BRIEFLY : Libonati Hopes to Kick in Las Vegas

Former Moorpark College kicker Darren Libonati found he wasn’t happy at Tulane shortly after transfering there.

Tulane’s loss became a gain for Nevada Las Vegas.

Libonati, an All-Southern Section performer at Thousand Oaks High, transfered to UNLV and is redshirting this season.

When Joey DiGiovanna, the Rebels’ current kicker, graduates in the spring, Libonati could find himself holding down the top spot.

“He was hitting 55-yarders in practice and he has impressed us already,” UNLV coach Harvey Hyde said of Libonati. “He definitely will be given an opportunity to become our kicker next season.”

That’s the encouragement Libonati wanted to hear, and he welcomes the challenge.

“They have great special teams here,” Libonati said. “This is the opportunity I’m looking for. I just ran into a change of philosophy at Tulane.”

Cal Lutheran Plans Golf Tournament

The Cal Lutheran College Golf Tournament takes place Saturday at the Simi Hills Golf Course. The CLC homecoming football game against St. Mary’s will follow the tournament at 2 p.m.

A $35 entry fee includes carts, green fees, continental breakfast and lunch. Trophies will be given to first- and second-place low gross and low net scores. The first 50 people to signup will receive a CLC alumni baseball cap.

Continental breakfast will begin at 6 a.m. and first tee time will be 6:45. Make reservations through Diane Thomas at the CLC alumni office.

Information: (805) 492-2411.

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Fresno State assistant coach Ron Adams and former National Basketball Assn. players Paul Westphal and John Block will be the featured speakers Saturday at the Southern California Basketball Coaches Clinic at Moorpark College.

Westphal will lecture on moving without the ball and scoring in traffic. Block will instruct on post play.

Adams, whose defense at Fresno State has led the nation in fewest points allowed three times in the past seven seasons, will lecture on the match-up zone.

The clinic, sponsored by Moorpark Coach Al Nordquist and PONY, is open to coaches and the general public. Registration is $20 in advance and $30 at the door. The clinic will be held from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Information: (805) 529-2321

John Price has been named men’s volleyball coach at Cal State Northridge, replacing Walt Ker, who stepped down to devote more time to the women’s program.

Price, an assistant to Ker last season, had coached girls volleyball at Thousand Oaks High for four years, leading his teams to two league championships and into the Southern Section quarterfinals in 1983.

Terry Craven, baseball coach at Cal State Northridge, has been appointed to the orientation committee of the American Baseball Coaches Assn.

He is one of six coaches on the panel, and will represent Division II baseball coaches at the organization’s annual national convention. The 1986 convention is in January in New Orleans.

Mitchell Fair, 33, has been named baseball coach at Crespi High, replacing Dave Ward.

The only blemish on Cal State Northridge’s 1985 record, a 4-0 preseason loss to the Nevada Las Vegas, may be keeping the Matadors from advancing in the NCAA Division II soccer poll.

In the Intercollegiate Soccer Assn. of America poll released Monday, Central Connecticut (6-0-1) is rated first, followed by Seattle-Pacific (10-1), Gannon, Penn., (11-0) and New York Tech (9-0-1). CSUN (9-1) is fifth.

The Matadors won their first two California Collegiate Athletic Assn. games after compiling a 7-1 preseason record. Nevada Las Vegas in ranked fifth in NCAA Division I.

Lee Davis of Thousand Oaks finished third with a 36-hole total of 148 at the Southern California Golf Assn. Mid-Amateur tournament Tuesday at the Bakersfield Country Club.