BRIEFLY : Raiders Sign McKinney as Hayes’ Replacement

Safety Odis McKinney, formerly of Reseda High and Valley College, was signed by the Los Angeles Raiders on Thursday as a replacement for cornerback Lester Hayes, who was put on injured reserve with a broken left foot.

It is McKinney’s third stint with the Raiders. He joined the Raiders in 1980, playing mostly in a reserve role until being released four days before the end of the 1985 exhibition season. He was picked up by the Kansas City Chiefs before the start of the regular season and released after five games. A week later, the Raiders signed him as a free agent for the remainder of the season.

McKinney, 28, was an All-Big Eight Conference selection as a junior and senior at Colorado.

To make room for McKinney, the Raiders put defensive end Mike Wise on the injured list, where he joined Hayes. Hayes will not be eligible for activation for a minimum of four weeks, by which time the Raiders would either be in an American Football Conference semifinal playoff game--or through for the season.

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Mike Kane was honored as Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year at the Cal State Northridge football awards dinner.

Kane, a 5-10, 180-pound senior, rushed for a Western Football Conference record 1,565 yards this season. He also led the WFC in scoring (96) and punt returns (11.3), and led Northridge in receiving with 30 catches for 383 yards. Kane finished his career with a school-record 3,572 yards rushing.

Kane was also be named as the WFC’s Offensive Player of the Year. He is the third Northridge player in five years to win the award. The others were quarterback Steve Duddy (1982) and kicker Bryan Wagner (1984).

Others honored at the banquet included Kip Dukes and linebacker Reggie Wauls as co-Defensive Players of the Year, and Mike Doan as Special Teams Player of the Year.

CSUN Pride awards went to Darryl McIntyre and Brian Clark, a pair of first-team All-Western Football Conference selections. John Vignoni, a reserve quarterback and punter, was selected as the team’s top scholar-athlete. Awards for the top scout team players went to Sherdrick Bonner, LaVelle Parker and Craig Hunter.

Linebacker Don Ott was named the most valuable player at the annual Moorpark College football awards banquet. Ott, formerly of Camarillo High, was honorable mention All-American and an All-Western State Conference first-team selection.

Robert Davis, who rushed 113 times for 786 yards and 8 touchdowns, was named offensive back of the year. Blaine Wingle was the offensive lineman of the year, Willie Tuianna the defensive lineman of the year, and safety Jeff Ebert defensive back of the year.

Chris Reese, the former Saugus High basketball player who last season averaged 16.3 points a game for Cedarville College in Ohio, will miss the rest of the season because of a knee injury.

Reese, a 6-2 junior forward, was averaging 12.8 points a game when he suffered a torn ligament in his left knee against Indiana Tech.

Derek Hughes, who last season averaged nine assists a game for Mountain Valley Conference champion College of the Canyons, is starting at point guard for Cedarville. Hughes, a 5-11 junior, played at Saugus High.

Ricky Rosales, a 6-3, 275-pound lineman at Valley College, has been named to the JC Grid-Wire Honor Roll All-America first team for excellence in academics and athletics.

David Jacques and Gretchen Lohr were among the athletes honored at the Cal State Los Angeles fall awards banquet.

Jacques, a senior from Kennedy High, was Most Valuable Player of the soccer team. Lohr, a junior from North Hollywood High and Valley College, was most inspirational on the women’s cross country team.