Over the top

Five local athletes won individual titles and one relay team ran to a championship as the Sunset and Sea View leagues conducted track and field prelims and finals events last week.

Huntington Beach High’s boys’ team, which turned in its first winning season in 18 years, earned a third-place finish in the final Sea View League standings in a finals meet held at Trabuco Hills High.

Winning individual events for the Oilers were junior Josh Smith in the 400 (50.6) and senior Stephen Gabbard in the shotput (55-5 1/2 ).

In the boys’ 400, the Oilers dominated the top spots as juniors Trevor Carroll (50.53) and Taylor Wright (51.82) finished second and fifth, respectively.

Huntington also ruled the shotput as seniors Finau Fiaseu (52-9 1/2 ) and Jake Galpin (51-7 1/2 ) finished third and fourth, respectively, behind Gabbard.

The Oilers’ 4 x 400 team of Smith, Carroll, Wright and Gabe Terrassas won the league title in 3:28.10.

Smith (400, 4 x 400), Carroll (400, 4 x 400), Gabbard (shot put), Fiaseu (shot put) and the 4 x 100 relay team of Joey Fleming, Emery Logan, Patrick Moan and Nick Gordon will compete this weekend at the CIF-Southern Section prelims.

“I’m very pleased with everyone’s performance and am looking forward to CIF prelims,” Huntington Beach boys’ coach Rick Glenn said. “The guys really ran well when we had to and rounded out the best track and field season in recent memory.

“Our sprinters and mid-distance guys really ran well this year, and along with our throwers, we were able to win a lot of meets and move on to CIF.”

In the girls’ league finals competition, the Oilers senior Laura Boggeln placed second in the shot put (38-8 1/2 ).

At the Sunset League finals at Huntington Beach High, local athletes garnered three individual titles.

Edison junior Ryan Simioni easily won the boys’ pole vault at 14-6, with Marina’s Leon Roach (14-0) finishing in second-place.

Marina had two first-place finishers in senior Eric Grunbaum, who won the shot put at 54-1 and sophomore Lisa Loperfido, who won the girls’ 400-meters in 1:02.66.

The CIF-SS Division I prelims will be held at Trabuco Hills and Division II prelims at Moorpark High, both beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday.

In swimming

Greg White and Julian Bonse captured individual titles for Huntington Beach Friday at the Sea View League Swimming Championships at El Toro High.

White, a senior, was seeded first in the boys’ 100-yard butterfly after swimming a 53.86 at the prelims meet. At Friday’s final, he swam a personal-best 52.71 and just did out-touch Northwood’s Chris Uncanin by 1/100 of a second to win an intense championship race.

Bonse, a junior, turned in a fast performance to win the 500 free in 4:40.98. He defeated his closest competitor, Vanek Martin of El Toro, by more than 3 1/2 seconds.

Bonse also earned a second medal by finishing second in the 200 free in a CIF automatic qualifying time of 1:45.24. Northwood’s Lugar Choi winning in 1:42.62.

Both White and Bonse competed Wednesday at the CIF-Southern Section Swimming Championships prelims event at Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach.

The other Oilers athlete to medal at the boys’ league finals was freshman Isaeah Ray, who won the 200 free consolation race in 1:51.36.

Huntington’s boys finished fifth in the league standings.

In the girls’ championship finals, Huntington finished fourth overall, and Oilers Leah Trella, Nicole Barker and Tasmin Backer all medaled in their races.

Trella, a sophomore, placed second in the 50 free (24.85), earning an automatic berth into this week’s CIF meet. She also earned silver in the 100 breaststroke (1:10.21, CIF consideration time).

Barker, a junior, earned two medals. She was second in the 500 free (5:24.95) and third in the 200 free (2:01.22).

Backer, also a junior, took bronze in the 100 butterfly (1:01.74, CIF consideration time).

In baseball

Ocean View clinched the Golden West League championship Monday by routing host Santa Ana, 12-2. The Seahawks have won the last five league titles.

Santa Ana was a game behind Ocean View in the standings heading into Monday’s key contest.

Sean Burleson’s complete-game victory saw the junior limit the Saints to just four hits while striking out five. He backed his own cause, too, going three for four with a home run in the third and two RBI.

Senior Mike Fuentes was a perfect four for four with an RBI, senior Ryan Schulenburg went three for four and drove in four runs, and senior Manny Guzman tripled and doubled.

Edison clubbed five home runs Tuesday — two apiece by junior Kyle Higashioka and senior Tyler Chapman — and whipped rival Fountain Valley, 9-0.

Higashioka hit a solo homer in the bottom of the first to give the Chargers their first run and added a two-run homer in the third. Chapman hit a pair of two-run shots, one each in the second and fifth innings.

Senior Brent Meschuk hit the other home run, a two-run blast, in the fifth.

Senior Greg Davis went the distance and allowed just three hits.

The Chargers conclude league play and the regular season today at Fountain Valley. Another victory over the Barons, coupled with a loss by Los Alamitos today at Esperanza, would leave Edison and Los Alamitos tied for the league championship.

In a Sea View League contest played Tuesday night, Huntington went on the road and handed host Woodbridge a 3-0 shutout loss. Senior Justin Pegram recorded the win for the Oilers who wrap up league play today hosting Woodbridge.

In softball

Ocean View, which already had the Golden West League championship in its grasp, moved a step closer to a perfect league season Monday by defeating visiting Orange, 7-2. Freshman Holli Floetker struck out seven in a complete-game victory as the Seahawks moved to 9-0 in league.

Marina opened up a 3-0 lead on visiting Newport Harbor Tuesday in their Sunset League encounter and rode that fast start to an 11-0 shutout victory over the Sailors.

Michelle Fuzzard struck out eight and allowed just one hit and doubled twice herself. Alicia Rosen had three hits and drove in four runs while scoring three times and Shannon Simmons doubled among three hits for the Vikings.

In another Sunset clash Tuesday, host Edison shut down Fountain Valley 3-0.

The Chargers end the regular season today at Esperanza.