Royal Golfer Moon Takes Shine to UCLA

Roy Moon of Royal High, who tied for second in the CIF-Southern California Golf Assn. championships at the SCGA Members’ Club in Murrieta in June, has committed to UCLA.

Moon, a 6-foot, 195-pound senior, shot a three-under-par 69 in the CIF-SCGA championships. He finished fifth in the Southern Section final, and he won the Marmonte League title with a three-over-par 285 for four rounds.

“It’s a big stress relief,” Moon said of his decision. “Because if I didn’t [commit] to a good school by the start of the season, I would be stressing out and putting pressure on myself to play well.”

FOOTBALL

* Quarterbacks Eric Holtfreter of Valley College and Mike Frost of Glendale were selected Western State Conference offensive co-players of the week.

VOLLEYBALL

* Royal High, which lost its first two matches, dropped out of the Southern Section Division I-A girls’ volleyball poll.

Harvard-Westlake remained No. 2 in Division III-AA after losing in five games to top-ranked Bishop Montgomery.

Village Christian, which won the Pasadena Poly tournament, debuted at No. 4 in Division IV-A.

BASKETBALL

* Kate Beckler of Alemany High has committed to play at Rice.

Beckler, one of the region’s top scorers, is a two-time All-Valley selection by The Times. She committed while on a recruiting trip to the Houston school last weekend.

MISCELLANEOUS

* Danny Kessler won the all-around title Sunday in the Senior Olympics men’s gymnastics competition at Valley College.

Competing in the 35- to 39-year-olds’ division, Kessler placed first in the vault, pommel horse, parallel bars, high bar and free exercise to capture the all-around title with 40.60 points.

In the 30- to 34-year-olds’ division, Duncan Young was first in the parallel bars and John Brandt won the free exercise.

Kim Goodwin won the rope-climb in the 50- to 54-year-olds’ division in 4.48 seconds. Ed Court placed second (5.63) and George Nakagawa was third (6.23).

Bob Hammond won the rope-climb for 65- to 69-year-olds in 4.74 seconds, with Sanford Werner second in 5.19 seconds. Jack Ribera won the event in the 70-and-over division (18.53 seconds).

In women’s competition, Kara Jones won four events to win the all-around title for 20- to 24-year-olds with 31.20 points. Daneen Leidig won the tumbling competition in the same division.

Heidi Scharfe won five events to take the all-around competition in the 35- to 39-year-olds’ division with 33.30 points.

Masako Kardos won three events in the 40- to 44-year-olds’ age group. Bonnie Barrow won the rope-climb in 8.54 seconds and scored 7.40 to win on the parallel bars in the 45- to 49-year-olds’ division. Ebba Rosenblad won the free exercise and rings in the 65-and-over division.