Riverside Poly High School

Corona 6, Riverside Poly 1--Dustin Wagoner pitched a five-hitter, struck out eight and did not allow a run until the sixth inning to lead the Panthers (20-7) to the Division II title. Wagoner (11-1), who also hit a solo home run to start the Corona scoring in the first, was perfect until Mike Van Daele doubled with one out in the fourth. Jesse Hunt had three hits, including a solo home run, and drove in two runs for Corona. Jason Sur had two hits and two RBIs.

Mike Sage knows his Riverside Poly golf team has the talent to exorcise its demons from the last two years and win a Southern Section title, but the coach doesn't have to look far to see it won't be easy. Loaded with talent the last two seasons, Poly has fallen one stroke short of qualifying for the section finals twice, but with seniors Josh Wooding, Phil Telliard and Ian Hjulberg, Sage has high hopes. "I don't think it's necessarily do or die," Sage said.

Mike Sage knows his Riverside Poly golf team has the talent to exorcise its demons from the last two years and win a Southern Section title, but the coach doesn't have to look far to see it won't be easy. Loaded with talent the last two seasons, Poly has fallen one stroke short of qualifying for the section finals twice, but with seniors Josh Wooding, Phil Telliard and Ian Hjulberg, Sage has high hopes. "I don't think it's necessarily do or die," Sage said.

The Riverside Poly boys' water polo team would like to play in the Southern Section Division I playoffs, just to see. They'd like to lock horns with Newport Harbor, Corona del Mar and Long Beach Wilson, even if just for one year. Something tells them that they could compete with the best if given the chance, but they can't seem to get anyone to take them seriously. They are from Riverside, after all, and everybody knows that isn't a hotbed for water polo. Right? Not exactly.

The Riverside Poly boys' water polo team would like to play in the Southern Section Division I playoffs, just to see. They'd like to lock horns with Newport Harbor, Corona del Mar and Long Beach Wilson, even if just for one year. Something tells them that they could compete with the best if given the chance, but they can't seem to get anyone to take them seriously. They are from Riverside, after all, and everybody knows that isn't a hotbed for water polo. Right? Not exactly.

Mike McClintock of Golden West College has signed a letter of intent with the Cal State Northridge men's track and field team. McClintock, a graduate of Riverside Poly High School, finished second in the men's javelin in the State junior college championships last month and has a personal best of 210 feet 3 inches.

Darren Lax, a 6-foot point guard from Riverside College, has signed a letter of intent to attend Christ College Irvine, men's basketball Coach Greg Marshall said. Lax, an honorable mention selection in the Orange Empire Conference last season, averaged 14 points and eight assists. While at Riverside Poly High School, he averaged 20 points and six assists and was a first team all-Southern Section selection in 1989.

Ken Ostrowski, an assistant coach at Redlands High School for the past four years, has been named head baseball coach at Westminster High. Ostrowski, 28, replaces Bill Whiteley, who in May announced that he was resigning to pursue a coaching opportunity on the community college level. Ostrowski attended Riverside Poly High School and Riverside City College, playing football and baseball. He went on to Purdue University, where he was a graduate assistant baseball coach.

Cypress High School, competing against 22 other high schools from around the state, won the State Mock Trial Competition last week in Sacramento. Justice Allen E. Broussard of the California Supreme Court presided over the final trial between Cypress and Riverside Poly High School. The 1990-91 Mock Trial case was developed by the Constitutional Rights Foundation and used by all schools in California.

UC Irvine's basketball coaches, desperate for bigger front-court players, have recruited Genai Kerr, a 6-foot-7 sophomore goalkeeper on the water polo team. Kerr, who played basketball at Coronado High School, began practicing with the Anteaters this week. Assistant coach Cameron Dollar approached Kerr after noticing him playing pickup basketball. "He said they needed some guys with size," Kerr said.

Corona 6, Riverside Poly 1--Dustin Wagoner pitched a five-hitter, struck out eight and did not allow a run until the sixth inning to lead the Panthers (20-7) to the Division II title. Wagoner (11-1), who also hit a solo home run to start the Corona scoring in the first, was perfect until Mike Van Daele doubled with one out in the fourth. Jesse Hunt had three hits, including a solo home run, and drove in two runs for Corona. Jason Sur had two hits and two RBIs.

The Cal State Fullerton men's basketball team has 15 home games on its 1988-89 schedule, which was announced Wednesday. Fullerton will play an exhibition game Nov. 21 against a team from Czechoslovakia at Fullerton. The Titans will play at home against Pepperdine, Sonoma State, Northeastern, Weber State, New Orleans and St. Mary's in nonconference games in December. Fullerton opens the Big West Conference schedule at home against New Mexico State Jan. 3.

Promising sophomore second baseman Kris Didion, who transferred to Cal State Fullerton from Tulane this fall, has not reported for preseason practice and apparently will not play for the Titans this season. "It doesn't look like he's going to be a part of the team," Fullerton associate head coach George Horton said Friday. "We haven't seen him or heard from him, so that's about all we know for sure right now." The Titans, defending College World Series champions, resumed practice Wednesday.