La Quinta’s Kennedy Is Not Cleared to Play

Westminster La Quinta pitcher Ian Kennedy could sit out the remainder of the baseball season after doctors did not clear him to rejoin the team Monday, Coach Dave Demarest said.

Kennedy, who signed with USC after giving up only five earned runs in 90 1/3 innings last season, fractured his left kneecap in an outfield collision with a teammate in a preseason scrimmage.

Demarest said Kennedy is planning to continue resting the injury and will see a doctor in another two to three weeks.

“We’ve got to go on like he’s not coming back,” Demarest said. “He’s one pretty down kid.”

-- Dan Arritt

Kevin Otsugi, the girls’ soccer coach at Lake Forest El Toro for the last seven seasons, has resigned to take over as the boys’ soccer coach at Mission Viejo Trabuco Hills.

Otsugi replaces former Trabuco Hills assistant Steve Murphy, who coached the Mustangs through the second half of last season after first-year coach Carlos Leon resigned in midseason. Trabuco Hills finished 12-13-2, including 4-4-2 in South Coast League play.

Otsugi, a 1990 graduate of Trabuco Hills, previously coached the Mustangs’ junior varsity boys’ soccer team for three seasons and spent two seasons as the school’s girls’ varsity soccer coach.

El Toro, which had to forfeit four victories for using an ineligible player, went 9-11-3 overall and 4-3-3 in the South Coast League. The Chargers advanced to the semifinals of the Southern Section Division I playoffs.

-- Lauren Peterson

Scott Cline, who guided Camarillo to the Southern Section Division I baseball championship last season, has announced his resignation effective at the end of this season.

Cline, 36, wants to spend more time watching his two children play sports. He has not ruled out a return to coaching. Cline, who is in his ninth season, has sent more than 20 players to play college baseball.

Arron Afflalo, a highly coveted 6-foot-5 junior guard from Compton Centennial, made an unofficial visit to UCLA on Tuesday and met with new Bruin basketball Coach Ben Howland.

-- Eric Sondheimer