All Sports and Coaches Survive the Cut at Pierce

Pierce College Athletic Director Bob Lyons said Tuesday night the college will preserve its 10 sports programs and will not be forced to cut any coaching positions.

The Pierce Planning Committee voted Tuesday to accept budget cuts as recommended by the Budget Containment Committee to comply with a $4.8 million deficit.

Lyons said the athletic department will be forced to trim operating costs through a variety of methods, including cutting hours of the administrative staff.

Doubles trouble: Twins Mike and Bob Bryan of Camarillo lost to Jonas Bjorkman and Nicklas Kulti of Sweden, 6-4, 6-3, in the first round of the U.S. Open men’s doubles tennis championships in Flushing Meadow, N.Y.

The Bryans, who will be sophomores at Stanford, graduated from Rio Mesa High.

Assistance: Randy Cooper has been hired as pitching coach for the Cal State Northridge baseball team and Grant Hohman will return for a second season as infield base coach.

Cooper, who served as the Mission College head coach the past two years, takes over for Tim Montez, who left for Arkansas in June. Cooper posted a 33-49 record at Mission. Before that, he held assistant positions at Canyons, Los Medanos and St. Mary’s.

Hohman played first base for the Matadors for two seasons in 1993 and ’94 before joining the coaching staff last season.

Transformation: Jack Yates, a 6-foot-2, 210-pound junior lineman, has transferred from El Camino Real to Crespi.

Double-team: Ted Lehmann of Westlake Village teamed with Randy Peterson of Alondra Park to win the Southern California Professional Golf Assn. Pro-Pro Scramble at Yorda Linda Country Club by one stroke with a 59 on the par-71 course.

Change of uniform: Kim Utterson, who was second in the girls’ 3,200 meters and high jump in the Southern Section Division IV track and field championships in May, has transferred from La Reina High to Louisville.

Utterson, who will be a junior, has bests of 5:23.17 in the 1,600, 11:57.59 in the 3,200 and 5-4 in the high jump.

Pooling resources: The Valley Vipers, a club baseball team for 12-year-olds, posted a 4-0 record in two days of pool play in the Cooperstown Field of Dreams tournament Sunday and Monday in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Cody Cipriano had a home run, two singles and four runs batted in a 7-6 victory over Hope Mills, N.C., on Monday. In the second game, the Vipers routed the Utah Buzz, 14-1, with the help of Jake Brin’s three-run home run and Mike Silva’s two-run homer.

On Sunday, the Vipers routed Somers, N.Y., 7-0, and the St. Louis Eagles, 16-0.

Beach ball: The American Volleyball Assn. national amateur sand volleyball championships are scheduled for Sept. 6-7 at East Beach in Santa Barbara.

Divisions for all skill levels will be offered for men’s and women’s two-person and coed teams. Registration is 8 a.m. Sept. 6. Competition will begin at 9 a.m. each day.

Information: Jeff David, (310) 451-4776.

Longriders: The California Beach Festival’s Longboard Championships will take place Sept. 20-21 at Surfers’ Point Park in Ventura.

Competition will begin at 6:30 a.m. both days, with the finals and “Old Log” Division action scheduled for Sunday afternoon.

Information: (805) 644-2678.

Main street: Greg Bratschie of Lancaster won the Pro-Street Stock main event race at Kern County Raceway over the weekend. Mike Bush of North Hills finished second, with T.K. Karvasek of Acton third.

Dana Rea of North Hollywood won the Pure Street Stock main and Tom Berube of Simi Valley took the Mini Stock division.

Karvasek won the figure-eight race, with Wolford second and Don Rogers of Simi Valley finishing third.

Rogers, with Kevin Rogers of Simi Valley, won the train-racing event. Robert Babcock and Tim Stone of Canyon Country came in second, with Butch Pfankuchen and Stan Perry of Simi Valley third.

Chuck Irons and Jim Jackson of Lancaster won the Back-seat Driver division. Lancaster residents Dave Pinkosky and Jeff Job took second, and Tom Haskins and Dave Kipp of Lancaster came in third.