USC Lands Fletcher

Tailback Miguel Fletcher of Alemany High has committed to USC, Indian Coach Jim Bonds said Wednesday.

Fletcher rushed for 1,239 yards and eight touchdowns last season as the Indians struggled to a 1-9 record.

Also a standout track athlete, he placed second in the 100 meters and third in the 200 meters at the state championships in June.

TRACK AND FIELD

Scott Weisbly, an assistant track coach at Valley College for the past two years, was hired as the head men’s coach at the school.

Weisbly, who competed in the shotput, discus and hammer throw for USC in the late 1970s, replaces Kevin Galbraith, who resigned from that position earlier this month.

Weisbly, who works in the insurance industry, will be a walk-on assistant.

BASEBALL

The Valley Vipers, a club baseball team for 12-year-olds, won one game Wednesday and two games Tuesday in pool play in the Cooperstown Field of Dreams tournament in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Matt Ricatto went two for two with a home run and had four runs batted in and Derek Leveque also had a homer and four RBIs for the Vipers in a 13-1 victory over the Florida Gators on Wednesday. Leadoff batter Josh Satin scored three times.

In Tuesday’s games, the Vipers beat Edison, N.J., 7-1, as Leveque and Cody Cipriano combined to pitch a one-hitter. Leveque hit a two-run home run and had four RBIs. Danny Williams was two for two with a homer.

The Vipers followed that with a 16-1 rout of the New Hampshire Devils. Cipriano hit a grand slam and finished with six RBIs. Leveque and Jake Brin also hit home runs.

The Vipers (7-0 in pool play) were scheduled to play another game Wednesday night. With a victory, they would advance to the quarterfinals.