Kirby Changes His Mind, Will Stay at Estancia

Paul Kirby, who resigned as the Estancia girls’ basketball coach last week, has changed his mind and been rehired.

Girls’ Athletic Director Nancy Ferda said Kirby called her and asked if he could come back.

“I had the district [job announcement] flyer in my hand when our boys’ coach, Rich Boyce, told me, ‘I think Kirby is changing his mind and will call you,’ ” Ferda said.

Kirby, a walk-on coach, tendered his resignation March 26 because of increasing conflicts with his full-time job as a purchasing agent.

But, Ferda said, Kirby will have former assistant Roger Sison help handle the team’s sixth-period physical education class as well as the spring and summer league commitments that Kirby cannot make.

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Villa Park wrestler Nick Wynn has agreed to attend Cal State Fullerton, Spartan Coach Steve Stewart said. Wynn was 50-7 this past season. He finished second in the Southern Section Masters meet in the 215-pound weight class.

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Pro Beach Hockey, a made-for-television roller hockey league that drew mixed reviews last year, will stage its second season May 22 to June 13 at the Huntington Beach Pier.

Twenty-six games will be taped at an outdoor arena for later broadcast on ESPN or ESPN2.

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San Clemente, ranked second in the state, won the National Scholastic Surfing Assn. Interscholastic State High School Championship at Church Beach in San Clemente.

San Clemente, which hadn’t won a championship since 1982, finished with 103 points Sunday. Top-ranked Huntington Beach, which had won the title six years in a row, finished in a tie for fourth with La Jolla (68 points). Encinitas San Dieguito was second with 99 points and Carlsbad was third (97). Edison finished seventh (50) and Marina was ninth (38).

In the high school boys’ division, Mike Losness led San Clemente by winning all but one of his heats. San Clemente’s Shelly Appleby finished second in the high school girls’ division. Julia Christian of Carlsbad won. Eric Mehlberg took second for San Clemente in the longboard division. Mike Zambetti of Carlsbad was first.

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Four Orange County boys’ basketball players have been selected to play in the All-Southern California game of the Dada All-Star Classic April 18 at Pauley Pavilion.

Capistrano Valley’s Nate Hair, Irvine’s Chris Ferguson, Brea Olinda’s Kyle Dodd and Santa Margarita’s Spencer Gloger were picked for the game that precedes a game between high school All-Americans from the West and the rest of the country.

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The Orange County Lawmen police football team will meet the Los Angeles City Fire Department team today at 2 at Newport Harbor High. Admission is free, but donations will be taken for the Bob Henry scholarship fund for Orange County athletes. For more information, call (949) 644-3299, Ext. 2704.