DIGEST

The Valley Classic All-Star game, matching the City Section against Southern Section, will take place June 6 at 4 p.m. at Cal State Northridge.

Alan Eberhart of Crescenta Valley and Mark Bates of L.A. Baptist will coach the Southern Section, with Armando Gonzalez of Franklin directing the City.

Among the Southern Section players expected to play are receiver Joey Cuppari of Westlake, running back Kenny Pritchett of Crescenta Valley and quarterback Kjell Nesen of St. Francis.

Running backs Quincy Wright of El Camino Real and Sedric Hurns of Taft are among the City players expected to take part.

BASEBALL

J.T. Stotts of Hart High, considered one of the region’s best shortstops, has signed a letter of intent with Cal State Northridge.

“I think they’re getting a chunk of coal that’s going to be a diamond,” Hart Coach Bud Murray said.

Stotts, who was the Foothill League player of the year in basketball, is batting .438 for the Foothill League champions. He said he will play only baseball at Northridge.

Luis Sanchez, former Hart High and College of the Canyons infielder, and outfielder Robb Rehfeld, who played at Alemany and Canyons, have helped Chico State reach the NCAA Division II World Series this weekend.

Sanchez is batting .361 with nine home runs and 47 runs batted in for the Wildcats.

Rehfeld is batting .349 with 14 doubles and 12 stolen bases.

CROSS-COUNTRY

Valley College will field a men’s and women’s program for the first time in five years in the fall. Valley dropped cross-country in 1994 because of financial constraints, but a junior college rule allowed students at the school to run for Mission College from 1994-96.

But when Mission axed its sports programs last summer, those students had no local school to run for.

TENNIS

Jenia Karimov of Cal Lutheran earned All-America honors after making it to the semifinals of the NCAA Division III men’s tennis tournament. The second-seeded Karimov (31-2) lost in three sets to unseeded David Weisman of Babson, Mass., College, 0-6, 6-4, 6-1, in the semifinals Tuesday at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass.

GOLF

Bob Burns, who attended Kennedy High and Cal State Northridge, won the Nike Tour’s $225,000 Dominion Open by two strokes on Sunday at Richmond, Va.

Burns, a former employee at Valencia Country Club, shot 71-65-66-72--274 and collected $40,500.