Plock Decides to Quit Titan Basketball Team

Cal State Fullerton guard Dane Plock has told the coaching staff he does not plan to be part of the team this season but will continue attending classes, school spokesman Mel Franks said Friday.

Plock, a graduate of Estancia High and a two-year letterman at Fullerton, averaged 3.5 points last season in 24 games. He averaged 6.3 points in 25 games as a freshman.

Plock had been suspended before the start of the first practice last season by Coach Bob Hawking for an unspecified violation of team rules. Plock sat out 30 days before rejoining the team.

Franks also said that Danny Italiano, a 6-5 guard from Jerusalem, will join the Titans when classes begin Monday. Italiano, 22, spent the last three years in the Israeli Army.

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The Mighty Ducks named Lucien DeBlois as their pro scout, General Manager Pierre Gauthier announced.

DeBlois’ duties will include scouting the NHL, the International Hockey League and the American Hockey League.

He was an assistant coach with the IHL’s Kansas City Blades the last two seasons. DeBlois played in the NHL from 1977-92 with six teams.

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Candie Kung of Fountain Valley is in third place after three rounds of the PGA Junior Championship at the PGA National’s Champion course in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

Thursday’s round was rained out, forcing players to complete two rounds Friday. The tournament ends today.

Kung was two-under par on the day to finish the third round at five-under 211 (69-72-70).

Fullerton’s Angela Rho moved up from seventh to fifth, shooting 220 (74-73-73). Leigh Anne Hardin of Martinsville, Ind., leads the tournament at 205.

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Funeral services for Aliso Niguel athlete Lee Brennan are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Coast Hills Community Church in Aliso Viejo.

Brennan, 18, was killed in a traffic accident in Vicksburg, Ariz., on Wednesday while en route to Arizona State, which he was to attend on a diving scholarship. In May Brennan won the Southern Section Division II diving championship.

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Chris Ferguson of Irvine High has committed to play basketball at University of San Diego, according to his father, Jim.

Ferguson, a 6-1 point guard, averaged 20.9 points as a junior and was a first-team Sea View League selection.

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Kathy-Lyn Allen has been hired as an assistant swim coach at UC Irvine. She will work with the men’s and women’s teams.

Allen was an assistant for the men and women at Hawaii last season. At Auburn, Allen was a 14-time All-American before graduating in 1996.

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The latest attempt by Bullfrog President Stuart Silver to bring a minor league ice hockey team to Anaheim this fall appears to have failed, team spokesman Bruce Hammill said Friday. Instead, Silver will attempt to gain control of the Reno Rage of the West Coast Hockey League at a bankruptcy sale Friday and move it to Anaheim Convention Center for the 1999-2000 season.

Last week Silver placed a $250,000 offer to buy the Rage with a bankruptcy trustee, but bickering among seven Rage owners stalled negotiations, according to Wayne Wilson, an international banker based in Singapore who identified himself as one of Silver’s partners. Wilson said he has pledged $1.5 million in operating funds if Silver gains control of the team.

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Kimberly Driscoll of Laguna Beach won the bronze medal in the Group C girls’ platform competition at the Can-Am-Mex Age Group Diving Championships at Moultrie, Ga. Driscoll scored 238.08 to finish third in the 13-and-under age group.