Redondo, McCafferty Reach USTA Semifinals

The fourth-seeded team of Ryan Redondo of Ojai and Carl McCafferty of Highland advanced to the semifinals of 16-and-under doubles in the United States Tennis Assn. Junior National championships on Thursday.

Redondo and McCafferty defeated Mardy Fish of Vero Beach, Fla., and Mike Murray of Clearwater, Fla., 6-4, 7-5, in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Erin Boisclair of Agoura Hills and Jessica Lehnoff of Cooper City, Fla., beat Julie Ditty of Ashland, Ky., and Whitney Laiho of Middletown, R.I., 6-0, 6-1, in the fourth round of doubles in the girls’ 18s tournament in San Jose.

In singles competition, Boisclair lost to Lauren Kalvaria of Indialantic, Fla.

David Melo, a 6-foot-4, 215-pound senior All-City linebacker, has transferred from Van Nuys High to Taft, said Taft Coach Troy Starr.

A two-run double in the sixth by Hart High’s Jocelyn Evans gave the Valley-based Stealth a 2-0 victory over the Lady Lazers of Columbus, Ohio, Thursday in a first-round game of the 16-and-under American Softball Assn. national tournament in Fresno.

Evans’ hit drove in Maureen LeCocq of Chaminade and Cindy Muran of Newbury Park.

LeCocq, a junior-to-be, pitched a four-hitter, struck out nine and walked none.

The Stealth, ranked No. 2 by Travelball Magazine, will face top-ranked Orange County Batbusters today.

When P.J. Goossen was 18-0 he couldn’t get a bout with a big-name boxer.

Now that he’s lost a fight, his chances for a big-money bout may actually have improved.

Pat Goossen, P.J.’s father and manager, said he has opened negotiations for his son to meet Roberto Duran in a middleweight bout Oct. 3 in Toronto.

“We have to throw our hat in the ring here sometime,” Pat Goossen said. “This seems like as good an opportunity as any.”

Goossen was unbeaten as a junior middleweight until his last fight on July 5, when he dropped a 10-round split decision to Eddie Hall in Moline, Ill.

“That wasn’t one of P.J.’s most stellar performances, and it was still a split decision,” Pat Goossen said. “If he beats Duran, I’m sure that will open up some more doors.”

Ryan Millar has been chosen male collegiate athlete of the year in Utah by the state’s Multiple Sclerosis Society. He will be honored at an awards ceremony Sept. 24 in Salt Lake City.

Millar, a graduate of Highland High, is the first volleyball player to be so honored. He was an All-American last season at Brigham Young.

James Oh of Lakewood shot a final-round two-under-par 70 to win the 37th annual Boys California State Junior Amateur Championship by five strokes over Travis Johnson of Bellflower at Oakmont Country Club in Glendale.

Oh’s three-round total was 211, placing him 11 strokes in front of the top golfer from the region, Brian Woolf of Granada Hills, who placed ninth.

Other golfers from the region included Todd Golditch of Northridge and Justin Ohye of Calabasas, both at 230, and Andy Brisbois of La Canada, who finished at 235.

The 18-and-under Gold Coast Scorpions, a girls’ softball team from Ventura County, finished 17th among a field of 128 teams at the American Fastpitch Assn. national championship tournament last weekend in Shawnee, Kan.

Brooke Rutschman of Camarillo, who is headed to Oregon State on scholarship, batted .419 in the tournament. Camarillo’s Allison Taverner batted .391 and Newbury Park’s Candace Roberts hit .385.

The Scorpions play Sunday in the International Friendship tournament in Anaheim, which will include four teams from Japan.

Jeff Campbell has been promoted from interim to permanent men’s volleyball coach at Cal State Northridge, Athletic Director Paul Bubb said.

Jesse Perez of Burbank High pitched a no-hitter in the Southern California Suns’ 10-1 victory over West Sound, Wash., in the opening round-robin game in the USABA World Series in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada.

West Sound scored on a double-play grounder after a walk, two passed balls and a hit batter.

Matt Thayer of Harvard-Westlake had three triples and four RBIs.

The Ventura Pumas beat the New Jersey Hornets, 3-0, in the first round of the ASA national 14-and-under softball tournament.

Pitcher Sheridan Fowler had three strikeouts and Kamala Kife had an RBI-double.

The Mid-Valley Magic beat Trevian Green of Chicago, 3-2, the Valley Breeze beat Days Inn of New York, 4-1, and Stealth lost to Parker Eagles of Chattanooga, Tenn., 4-3.

Valerie Reyes hit a home run to break a 4-4 and the Valley Breeze went on to a 10-4 victory over the Oregon Lady Hawks in the first round of the ASA 18-and-under national tournament.