Gibson to Coach Football at Orange

Greg Gibson, who guided the offenses at Long Beach Wilson and Long Beach Jordan the last six seasons, has been named football coach at Orange High, Athletic Director Ed Howard said Thursday.

Gibson, 34, replaces Kevin Capps, who resigned in December. Capps had a three-year record of 1-29 at Orange.

Gibson was head coach at Wilson in 1997 and ‘98, guiding the Bruins to the Southern Section playoffs in ’98. The past two seasons he has been offensive coordinator at Jordan.

Gibson played football at Edison High, Orange Coast College and Long Beach State. He was an assistant coach at OCC and Estancia High.

* Orange Coast wide receiver Justin Dale will play at Southwest Missouri State next season, Pirate Coach Mike Taylor said.

Dale, 5 feet 9 and 175 pounds, helped OCC to the Mission Conference Central Division title last season with a team-high 41 catches for 666 yards.

* Jason Ward of Capistrano Valley Christian High committed to play football and baseball for the Air Force Academy during a recent visit to the Colorado Springs campus, his mother, Cindy, said.

Ward had received nominations to Air Force and to the Military Academy at West Point. He was a first-team league second-team All-Southern Section last season.

BOYS’ BASKETBALL

Tarbut V’ Torah’s Division V-A boys’ basketball second-round playoff game against Joshua Springs has been changed to 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Tarbut V’Torah.

GIRLS’ WATER POLO

The three South Coast League teams in the Southern Section Division I playoffs will be part of a tripleheader today at El Toro High.

Second-seeded Santa Margarita will play San Clemente at 3:15 p.m., fourth-seeded Capistrano Valley will play Woodbridge at 4:30 and El Toro will play Long Beach Poly at 6. All are first-round games that were moved from Saturday.

The only other game today is in Division IV. Cypress will play at top-seeded Corona del Mar at 3:15 p.m. in a first-round game.

Saturday’s schedule is highlighted by a Division I first-round game between Irvine, ranked seventh in the county, and No. 6 Marina at Golden West College at 3 p.m.

Saturday’s revised schedule in Division I:

10 a.m.--Esperanza at Newport Harbor; noon--Long Beach Millikan vs. Foothill at Tustin HS; 1 p.m.--Canyon vs. Los Alamitos at Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, Rosary vs. Long Beach Wilson at Long Beach State.

In Division IV:

10 a.m.--Buena Park at Tustin; 11 a.m.--Laguna Beach at Katella; noon--Palos Verdes Peninsula vs. Sunny Hills at Independence Park, Savanna at El Dorado; 1 p.m.--El Segundo at University, Westminster at Brea Olinda.

GYMNASTICS

The All Academy Men’s Gymnastics Championships, featuring teams from Army, Navy and Air Force, will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday at Aliso Niguel High. For more information, call (949) 455-1020.