CdM hosts El Dorado

Corona del Mar High’s boys soccer team opens the CIF Division II

Playoffs today on the Sea Kings’ campus with a 3 p.m. matchup with

Century League representative El Dorado in what appears to be one of

the more attractive first-round games of the day.

Corona del Mar, 16-5-2 and the No. 1 entry from the Pacific Coast

League, enters with the favorite’s tag after sharing the PCL crown

with Northwood.

Coach Pat Callaghan’s Sea Kings are one a five-game winning

streak, including shutout victories over Tesoro, University and

Calvary Chapel, capped by the 2-1 victory over Northwood in the

regular-season finale.

Victory would send the Sea Kings into Wednesday’s second round

against the winner of host Riverside Poly (19-4-3) and Murrieta

Valley (11-5-8). Riverside Poly is the No. 4 seed in the 32-team

eliminations.

Newport Harbor, meanwhile, takes its 8-6-4 record and No. 2 Sea

View League credentials to Santa Monica, where the Vikings of the Bay

League await with a 16-8 record. It is also scheduled for 3 p.m.

The Sailors are working on a five-game unbeaten streak.

St. Francis (22-5) or Agoura (17-5-3) await today’s winner in the

second round.

In Division VI first-round play, Sage Hill School’s boys take an

8-5-5 record to St. Bernard, Camino Real League champions, at 3.

* In girls water polo, Newport Harbor’s Sea View League

runners-up, seeded No. 2 in Division I circles, won the flip and will

host the Montebello Oilers at noon today.

Montebello, 22-5 and the Almont League champion, eliminated

Capistrano Valley, 13-7, in the first round. The Sailors await with

22-5 credentials.

Corona del Mar, top-seeded in Division II, takes its 23-5 record

to Mira Costa High in Manhattan Beach where the Sea Kings will duel

El Seguno (23-6).

CdM’s record includes three losses to Division I power Foothill, a

split with Back Bay rival Newport Harbor and a 2-1 edge over Santa

Margarita.

* In CIF Division IV-A boys basketball, Steve Keith takes his

Sage Hill School Lightning to the Westside Jewish Community Center

for an 8 o’clock second-round matchup with Yeshiva. It is at 5870

West Olympic Blvd. In Los Angeles.

* Girls basketball: See B4.