SPORTSCOPE : Key Series Awaits Pomona

The Cal Poly Pomona baseball team will attempt to retain a share of first place in the California Collegiate Athletic Assn. when it visits Cal Poly San Luis Obispo for a three-game series Friday and Saturday in San Luis Obispo.

San Luis Obispo will play host to Pomona for a single game at 2 p.m. Friday and a double-header at noon Saturday.

The Broncos, who are tied for first in the CCAA with Cal State Dominguez Hills, are 9-6 in conference play and 17-19 overall. Pomona is ranked No. 17 in the NCAA Division II.

But the Broncos could have problems against San Luis Obispo, which is in fourth place in the conference at 8-6 and ranked No. 7 in Division II at 14-15.

More important, the Broncos have struggled on the road this season. They have won only two of 17 games on the road while they are 15-4 at home.

That could prove critical down the stretch for the Broncos, who will play 13 of their final 17 games on the road.

After the San Luis Obispo series, the Broncos will play UC Santa Barbara at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Goleta.

After sweeping a three-game series against conference rival Chapman, the Cal State Los Angeles baseball team will try to stay in contention in the California Collegiate Athletic Assn. race when it plays three games against UC Riverside today through Saturday.

Cal State L.A. will visit Riverside today and Saturday and play host to the Highlanders on Friday. All games will be at 7:30 p.m.

The Golden Eagles are in third place in the CCAA at 7-5 and 15-21 overall. Riverside, ranked No. 30 in the NCAA Division II, is in fifth place in the conference at 4-7 and 17-17-1 overall.

For Cal State L.A., the victories over Chapman marked the first time that the Golden Eagles had swept a three-game series in conference play since the 1986 season.

After the games against Riverside, Cal State L.A. will play a nonconference game against U.S. International at 1 p.m. Sunday in San Diego.

Many of the top high school track performers in the nation will compete in the 24th annual Arcadia Invitational track meet on Saturday at Arcadia High.

Field events start at 5:30 p.m. and running events at 6:30 p.m.

Among the top participants from the valley are Juliana Yendork of Walnut, Angel Martinez of San Gabriel and Tyrone Edwards of Nogales.

Yendork, a senior, is the national leader in both the long and triple jump. She has turned in marks of 43-11 1/2 in the triple jump and 20-6 in the long jump.

Martinez, a junior, is regarded as one of the top distance runners in the nation. He had a time of 8:56.92 in the 3,200 meters as a sophomore and won the title in the event at the National Scholastic Prep Indoor meet in March in Syracuse, N.Y.

Edwards, a senior who has signed a national letter of intent to play football at UC Berkeley next season, has the top qualifying mark in the long jump with a best of 23-8.