Loporchio Ready to Quit Coaching

Pete Loporchio, who has guided both the Crescenta Valley High boys’ swimming and water polo teams to seven consecutive Pacific League titles, will step down as a coach at the end of the school year.

No replacements have been named. Jan Sakonju, a Crescenta Valley graduate who is an assistant with both teams, is interested in the position, according to Loporchio.

“[Coaching] takes a tremendous amount of time. I’ve got two small kids at home, and it just seems like it’s time,” said Loporchio, who is in his 19th year of coaching.

BOXING

* Heavyweight Lance Whitaker of Granada Hills defends his World Boxing Council Continental Americas heavyweight title against Derek Jefferson on Nov. 6 at Atlantic City. Whitaker is 18-1 with 18 knockouts.

BASEBALL

* Josh Towers, a right-hander from Hueneme High and Oxnard College, ranked third in the minor leagues by pitching 189 innings for Bowie, the Baltimore Orioles’ double-A affiliate.

GOLF

* Cal State Sacramento defends the title it won in the Countrywide Home Loans intercollegiate men’s tournament Monday and Tuesday at Wood Ranch Golf Club in Simi Valley.

The field of 19 teams includes Cal State Northridge, which placed ninth last year among 16 teams.