THE INSIDE TRACK : Newswire

Miscellany

James Lucarelli of Capistrano Beach won the bodyboarding competition this weekend at the East Coast Surfing Championships in Virginia Beach, Va.

The competition marked the fourth and final stop of the ShockWave tour. Lucarelli scored 27 points and runner-up Larry McGinn of New Jersey scored 26.50. Joe Grodzen of Lake Forest finished fourth.

Mike Todd of Laguna Beach edged Peter Labrador of Fountain Valley to win the juniors competition. Colin McPhillps of San Clemente finished second in the longboard finals to tour champion Joel Tudor of Del Mar.

Soccer

Junior goalkeeper Sean Rockwell has a torn ligament in his right knee and will miss Cal State Fullerton’s men’s soccer season.

Rockwell is scheduled to have surgery on Sept. 20, according to Coach Al Mistri. The loss of Rockwell leaves the Titans with two goalkeepers, junior Scott Alexander and freshman Josh Sanders. Sanders played last year at El Toro High.

Mistri said Alexander will replace Rockwell. The Titans, ranked 13th by Soccer America and 19th by the National Soccer Coaches Assn., open their season Friday at home against Syracuse.

A spokesman for the U.S. Soccer Federation said the federation has invited Iran to play a match in the United States, hopefully to be played sometime later this year.