SPORTSCOPE : El Camino College Lineman Dies

El Camino College football player Jim Justice died Thursday night at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center after losing a long bout with cancer. He was 18.

Justice, a 6-foot-3, 265-pound offensive lineman during his playing days at El Camino and Leuzinger High, underwent surgery in December to remove a malignant tumor from his brain. He was undergoing radiation treatments when, about a month ago, tests revealed the cancer had returned and spread to his back.

Justice was named All-Southern Section and to The Times’ South Bay All-Star football team as a senior at Leuzinger in 1989.

Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph’s Church in Hawthorne, with the burial to follow at Green Hills Cemetery in San Pedro. A rosary is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday at St. Joseph’s.

A group of El Toro Marines who were assigned to duty in the Persian Gulf will play a charity basketball game against members of the Raiders on Friday at Redondo High.

Proceeds from the event will go to Mepet Bonney-Clay, a 36-year-old single mother of four from Torrance who needs a lung transplant. The game begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5. Information: (213) 318-0152.

Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos defeated Pat Powers and Adam Johnson, 15-11, to win the pro volleyball event at Houston on Sunday.

Mike Whitmarsh of Manhattan Beach and John Hanley of Pacific Palisades finished fourth.

In the women’s tour, Karolyn Kirby and Angela Rock defeated Gail Castro and Lori Kotas, 15-7, in the championship at San Diego.

The men’s tour stops at Arlington, Tex., this weekend and the women’s tour is at Salt Lake City.