Lamb Goes Early in Rule 5 Draft

Former Newbury Park High shortstop David Lamb was the second pick in the major league Rule 5 Draft on Monday, going to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

A Rule 5 pick must remain on the major league roster of the team that drafted him for the entire following season or he is returned to the original team.

Lamb, a second-round draft choice by the Baltimore Orioles in 1993, split the 1998 season in triple-A and double-A for the Orioles.

VOLLEYBALL

Royal High outside hitter Courtney Guerra was selected the girls’ co-player of the year in Southern Section Division I. Guerra, a 5-foot-11 senior who committed to California, helped lead the Highlanders to the Division I-A championship.

Royal middle blocker Teresa Russell and Buena setter-outside hitter Krystal McFarland were first-team Division I selections.

Bob Ferguson of Royal was selected Division I co-coach of the year.

In Division III, selections included Joanna August, Kelly Ayers, Anne Jakle and Leslie Meller of Harvard-Westlake, Brooke Niles of Calabasas and Nevada Blonstein of Notre Dame.

In Division IV, selections included Errin Benesh of Village Christian, Megan Hosp of Flintridge Sacred Heart and Jennifer Ryan of La Reina. Cicely Carew of Campbell Hall was a selection in Division V.

WATER POLO

Kevin Witt, a senior two-meter man at Glendale High, was selected the boys’ player of the year in Southern Section Division III.

Witt helped Glendale to the Pacific League co-championship, the team’s first title since 1979.

In Division I, Peter Hudnut and Jason Malinsky of Harvard-Westlake were first-team selections.

In Division III, Michael McDay and Charles Chang of La Canada and Justin Payne of Crescenta Valley were selected to the team. The Division IV picks included Chad Caldwell and Mike Derse of Ventura, Mike Campbell of Agoura, Ryan Apperson of Royal and Patrick Treanor of Buena.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Edniesha Curry of Cal State Northridge is ninth in the NCAA in scoring and fifth in three-point baskets. Curry, a sophomore guard from Palmdale High, is averaging 24.3 points and 3.2 three-pointers.

The 40 points Curry scored against Loyola Marymount on Dec. 1 is the third-highest total in the nation. Only Jackie Stiles of Southwest Missouri State, who scored 51 and 41 points in games against Baylor and Davidson, has had more.

BOXING

Michael Carbajal, former junior flyweight champion, has pulled out of a main event Thursday at the Reseda Country Club because of flu. Carbajal will be the analyst on a local TV broadcast of the card. Kevin Kelley will fight Jorge Cocas Ramirez in a 10-round lightweight main event. The card is scheduled to include light-heavyweight Victor Ortiz of Simi Valley.