Tringale Shoots 69 at SeaCliff

Junior Cameron Tringale of Mission Viejo shot a three-under-par 69 Monday to medal in the Southern Section Southern Regional boys’ golf tournament at SeaCliff Country Club in Huntington Beach.

Derek Sipe (70) of Anaheim Esperanza, Jeff Grant (71) of Irvine Northwood and Greg Moss (71) of Brentwood were also under par at SeaCliff. The top 24 finishers in each of three regionals qualified for the Southern Section individual championships Monday at Canyon Country Club in Palm Springs.

Tringale, who did not bogey a hole and birdied three, only ran into trouble on the 11th when he hit into water, but he sank a 20-foot putt to save par.

Senior Daniel Im and freshman Sihwan Kim of La Mirada, who qualified for the section finals by shooting 73 and 76, respectively, in the Southern Regional, announced that they would not participate in the individual tournament since they have missed too much school and will play June 3 in the CIF-SCGA team championships.

Rickie Fowler of Murrieta Valley shot a five-under-par 67 to medal in the Central Regional tournament at Mesquite Golf Club in Palm Springs. Fowler edged Pete Vilairatana (68) of Redlands East Valley and Tim Cha (69) of Chino Hills in a field that had 14 qualifiers shoot par or better.

Brian Pierce of Arroyo Grande and Daniel Wax from Santa Monica each shot par 72 to share Northern Regional medalist honors in windy conditions at Village Country Club in Lompoc. Newhall Hart’s top golfer, Joe Greiner, sank a 14-foot birdie putt to earn the 24th spot in a one-hole playoff.

-- Rafer Weigel

Junior Andrew Ok of Granada Hills shot a two-under-par 70 at Griffith Park’s Harding Golf Course to take a three-stroke lead Monday in first-round play of the City Section tournament.

Granada Hills leads the team competition at 394, followed by Venice at 402 and Palisades and Westchester at 407.

Alex Podell of Palisades is second in the individual tournament at 73.

The final round is today at Griffith Park’s Wilson Golf Course. The top two teams and top 10 individuals qualify for the CIF-SCGA championships.

-- Steve Galluzzo

Softball

Riverside Poly has never advanced past the quarterfinals of the Southern Section playoffs, but the Bears (21-5), led by pitcher Mindy Cowles and center fielder Liz Caputo, were seeded No. 1 in Division I when the pairings were released Monday.

Fullerton Rosary (21-8) was seeded No. 2. On May 8, Poly defeated Rosary, 3-2, in a semifinal of the Thousand Oaks tournament but lost to Santa Ana Mater Dei, 4-2, in the championship.

Mater Dei (23-4-2), which was nationally ranked all season, was twice beaten by Rosary in Serra League play, and per section guidelines was placed in a bracket opposite Rosary, thus being seeded No. 4 instead of No. 3. Defending champion Irvine Woodbridge (21-9) was seeded third.

With three teams among The Times’ top five in the final regular-season rankings, the Mountain View League is well-represented in Division II. Corona Santiago (23-3), despite losing two of its final three games, won the league title and was seeded No. 1, followed by Anaheim Canyon (21-7), Mountain View runner-up Norco (22-4) and Chino Don Lugo (22-3). Corona (19-8), third in the Mountain View League, was placed in the same bracket as Canyon.

Defending champions Garden Grove Pacifica (26-2) and Westlake Village Oaks Christian (29-1) were the top-seeded teams in Divisions III and IV. Thousand Oaks La Reina (17-5-2). San Juan Capistrano Saddleback Valley Christian (18-5-1) were No. 1 in Divisions V and VI.

-- Martin Henderson

Baseball

After 33 years coaching high school baseball, West Torrance Coach Harry Jenkins is retiring at the end of the season.

That won’t be for at least one more game, because West Torrance plays host to Temecula Chaparral in the first round of the Southern Section Division II playoffs Friday.

Jenkins, 57, has a 649-285-3 record during 19 seasons at Redondo and 14 at West Torrance. He clinched his 19th Bay League title last week and ninth at West Torrance. His career also includes 26 consecutive Southern Section playoff appearances between 1976-2001.

Jenkins said he plans to continue teaching at Redondo for two more years and then retire.

Among other reasons he cited for retiring, he said he wanted to spend more time with his family.

-- Dan Arritt