viejo (silver) high jump (midget boys); Michael Graham of Tustin in the 3,000 (youth boys); Travis Jones of Yorba Linda (gold) in the javelin and shotput (youth boys), and Phil Mothership of Fullerton (bronze) in the 400 hurdles (intermediate boys).

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Rick Buonarigo has been hired as softball coach at Costa Mesa High, school officials announced Tuesday.

Buonarigo previously coached nine seasons at Costa Mesa, four as junior varsity coach and five as varsity coach. The varsity had a 51-42 record and reached the Southern Section playoffs three times under Buonarigo.

He returned to college two years ago.

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The World Aerobic Championships, which features competitors from 30 countries, will begin today at Knotts Berry Farm. The championships will start at 8 p.m. on July 26.