San Luis Obispo

Babe Ruth 14-year-old All-Stars eliminated The La Crescenta Babe Ruth 14-year-old team was eliminated from the Pacific Southwest Regionals in Fallon, Nev. with a 17-16 loss to Northern California's Tri-Valley on Tuesday at Babe Ruth Field. La Crescenta, which fought back to win the Southern California State Tournament after losing its first game, finished its season at 7-3. It lost its first-round game, 14-0, to a team from Hawaii on Saturday.

Erik Boal GLENDALE -- The locations may have spanned two time zones, but the results were basically the same for Marisa Samaniego. A day after winning the 14- and 15-year-old one-meter springboard diving title at the Western Nationals in Baton Rouge, La., the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy freshman made an impressive debut at the Mission League diving final, scoring 414 points over her 11-dive schedule to win ...

Erik Boal GLENDALE -- o7 In an effort to keep track of local high school athletes who are competing in college, the News-Press will devote space to a weekly update:f7 Megan Hosp (Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, 1999) junior setter, University of South Carolina women's volleyball -- The Gamecocks' bid to return to the second round of the NCAA Division I Championship Tournament fell short Thursday night as they fell at the University of North Carolina, 30-25, 30-32, 30-25, 30-21.

Charles Rich ARCADIA -- David Mulcahey will seek advice by making a long-distance phone call to San Luis Obispo. It doesn't concern the Crescenta Valley High boys' water polo player if it's an expensive bill, provided Mulcahey receives invaluable tips from former Falcons' star Jeff Little, who helped shape a dynasty. Mulcahey cemented the dynasty Thursday as he scored five goals to lead CV to a 12-7 victory against host Arcadia in the Pacific League championship match and help the Falcons (13-10, 6-1 in league)

Peter Samore GLENDALE -- Western State Conference championships have come easily over the last 13 years for the Glendale Community College men's cross-country team, and this year probably won't be an exception. Coach Eddie Lopez has the ingredients to win his fourth straight WSC title and his 12th in 14 years at the school: five runners back from last year's championship squad and five newcomers with excellent high school credentials. Leading the way is Alejandro Lemus, who had an excellent summer by winning the College of the Canyons All-Comer Series Aug. 10. The sophomore won the 5,000-meter course in 16 minutes 26 seconds.

Erik Boal GOLETA -- The La Canada High boys' tennis team had made the most of its opportunities in advancing to the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section Division IV playoffs. But it was a few missed opportunities in the first two rounds of play Tuesday at Goleta Dos Pueblos High that put the Spartans in a hole from which they couldn't recover. La Canada dropped five of its first six sets and failed to capitalize on critical break-point chances, which resulted in a 12-6 loss.

BASEBALL DIVISION I 1. Lakewood 2. Fountain Valley 3. Temecula Valley 4. Bishop Amat 5. Arcadia 6. Rialto 7. St. John Bosco 8. Esperanza 9. Long Beach Wilson 10. Crescenta Valley SOFTBALL Division II 1. Cerritos 2. Crescenta Valley 3. Loara 4. Kennedy 5. Marina 6. Corona 7. Hart 8. Thousand Oaks 9. Colton 10. Cajon...

Lisa Dance, a 1995 graduate of John Burroughs High School in Burbank, has received a bachelor's degree in ornamental horticulture from Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo. She is also a member of her department's honor society. Ornamental horticulture is concerned with developing new plants for decoration, rather than to eat. It is usually associated with large, public gardens with a lot of landscaping. Family and friends helped Lisa celebrate at a party given by her parents.

GLENDALE--Glendale Community College's men's cross country team finished nine points shy of Orange Coast College to come in third and the women's team finished 13th in the junior college state championships at Fairbanks Park in San Luis Obispo. Orange Coast won both the men's and women's titles with 100 and 62 points. "It was Orange Coast's day," GCC Head Coach Eddie Lopez said. "They were able to run well under pressure." The Vaqueros were led by Eduardo Diaz's eighth place finish in 21:36, who was named to the All-American Second Team.