Shadowlands

Five years ago

Newport Harbor High’s football team slips past Corona del Mar in the

Battle of the Bay, 7-6. CdM’s J.J. DeCesare scores in the first quarter,

but the extra point was blocked. Newport Harbor quarterback John Giordani

runs in a touchdown in the second quarter, and Jeff Pardy’s extra point

is the difference in the game.

Newport Harbor’s freshman football team also wins, 7-6, with a 34-yard

interception return by Eric Burden late in the fourth quarter giving the

Sailors the win over CdM.

Costa Mesa’s Charles Chatman scores three touchdowns in a 28-7 win over

Aliso Niguel.

Corona del Mar’s Tracy Clark pulls off a major upset in girls cross

country by winning the Orange County Championship.

Jamie Swarberg of Newport Harbor wins the Orange County Championship’s

No. 2 race in girls cross country.

Erin Remy finishes third and Estancia product Elizabeth Pelayo 11th to

lead Orange Coast College’s womens cross country team to victory in the

Santa Barbara City College Invitational.

Newport Harbor pounds CdM, 15-6, 15-4, 15-8, behind 18 kills from Misty

May to avenge a state title game loss to the Sea Kings the previous year.

CdM’s girls tennis team beats Newport Harbor for the second time in the

season with a hard-fought 84-65 edge in games. Nina Vaughan defeats Sarah

Hawkins to start a CdM run that ties the match at 9-9.

Goalie Justin Taylor scores a goal as Costa Mesa’s boys water polo team

blows out Estancia, 23-11. Sean Hylton leads all scorers with five goals.

Ten years ago

Estancia’s defense leads the Eagles’ football team to a 16-0 Sea View

League victory over University to improve to 7-0. Brian Vail has the

defensive highlight with a safety.

Corona del Mar’s secondary allows 20 completions, but Mark Perlmutter’s

73-yard interception sparks a 17-14 win over Saddleback in Sea View

League football.

Todd Farley scores the only touchdown for Newport Harbor in a 10-7 Sea

View League loss to Tustin.

Orange Coast College’s football team defeats Saddleback, 27-14.

Quarterback Greg Angelovic throws for 281 yards and two touchdowns to

lead the Pirates.

Andy Strouse scores two goals for OCC’s mens soccer team in a 4-2 win

over Cypress.

CDM’s girls soccer team sweeps Estancia, 15-5, 15-4, 15-9. Cristin

Walley, with nine kills, and Krista Coleman, lead the Sea Kings’ attack.

Newport Harbor defeats University, 13-15, 15-2, 15-7, 15-9. Tara Kroesch

is the star of the game with 10 kills, two aces and five blocks.

OCC’s men’s water polo team gets three goals from Tony Litmak at the end

to defeat Golden West College, 8-5, in the Cypress Tournament.

CdM’s girls tennis team remains undefeated in the Sea View League with a

17-1 win over Tustin. Christie McClintock and the doubles team of Kristen

Pollock and Jackie O’Leary only drop one set each in the match.