Champions corner

AYSO 120: Costa Mesa’s boys- and girls under-12 soccer teams from

AYSO Region 120 began the All-Star season with two victories apiece.

The girls’ team, nicknamed “Fast & Furious,” shut out both Newport

Beach and South Irvine, 2-0, Saturday.

Daisy Martinez scored both goals as Fast & Furious defeated South

Irvine. Midfielders Mariah Bailey, Kendra Fisher, Abby Schaeffer and

Alex Payzant controlled their part of the field.

Forward Jenna Turner and halfback Cori Patelski provided constant

pressure on Irvine’s defense. Sweeper Carlee Tuppan, along with Fox,

Chapin and Bailey, led the defense.

In the team’s first game, striker Alexa Aguilar switched the ball

to Martinez at forward, who then passed to Stephanie Fox for the

first goal in the 2-0 defeat of Newport. Halfback Cori Chapin added

another goal with a strong kick from the penalty area.

Strong defense was played by Karen Williams, Teresa Fox and

Breanna Arellano.

* In boys under-12 action, the Costa Mesa Scorpions posted wins

of 2-0 and 3-2.

In the 2-0 win, Joey Eggers drew the goalie out with a strong-side

shot, leaving Calvin Tran open to tap it in for the first goal.

In the fourth quarter, Ricky Saldana trapped a pass and ran all

the way down the field against two defenders. Saldana shot from 25

yards out and the ball went off the goalie’s fingers into the goal.

In Mesa’s first game, Rafael Gomez scored two goals, one on an

assist from Andrew Guerrero, and forward Jonathan Knauer added a

single goal early in the first quarter.

Erick Loera denied a potential game-tying shot and led the defense

along with Eggers, who stopped a shot in goal in the third period.

Newport-Mesa wins, 44-23

YOUTH HOOPS: The Newport-Mesa All-Net seventh-grade boys

basketball team improved to 6-0 with a 44-23 victory over the Yorba

Linda Stars.

Jonathan Howse and R.J. D’Cruz picked up key rebounds in holding

Yorba Linda to nine first-half points.

Jamie McGee led all scorers with 16 points while Robbie Boyer,

Kyle Caldwell and Joe Eberhard each tallied six. Ali Meshkin had four

points and Will Kelly, P.J. Simpson and John Swift each had two to

round out the scoring.

In boys sixth-grade play:

* Newport 40, Cypress 38

Michael Helfrich scored the game-winning three-point basket to

lead Newport to its fourth consecutive win.

Andrew McDonald, Frank DeNoewer and J.B. Green also knocked down

key three-pointers down the stretch.

The defense was keyed by Danny Moskovits, Cameron Holmes and Danny

Miller while Joey Jones shot well from the outside.

Sean Donovan led the rebounding and played tough defense while

Nick Freeman helped the team at both ends of the floor.

In boys fifth-grade play:

* Newport Red Raiders 49, El Toro 31

The Red Raiders are now 4-0 and lead the All-Net South Division.

Parker Stone (10 points) along with Fletcher Della Grotta and

Dillon Campbell (each with eight points) led the scoring while Austin

Rios (seven) and Trevor Miles (six) took care of the rebounds.

Randall Nelson tallied 10 assists and Collin Krahe had six steals

for the victors.

Wildman’s buzzer-beater

YOUTH HOOPS: Taylor Wildman scored the winning basket as time

expired to give the Costa Mesa Wizards’ Boys Club 4 basketball team

its third win.

With 11 seconds to go Andrew Duhoux chased down a loose ball and

tossed it to Wildman for the winning basket.

The Wizards (3-1) trailed by 10 at halftime and tied the game with

30 seconds remaining in the contest.

Wyeth Rietveld led the Wizards with 16 points and Wildman added 14

with Dominic Re contributing five points and six rebounds.

Duhoux led the team in rebounding with eight.

Spencer Rautus had two blocked shots, two steals and chipped in

three points while Cassidy Gatewood’s rebounding enabled the Wizards

to remain within striking distance.

Golden Hawks prevail, 22-13

AYSO 120: The Golden Hawks beat the Wizards, 22-13, in the battle

of undefeated teams in Newport-Mesa third- and fourth-grade girls

National Junior Basketball action.

Ellie Nadal led the Hawks with 11 points and several assists to

her six other teammates who scored.

Kelsey Woo contributed four points and 12 rebounds and the

stifling defense was led by Taleen Shrikian and Olivia Tharp.

Brooke Lux led the Wizards with seven points and Cassie Stratton

added both strong defense and rebounding.

In other action:

* Lakers 24, Sparks 17

Kelsey Carrido led the Lakers with 11 points with Elika Fateri

(seven points) and Valerie Martin (six) leading the scoring.

Alex Aiello led the Sparks with four points.

* Newport Magic 16, Irvine Broncos 11

Laura Martinez (nine points), Niki Zak (five points), Anna Scott

and Taylor McLaughlin paced the Magic scoring.

Sara Silverman and Emma Kaye led the Magic defense.

Newport Beach Breakers blank foes

AYSO 97: The Newport Beach Breakers stormed to two straight

shutouts to open AYSO Region 97 girls under-10 soccer action.

The silver all-star team defeated Tustin, 2-0, and its sister team

from Newport Beach, 3-0.

Shannon Boler scored both goals against Tustin at the Tustin

Sports Complex.

Lauren Terry went the distance in goal, making five saves. The

Breakers had 12 shots on goal and controlled possession for most of

the game.

Maria Swift, Lexi Jenkins and Kelly Rorden played strong defense

allowing the Breakers to keep possession in front of the Tustin goal.

Swift scored two goals and Claire Castillo added another goal in

Newport’s 3-0 win.

Courtney McIntosh, Josie Jogwe, Monique Conant, Terry and Boler

created several scoring chances with skillful dribbling and passing.

Jenkins, Rorden, Christy Olhaver and Tempest Blaine led the

defense.

Hornets sting Kings, 50-38

YOUTH HOOPS: Eric Rask and Gus Ellis each scored 15 points to lead

the Hornets to a 50-38 victory over the Kings in Newport-Mesa

National Junior Basketball action.

The Hornets, a seventh- and eighth-grade boys team, moved to 5-0

with the win.

Ellis grabbed 12 rebounds and had two assists while Rask tallied

two rebounds and four assists.

Also contributing on offense were Chase Pinesett (four points and

four rebounds), Thomas Dialynas (five points, three rebounds and two

steals) and J.P. Gormly (four points, six rebounds, one assist and

two steals).

Steady defense was provided by Andy Rovzar (four points, two

assists and four steals), Timothy Regan (one rebound), Austin

Apramian (three rebounds) and Kevin Rask (three points and one

assist).

CdM Gold All-Star boys win, 4-1

YOUTH SOCCER: Two goals by Kjell Wolker keyed a 4-1 win for the

Corona del Mar boys gold All-Star soccer team over South Irvine.

Connor Gaal headed-in a shot for a goal off an assist from Mason

Case to round out the scoring. Hector Marino took a rebound of a shot

from CdM’s Brent Gray to give the victors a 1-0 lead in the second

quarter.

Brent Lawson, Jack McBean and Brennan Anderson continued with

offensive pressure. The defense was led by Blake Thomsen, Gray,

Garrett Larson and goalie Clark Cashion.

Newport Beach Gold drops two

YOUTH SOCCER: Newport Beach’s gold team in the boys under-12

competition fought hard in losses to Costa Mesa (4-0) and Tustin

(5-0).

Adrian Rodriguez, Jay Ordaz, Sean Thompson and Grady Kough all had

shots on goal with help from Joel Betonte and Easton Giedt.

Christian Scott and Derek Boler hustled along with midfielders

Kyle Evans, Eric Holland and Jeff Newman.

Defensively Tom Badum and Justin Faber worked alongside goalies

Tim Barela and Hayden Navarro to give possession back to Newport.

CdM boys under-12 All-Stars split

AYSO 57: The Corona del Mar boys under-12 All-Star soccer team

from AYSO Region 57 went 1-1 in the first weekend of playoffs.

CdM beat Tustin, 4-1 in the first game.

John Doering led CdM in scoring with two goals with Ori Tabak and

Camden Nicholson each tallying single goals.

In the second game, CdM tied North Irvine, 0-0.

Bunk Hooper, Connor Bannan and Mike McKenna showed accurate

passing on offense with strong ball-control at midfield led by Hunter

Adler, Cory Donovan and Tommy Bangert.

The defense was led by stopper James Cunningham and defensive

backs Wes Baker, Matt Cohen and goalkeeper Kendall Pick.

The CdM All-Stars are currently in second place.