Buena Vista High School

A 17-year-old girl found bound and gagged in a Riverside County ravine Monday told police she had been abducted by two men as she walked home from her high school in Corona. Corona Police Sgt. Neil Reynolds said officers were still trying to confirm the name of the young woman, who told police two men grabbed her as she was leaving school around noon Monday and threw her into a light-colored van. Police were also trying to confirm what school she attended.

A 17-year-old girl found bound and gagged in a Riverside County ravine Monday told police she had been abducted by two men as she walked home from her high school in Corona. Corona Police Sgt. Neil Reynolds said officers were still trying to confirm the name of the young woman, who told police two men grabbed her as she was leaving school around noon Monday and threw her into a light-colored van. Police were also trying to confirm what school she attended.

On a Friday night when the Vista High School football team is playing at home, the grandstands behind the Panther bench always are crowded and noisy. That's because Friday nights and "Big Red Football" are synonymous in Vista. No other team in San Diego County has the kind of following Vista has. A large part of the interest stems from the team's success in recent years. But the other reason, according to Panther Coach Dick Haines, is the "one-school, one-town" situation in Vista.

Those basketball purists in Ventura County who enjoy visiting a park or a gym to play pickup games, beware of a ringer lurking nearby. Her name is Courtney Young, and UCLA, Connecticut and Tennessee would gladly offer her a scholarship if she weren't only a junior at Buena High. The 5-foot-10 Young is near the top of every college recruiting list for underclassmen. She averaged 26.0 points last season for Santa Monica Crossroads.

Those basketball purists in Ventura County who enjoy visiting a park or a gym to play pickup games, beware of a ringer lurking nearby. Her name is Courtney Young, and UCLA, Connecticut and Tennessee would gladly offer her a scholarship if she weren't only a junior at Buena High. The 5-foot-10 Young is near the top of every college recruiting list for underclassmen. She averaged 26.0 points last season for Santa Monica Crossroads.

Fourteen figurines of baby Jesus stolen from the lawns of homes and businesses here in the days before Christmas have been recovered, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department announced Thursday. The figurines were found by a city employee on a playing field near Rancho Buena Vista High School. None was damaged. No arrests have been made in the thefts, officials said.

Kira Jorgensen, running at the Division II level, ran the fastest girls' time and set a course record Saturday at the Dana Hills Invitational cross-country meet. Jorgensen, who runs for Rancho Buena Vista High School, completed the three-mile course in 16 minutes 37 seconds. Jorgensen competed in the senior-junior grouping of mid-sized schools. Corona del Mar's Eddie Lavelle posted the fastest boys' time in 14:35.

Two varsity football players at Rancho Buena Vista High School were among five Vista juveniles arrested early Sunday morning in connection with the burglary of a San Clemente surf shop, Lt. Paul Falk of the San Clemente Police Department said Monday. The five teen-agers were arrested a few blocks from the scene of the break-in of BC Surfing Designs, 222 N. El Camino Real, Falk confirmed.

Three teachers have been selected as San Diego County's 1990 Teachers of the Year and will represent the county in the Nov. 6 California Teacher of the Year competition. The winners are Janis Gabay, an English teacher at Serra High School in the San Diego Unified School District; Grace Hauser, an extended-studies teacher at Del Mar Hills Elementary School, and George Roswell, a social-studies teacher at Rancho Buena Vista High School in the Vista Unified School District.

More than 5,000 cyclists are expected to pedal through the back roads of North County in the sixth annual Security Pacific Bank Tour de North County on Sunday, starting at Rancho Buena Vista High School in Vista. With four scenic courses ranging from 5 to 75 miles, the tours are designed for seasoned cyclists and novices. Each course provides rest stops with water and snacks. The 75-mile ride begins at 6:30 a.m. and goes to Fallbrook and back using Old Highway 395.

On a Friday night when the Vista High School football team is playing at home, the grandstands behind the Panther bench always are crowded and noisy. That's because Friday nights and "Big Red Football" are synonymous in Vista. No other team in San Diego County has the kind of following Vista has. A large part of the interest stems from the team's success in recent years. But the other reason, according to Panther Coach Dick Haines, is the "one-school, one-town" situation in Vista.

The Vista school board may bring back fired contractor C.V. Holder to finish the job of building its new high school--a job Holder was relieved of last week. Supt. Gary Olson said Holder is one of several contractors who are being considered for the job of finishing Rancho Buena Vista High School. Holder was fired from the job by trustees, who feared that the Gardena contractor would be unable to complete the job by the time the school was scheduled to open in September.

Kira Jorgensen of Rancho Buena Vista High School ran the 2.4-mile course at Balboa Park's Morley Field in 14 minutes 1 second Friday to finish first in the San Diego Section preliminary cross-country meet and qualify for next Friday's section championship. Jorgensen's time helped Rancho Buena Vista also qualify for the section meet, which will be held at Morley Field. Jorgensen's nearest competitor was Kristy Bache of University of San Diego High School, who finished in 14:25.