Bistline Named Acting Athletic Director at Dominguez Hills

Cal State Dominguez Hills has named Greg Bistline, assistant athletic director at the school the past four years, as its acting athletic director effective Jan. 1.

Bistline, 38, replaces Dan Guerrero, who will leave Tuesday to become athletic director at UC Irvine.

Guerrero said that under Bistline’s direction, the school’s athletic booster organization--the Toro Athletic Associates--has significantly increased its funds and membership.

“I am leaving the athletic department in very capable hands,” Guerrero said. “The athletic department has enjoyed a period of tremendous growth over the past four years, and a lot of that is due to the vision and the work ethic Greg has brought to the program.”

Before arriving at Dominguez Hills, Bistline served as assistant director of the Titan Athletic Foundation at Cal State Fullerton in 1988. He has also been an assistant football coach at Indiana State and New Mexico and has held administrative positions at Missouri, Loyola of Maryland and Texas.

He is looking forward to the challenge at Dominguez Hills.

“I appreciate the opportunity to serve the athletic department, the university and the community in this capacity,” Bistline said. “I am proud to have had the opportunity to work under the direction of Dan Guerrero, who I feel is one of the top athletic adminstrators in the nation.”

Dominguez Hills will start its search for a permanent replacement for Guerrero in late January.

The Loyola Marymount women’s basketball team will play nonconference games against Western Athletic Conference opponents this weekend.

The Lions (1-1) will play Wyoming at 3 p.m. Saturday at Laramie and Colorado State at 1 p.m. Sunday at Ft. Collins.

Loyola was defeated by San Diego State, 59-45, on Saturday after opening with a 67-36 victory over Cal State Northridge.

The Lions will play host to Rice at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Four of the top players from the Women’s Pro Volleyball Assn. tour will compete tonight against El Camino College staff members in a best-of-five benefit match from 7 to 9.

The match will be at the El Camino gym.

The WPVA players expected to participate are Linda Carrillo, Angela Rock, Karolyn Kirby and Gail Castro. The El Camino players scheduled to participate include football coaches John Featherstone and Walt Justice and volleyball coaches Paul Viggiano and LeValley Pattison.

Tickets are $5 for adults or $2 for children under 12.

Proceeds will go toward the El Camino League for Intervention Prevention and Substance Abuse Education, which offers counseling and referrals for health and emotional problems.

Information: (310) 358-1550.

Olympic gold medalists Kristi Yamaguchi and Viktor Petrenko will make their professional figure skating debuts in the 1992 DuraSoft Challenge of Champions at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17 at the Forum.

Other skaters scheduled to participate include former Olympians Brian Boitano, Brian Orser, Jill Trenary, Paul Wylie, Rosalynn Sumners and Denise Biellmann.

The event will have $320,000 in prize money in men’s, women’s, ice dance and pairs categories.

Tickets are $40 and $25 and are available at the Forum box office or by telephone at (213) 480-3232 or (714) 740-2000.

Registration is under way for the 15th annual Redondo Beach Super Bowl Sunday 10-K run and 5-K walk for all ages Jan. 31 in Redondo Beach.

The event will include the invitational Super Bowl mile run, which starts in Hermosa Beach and finishes in Redondo Beach, and there will also be wheelchair and baby buggy divisions.

The cost is $16 and includes a T-shirt for entries received by Jan. 15. After Jan. 15, an entry is $20.

Late registration is at 6 a.m. at the event and costume judging starts at 7 a.m.

Information: (310) 376-6913.

Cal State Dominguez Hills Coach Marine Cano, who guided the Toros to the NCAA Division II women’s soccer title in 1991, will direct a holiday soccer camp from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 21-23 in Carson.

The cost is $75 and includes a T-shirt and refreshments.

Late registration is from 8:15 to 8:45 a.m. on Dec. 21.

Information: Cano at (310) 325-9305.

Kindergarten through eighth grade youths are eligible to participate in a South Bay three-day mini camp from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 28-30 at Redondo High, 631 Vincent Drive, Redondo Beach.

The cost is $50 and includes a T-shirt and awards.

Information: Jack Speciale at (310) 545-4828.

Former El Segundo High pitcher Zak Shinall was traded by the Dodgers to the Cleveland Indians for pitcher Allen Walden Wednesday.

Shinall, a right-handed middle reliever, was 13-5 with a 3.38 earned-run average last season with the triple-A Albuquerque Dukes of the Pacific Coast League.

Four players from the Palos Verdes Peninsula will play for Loyola High when the Cubs (12-1) meet top-seeded Bishop Amat (13-0) for the Southern Section Division I football championship at 7:30 tonight at Anaheim Stadium.

The players are tight end Tom Lieb of Rolling Hills Estates, running backs and defensive backs Jeremy and Josh Thornton of Rolling Hills and defensive end Patrick Barry of Rolling Hills Estates. Lieb, an All-Del Rey League player, leads the Cubs with 27 receptions for 473 yards and six touchdowns.