Oxnard third baseman Bryan Willson was named the Player of the Year of the WSC's North Division. The sophomore from Camarillo High hit .331 with five home runs and 35 RBIs. He also was 7-3 with five saves and a 2.57 ERA as a pitcher.

Oxnard's Justin Bricker was named the co-Pitcher of the Year. The sophomore from Camarillo High was 7-1 with a 3.84 ERA.

Oxnard's John Larson was the Coach of Year as the Condors edged Hancock for its first WSC North title since 2005.

The All-WSC North first team included Willson, Bricker, catcher Zack McDonell, first baseman Jonathan Erb, second baseman Jake Mahan, and pitcher J.C. Aguayo of Oxnard; first baseman Dewey Grattan and outfielder Joseph Luna of Ventura; and outfielder Robert Toczynski of Moorpark.

The All-WSC North second team included shortstop Brad Greve, outfielder Harper White and outfielder Juan Reveles of Oxnard; second baseman Derek Ring, outfielder A.J. Gallardo and third baseman Adam Barry of Ventura; and infielder Michael Bonenfant and pitcher Landon Hunt of Moorpark.

Honorable mentions included first baseman Scott McNally, third baseman Blake Adame, pitcher Santos Reyes of Oxnard; catcher Ricky Lipman, utility Allen Gywnn and pitcher James Pinto of Ventura; and catcher Ryan Cobb, outfielder Brett Hockenberry and pitcher Matt Montgomery of Moorpark.

Oxnard catcher McDonell, Ventura center fielder Luna and Oxnard right fielder Aguayo won gold gloves.

Moorpark catcher Taylor Neumann was named the Player of the Year of the Western State Conference's Gold Division. The sophomore from Moorpark High hit .353 with six home runs and 36 RBIs.

Moorpark's Kelly Eder was named the Pitcher of the Year. A freshman from Simi Valley High, Eder was 17-13 with a 2.63 ERA.

Ventura's Sue Johnson was named Coach of the Year as the Pirates edged Moorpark by one game in the WSC Gold race to win its fifth conference title in 11 years.

The All-WSC Gold first team included first baseman Shianne Sharp, third baseman Vanessa Barretto and center fielder Sabrina Gonzalez of Ventura; third baseman Rebecca Grant of Moorpark; and pitcher Michelle Getman and shortstop Priscilla Garcia of Oxnard.

The All-WSC Gold second team included catcher Julie Cortez and shortstop Alina Flowers of Ventura; outfielder Laura Perry of Moorpark; and first baseman Jessica Shaw and outfielder Brystal Hood of Oxnard.

Western State Conference women's basketball will lose one of its deans Wednesday when Cuesta College women's basketball head coach Ed Musolff, the last active program founder in Southern California, retires.

Cuesta release:

"Cuesta College women's basketball founding head coach Ed Musolff has announced his retirement effective June 30. He spent 30 seasons at the helm from 1980-2010, amassing 427 wins and 13 playoff appearances including the 1982 Division II championship with a 19-1 record. His tenure is second to the 33 seasons of CCCWBCA Hall of Famer Caren Franci.

Coach Musolff moves into retirement life with his wife Caroline in Cayucos. They have three children - David, Dan and Carrie. Carrie was the 1996 Cuesta College Athlete of the Year and Dan played basketball for Cuesta in 1995-96. They also have two granddaughters, Isabella and Laela, and two grandsons, Waylon and Isaac."

New Ventura College head football coach Steve Mooshagian played at Cerritos College for longtime coach Frank Mazzotta.

After two classic non-conference games over the past two seasons, Ventura and Cerritos will be in the new Northern Conference together this fall.

Here's Mazzotta on his former star receiver:

(on the upcoming Ventura-Cerritos Northern Conference game)
"I told him he had to throw the game this year... I told him I'm not going to retire if he beats me. I'll be a fun deal. When he plays here, there will be nine million people here that know him."

(on whether Mooshagian will stay in Ventura)
"I've told him, it's about time you settled down. People are going to stop hiring you.

"I think this has got to be a point where he has to stick it out. I think this is pretty permanent for him. I think he's gotten to the point where he knows he should settle down."

(on the Ventura coach)
"It's a great deal, I was telling my son (Frank Jr.), I wish he had a master's degree so he could apply. It's a good situation up there.

"And Moose is like a son to me, I've known him since he was wearing diapers."

(on the type of player Mooshagian was)
"Steve is one of those, you can't call him a gym rat, but you talk about the coach's son. He loves the game,

"We have a little practice area that we used to go in, next to a parking lot. Well, he went onto the hood of a car to catch a ball. He doesn't feature a damn thing and he's probably one of the most athletic guys I've had.

"He's a good choice, he'll do a good job."

Here is today's story on Ventura College hiring Steve Mooshagian, the former Sacramento State head coach and Cincinnati Bengals, University of Pittsburgh, Nevada and Fresno State, as the 18th football coach in school history.

Ventura College has hired Feather River College head coach Steve Mooshagian as its head football coach.

Mooshagian, 51, fills the void left by Jon Mack's January departure to Crespi Carmelite High.

"We're ecstatic to add a teacher and coach the caliber of coach Mooshigan to our staff," said Ventura athletic director Will Cowen. "It's well worth the wait."

Mooshagian brings to Ventura experience at virtually every level of the game.

"He has a vast array of coaching experience," said Ventura College athletic director Will Cowen. "I think it's important to have a leader who really understands what it takes to be successful at every level."

Mooshagian spent four years in the NFL as the Cincinnati Bengals wide receivers from 1999 to 2002, working with Chad (Johnson) Ochocinco, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Darnay Scott, Carl Pickens, and Peter Warrick.

He was an NCAA Division I-A offensive coordinator at Pittsburgh (1997-98) and Nevada (1996).

He was the head coach at Division I-AA Sacramento State for four years (2003-06) and the assistant head coach at the University of San Diego (2007-08), when the Toreros led NCAA Division I FCS in scoring (44.3 points per game).

"Good find, huh?" said longtime Ventura assistant coach Gary Anglin. "He's a very good fit for Ventura College."

Mooshagian's resume also includes one other stint as a California community college head coach (Fresno City, 1995) and two years at Washington Union High in Fresno (1983-84),

In between, he spent 10 years on the staff at Fresno State, where he coached 10 NFL receivers during a stretch when the Bulldogs won six conference titles and played in six bowl games.

"You never stop learning," said Mooshagian. "I've picked things up along the way, I think I've been very blessed to have learned from a lot of people."

Feather River was 5-5 last fall in Mooshagian's first season last fall, falling 27-26 to Mendocino in the final game with the Mid-Empire Conference title on the line and finishing the season ranked No. 15 in Northern California. All 22 sophomores transferred to four-year schools.

The son of Ray Mooshagian, who spent 31 years as a high school coach in the Los Angeles area, Mooshagian played wide receiver at Downey High, Cerritos College (1978-79) and Fresno State (1980-81) and signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Express of the USFL (1983).

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Cal State University Channel Islands will begin intercollegiate athletic competition in the fall of 2011 with a women's soccer team, Carl Reed, the school's athletic director, announced Thursday.

"We're building that last cornerstone of our university," said Reed. "Athletics is one of those last pieces."

Women's soccer was chosen from a shortlist of four sports, which also included men's soccer, men's golf and women's volleyball.

"Having women's soccer as our first sport made sense for CI," said Reed. "Looking at the soccer landscape here in Ventura County, from high schools, AYSO, soccer clubs and the programs at the community colleges, it was clear there was talent and interest in the sport."

Reed said that the school's enrollment, which is more than 60 percent female, played into the decision.

"It's the right thing to do," said Reed. "We're sending a message to our students that we recognize their needs. That was a no-brainer for us."

The process of putting the Dolphins on the field of play began in 2005, three years after the school was established in Camarillo, when CSUCI hired former NCAA executive director Cedric Dempsey as a consultant.

Reed arrived on campus in May 2008 to plot the course for NCAA Division II competition in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), which includes 11 of CSUCI's Cal State brethren.

The Ventura County Fusion will host the Arizona Sahuaros in the first round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on June 15 at Ventura College, U.S. Soccer announced Wednesday.

The Fusion will make its Open Cup debut against the Phoenix club, a member of the U.S. Adult Soccer Association.

"Unfortunately, we don't know much about them," said Fusion GM Ranbir Shergil.

The Sahuaros, who, like the Fusion, play in the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid, produced Kansas City Wizards striker Roger Espinosa, who is in South Africa as a part of the Honduran World Cup squad. They will be making their fifth appearance in the Cup.

The winner will play either the Dallas-Fort Worth Tornados or the Austin Aztex in the second round. The Aztex, a USSF Division 2 team, visited the Fusion in 2008, when it held tryouts in Ventura.

The Fusion (4-2) leads the Premier Development League's Southwestern Division and host the BYU Cougars Saturday night at Buena High.