Live From Hawaii, Matadors Will Be on Late Night TV

Cal State Northridge football is suddenly a hot commodity.

Northridge’s nonconference game at Hawaii on Saturday will be shown live on Fox Sports West 2 at 10 p.m.

Jim Leahey will do play-by-play, with Robert Kekaula handling commentary.

The game was not on the TV schedule originally, but Northridge and Hawaii opened a few eyes in their openers. Northridge routed Boise State, 63-23, and Hawaii downed Minnesota, 17-3.

Ronald Kopita, vice president of student affairs, said Northridge has been guaranteed $90,000 by Hawaii for playing in Honolulu. After expenses, the Matadors expect a $40,000 profit, a school record.

Northridge will receive a $75,000 guarantee for a game at New Mexico State next week.

Honored: David Foster of Wood Ranch Country Club in Simi Valley received the Horton Smith Award from the Southern California PGA for contributions to the field of education.

Skip Whittlet, former head golf pro at Oakmont Country Club in Glendale, was given an honorary lifetime membership to the SCPGA. Whittlet is a rules official on the Senior PGA Tour.

The section’s highest award, the Golf Professional of the Year, went to John Hardy of Alisal Ranch Golf Course in Solvang.

Teaming up: Craig Steinberg of Van Nuys is one of three mid-amateurs who will represent California in the USGA Men’s state team tournament Sept. 16-18 at Sun Ridge Canyon Golf Club in Fountain Hills, Ariz.

Steinberg and teammates Mark Johnson of Helendale and Casey Boyns of Pacific Grove will compete against three-man teams from the other 49 states.

Steinberg recently won his fourth Southern California Golf Assn. amateur championship, and is defending SCGA mid-amateur champion. Mid-amateur golfers are those amateurs 25 years of age and older.

Kick-start: In her first college match, Tracey Milburn, a freshman from Moorpark High, had two

goals and two assists Monday as Pepperdine downed Cal State Northridge, 4-1, in women’s soccer.

Eva Popper and Dawn Hollowell also scored for Pepperdine. Heather Schou scored for Northridge. Pepperdine is 1-0. Northridge is 0-2.

Second-half goals by Heather Halstead and Elizabeth Gammon gave The Master’s College a 2-0 victory over Concordia on Monday in another soccer opener.

Reseda back in ring: Monthly boxing likely will return to the Reseda Country Club in September, general manager Mehdi Zamani said.

Zamani will replace Peter Broudy as promoter, pending approval of his application for a license by the state athletic commission.

Playing hardball: The Conejo Valley Panthers 12-and-under team went 5-0-1 and won the Santa Barbara baseball tournament last weekend.

Delmon Young hit two home runs and was the winning pitcher in the championship game against the Valley Cobras.