Locals earn All-CIF honors Three members of...

Locals earn All-CIF honors

Three members of Edison High’s 2004 CIF-Southern Section Division

II girls’ volleyball team and one player from Huntington Beach High

have earned All-CIF-SS honors in the sport.

In addition, Edison coach Trent Jackson, who guided his squad to

the school’s first section title in girls’ volleyball, shared the

division’s Co-Coach of the Year award with South Torrance coach

Robert Kutch.

Named to the first team from Edison was senior middle blocker

Colleen Burke and sophomore right-side Kari Pestolesi.

Second team selections included Edison senior outside hitter

Ashley Collier and Huntington Beach junior setter Felicia Ciarelli.

In boys’ water polo, four local athletes were named to the

All-CIF-SS Division II team.

Second-team picks were Huntington Beach senior Robert Riker and

Edison junior Tanner Riley.

Third-team picks were Huntington Beach senior Bill Meripol and

Edison senior Travis Bee.

McLeod honored with CIF Character Award

Former AYSO Region 143 Commissioner Paul McLeod has been

recognized for integrity in athletics by the CIF-Southern Section

with a “Champion for Character” award.

McLeod, 50, has lived in Huntington Beach since 1979. He is

founder and chief executive officer of McLeod Enterprises, a

privately held, family-run firm with interests in media, real estate,

education and cuisine. He spent 21 years as a sportswriter at the Los

Angeles Times and has 32 years of overall experience in sports and

media.

“This award is being presented to you based on a recommendation

that cited you as exemplifying the very finest in writing that

reflect sportsmanship, character, integrity and athletics,”

CIF-Southern Section Commissioner Jim Staunton said. “This is truly

an honor.”

McLeod and his wife, Ellen, began their AYSO careers in 1987 as

coaches and referees and quickly moved into administration. They were

commissioners of the region from 1992-95. The pair went on to coach

and manage with the North Huntington Beach Futbol Club.

Paul McLeod is a member of the Orange County Soccer Referee Assn.

and officiates high school matches in the county.

He has also written for the Long Beach Press-Telegram and the

Orange County Register and served seven years as a media

representative for the athletic department at Cypress College, where

more than a dozen publications he created earned top state or

national honors. He is the holder of a lifetime community college

teaching credential and has taught communication and physical

education courses at Cypress, Fullerton and Orange Coast colleges. He

is active as a volunteer with the Journalism Assn. of Community

Colleges.