Hart’s Gruhlke Will Play for Point Loma

Hart High’s Carol Gruhlke has committed to play basketball at Point Loma. Gruhlke, a 6-foot forward, chose Point Loma over Fresno Pacific after visiting the San Diego-area campus.

Gruhlke said her parents also attended Point Loma, which influenced her decision, as did the fact that the school is losing three front-line players from this season’s team. “So there is an opportunity for me to play next year,� she said.

Gruhlke, a two-year starter at Hart, leads the team in rebounding (9.3 a game) and averages 12.6 points a game.

Gruhlke was an All-Foothill League first-team selection as a junior. She scored a career-high 23 points and had 11 rebounds in a 78-59 victory over San Gabriel on Tuesday that gave Hart a share of its third consecutive league title.

The Cal State Northridge softball team will play host to UC Santa Barbara in a noon doubleheader today. The game originally was scheduled as a single game starting at 12:30 p.m. The Matadors (1-3) split a season-opening doubleheader with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo last weekend before being swept by top-ranked UCLA in a doubleheader Wednesday.

Newbury Park High has hired Angel Bruno as its boys’ volleyball coach.

Bruno, 28, a Simi Valley High graduate, played club volleyball in France and at Moorpark College. She replaces Jeff Campbell, now an assistant with the men’s team at Cal State Northridge.

Newbury Park made the playoffs last season as a Southern Section 2-A Division free-lance team. It joins the 3-A Marmonte League this season, which begins play Feb. 17.

DiJon Barnard of Ventura College and Damian Wilson of Moorpark shared the Western State Conference player of the week award in men’s basketball.

Barnard, a 6-5 sophomore forward from Compton, scored 19 points in a win over Santa Barbara City. Wilson, a 6-1 freshman from Westchester, scored 31 points in a victory over Oxnard.

Valley’s Tisa Rush shared the WSC women’s player-of-the-week honor with Janel Vega of Bakersfield. Rush, a 5-6 sophomore from Kennedy High, had 35 points, 14 rebounds, 12 assists and 10 steals in two games.

The Notre Dame High baseball boosters will conduct their annual preseason kickoff, dubbed “Opening Knight ‘91,� on Feb. 23 at the school’s baseball field.

Events include a hit-a-thon at 9 a.m., followed by a game between the varsity and junior-varsity teams. A barbecue and raffle follows at noon. Admission is free.

Roscoe Tanner, tennis director at Sherwood Country Club, will play Marty Riessen in a doubles match Feb. 16 in the Sherwood tennis series.

The event, which includes several other tennis-related activities, begins at 1 p.m.

Information: 805-496-3036.