Burbank High Denies Filing Complaint Against Loyola

A Burbank High official Wednesday denied a report that the school has filed a written complaint with the Southern Section concerning a possible recruiting of quarterback Juni Williams by Loyola High booster club members.

“There wasn’t even an issue,” said Burbank assistant principal Jeff Davis. “It’s a non issue. I don’t even know if [Coach John] Hazelton complained. I think Juni laughed it off. He’s not going anywhere.”

“I’m very good friends with [Loyola Coach] Steve Grady and I’m embarrassed about it,” Hazelton said, also denying the report. According to the report, Williams was approached in June after a summer passing league game and was asked to consider transferring to the private school in Los Angeles.

Baseball

Gabe Crecion of Chaminade High had six strikeouts and allowed no earned runs in three innings of relief in a 5-3 victory by the California Angels over the Northwest Brewers in the Area Code Games.

Jason Giovannettone, also of Chaminade, had two hits in the game played at Blair Field in Long Beach. John Wilson of L.A. Baptist also had two hits and drove in two runs, and Derek Morse of Kennedy earned a save.

Eric Duncan had a home run and two doubles and drove in six runs to lead the Valley Vipers to a 16-8 victory over South Nashville, Tenn., in the title game of the Amateur Athletic Union 10-and-under national championships in Kansas City, Mo.

Duncan was named the tournament’s most valuable player and teammates Junior Garcia and Dylan Gaughen were also named to the all-tournament team.

Basketball

Vonya Dangerfield and Nikki Hamilton, starters for Valley College women’s team two seasons, have made commitments to Patten College, an NAIA school in Oakland.

Dangerfield, a 5-foot-7 guard, averaged 13 points and 10 rebounds a game to earn All-Western State Conference South Division honors last season.

Hamilton, a 5-9 forward, averaged nine points and eight rebounds.

Contributing: Dana Haddad, John Ortega.