Mater Dei’s Katie Lou Samuelson is leading Team USA in scoring at the U-17 World Championships in the Czech Republic.
Samuelson, the Register’s two-time girls basketball player of the year, has averaged 15 points in the team’s three games, which were victories over China, France and Mali.
– KENNY CONNOLLY
BASEBALL
Former Irvine baseball standout Ryan Brucker was hired as the Vaqueros’ baseball coach, the school announced. Brucker was a three-year starter at Irvine before going on to play at San Jose State. He spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach at Woodbridge.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Kathryn Plummer of Aliso Niguel had 11 kills and a block for the U.S. Girls Youth National Team in a loss to the Dominican Republic, 25-14, 25-21, 20-25, 25-20, in the gold-medal match of the Women’s U-18 Continental Championships on Sunday.
– DAMIAN CALHOUN
GIRLS WRESTLING
Valencia’s Gabby Garcia was selected to the ASICS Girls All-American team. Garcia, who won her second consecutive CIF state title, had a 34-0 record with 31 victories by fall during the season.
– DAMIAN CALHOUN
GIRLS GOLF
Brea Olinda’s Amy Lee, the fifth-ranked player in the AJGA points standings, was selected to the West Team that will compete in the Wyndham Cup next week in Plymouth, Mass.
The event, in its 25th year, brings together the top 10 juniors from the East and the West to compete in the team match-play event. This will be Lee’s third appearance in the Wyndham Cup. She has a 6-1-1 career record in the event.
This week, Lee played in the inaugural Yani Tseng Invitational, and she finished tied for 14th with a 3-over-par 219 at The Farms Golf Club in Rancho Sante Fe. …
Foothill’s Madie Chou led all three rounds of the Killington Junior Golf Championship in Killington, Vt., to win her second AJGA tournament.
– DAMIAN DOTTORE
