Corona del Mar polo posts pair of 10s

The Corona del Mar High girls water polo team scored 10 goals in each

of its two victories in the first day of the Irvine Southern

California championships Thursday at CdM.

The Sea Kings (14-7) defeated Esperanza, 10-1, in their first game

of pool play and then knocked off Arlington of Riverside, 10-3, to

advance to today’s quarterfinals. CdM will take on Long Beach Wilson

today at 6 p.m. at the Sea Kings’ pool.

Senior Katya Eadington led CdM with seven goals, two against

Esperanza and five against Arlington. Senior Vivian Liao scored two

goals in each victory, while Camille Hewko (three goals), Ashley

Chandler (two), Jordan Anae (one), Amy Strack (one), Katie Indvik

(one) and Katlin Kubas (one) contributed in both wins.

Goalie Brittany Fullen recorded five saves in each game.

Tars cruise to victories

* WATER POLO: Carolyn Conway scored eight goals in two games as

the Newport Harbor High girls water polo team easily won its two

games of pool play in the Irvine Southern California championships

Thursday in the Sailors’ pool.

Conway scored four goals, as did Leah Robertson in Newport’s 18-1

victory over Long Beach Poly to open tourney play. Conway added four

more goals and Anne Belden matched that in leading the Sailors to an

11-3 win over Long Beach Millikan that advanced Newport (19-2) to the

quarterfinals, in which the Tars will face Coronado today at 6 p.m.

at Newport Harbor.

Kally Lucas scored three goals and had six steals in the Sailors’

first win, which also included goals from Belden (two), Ashling

Taylor (two), Melissa Wheeler (one), Jessica Ball (one) and Sabrina

Cook (one). Ball scored two goals and Wheeler added one against

Millikan.

Goalies Terin Cottam and Kim Housepian recorded seven and five

saves, respectively, in the two games.

Estancia handles Saints

* BASKETBALL: Carlos Pinto, Scott Sankey and Mike McDaniels each

scored in double figures to lead the Estancia High boys basketball

team to a 58-41 Golden West League victory over visiting Santa Ana

Thursday.

Pinto led the Eagles (12-12, 4-6 in league) with 15 points, while Sankey added 14 and McDaniels 10. Sankey grabbed nine rebounds and

Hugo Escobedo contributed seven points, seven rebounds and five

assists.

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Golden West League

Estancia 58, Santa Ana 41

Score by Quarters

Santa Ana 10 12 8 11 -- 41

Estancia 15 15 14 14 -- 58

Santa Ana -- P. Flores 12, Silva 6, Granados

12, R. Flores 2, Favela 6, Rodriguez 3. 3-pt.

goals -- P. Flores 4, Granados 4, Silva 2,

Rodriguez 1. Estancia -- Pinto 15, McDaniels

10, Markley 2, Sankey 14, Escobedo 7, Verette

6, Viramontes 4, Meissner 0, Young 0, Kopp 0,

Fryslie 0, Salas 0. 3-pt. goals -- McDaniels

2, Escobedo 1, Pinto 1.

*--*

Mesa in win column

* SOCCER: Costa Mesa High’s boys soccer team got its first win in

nearly two years Thursday with a 3-2 Golden West League victory over

host Orange.

Senior Barnade Ortega scored two goals while Jose Perez added the

game-winner in the 55th minute to give Mesa a 3-1 lead it would hold

for its first Golden West League win since joining the circuit last

season.

The Mustangs’ last victory came Feb. 15, 2002, when they defeated

Pacifica, 3-0, in the first round of the CIF Southern Section

Division IV playoffs.

Eric Vargas made four saves for Mesa (1-16, 1-10 in league), which

received strong defense from Edgar Ochoa.

Sailors edge Hawks

* BASKETBALL: Junior Vanessa Miller scored a game-high 20 points

and knocked down a key three-pointer with about a minute left to lead

the Newport Harbor High girls basketball team to a 49-46 Sea View

League victory over visiting Laguna Hills Thursday.

The Hawks led, 46-45, before Miller hit her fourth three-pointer.

Senior Jillianne Whitfield, who contributed 15 points and 14 rebounds, later hit a free throw for the Sailors’ final point.

Whitfield was 9 for 10 from the free-throw line, while Miller

connected on four of her nine three-pointers for Newport (13-11, 4-5

in league).

*--*

Sea View League

Newport Harbor 49, Laguna Hills 46

Score by Quarters

Laguna 17 5 11 13 -- 46

Newport 8 14 15 12 -- 49

Laguna -- Eliades 4, Gavel 2, Imber 14,

Williams 11, Go 7, Morese 4, Voss 4. 3-pt.

goals -- Williams 2. Newport -- Stoltz 4,

Whitfield 15, Miller 20, Koon 1, Eddington 1,

Lawrence 1, Trobman 7, Melo 0, Slater 0,

Deyan 0. 3-pt. goals -- Miller 4, Trobman 1.

*--*

Tars earn 2nd league win

* SOCCER: The Newport Harbor High girls soccer team scored three

unanswered goals and defeated visiting Laguna Hills, 3-1, in a Sea

View League game Thursday.

The Hawks scored three minutes into the game before Senior Stacy

Allee tallied Newport’s first goal in the 39th minute, converting a

deflected pass into the net.

Krystal Wright scored the deciding goal on a penalty kick in the

44th minute and junior Tayler Giacomaro laced a shot from 26 yards

out to cap the scoring in the 70th minute.

Kara DeMille made three saves in the first half for Newport

(3-15-3, 2-5-2 in league) while Mary Giberson took over in the second

half and stopped two shots.

Coast wins opener

* TENNIS: The Orange Coast College women’s tennis team opened its

season with a 9-0 nonconference win over visiting San Diego Mesa

Thursday.

Leanna Burmood, Leah Becker, Sabrina Tanamal and Darlene Tran each

won two sets in singles while Kai Moriyama and Thao Ho both won by

default.

Castaneda hot for OCC

* BASEBALL: Sophomore outfielder Jose Castaneda went 4 for 5 with

three doubles, three runs scored and four RBIs to lead the Orange

Coast College baseball team to a 13-5 win over visiting Chaffey in

the Matt O’Brien Memorial tournament Thursday.

Keith Mastel added two hits and scored twice to go with his one

RBI, while Anthony Duarte contributed a double and three runs scored

for the Pirates (1-1).

*--*

Matt O’Brien Memorial

Orange Coast 13, Chaffey 5

Score by Innings

Chaffey 000 210 20 -- 5 8 5

OCC 204 050 2x -- 13 9 1

Hinshaw, Allen (3), Bastio (6) and

Paluzzi, Flores; Peck, Gagne (5),

Lutgendorf (6), Salazar (7), Wells (8)

and Hicks, Hazen. W -- Gagne, 1-0. L --

Hinshaw. 2B -- Sandercock (C), Wolfe (C),

Castaneda (OCC) 3, Duarte (OCC). HR --

Clark (C).

*--*

Calvary rallies past CdM

* BASKETBALL: Chelsea Deluca scored a game-high 22 points while

Kristin Moore tallied 10 of her 15 points in the fourth quarter as

the visiting Calvary Chapel High (Santa Ana) girls basketball team

defeated Corona del Mar, 50-44, in a Pacific Coast League game

Thursday.

Sophomore Katie Schulte came off the bench to lead CdM (7-15, 2-7

in league) with eight points while Kelly Kawata and Megan Benbow each

added seven points. Sarah Stern added six points to go with five

points from Colleen Marks.

Kate Heeschen scored four points to go with five rebounds, four

assists and four steals.

*--*

Pacific Coast League

Calvary Chapel 50, Corona del Mar 44

Score by Quarters

Calvary 9 12 10 19 - 50

CdM 7 15 6 16 - 44

Calvary -- Moore 15, Hurst 9, Ricker 2, Deluca

22, Schick 0, Murphy 2, Mardeh 0. 3-pt. goals

-- None. CdM -- Snell 3, Marks 5, Stern 6,

Heeschen 4, Skalla 0, Benbow 7, Wayte 0,

Schulte 8, Duernberger 4, Long 0, Kawata 7.

3-pt. goals -- Stern 2, Marks 1, Snell 1.

*--*

Palomar silences Coast

* TENNIS: Orange Coast College’s men’s tennis team fell to host

Palomar, 9-0, in a nonconference match Thursday.

Mike Hoevel (Newport Harbor High) lost to a Palomar opponent, 7-5,

6-3, while Scott Fielder lost his two sets, 6-4, 6-4.

Colin Duncan (Newport Harbor) lost two sets, 6-3, 6-3, while Mike

Manus fell at No. 1 singles, 6-1, 6-2.

UCI downed in Stockton

* BASKETBALL: Senior Kristen Green scored a career-high 27 points,

but the UC Irvine women’s basketball team lost, 72-66, to Big West

Conference host University of the Pacific Thursday.

Green was 5 of 10 from three-point range. Lauren Yadon added 11

points for the Anteaters (3-15, 2-8 in conference). Corinne Wong led

the Tigers (9-10, 8-2) with 19 points.

*--*

Big West Conference

University of the Pacific 72, UC Irvine 66

UCI -- Yadon 11, Callaway 6, Stanley 8, Green 27, Ned 0, Usher 6, Urban 6, Biggins 2. 3-pt. goals -- Green 5, Urban 1. Fouled out -- Yadon, Callaway, Stanley. UOP -- Nederostek 2, smith 0, Menkens 14, Wong 19, Dinges 16, d’Hondt 14, Brantley 4, Gibbard

3. 3-pt. goals -- Dinges 4, Menkens 2, Wong 1. Fouled out -- Nederostek, d’Hondt. Halftime -- UOP, 35-24.

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Sailors to host tourney

* LACROSSE: The Newport Harbor lacrosse parent boosters will host

a tournament a barbecue at Newport Harbor High Saturday, with four

games scheduled, beginning at 9 a.m.

The schedule includes Newport Harbor junior high boys vs. Corona

del Mar (9 a.m.), Newport Harbor youth girls vs. Tustin (10:30 a.m.),

Newport Harbor youth boys No. 1 vs. Seal Beach (Noon) and Newport

Harbor youth boys No. 2 vs. St. Margaret’s (1:30 p.m.).

For more information, call 714-264-8907 or 714-624-6895.