Greg Coombs

Greg Coombs thinks of it as taking the classroom on the road. Coombs, the Century High boys' basketball coach and physical education teacher, is in Washington today with two of his assistant coaches and 12 varsity players on the first leg of a 10-day, three-city educational journey that has to rank among the ultimate field trips.

Greg Coombs thinks of it as taking the classroom on the road. Coombs, the Century High boys' basketball coach and physical education teacher, is in Washington today with two of his assistant coaches and 12 varsity players on the first leg of a 10-day, three-city educational journey that has to rank among the ultimate field trips.

Greg Katz, an assistant basketball coach at Santa Ana High School for seven seasons, has been named to a similar position at Century High. Century, also located in Santa Ana, will open in the fall with 1,000 freshmen and sophomores. Century will play a free-lance schedule and then join the Pacific Coast League in 1990-91. Katz, 38, joins Greg Coombs, former Santa Ana varsity coach. Santa Ana won four league titles and was runner-up three times with Katz as an assistant. He also led the freshman team to a 44-2 record in two seasons.

Bill Ross, varsity baseball coach at Santa Ana High School for 31 years, has been named to succeed Bob Halford as the school's athletic director. Halford resigned as Santa Ana's athletic director last month to assume a similar position at Century High in Santa Ana. Century will open in the fall with 1,000 freshmen and sophomores. Ross also has coached lower-level football at Santa Ana for 18 years and is a prominent basketball official, serving in the Orange County Officials Assn.

Bill Ross, varsity baseball coach at Santa Ana High School for 31 years, has been named to succeed Bob Halford as the school's athletic director. Halford resigned as Santa Ana's athletic director last month to assume a similar position at Century High in Santa Ana. Century will open in the fall with 1,000 freshmen and sophomores. Ross also has coached lower-level football at Santa Ana for 18 years and is a prominent basketball official, serving in the Orange County Officials Assn.

Greg Coombs, one of the most successful basketball coaches in Orange County the past eight years at Santa Ana High School, has resigned to assume a similar position at Century High School. Century High, also located in Santa Ana, is scheduled to open in the fall with 1,000 freshmen and sophomores. The new school will offer technical training in computers and is expected to attract many top academic students from throughout the Santa Ana Unified School District.

Denny Crum, who has led the University of Louisville to two NCAA basketball championships, will make his first appearance in a West Coast coaching clinic in 10 years Friday and Saturday at the Southern California Basketball Coaches' Assn. clinic at Century High School. Crum, who led Louisville to NCAA titles in 1980 and 1986 and six Final Four appearances, will discuss his full-court press, high-post offense and man-to-man defense at the clinic. Registration begins at 4 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m.

In the final of the Downtown Kiwanis Club tournament: Century 49, Laguna Beach 46--Century used an 18-point fourth-quarter rally to avoid an upset and at Costa Mesa High. The top-seeded Centurions (3-1) trailed until the fourth quarter, when tournament most valuable player Thomas Harmon hit a jump shot to tie it, 35-35. The unseeded Artists (4-1) led once again, 44-43, when Taylor Butcher hit a three-pointer from the top of the key, but Century had a 5-2 advantage down the stretch.

UC Irvine's Nicole Bucciarelli and Stephanie Rigamat and Cal State Fullerton's Dolores Browning were named first-team All-Big West Conference in women's soccer. Irvine's Kirsten Roy and Michelle Perez were named to the second team. Fullerton's Amy Barnes and Kelly Bogan also were named to the second team. * Ocean View basketball Coach Jim Harris has been named president of the Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Assn.

Greg Katz, an assistant basketball coach at Santa Ana High School for seven seasons, has been named to a similar position at Century High. Century, also located in Santa Ana, will open in the fall with 1,000 freshmen and sophomores. Century will play a free-lance schedule and then join the Pacific Coast League in 1990-91. Katz, 38, joins Greg Coombs, former Santa Ana varsity coach. Santa Ana won four league titles and was runner-up three times with Katz as an assistant. He also led the freshman team to a 44-2 record in two seasons.

Greg Coombs, one of the most successful basketball coaches in Orange County the past eight years at Santa Ana High School, has resigned to assume a similar position at Century High School. Century High, also located in Santa Ana, is scheduled to open in the fall with 1,000 freshmen and sophomores. The new school will offer technical training in computers and is expected to attract many top academic students from throughout the Santa Ana Unified School District.

Center Bobby Joyce and forward Jeff Stewart, who led Santa Ana High School to the Century League basketball championship this past season, have been named the league's most valuable players, and Saint Coach Greg Coombs was named coach of the year in a vote by league coaches. Santa Ana placed two other players on the all-league team, and Foothill had three players on the team.

Bobby Joyce, the Santa Ana High School center who averaged 19.8 points in the Irvine World News Tournament last week, has been suspended by Saint Coach Greg Coombs and will not participate in the Orange Tournament that begins Friday in Chapman College's Hutton Sports Center. Coombs disciplined Joyce because of an incident after the Saints' 65-54 loss to San Ramon in the semifinals of the Irvine Tournament last Friday.