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Steve Rousey, a La Crescenta resident and baseball coach at Cal State Northridge, will host the Matador Baseball Camp at the college this summer. The first session will take place from July 17-20 from 9 a.m., to 2:30 p.m. each day and from Aug. 7-10 and Aug. 14-17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. The sessions will take place on the college's baseball field. The July session will cost $240 while the August sessions will come to $260 apiece. Included in the cost will be lunch and a snack.

Donations being sought to pay funeral Donations are being sought to help pay for the funeral costs for several members of the Hanson family who died Aug. 5 in a car accident. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at Holy Family Church, 1501 Rollin St., South Pasadena. Jessica Hanson, Kelly Hanson, Adam Bacon and Jose Maldonado were killed in a traffic accident near Needles, Calif., as they headed to Lake Havasu. Jessica was named the Glendale News-Press girls' soccer Player of the Year in 2002.

Documentary to feature Blecksmith FoxNews (channel 68 on Charter Communications) will showcase a two-hour special titled, "Company of Heroes," at 6 p.m. PDT today. Greg Palkot, a reporter for FoxNews, will examine the United States Marine's India Company during a week of intense urban combat in Falloujah, Iraq. Among those to be profiled will be Lt. J.P. Blecksmith, who died Nov. 11 as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, at the age of 24. Blecksmith -- who was a former standout quarterback on the Flintridge Prep football team and a star runner on the school's boys' track and field team -- was a 2nd lieutenant in the Marine Corps and a platoon commander in India Company.

Edgar Melik-Stepanyan Meredith Cervenka (Crescenta Valley, 2001), senior pitcher, Long Beach State softball -- Cervenka put in another dominating performance Saturday against Cal State Northridge, tossing a one-hitter in a 1-0 home win. Cervenka struck out nine and walked only one as she picked up her 17th victory of the season. Glendale resident Jackie Duree and Crescenta Valley High graduate Amanda Peek, the 2004 All-Area Player of the Year, each play for Northridge.

Edgar Melik-Stepanyan Daniel Paladini (St. Francis, 2002), junior midfielder/forward, Cal State Northridge men's soccer -- Paladini helped the Matadors notch their fifth consecutive victory in Saturday's 3-1 home triumph against UC Irvine. With less than 10 minutes to play, Paladini assisted on Yossi Raz's game-winning goal. Paladini also had a shot on goal in the win. Paladini has had an assist in four of the victories during the winning streak.

Edgar Melik-Stepanyan Amanda Peek had four options: Long Beach State, the University of Tennessee, the University of Alabama or Cal State Northridge. Each program had its enticements. One of the nation's best pitchers, Monica Abbott, is an All-American at Tennessee. Former Crescenta Valley High standouts Meredith Cervenka and Melanie McCauley play softball at Long Beach. And the other two schools offered Peek -- a 2004 graduate of CV -- scholarships.

Edgar Melik-Stepanyan Add Lauren Sheridan's name to the Cal State Northridge women's water polo roster. Matador Coach Molly Barnes recently announced the commitment of Sheridan and four other players to the Northridge program. Sheridan -- a 2003 graduate of Crescenta Valley High -- joins Veronica Baeza, Erica Esteves, Genaye Mowrer and Erin Robertson in the Matadors' 2004 recruiting class. Sheridan had narrowed her choices to UC Irvine -- where her sister, Alexis, competes on the women's swim team -- Cal State San Bernardino and Long Beach State.

Edgar Melik-Stepanyan Mark McCauley (Crescenta Valley, 2000) junior infielder, Cal State University, Northridge baseball -- The Matadors (6-24) haven't exactly been riding high this season. On Tuesday, Cal State Northridge snapped a nine-game losing streak -- one loss shy of tying the program record -- with a 9-5 home victory against Pepperdine (14-12). McCauley was hitless in four at-bats, but he scored a run. On the season, McCauley has started 25 of 26 games and is second on his team with a .343 batting average (34 for 99)

Charles Rich Steve Rousey saw a chance. Doubt never crept into his mind and now he'll strive to fulfill a long-time obligation of coaching collegiate baseball at the Division I level. The La Crescenta resident was named the head coach at Cal State Northridge on Monday. Rousey, who had been the team's interim coach since June 3 after spending the two previous seasons as an assistant coach at CSUN, became the seventh coach since the program's inception in 1959.

Charles Rich He's left USC with no regrets and quietly departed for Cal State Northridge. Don't suggest to Mark McCauley that it's a step down the ladder. He'll take the opposite approach and climb with little fanfare. McCauley, a former star infielder for the Crescenta Valley High baseball team that captured the CIF Southern Section Division I championship in 1998, transferred to CSUN in June with a pledge to possibly obtain a full-time position on the school's squad.