DIGEST

* Jerome Dennis and Ben Johnson of Montclair Prep have made commitments.

Dennis, a 6-1, 200-pound tailback, will attend Utah State, and Johnson, a 320-pound offensive tackle, will attend Air Force.

TENNIS

* Philip Sheng of Thousand Oaks defeated Tin Dong of Long Beach, 6-7 (7-0), 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2), in the round of 16 of the boys’ 18 division at the 49th annual Gene Jung MidWinter Tournament on Sunday at Palm Park in Whittier.

The No. 4-seeded Sheng plays ninth-seeded Drew Hoskins of Los Alamitos in the quarterfinals Saturday. Hoskins defeated Alex Yaftali of Westlake Village, 6-2, 7-6 (7-0), 7-6 (9-7), in the round of 16.

Also in boys’ 18s, sixth-seeded Nicholas Weiss of Calabasas defeated Amir Marandy of Woodland Hills, 7-6 (7-0), 7-6 (7-4), 6-1, to advance to the quarterfinals. Prakash Amritraj of Encino beat Dustin Tsu of San Marino, 6-2, 6-0.

In boys’ 16s, No. 5-seeded Lester Cook of Calabasas defeated Steven Hsu of Upland, 6-1, 6-4,. Cook plays Patrick Buchanan of Fullerton in the round of 16 Saturday.

No. 9-seeded Kean Feeder of Ojai beat Kevin McQuaid of Huntington Beach, 6-2, 6-2, and will next face No. 1-seeded Doug Stewart of Malibu.

Peter Farkas of Ojai beat Jason Nguyen of Chatsworth, 7-6 (7-0), 7-6 (7-3), 6-2, and will next play Derrick Bauer of Ojai.

Justin Montgomery of Channel Islands Harbor defeated Jamil Al-Agba of Ojai, 6-2, 6-2, and Robert Yim of Glendale beat Aubry Wand of Portola Valley, 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-0), 7-6 (11-9).

In boys’ 14s, Hagop Tadevosian of Glendale advanced to the round of 16 with with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Matthis Tabeling of Santa Monica.

Samuel Tadevosian of Glendale beat Scott Hohenstein of Anaheim, 6-2, 6-0. Gary Sacks of Calabasas outlasted Edward Mendoza of Baldwin Park, 6-7 (7-0), 7-6 (9-7), 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, and Skate Gorham of Ojai defeated Bryant Young of San Marino, 6-3, 7-6 (7-0), 7-6 (9-7).

In the girls’ 18s, Tiffany Eklov of Ojai defeated Ashley Backus of San Diego, 6-2, 6-0, to advance to the quarterfinals. She will play Natalie Braverman of Newport Beach.

In girls’ 14s, Celia Durkin of Woodland Hills beat Dunya Wren of Highland, 6-3, 6-4, in the round of 16. Christine Dao of Northridge defeated Vanessa Dunlap of Newport Beach, 6-3, 6-1.

MOTORSPORTS

* Ventura Raceway holds its general meeting for the 2000 season at 7 p.m. Friday at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in the McBride Building.

Registration for drivers, cars and crews will be held. Fans are welcome to attend and to join the Ventura Racing Assn.

Information: (805) 985-5433.