Injured Bamgbose Might Miss Season

The Harvard-Westlake High girls’ basketball team has lost its second starter to a torn anterior cruciate ligament.

Rolake Bamgbose, a 6-foot-1 All-Southern Section center, could be lost for the season after the injury to her right knee two weeks ago. Surgery is planned.

“It’s a severe loss,” Coach Brian Taylor said.

The Wolverines, the state Division III runners-up last season, were already coping with the loss of 5-8 Erin Stepheson, who had surgery during the summer for a torn ACL. Stepheson might return in January.

GOLF

* Krystal Shearer, a senior at Alemany, has committed to UCLA.

Shearer is considered among the best girl golfers in the region. She won 15 Southern California Junior PGA tournaments during the summer. She has been playing on the Alemany boys’ team.

VOLLEYBALL

* Royal High won its girls’ volleyball tournament Saturday, defeating Upland in the championship match, 15-8, 15-6.

Westlake defeated Valencia in the third-place game, 15-8.

The tournament most valuable player was setter Michaela Skelly of Royal. All-tournament selections included Amanda Kiser and Carly Huffman of Royal, Lauren Mills of Westlake, Jennifer Edwards of Valencia and Erica Mahan of Thousand Oaks.

* Harvard-Westlake finished second in the San Marcos tournament Saturday, losing to Irvine University in the final, 15-8.

The Wolverines were without starters Courtney Schultz (ankle) and Karalyn Kuchenbecker (slight concussion), who were injured in a nonleague victory over Notre Dame Academy last Thursday.

Harvard-Westlake setter Ashley Julian, playing at outside hitter for Kuchenbecker, was an all-tournament selection, as was middle blocker Kelly Ayers.

Buena finished fifth, with outside hitter Krystal McFarland delivering 38 kills in nine games.

FOOTBALL

* Senior receiver Eric Ruhle has left the San Jose State team because of pain in his surgically repaired left knee.

Ruhle, who played at Valley College and Oak Park High, had seven catches for 101 yards and one touchdown in the Spartans’ first two games and has not played since then. He first injured the knee two seasons ago when he tore an anterior cruciate ligament during practice.

He had 16 catches for 202 yards and two touchdowns last season.

SOCCER

* Chaminade High graduate Jennifer Valentine scored the winning goal and the first of her college career for Pennsylvania in a 3-2 victory over Boston University on Sunday.

Valentine, a reserve center-midfielder, came off the bench to help Penn (3-2, 2-1 in Ivy League play).

TENNIS

* John Dumke of Long Beach defeated Ramon Guizar of Camarillo, 6-3, 6-4, to win the men’s 35 division of the 20th annual Ojai International senior tournament Sunday at the Ojai Athletic Club.

Hal Zajic of Chatsworth beat Steve Barasch of San Luis Obispo, 6-4, 7-5, in the men’s 50 division. Jean-Luc Bordeau of France defeated Karl Pope of Ojai, 7-6, 6-3, in men’s 60 competition. John Bennett of West Hills defeated Mike Perrett of Ventura, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (8-6), in the men’s 65 age group.

Loesje Guizar of Camarillo defeated Maria Sweasey of San Luis Obispo, 6-0, 6-0, to win the women’s 30 division. In women’s 40 competition, Tina Claffield of Encino beat Jody Belsher of San Luis Obispo, 6-3, 6-2.