CSUN Basketball Team Signs Oregon Prep

The Cal State Northridge basketball team signed Brian Heinle, a 6-foot-9 post player from Eugene, Ore. He is the second recruit to be signed by Bobby Braswell, the Matadors’ first-year coach.

Heinle averaged 19 points and six rebounds for Sheldon High last season.

Football

Palmdale High will receive the No. 1 seed from the Golden League today when the Southern Section draws the Division II playoff pairings.

The Falcons (8-2, 3-1 in league) shared the championship with Antelope Valley (7-2, 3-1) and Highland (7-3, 3-1), but won the league’s No. 1 spot Saturday by coin flip. Highland is the No. 2 representative and Antelope Valley, which reached the division final in each of the past two seasons, is No. 3.

Soccer

Mary Pat Durkin, a 1987 graduate of La Canada High, has been hired as girls’ soccer coach at her alma mater.

Durkin, 27, played four years of girls’ soccer at La Canada, where she was a member of the Spartans’ first team in 1983.

Durkin is a personal trainer who has worked with the L.A. Galaxy.

She has coached club soccer for five years and was the La Canada girls’ junior varsity coach during the 1987-88 and 1994-95 seasons.

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Contributing: Dana Haddad, Tris Wykes.