U.S. Baseball Team Unbeaten at Junior Pan Am Games

The USA Baseball Junior National Team improved to 3-0 Monday in the 1999 Junior Pan Am Games with a 13-4 victory over Mexico at Universitario Stadium in Caracas, Venezuela. Mike Davern of Brea Olinda High pitched a scoreless ninth inning.

Team USA opened Pan Am play with a 17-8 victory over Colombia Saturday and a 17-2 victory over Costa Rica Sunday and plays Panama at 4 today. Davern pitched one inning of relief against Colombia and Servite’s Ryan Garko had one hit and two walks in five at-bats in the first two games.

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Heidi Kraus of Irvine High will swim for Yale in the fall, her parents, Hans and Laurie, said Monday. Kraus helped the Vaqueros to two Southern Section Division I championships and is also a Junior National swimmer for the Irvine Novaquatics. She will major in chemistry.

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Char Taguinod of Rosary has resigned as girls’ volleyball coach, she said Monday.