Hearing for Thompkins Is Delayed

A pre-preliminary hearing scheduled Wednesday for former Rialto Eisenhower football coach Glenn Thompkins was delayed until June 10.

Thompkins’ case was held over because of new evidence presented by San Bernardino County Deputy District Attorney Verna Carey in the state’s case against Thompkins, who is charged with 14 felony counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.

A pre-preliminary hearing is a forum to settle the case before a preliminary hearing, typically by a plea bargain. 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.

-- Martin Henderson

Kyle Dowden, a golfer and basketball player from Camarillo High, has been selected the boys’ CIF Spirit of Sport spring award winner.

Dowden, a Times’ regional all-star golfer last year, was chosen based on athletic ability, sportsmanship and community and school service activity.

Dowden has served as a youth counselor and volunteered for the Corazon Project, which helped build a home for a poor family in Mexico.

He has signed to play golf at California in the fall.

Cara-Lynn Lopresti, a lacrosse player from Torrey Pines High, was selected the girls’ winner.

Finalists for the award included Meghan Ondatje, a softball player, and Rafael Falcon, a baseball player, both from Covina Charter Oak; Sara Plascencia, a badminton player, and Bruno Acevedo, a baseball player, both from City of Industry Workman; Jaclyn Salle, a track and field athlete from Camarillo, and Brandin Ruffin, a track and field athlete from Los Angeles Salesian.

Sean Marshall, The Times’ Inland Empire boys’ basketball player of the year, will participate in the fourth All-Star Extravaganza on Saturday at Cal Baptist in Riverside.

Marshall, a 6-foot-5 forward who will attend Boston College in the fall, will be joined by Times’ Inland Empire first-team members Tron Smith of Moreno Valley Canyon Springs (Arizona State), Kevin Houston of San Bernardino San Gorgonio (Long Beach State) and Jeremiah Ward of Fontana Miller (Humboldt State).

Activities, including slam-dunk and three-point shooting contests, begin at 6 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students with high school ID and $2 for children ages 5-13. Information: (909) 739-0333 or (909) 352-3321.

The Agoura baseball team will hold an all-day event Saturday to benefit junior outfielder Brandon Quinn, who was diagnosed with leukemia earlier this season.

“This will be to generate support for Brandon,” Coach Zach Miller said. “He can’t be out there, but we’re going to show our support [for him] as a community.”

Festivities, including a home run derby and raffles, will begin at 10 a.m. at Agoura’s baseball field.

Dale Struiksma, an assistant football coach the last 12 seasons at Cerritos Valley Christian, has been hired to take over the varsity program from Mike Wunderly, who retired from the position in December after 24 seasons.

Struiksma, who spent the last seven seasons as the junior varsity coach, was the starting quarterback on Wunderly’s first Crusader team in 1979.

Wunderly will remain at the school as vice principal.