Bowne to Walk On at UCLA

Quarterback Ryan Bowne of Notre Dame High said he will walk on at UCLA next season, declining offers to attend Ivy League schools Pennsylvania and Yale.

Bowne (6-feet, 185 pounds), who passed for 3,673 yards and 39 touchdowns in two seasons as a starter at Notre Dame, last month visited both Ivy League schools, which do not offer scholarships but provide athletes with financial aid.

“It just came down to I wanted to stay around here and play at a big-time school,” Bowne said.

Track and Field

Sharon Deshane has replaced Casey Jones as the boys’ coach at Quartz Hill High.

Jones was the girls’ coach from 1989-94 before taking over the boys’ program last year. He also coached the Rebels’ boys’ cross-country team from 1988-95, but resigned both positions because he had run himself “ragged.”

Deshane was Quartz Hill’s girls’ track coach last year. Kelly Marsh, the girls’ cross-country coach, has taken over that post.

No replacement has been hired for the boys’ cross-country position.

Contributing: Vince Kowalick, John Ortega.