Jim Sartoris

Jim Sartoris, 44, resigned as football coach at Glendale College. Sartoris had a 111-63-1 record in 17 seasons and led Glendale to the JC Gridwire national championship in 1986. He will remain as the school's athletic director.

Jim Sartoris will coach a junior college all-star football team that will travel to China next summer to play 2 exhibition games. The former Glendale College football coach will lead an all-star team comprising players from Los Angeles and Ventura counties. The team will play all-stars from Orange and San Diego counties on June 30 in Hong Kong and July 4 in Canton. Rosters will be announced in January, Sartoris said. Each player will be required to pay $1,000 for expenses.

Jim Sartoris will coach a junior college all-star football team that will travel to China next summer to play 2 exhibition games. The former Glendale College football coach will lead an all-star team comprising players from Los Angeles and Ventura counties. The team will play all-stars from Orange and San Diego counties on June 30 in Hong Kong and July 4 in Canton. Rosters will be announced in January, Sartoris said. Each player will be required to pay $1,000 for expenses.

Jim Sartoris, 44, resigned as football coach at Glendale College. Sartoris had a 111-63-1 record in 17 seasons and led Glendale to the JC Gridwire national championship in 1986. He will remain as the school's athletic director.

Glendale College quarterback Rob Huffman was named Western State Conference player of the year and the Vaqueros' Jim Sartoris was named coach of the year by conference coaches. Glendale, rated the No. 1 junior college team in the nation by USA Today, had 13 players named to the all-conference first team. The Vaqueros had seven selections on offense: Huffman, center Dave Ewing, tackle Bill Schultz, guard Johann Konrad, wide receiver Rocky Palamara, running back Gene Harlin and kicker Sal Velasco.

Glendale Community College teams, competing in 12 Western State Conference sports, won three titles and placed second in three others during the 1986-87 season. Four coaches were named WSC coaches of the year and two athletes were named most valuable players. Glendale took first place in football last fall with a 10-0 record and was ranked No. 1 in the nation for much of the season before falling to Riverside in the Pony Bowl.

Glendale College Coach Jim Sartoris had a pleasant decision to make this week. Should his team play in the Pony Bowl or the Potato Bowl? Glendale, the No. 1 junior college football team in the nation, 10-0 and 6-0 in the Western State Conference, earned the right to ponder the two invitations after a memorable regular season. "It is a great opportunity to have a chance to be invited to two fine bowl games," Sartoris said. "We decided the Pony Bowl is the best situation so we accepted it."

Pierce College Coach Bob Enger had one simple request of the Glendale College football team going into Saturday's Western State Conference game at Pierce. Have mercy. Enger hoped that the Vaqueros (3-0, 2-0) would at least show more mercy than they did in a stomping of West Los Angeles last week. But from the outset of Saturday night's game, it was clear that the Brahmas (0-3, 0-2) would not be getting any breaks. Pierce gave Glendale all the breaks it needed and was bludgeoned, 49-0.

Glendale College baseball Coach Steve Coots has been suspended for one game by the Western State Conference in the wake of his team's brawl with Santa Monica players after a game between the teams this week. The fight broke out after Santa Monica beat Glendale, 11-10, on Tuesday. Santa Monica police were called to break up the fight but no arrests were made. Mark Vail of Glendale and Martin Schmidt of Santa Monica were named instigators by the umpires, and each player was suspended for one game.

Glendale College Coach Jim Sartoris insists that football games are won or lost on the line of scrimmage. His team's opening-day performance Saturday afternoon at Glendale High School did nothing to change his mind. The Vaqueros outsized, out-muscled and, finally, outscored Pierce, 38-14. The victory snapped Pierce's 14-game regular-season winning streak. "I thought we dominated them up front on the line of scrimmage," Sartoris said.

Glendale College's Sal Velasco could not help but be nervous. With Glendale trailing Moorpark, 7-6, and 20 seconds left, the sophomore kicker ran onto the muddy Moorpark field and prepared for a 19-yard field-goal attempt. Velasco had been denied an extra-point attempt earlier in the game when the ball slipped through holder Chris Smith's hands and bounced away.

Unfortunately for Verdugo Hills High quarterback Darren Fitzgerald, the best game of his career came the same night that North Hollywood running back Chip Grant rushed for 324 yards and five touchdowns. Despite his team's 36-28 loss to the Huskies on Friday, Fitzgerald rolled up some impressive numbers, completing 16 of 28 passes for 241 yards and 3 touchdowns as the Dons dropped their second game in a row. Fitzgerald also ran for a 5-yard score. Losing ways: Pater Noster lost to St.