Coach’s Hearing Is Delayed

A hearing scheduled Tuesday for former Rialto Eisenhower football coach Glenn Thompkins was delayed until June 25 by Judge Douglas Elwell.

Thompkins’ case was held over because of conflicting schedules of attorneys involved in the case.

Thompkins, 27, has pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of statutory rape, three counts of unlawful sexual penetration and one count of dissuading a witness -- in this case the 17-year-old female accuser who was a student at Eisenhower.

Thompkins was arrested Nov. 26 after the girl’s parents reported an alleged relationship.

-- Martin Henderson

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Sade Wiley-Gatewood of Lynwood and Lindsey Pluimer of San Clemente, both Times’ all-star selections, will be members of the West team at the second USA Basketball Women’s Youth Development Festival this Thursday through Sunday at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Also on the West team, whose players will be seniors this fall, are guard/forward Tulyah Gaines of Burbank Burroughs, center Erin Myrick of La Puente Bishop Amat, guard Nykia Peace of Torrance Bishop Montgomery and center Katherine Sunderman of San Luis Obispo Mission Prep. Lynwood’s Ellis Barfield will an assistant coach.

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Molly Cahill of Santa Barbara and Monique Blanchard of Riverside Poly were among 28 girls’ water polo players selected to the 2003 youth national team during a tryout of 167 athletes in Boca Raton, Fla. last weekend.

Others local players selected include Brittany Bowlus, Corona del Mar; Jaqueline Gauthier, Irvine Woodbridge; Kacy Kunkel and Aimee Stachowski, Santa Margarita; Marina Mayer, Irvine University; Courtney Mathewson, Anaheim Canyon; Lauren Silver, Long Beach Wilson, and Bree Valbuena, Huntington Beach Marina.

The youth team, for players born after 1984, will compete in the Commerce Cup June 20-22 and will play host to the inaugural Dennis Fosdick Youth International Cup June 24-29 in Moraga.

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Mike Jacot, an assistant football coach for four seasons at Santa Margarita, has been promoted to head coach, replacing Jim Hartigan, who resigned May 8 to become coach at Fresno Clovis West.

Hartigan, the only football coach at Santa Margarita since the school opened in 1987, had a record of 122-44-3, won four league titles and two Southern Section championships.

Jacot, 28, served as defensive coordinator for the last three seasons. He played at Southern California Christian High in Orange, Fullerton College and Oregon State.