Crescenta Valley Coaches Resign

Crescenta Valley High was dealt a huge blow last week when girls’ soccerCoach Bud Dain and assistants Matt and Judd Bogust announced their resignations.

The Bogusts founded the program 10 years ago. Five years ago, Dain was hired as coach.

Crescenta Valley went 170-40-20 during the Bogusts’ tenure and was 85-20-15 under Dain.

“I can’t geographically do what is necessary to build a program in Crescenta Valley anymore. It’s too far,” said Dain, who commutes from Westlake Village.

Matt Bogust, who runs youth softball and soccer programs, plans to devote more time to his two children. Judd Bogust is moving to England to start a business.

Dain said his likely replacement is junior varsity Coach Reggie Rivas.

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After the Hart girls’ team lost to Crescenta Valley, 2-0, junior varsity Coach Carlos Godoy said Costa Nicalaou had resigned as Hart’s varsity coach.

Nicalaou, who was in Phoenix coaching the under-16 boys’ regional Olympic Development team, said there must have been a misunderstanding and he expects to be back at Hart next season.

“I have not resigned,” Nicalaou said. “I have no idea whether or not the administration is going to ask me back. You go on a year-by-year basis.”

While in Phoenix, Nicalaou’s team won the national championship with a 4-0 victory Sunday over Wisconsin. Nick Angelillo (Quartz Hill) and Raul Calderon (St. Francis) participated.

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Six players from the Valley United Stars helped the California Olympic Development team win the under-16 girls’ national championship in Phoenix.

Jenna Fodor (Chatsworth) and Jenny Farenbaugh (Louisville) each had assists in a 2-0 victory over Iowa on Friday. Farenbaugh scored the first goal in a 2-1 victory over Maryland in the final Sunday.

Other team members include Jyene Mack (Ventura), Jaime Rendich (Canyon), April Millado (Louisville) and Lindsey Weening (Chaminade).

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Birmingham defender Mike Erush has been called up to the under-18 national team and will be in training camp in Florida from March 11-19.

Erush and Ventura midfielder Mike Enfield are two of 18 players selected by Coach George Gelnovatch, the University of Virginia coach. If Erush performs well, he will accompany the team for a tournament in Paraguay in June.

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Lerato Simelane, a striker from Harvard-Westlake, has committed to UC Irvine, Tim Simelane, his father, said.

Simelane sat out this soccer season after suffering a broken collarbone playing for Harvard-Westlake’s football team.

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Three of the top girls’ soccer players in the region who chose not to play the high school season, will play in college next year, according to Adolfo Perez, their club coach.

Errin Smith (Birmingham) will play for Wisconsin, Rebecca Miller of La Reina will decide between Pennsylvania and New York University, and Julie Mullins of Alemany will play at Sonoma State.