Occidental College

GLENDALE — The following are updates on area athletes at the collegiate level.   Chris Hertz (St. Francis High, 2005) senior outfielder, California Lutheran University baseball: As Hertz continues to tear it up at the plate, so too are the Kingsmen on a quite a roll currently. Over a six-game win streak that began on April 9 and continued with a 7-2 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win over Claremont Mudd-Scripps College on Sunday, Hertz has batted .375 (nine for 24)

NORTHEAST GLENDALE — Glendale Community College men’s tennis Coach Bob MacKay has spent the past two months tracking how much progress his squad has made in between its two season meetings against Occidental College. Victories have been scarce for the Vaqueros during that stretch. Injuries and illnesses have mounted, forcing MacKay to shuffle his lineup. He offered a brief assessment Tuesday night after Glendale college suffered a 6-3 nonconference home loss to Occidental.

TODAY COLLEGE SOFTBALL  Glendale Community College in Ventura College Tournament, TBA   COLLEGE BASEBALL  Glendale Community College at College of the Canyons, 1 p.m.   SWIMMING  Crescenta Valley boys at CIF Relays at Belmont Plaza pool, TBA  Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy at Mission Viejo Invitational, 9 a.m.   TRACK AND FIELD ...

EAGLE ROCK — The grass-roots effort to block a proposed underground tunnel connecting the Long Beach (710) and Foothill (210) freeways coalesced onstage this weekend when a number of elected officials and scholars panned the project as wasteful and unwanted. Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) delivered a keynote address at Occidental College against the proposed extension and said there’d likely never be enough money to fund the project. “Shoving tunnels down the throats of the people .

LOS ANGELES — With its playoff hopes teetering, wide receiver/running back Kory Hamane stepped up to make the two biggest plays of the season for the Flintridge Prep football team Friday night. They came on consecutive plays and helped keep Flintridge Prep’s postseason hopes alive on its final drive. Hamane caught a fourth-down pass and then scored on a 10-yard run with 1:29 left to give Flintridge Prep a 24-21 Prep League victory against Webb at Occidental College.

SOUTHEAST GLENDALE — The Glendale YMCA Quarterback Club, in its 67th year, meets Tuesdays at the Elk’s Lodge. The following are odds and ends from the fourth meeting of the year .   SARTORIS RETURNS TO QUARTERBACK CLUB For 17 years, Jim Sartoris approached the podium to provide weekly reports on the state of the Glendale Community College football program. Whether the Vaqueros won or lost, Sartoris gave detailed explanations from what he saw while serving as the college’s head coach from 1972-88.