LOCAL NOTES : Titan Pitcher Longeway to Transfer

Cheryl Longeway, who backed up Tiffany Boyd and was expected to be the No. 1 pitcher at Cal State Fullerton next year, will instead attend Southwestern Louisiana.

Longeway, who was a standout at Kennedy High, on Monday verbally committed to Southwestern Louisiana, which finished a victory shy of appearing in the NCAA softball championship game this past season.

Longeway asked to be released from her scholarship at Fullerton for personal reasons, but was denied by Coach Judi Garman. As a result, she must sit out next season as a redshirt. She will have two years of eligibility remaining.

Longeway was 12-5 with a 0.93 earned-run average this year.

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Allen Jones, the El Toro girls’ tennis coach, has been hired to coach the women’s tennis team at Saddleback College for one season.

Jones will continue to coach at El Toro, where he will be in his 10th season this fall, while also filling in for one year for Claire Elkins, who is on sabbatical in Paris.