Northridge Corp. Expected to Vote Monday on Loan

The Northridge Corp. is expected to vote Monday on whether to loan $586,000 to Cal State Northridge for the reinstatement of baseball and men’s volleyball at the school.

Northridge administrators asked for the loan at a meeting of the corporation’s board of directors July 24.

The corporation, which operates commercial facilities on campus, already is contributing $500,000 to Northridge athletics for 1997-98.

The loan amount matches funds allocated for Northridge’s athletic department that were proposed by state Sen. Cathie Wright (R-Simi Valley) in an amendment to the state budget. The bailout was approved July 2 but the state budget is stalled in the Legislature.

Ronald Kopita, Northridge’s vice president of student affairs, has said that the school would repay the loan with the funds from the state.

FOOTBALL

L.A. Baptist 3, Muir 2--Tim Feirfeil caught two touchdown passes from quarterback Peter Dirksen for L.A. Baptist in the championship game of the L.A. Baptist passing tournament. With the score tied 2-2 and two minutes left, Feirfeil had a 34-yard reception to the one-yard line, setting up a Dirksen-to-Chad Vojtech pass for the winning touchdown. The Knights were 7-0 in the tournament. Muir finished 5-1.

TENNIS

Boys’ 16-and-under Nationals--Tenth-seeded Nick Weiss of Calabasas was one of four players from the region to advance in the first round of the United States Tennis Assn. National Junior Tournament in Kalamazoo, Mich. Michael Marquez of Ventura and Philip Sheng and Joey Edelberg of Thousand Oaks also won. Alex Yaftali of Westlake Village and Ryan Redondo of Ojai received byes.

YACHTING

Gold Eagle, skippered by Mike Ludwig of Redondo Beach, edged Vignette II by three seconds to win the Strathmore Cup at the 20th Annual McNish Classic Yacht Race in the Corinthian Classic regatta off the coast of Oxnard. Vignette II was skippered by Walter Russakoff of Ventura.

Jim Lukes of Oxnard, aboard Maggie J, was first in the Ketch division. Dave Decrevel of Ventura, captaining White Caps, took first place in the Yawls division.