Coronado pitcher to play for University of San Diego

Coronado High School graduate Cory Ginther has signed to play baseball at the University of San Diego.

Ginther was 4-1 with a 2.92 ERA as a senior last spring in gaining second team All-Sunrise Region honors.

Ginther, who originally signed to play at the College of Southern Nevada, will join a San Diego team that went 44-16 last season, losing to eventual national champion Fresno State in the NCAA regionals.

• CRUSADERS SIGN -- Faith Lutheran graduate Conner Maloney, a standout in football and basketball for the Crusaders, has signed to play football at NAIA Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Mont.

Maloney is expected to play safety for the Battlin' Bears. He was in on 76 tackles as a senior for Faith Lutheran and also caught 30 passes for 605 yards and six touchdowns.

Also, Faith Lutheran baseball standout Dylan Young has signed to play at Salt Lake Community College. Young was the Class 3A Southern League Player of the Year.

• BULLDOG SIGNING -- Centennial girls basketball standout Dela Jones, a three-year letterwinner for the Bulldogs, has signed to play at NAIA Park University in Missouri.

Jones was a second team All-Northwest Division selection as a senior.

• CERRO COSO SIGNINGS -- Five area baseball players have signed with Cerro Coso Community College in Ridgecrest, Calif.

Three of the players -- pitcher Kyle Wolak and outfielders Ryne Milner and Perry Martin -- played at Spring Valley. Cerro Coso also signed Durango infielder Alex Petrosie and Del Sol catcher Tyler Giunta.