BASKETBALL: DERRICK TAYLOR LEAVES TAFTDerrick Taylor, one of the top coaches on the West Coast, has left powerhouse Taft (Woodland Hills, Calif.) for the head job at
St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.). He led Taft to three Los Angeles city titles and finished second three times.
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Brentwood (Los Angeles) has hired Tony Bergeron as its new head basketball coach. Bergeron coached current NBA star Tyreke Evans at American Christian Academy (Aston, Pa.).
* Keep an eye on 6-8 Khalea Turner, who led the Louisiana Select to the AAU 13-Under national championship in Memphis, Tenn.
* Valparaiso University has received a commitment from an outstanding rising junior,
Nick Davidson, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The 6-4 point guard averaged an impressive 18.5 points and 5.1 assists as a sophomore for Andrean (Merrillville, Ind.).
* Tennessee's Class AAA Miss Basketball,
Shacobia Barbee, has chosen the University of Georgia, according to the Tennessean. The 5-11 standout averaged 17.9 points and 8.8 rebounds as a junior for Riverdale (Murfreesboro, Tenn.).
GOLF: EVANS SHOOTS 10-UNDER-PAR Edmond Memorial (Okla.) rising sophomore Trent Evans shot a spectacular 10-under-par 61 during the first day of the South Central Section PGA Junior Tour in Edmond, Okla.
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Pineville (La.) rising senior Chuck Spears shot a record 12-under-par 204 to win the Louisiana Golf Association Junior Amateur Championship.
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Pembroke Pines Charter (Fla.) standout Robert Geibel shot 206 to win the 31st Bubba Conlee National Junior Golf Tournament in Memphis, Tenn. Defending Arkansas Class 7A state champion Summar Roachell of
Conway (Ark.) won the girls crown with 216.
POTPOURRI* The USA won two gold medals on the final day of the IAAF World Youth Track & Field Championships in Lille, France. Ronald Darby, Aldrich Bailey, Najee Glass and Arman Hall teamed to win the medley relay in a youth-record 1 minute, 49.47 seconds. Rising
Neptune (N.J.) senior Ajee Wilson captured gold in the 800-meter run with a 2:02.64 clocking.
* The nation's No. 3 wrestler, Jimmy Gulibon, has made a commitment to Penn State University, according to InterMat. The three-time state champion from
Derry (Pa.), who wrestled at 119 pounds as a junior, has a 111-3 career record.
* The Spectrum Volleyball Club, based in Thousand Oaks, Calif., defeated Arizona Premier by identical 25-18 margins to win the 18-under club division of the USA Boys Volleyball Junior National Championships in Minneapolis.
* Tom Jenk Jr. won his 900th game as softball coach at
Beckman (Dyersville, Iowa). His resume also includes a pair of state titles.
