Ducks, Aalto Agree to One-Year, $550,000 Deal

Center Antti Aalto and the Mighty Ducks agreed Wednesday to a one-year contract for $550,000, the result of an arbitrator’s decision in Toronto. Aalto had seven goals and 18 points in 63 games last season, his second full season in the NHL.

The deal leaves Pierre Gauthier, team president and general manager, with only two free agents left to re-sign before the start of training camp Sept. 9. Center Matt Cullen and defenseman Oleg Tverdovsky still need new contracts.

Meanwhile, the Ducks announced that individual game tickets for their exhibition games go on sale Monday at the Arrowhead Pond and Ticketmaster.

SWIMMING

Dave Salo, coach of the Irvine Novaquatics, was selected as one of three assistants for the Olympic women’s swim team.

USC Coach Mark Schubert will coach the men’s team and Stanford Coach Richard Quick will coach the women’s team.

Salo has been the Novaquatics’ coach for the last 10 years. He will also coach at Orange Coast College the next two years while Pirate Coach Don Watson is taking a leave of absence.

Four Novaquatics swimmers made the Olympic team: Aaron Peirsol, Staciana Stitts, Gabrielle Rose and Jason Lezak. Amanda Beard, who previously trained with Salo, also made the team.

BOXING

Sergio Mora and Javier Mora, two of the nation’s top amateur boxers, will make their professional debuts tonight at the Arrowhead Pond. Sergio Mora, a junior middleweight from Montebello who is not related to Javier, finished third at the Olympic trials in Tampa, Fla., losing to Olympian Jermaine Taylor. The 20-year-old was a two-time California Golden Gloves champion and was the second-ranked junior middleweight in the country. He will face Tony Maldonado (1-1) of Bell in a four-round bout.

Javier Mora, 19, an All-Golden West League defensive lineman at Westminster High, reached the consolation semifinals at the Olympic trials. Mora, who turned professional three weeks ago, will fight Tom Allen (0-3) of Phoenix.

Two more promising local fighters, welterweight Roddy Grajeda and light heavyweight Librado Andrade, are also on the undercard, which begins at 7:30. Grajeda (1-0), who graduated from Loara High in June, will face Anthony DeJesus (1-0) of San Jose. Andrade (5-0, four knockouts), who graduated from La Habra, takes on Marcus Harvey (4-2) of Los Angeles.

In the 10-round main event, featherweight Israel Vasquez (26-2, 19 knockouts) of Mexico City will face Javier Varquez (41-22, 31 knockouts) of Merida, Mexico. Vasquez, the International Boxing Assn. Americas champion, is coming off a second-round knockout of Amador Vasquez in late July. Varquez has fought world champions Ricardo Lopez and Michael Carbajal.

FOOTBALL

Mater Dei’s football game against Concord De La Salle on Sept. 23 will probably be moved from Cerritos College to Edison Field, according to Monarch Athletic Director Gary McKnight.

McKnight said a motor racing event that was supposed to be held at Edison Field the date of the football game has been canceled.

He didn’t expect Mater Dei to have trouble getting out of its contract with Cerritos College.