Myers Set to Play for Westchester

D’Arby Myers, a 6-foot-3 center fielder who had 31 runs batted in last season as a sophomore at Culver City, has moved into the Westchester attendance area, giving the Comets one of the top college baseball prospects for 2006.

“He’s Dave Winfield,” said John Young, founder of Reviving Baseball in the Inner Cities.

Myers hit a home run at Minute Maid Park in Houston as a 14-year-old. He has a 4.0 grade-point average.

After years of playing its championship game under the lights at Dodger Stadium, the City Section has decided to hold its final on Saturday afternoon, May 28, at the stadium.

The high school uniform number of Philadelphia Phillie pitcher Randy Wolf will be retired during ceremonies at the Woodland Hills El Camino Real alumni baseball game Jan. 29 at 11 a.m. Wolf led El Camino Real to City championships in 1993 and 1994.

Eric Sondheimer

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Girls’ Tennis

Desiree Stone, a junior at North Hollywood, led the All-City Section first-team selections in singles. Stone, who won the section’s individual singles title Monday, was joined on the first team by section runner-up Samantha Smith of Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies, third-place finisher Adriana Flores of Woodland Hills El Camino Real and fourth-place finisher Princess Manasseh of Westchester.

The section’s first team in doubles was led by Granada Hills’ Alex Margolin and Roxanne Plata, who also won the individual doubles title, along with runners-up Maria Cardenas and Julia Dyachenko of Granada Hills, third-place finishers Lauren Pugatch and Krista Slocum of Palisades and fourth-place finishers Kiri Inouye and Jenna Yoshikawa of Venice

Football

Luke Laolagi, an All-City linebacker from Lake Balboa Birmingham who helped the Patriots win the City Championship, has committed to San Diego State.

Eric Sondheimer

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Boys’ Basketball

Jeff Martin, a senior guard who was a key contributor for West Hills Chaminade the last two seasons, has received a hardship waiver from the City Section, clearing the way for him to play immediately for Granada Hills, where he transferred to this season.