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Forward Matt Zaun scored 18 points Tuesday night to lead Orange Lutheran High School to a 62-47 Olympic League win over Maranatha at Orange Lutheran. Six-foot center Lmanyeo Scott added 12 points for the Lancers (3-3, 11-4). Maranatha center Jason Murphy led all scorers with 23 points.

It has been a summer for learning a new offense and getting used to new coaches for the state's most prolific sophomore quarterback from a year ago, Andrew Elffers of Pasadena Maranatha. He passed for 3,328 yards and 37 touchdowns while throwing mostly from a shotgun formation. The new coach, Peter Karavedas, a 27-year-old former defensive coordinator at Whittier Christian, hired Mike Owens, a former Van Nuys High and Oregon quarterback, to install a West Coast passing scheme, in which the quarterback takes the snap from under center, looks for quick releases and must make pinpoint passes.

Maranatha 33, L.A. Lutheran 3--Richie Talbert caught touchdown passes of 8 and 14 yards to lead Maranatha in an Alpha League game at San Marino High. Maranatha running back Greg Jackman added 103 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries. Maranatha improved to 7-2, 5-1 in league. L.A. Lutheran drops to 1-8, 1-5 in league.

On a cold, drizzly night, the baseball diamond at Jackie Robinson Stadium in Pasadena needs repairs if a game between Pasadena Maranatha and Brentwood is going to be played, and the person showing the best form handling a rake is one of the scheduled starting pitchers, Dylan Covey. In a couple of months, Covey, 18, figures to have enough money to buy his own landscaping company, but the fact that he isn't hiding in the warm, cozy Maranatha clubhouse in the middle of a steady rain validates what people have been saying about his impeccable character.

Kilpatrick 24, Maranatha 8--Terrence Coleman and Daryl Colbert combined to rush for 344 yards for the Mustangs (4-4, 2-1) at Maranatha. Coleman rushed for 244 yards and one touchdown in 20 carries and Colbert gained 100 yards in 17 carries. Jermaine Marshall, Kilpatrick's leading rusher, did not play because of disciplinary reasons. Mustang free safety Kio Simmons intercepted three passes, returning one 20 yards to set up a 15-yard touchdown run by Juan Espitia in the second quarter.

Montclair Prep 34, Maranatha 0--Tyler Robuck ran back the opening kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown and the Mounties never looked back in the Alpha League game at San Marino High. Montclair Prep (4-4, 2-1 in league play) limited Maranatha (2-6, 0-3) to seven total yards. Robuck rushed for two other scores as he gained 87 yards on 14 carries. Teammate Michael Jones gained 65 yards on 8 carries and scored 2 touchdowns.

Rodney Batt's fourth goal of the season may have been his biggest as Cal State Northridge defeated Chapman, 1-0, in a California Collegiate Athletic Assn. match Wednesday night at Chapman. Batt, a halfback, scored midway through the first half after dribbling past three defenders. Senior Thor Lee led the Matadors' defense, limiting Chapman (6-4-2, 1-1-1 in conference) to eight shots on goal.

Heidi Burge scored 18 points to lead the Palos Verdes High School girls' basketball team to a 59-57 victory over Woodbridge in the final of the Costa Mesa Tournament Saturday at Costa Mesa High School. Woodbridge (8-5) was led by center Gilly Powell with 17 points. Palos Verdes never trailed, although Woodbridge tied the score midway through the fourth quarter until Burge and guard Suzie O'Grady combined for 10 points in the fourth to help Palos Verdes (11-4) pull away.

Senior right-hander Jeanie Mulcahey made her first start of the season Friday and pitched a seven-hitter to lead Glendale High to a 3-1 win over Ventura in the first round of the Southern Section 4-A Division softball playoffs at Glendale. Mulcahey (1-0), who had pitched only three innings all season, allowed no earned runs. Ventura scored its run in the first after a Glendale error. Glendale (18-5) scored three runs in the fifth on a double, sacrifice fly and three Ventura errors.

Several San Gabriel Valley-area teams and individuals will contend for titles Saturday in the Southern Section cross-country championships at Mt. San Antonio College. The Bishop Amat girls will attempt to repeat as Division 2-A champion behind sophomore Malinali Martinez, who has been clocked in 19 minutes 37 seconds over the Mt. SAC course. Mary Nwaoguakor of Muir (19:29) will challenge for individual honors. Sophomore Annie Ebiner (18:38) leads a St.

The Ambassador Auditorium and other key structures on the former Ambassador College campus in Pasadena have been purchased by a church and school, which plan to turn the vacant facilities into a private high school and concert venue. Harvest Rock Church and Maranatha High School, both based in Pasadena, bought the 13-acre site with five buildings from Worldwide Church of God last week for an undisclosed amount. The property is bounded by St. John Avenue, Green Street and Del Mar Avenue.

6:30 TONIGHT CYPRESS COLLEGE Whittier Christian advanced to its first section final by knocking out top-seeded San Pedro Mary Star of the Sea to reach the Division IV-A final against second-seeded Maranatha. These Olympic League rivals split their two previous meetings, with Whittier Christian winning the first match, 15-3, 15-5, 15-12, and Maranatha winning three weeks ago, 16-14, 11-15, 15-13, 15-4.

Capistrano Valley Christian's offense awoke in time to rally for a 14-10 victory over Sierra Madre Maranatha Saturday at Laguna Beach High School. Trailing by three with 1 minute 12 seconds left in the game, Capistrano Valley Christian's Jamie Bray scored on a six-yard run to finish a 69-yard drive. The Eagles had gotten the ball on their 31-yard line with 3:22 left. Jason Ward connected with Tyler Graves for a 30-yard pass play to move the ball into Maranatha territory.

Kyle Painter threw for 245 yards and four touchdowns and Micah Tatum returned two interceptions for touchdowns as Brethren Christian won at San Marino High. After taking a 7-0 lead on a 78-yard interception return by Tatum, Brethren Christian (1-2-1) scored three touchdowns on just five plays from scrimmage. After Nick Escanes recovered a fumble, Tatum caught a 43-yard touchdown pass with 7:21 left in the first quarter.

Changes in the Olympic League, an alliance of private high schools, might alter the look of some Orange County public school leagues next year. What is a six-team league will be missing at least one of its current members. Brethren Christian's move to the Academy League already has been approved by the Southern Section. Then, earlier this month, Sierra Madre Maranatha announced that it intends to join the Christian League.

Steve Joo rushed for 187 yards in 12 carries and scored twice to help Brethren Christian beat Sierra Madre Maranatha, 55-25, Saturday in a nonleague prep football game at Clark Stadium in Lakewood. Joo scored on runs of 43 and 50 yards for Brethren Christian (2-2), which had 213 rushing yards by halftime. The Warriors ran up a 42-6 lead through three quarters and finished the game with 598 yards of total offense.

Orange Lutheran High School lost its last chance at a berth in the Southern Section 1-A playoffs by losing to Maranatha of Sierra Madre, 4-3, Saturday at Gahr High School. Saturday's game was a league playoff to decide which of the two teams tied for third place in the Olympic League would be its third representative in postseason play. Orange Lutheran trailed throughout the game, though designated hitter Chris Hunt went 2 for 3 with an RBI.

Ties aren't always bad. St. Bonaventure High proved that to be true on Saturday night with a 0-0 deadlock against Maranatha in the Southern Section Division IV girls' soccer championship at Gahr High. There were tears on the Maranatha sideline afterward, but only smiles from St. Bonaventure, which won its first title, even if it was a co-championship.

Kilpatrick 24, Maranatha 8--Terrence Coleman and Daryl Colbert combined to rush for 344 yards for the Mustangs (4-4, 2-1) at Maranatha. Coleman rushed for 244 yards and one touchdown in 20 carries and Colbert gained 100 yards in 17 carries. Jermaine Marshall, Kilpatrick's leading rusher, did not play because of disciplinary reasons. Mustang free safety Kio Simmons intercepted three passes, returning one 20 yards to set up a 15-yard touchdown run by Juan Espitia in the second quarter.