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Basketball Standouts Set for Double Pump Classic

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Arizona recruit Gilbert Arenas of Grant High, New Mexico-bound Rafael Berumen of Simi Valley and UC Santa Barbara recruits B.J. Ward and Nick Jones of Santa Clara have committed to play in the Double Pump All-Star Basketball Classic at 7 p.m. Saturday at Cal State Dominguez Hills.

The boys’ game will follow a 5 p.m. girls’ game that will include UCLA-bound Jaline Bradley of Channel Islands.

Admission is $10.

Information: (530) 256-2862 or (800) 678-0935.

* Brian Haloossiam, boys’ basketball coach at Campbell Hall, will conduct a camp for boys and girls in grades one through eight June 21-25, July 12-16 and Aug. 2-6 at the North Hollywood campus. The sessions will run from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

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Cost is $200.

Information: (818) 505-5340.

GYMNASTICS

* Erica Rubin of Chatsworth and Trishna Patel of Northridge have advanced to national competition in May with their performances in a recent regional meet.

Rubin, 15, was a gold medalist in the floor exercise and won a bronze medal in the vault at the Region I USA Gymnastics Championships last weekend in Salt Lake City.

She earned a place on the 1999 Region I Junior Olympic team and will compete in the Junior Olympics on May 14-16 in Austin, Texas.

Patel, 16, won a gold medal on the vault and will compete at the USA Gymnastics western national championships on May 7-8 in Seattle.

Rubin and Patel train at Gymnastics Olympics in Van Nuys.

SOFTBALL

* Kelly Lovato of Cal State Sacramento was selected Big West Conference pitcher of the week for the third time this season.

Lovato (13-8), who played at Royal High and Moorpark College, was 2-1 with a 1.71 earned-run average last week, posting shutout victories over St. Mary’s and New Mexico State.

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* Freshman outfielder-pitcher Sarah Koppel of Harvard was selected Ivy League rookie of the week.

Koppel, from Westlake High, went 13 for 27 with eight runs batted in last week. The right-hander recorded two pitching victories, allowing 11 hits and one earned run in eight innings.

MISCELLANY

* The 10th annual Senior Sports Festival for participants 50 and up is scheduled for May 3-8 at various sites in Glendale.

Information: (818) 548-3775.

FOOTBALL

* Keith Williams of Littlerock High, who rushed for 934 yards and seven touchdowns last season, has transferred to Long Beach Poly.

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