Jesse Rojas

The corner of Wilmington Boulevard and G Street is a tough place. It's home to a lot of guys with shaved heads, tattoos and time to kill. During the day, cars creep by and drivers flash a peace sign at the group on the curb. By sundown, Wilmington and G is a place to buy drugs, bum a cigarette or share a 40-ounce bottle of beer and wait for trouble.

The corner of Wilmington Boulevard and G Street is a tough place. It's home to a lot of guys with shaved heads, tattoos and time to kill. During the day, cars creep by and drivers flash a peace sign at the group on the curb. By sundown, Wilmington and G is a place to buy drugs, bum a cigarette or share a 40-ounce bottle of beer and wait for trouble.

Chris Sheff broke the Orange County career record for hits as Laguna Hills High School defeated Laguna Beach, 14-1, Tuesday in a Pacific Coast League baseball game at Laguna Hills. Sheff entered the game tied with Jeff Osborn of La Quinta (1982-84) with 116 hits. Sheff singled in the first inning to break the record. He had two more hits and two runs batted in for the game. Rob Milo (6-0) had a no-hitter through five innings, but gave up a lead off single to Jeremy Megroz in the sixth.

Tom Wilson, Chris Johnson and Sal Mancuso hit home runs as Fullerton upset Rancho Santiago, 9-5, in an Orange Empire Conference baseball game Tuesday in Santa Ana. Wilson hit a two-run home run (his ninth) in the first inning and Johnson followed with his fourth homer as Fullerton (19-11, 6-6 in conference) opened a 4-0 lead. Wilson's home run was the 20th of his Fullerton career. Mancuso hit a bases-empty home run in the fifth, his second.

You could count Santa Ana reserve quarterback Jesse Rojas' statistics on one hand. He came out for football 2 weeks ago. He played 1 quarter. He threw 1 pass for 1 touchdown. And he won the game. Rojas' 7-yard touchdown pass to Julio Vargas with 34 seconds remaining Friday night gave Santa Ana a 7-6, come-from-behind Century League victory over El Modena in Santa Ana Stadium. Not bad for a varsity baseball player who decided two weeks ago to play football because his friends said he should.

Bob Valenta's bases-loaded single in the seventh inning gave Foothill High School a 5-4 victory over Canyon in a Century League baseball game Friday at Foothill. With the score tied, 4-4, David Downs led off the seventh with a single to left. After consecutive walks to Eric Garcia and Corey Parker, Valenta singled to right to drive in the game-winning run. The Knights (5-2 overall, 1-0 in league play) led, 4-0, after six innings, but Canyon (0-1 in league play) scored four runs in the seventh.

As the high school basketball playoffs move into the quarterfinal round this week, two schools unaccustomed to being favorites remain in contention. In the City 4-A Division, Dorsey (19-6) stepped forward as a strong title contender when it defeated Pacific League rival and defending State champion Crenshaw, 91-67, to close the regular season and then opened the playoffs with a 66-50 victory over Woodland Hills Taft last Friday night.