L.A. Advances to Maccabi Semifinals, 15-2

David Wurth of Agoura had two hits and five runs batted in Thursday to help the Los Angeles 15- and 16-year-old baseball team defeat Detroit, 15-2, at the Maccabi Youth Games in Detroit.

Los Angeles plays in the semifinals today and a victory will put it in the final several hours later.

Other local players who played well Thursday were Phil Avlas of North Hills, Justin Shore and David Antonville of Northridge and Matt Wigdor of Canyon Country, each of whom had two hits. Mike Marble of North Hollywood hit a home run.

CROSS-COUNTRY

The West regional high school cross-country championships will be held at Mt. San Antonio College on Dec. 5, after being held at Woodward Park in Fresno for 18 years.

Mt. SAC has hosted a high school invitational for 50 years and the Southern Section championships for 17 years, but this will be the first West regional.

The meet was moved because the husband and wife team of Bill and Judy Cockerham stepped down as co-meet directors in December, citing a lack of time to organize the meet, which drew nearly 3,000 runners last year.

Meet director Doug Todd, the director of cross-country and track and field at Mt. SAC, said moving the meet to Southern California could increase this year’s entries to 5,000.

He said the 5,000-meter West regional course will be nearly identical to the traditional three-mile course at Mt. SAC, but that the final 300 meters will be on the track.