Boxing Melee Results in Fines

Fines and suspensions were levied Monday as a result of a melee that broke out during a boxing program Thursday night at the Reseda Country Club.

Middleweights Richard Gonzalez of San Fernando and Thomas Hinde of Los Angeles, whose scheduled four-round bout ended in a dual disqualification and a fracas involving cornermen and spectators, have been suspended by the state athletic commission pending a hearing Jan. 15 in Burbank.

The commission also suspended the fighters’ chief seconds, Cesar Lopez and Kevin Morgan, and fined each $500 for their involvement. The fighters’ purse also was withheld.

The brawl erupted when both fighters continued to punch after the second-round bell.

BASKETBALL

Forward Tiffany Morgan and guard Kiarra Williams, both senior starters, have left the Valencia High girls’ basketball team, Coach Greg Hayes said.

CROSS-COUNTRY

Highlights from the national high school championships held in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Dec. 12 will be shown on ESPN’s Scholastic Sports America program at 11 a.m. today.

Senior Lauren Fleshman of Canyon finished second in the girls’ race and junior Josh Spiker of Ventura was 14th in the boys’ event in the meet held at Oak Trail Course at Shades of Green.

FOOTBALL

George Hurley of Newbury Park High has been selected Southern California coach of the year by KABC-TV.

Hurley will receive two tickets and an all-expenses paid trip to the Pro Bowl in February in Hawaii.

“It’s very flattering,” said Hurley, who will invite his two sons and two assistant coaches to join him on the trip.

Former Valencia High wide receiver Caleb Willis started Saturday for Azusa Pacific in the team’s NAIA national championship victory over Olivet Nazarene.

VOLLEYBALL

Neil Coffman, a former All-American at Cal State Northridge, has resigned as boys’ volleyball coach at Notre Dame High.

Coffman likely will continue to coach the Notre Dame girls’ team.

Harvard-Westlake outside hitter Anne Jakle, the Mission League co-player of the year, has decided to attend Dartmouth.

Jakle, a 6-foot senior, is a two-time All-Southern Section Division III selection.