Rancho Alamitos

Terry Munson has been named the varsity basketball coach at Rancho Alamitos High School. Munson, the Vaqueros' junior varsity coach for the past three years, succeeds Pat Adams, 52, who resigned two weeks ago. Adams said he disapproved of the new Garden Grove League plan to have boys and girls varsity teams play doubleheaders while lower-level teams play at another site.

Rancho Alamitos scored the first 42 points in Friday's game and defeated Bolsa Grande, 42-7, putting the Vaqueros exactly where Coach Mike Enright hoped they would be heading into the final week of the regular season. "One of things that I wanted coming into this season is for this team to be playing a big game at the end of the season," Enright said. "That's exactly where we are--we've got a playoff game next week."

Rancho Alamitos High has hired Esperanza offensive coordinator Mike Enright as football coach. He replaces Doug Case, who is now at Foothill. In seven seasons Case compiled a 50-28-3 record at Rancho Alamitos and led the Vaqueros to three Garden Grove League titles. But Enright said Tuesday he faces a rebuilding year after the Vaqueros went 3-7 in 1999.

Rancho Alamitos Coach Doug Case was more effusive than usual after his team's 46-0 Garden Grove League victory over Santiago Friday. "This was a great win," Case said. "Our execution was outstanding, we kept penalties and turnovers to a minimum, our defense posted its third straight shutout--we're firing on all cylinders." The Vaqueros (5-0, 2-0), the top-ranked team in Division VIII and ranked sixth in Orange County, dominated from the start.

Running in something resembling a marsh didn't slow down Rancho Alamitos running back Leo Kosi Friday night. Kosi slogged his way to 183 yards in 32 carries and scored four times as the Vaqueros (11-0) hammered Bellflower, 50-21, in a Southern Section Division VIII first-round playoff game at Bolsa Grande High. The Vaqueros advance to play Sunny Hills (8-3). Kosi went over the 2,000-yard mark for the season, increasing his yardage to 2,061 yards in 11 games.

With an assist from Santiago High School, Rancho Alamitos qualified for the Southern Section playoffs with a 6-2 victory Friday over La Quinta at Rancho Alamitos. Santiago defeated Garden Grove, 6-5, to allow Rancho Alamitos to go to the playoffs as the third-place team in the Garden Grove League. Steve Jenkins hit a grand slam in the fourth inning and Tony George hit a two-run double in the fifth for Rancho Alamitos (7-7-1, 10-13-1).

Rancho Alamitos fell behind early, but relied on its defense in the second half to defeat Inglewood Morningside, 86-78, in the Southern California Regional playoffs Thursday night at Rancho Alamitos. Rancho Alamitos will face Brea-Olinda at 9 a.m. Saturday at the L.A. Sports Arena. Although the Vaqueros (23-2) scored first, they were held scoreless for the next six minutes, while Morningside built a 13-2 lead.

Rancho Alamitos High School scored six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning Wednesday to defeat Costa Mesa, 8-7, in the consolation quarterfinals of the Santa Ana/Tustin/Newport baseball tournament on the Vaqueros' field. Craig Paquette had a two-run triple and Tony George had an RBI single in the seventh inning. Bruce Smalley drove in George with the winning run to advance Rancho Alamitos (1-1) to Friday's consolation semifinals.

Pacifica High School's 21-20 victory over Rancho Alamitos Friday night boiled down to this: Pacifica needed to win in order to secure a playoff berth; Rancho Alamitos did not. It showed in the way the teams played the Garden Grove League game in front of 2,000 at Bolsa Grande High. Pacifica played with a sense of urgency, taking advantage of Rancho Alamitos' sloppy play.

Ulysses Trammell saved Rancho Alamitos High School's football team from itself Thursday night. Rancho Alamitos seemed bent on destruction in the first half of its game against Santiago. But Trammell broke two long touchdown runs in the second half to lead the Vaqueros to an 18-6 Garden Grove League victory before 450 at Bolsa Grande High. The second-leading rusher in Orange County, Trammell gained 187 yards in 15 carries and scored on touchdown runs of nine, 60 and 75 yards.