College Athletics California

They apparently don't know what to do with prosperity at Cal State Northridge. Or how to keep it. Consider the resignation this week of pitching coach Dan Cowgill. Cowgill joined the program last season as an unpaid assistant and molded a staff that finished 52-18, a single-season best for the Matadors. But hold everything. Paul Bubb, the Northridge athletic director, says there's no money to pay Cowgill next season.

Some hope to repeat their success of last season and others will try to redeem themselves. Some will find budding stars within their ranks and others who were supposed to shine won't show much luster after all. But there should be plenty of excitement when the area junior colleges start their conference seasons in several sports the next few days.

Some suggested a conspiracy after the top five runners for Riverside College--all of them African--were disqualified for "impeding the progress of other runners" in the state junior college cross-country championships in Fresno last fall.