BRIEFLY : City Basketball Leagues Named

With less than a week before the start of the season, basketball leagues in the City Section have finally been given official names.

The leagues were realigned after last season, but were named with single letters rather than full names. City officials left the final decision for a name to individual league managers, who voted at meetings last week.

“We changed leagues so much that we decided to let the league managers go ahead and rename them,” said Jim Cheffers, director of interscholastic athletics in the City Section.

The leagues for boys basketball involving Valley teams are:

Valley 4-A: Cleveland, El Camino Real, Fairfax, Hamilton, Kennedy, Reseda, Taft.

East Valley (3-A Division): Grant, North Hollywood, Polytechnic, Sylmar, Van Nuys, Verdugo Hills.

Northwest Valley (3-A Division): Birmingham, Canoga Park, Chatsworth, Granada Hills, Monroe, San Fernando.

League names for girls basketball:

Valley 4-A: Cleveland, Chatsworth, El Camino Real, Granada Hills, Kennedy, Van Nuys.

Pac-5 (3-A): Hollywood, Monroe, Polytechnic, San Fernando, Sylmar, Verdugo Hills.

West Valley (3-A): Birmingham, Canoga Park, Grant, North Hollywood, Reseda, Taft.

CSUN Hosts NCAA Volleyball Regional

The Cal State Northridge women’s volleyball team, ranked No. 1 in the nation, will play host to the NCAA Division II regional playoffs Dec. 6-7.

The Lady Matadors, who won 18 straight games to finish at 24-9, will play in the first match against St. Cloud State of Minnesota on Dec. 6 at 6 p.m. Cal Poly Pomona will play UC Riverside in an 8 p.m. match.

The winners play Saturday night at 7:30.

The winner of the regional advances to the finals Dec. 13 in Portland.

Coach at New WFC School Rehired

Southern Utah State College, which will join the Western Football Conference next season, rehired Coach Jack Bishop on Wednesday.

Bishop, 38, whose record was 30-17-2 at Southern Utah from 1978 to 1982, has served the past three years as assistant to the college president for development and alumni relations.

He replaces Don Conrad, who resigned earlier this month after three years as Bishop’s successor. Conrad’s overall record was 14-14-1. This year, the Thunderbirds finished at 3-5-1.

Long a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, Southern Utah will compete next season in the seven-member Western Football Conference, which includes Cal Lutheran, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal State Northridge, Cal State Sacramento, Portland State and UC Santa Clara.

Master’s Women Lose by 23 Points

Senior point guard Julie Gleason scored 14 points, but it wasn’t enough for The Master’s College women’s basketball team Wednesday in a 67-44 loss to National City College of South Dakota.

Gleason also had three steals and five assists. Teammates Michelle Rowell and Michelle Carter each scored 10 points.

National City was led by guard Joyce Kilber, who scored 27 points.

The Master’s next game will be on Monday at Whittier College.