Miller Leaves Post at Harvard-Westlake

Harvard-Westlake High is searching for a baseball coach after Mitch Miller gave up the position.

Miller, 14-7 last season in his only year as coach, received an indefinite leave of absence after the death of his brother, Les, from a brain tumor. Miller will help run a family business.

Headmaster Thomas Hudnut said the school will seek an interim coach who could end up being the permanent coach.

MISCELLANY

* The 7th Inning Stretch, a cable television show on Time Warner’s Channel 34, will discuss failed Senate Bill 338 and the impact college sports has on young people’s lives.

Community activist Duke Russell and Phil Pote, a Seattle Mariner scout, will be the guests of host Jeff Kaley. The show is scheduled to air on Monday and Nov. 6 at 5 p.m.

TENNIS

* UCLA sophomore Travis Rettenmaier of Camarillo advanced to today’s semifinals of the 44th annual SoCal Intercollegiate Championships with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Stefan Suter of Pepperdine in Friday’s quarterfinals at the Los Tennis Club in Hollywood.

* No. 5-seeded Jake Smith of Malibu, a Calabasas High freshman, upset top-seeded Jonathan Tragardh of Pacific Palisades, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, in the boys’ 14 final of the 56th annual Rose Bowl Junior Championships on Sunday at Pasadena High.

* Josephine Hakopian of Glendale defeated Alison Rand of Los Angeles, 6-2, 6-0, to win the girls’ 12 singles championship of the Beverly Hills Classic 2000 on Sunday at the Beverly Hills Tennis Club.