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The Corona del Mar High boys and girls cross country teams remained
unbeaten in Pacific Coast League meets Thursday by topping visiting
University at Bonita Creek Park.
The boys won, 20-36, and the girls prevailed, 15-45.
CdM junior Jack Turner led from wire-to-wire in the boys race, Sea
King Coach Bill Sumner said. Turner’s time of 16:15 was nine seconds
ahead of teammate Ryan Guthrie.
CdM’s Tommy Hutchinson (16:38) and Kenneth Wong (16:39) were
fourth and fifth, respectively.
Hilary May (19:29) and Alison Damon (19:36) were first and second,
respectively, as CdM girls also rounded out the first six places.
Nichole Slykhous (19:42), Devon Ahearn (19:46), Christie St. Geme
(19:50) and Ahlia Kattan (19:51) rounded out the CdM monopoly.
CdM’s boys and girls are now 3-0 in league, with key league
battles scheduled Thursday at Laguna Beach.
Eagles dominate foes
* CROSS COUNTRY: The Estancia High boys and girls cross country
teams earned dual-meet wins over Orange and Ocean View Thursday at
Fairview Park.
The Estancia boys beat Orange, 19-39, their first win over the
Panthers in three years, and topped Ocean View, 17-42.
The Estancia girls beat Ocean View, 16-43, and Orange, 23-34.
Senior Alex Cahuantzi (17:08) won the boys three-mile race, two
seconds ahead of sophomore teammate Alan Reza.
Jose Garcia (sixth in 17:46), Hector Garcia (ninth in 18:12) and
Giovanni Rodea (10th in 18:28) also stood out for the Eagles.
Estancia sophomore Sydney Barlow won the girls race in 20:02,
while teammates Unice Rodriguez (third in 21:08), Paula Negrete
(fourth in 21:27), Okairy Lomeli (seventh in 21:59), Karina Rios
(ninth in 22:10) and Lucy Leon (10th in 22:16) all ran well for the
winners.
Both Estancia teams are now 2-0 in league.
Estancia edges Mesa
* TENNIS: Estancia High sophomore Sara Stratton swept at No. 1
singles to lead the Eagles to a 10-8 Golden West League girls tennis
win over crosstown rival Costa Mesa Thursday on the Mustangs’ courts.
Estancia’s No. 1 doubles tandem of Sage O’Toole and Cathy Pittman
won two sets for the winners, who improved to 7-3, 6-0 in league.
Costa Mesa (4-6, 4-2) was paced by seniors Maria Garcia and Uyen
Le, who teamed to sweep in doubles. They are now 13-4 against league
doubles foes.
Hong-An Nguyen and Leah Le won two doubles sets for Costa Mesa.
They are 15-3 this season.
*--*
Golden West League
Estancia 10, Costa Mesa 8 Singles -- Stratton (E) def. Mathieson, 6-1, def. Wallace, 6-4, def. Hoang, 6-1; Zaidler (E) won, 6-1, lost, 2-6, won, 6-1; Morton (E) won, 6-2, lost, 6-7 (5-7), won, 6-3;
O’Toole-Pittman (E) def. Martinez-Levanas, 6-3; def. L. Le-Nguyen, 6-3, lost to Garcia- U. Le, 4-6; Muradian-Kirchberg (E), won, 6-2, lost, 1-6, 6-7 (5-7); Simmons-Miller (E) lost, 4-6, 1-6, 2-6.
*--*
Sea Kings top Tesoro
* TENNIS: Corona del Mar High doubles teams Hayley Young and Jami
Steele, as well as Miranda Young and Alexandra Walters, each swept to
propel the host Sea Kings to a 13-5 Pacific Coast League-opening
girls tennis win Thursday over Tesoro.
Young and Steele won 18 of 25 games, while Young and Walters won
18 of 23 to help CdM improve to 6-1.
*--*
Pacific Coast League
CdM 13, Tesoro 5
Singles -- Damion (CdM) lost to Jones, 2-6, def. Welliver, 6-1, def. Ellison, 6-0; Braverman (CdM) lost, 1-6, won, 6-0, (sub) Bryan (CdM) lost, 3-6; Miller (CdM) lost 2-6, won, 6-4, 7-5.
Doubles -- H. Young-Steel (CdM) def. Matthews-Salgado, 6-4, def. Stowell-Leckness, 6-1, def. Longiotti-Cordero, 6-2; M. Young-Walters (CdM) won, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2; (sub) Kaiden-Atkins (CdM) won, 7-6, Norman Atkins (CdM) lost, 6-7, won, 6-2.
*--*
Mustangs hold off Troy
* WATER POLO: Costa Mesa High senior Adam Douglas scored seven
goals and junior teammate Kyle Thorsness added five to help the
Mustangs hold off Troy, 15-13, in a nonleague boys water polo game
Thursday at Troy.
Evan Spencer and Luke Yellin had three assists and one goal apiece
for the Mustangs, who improved to 7-2.
*--*
Nonleague
Costa Mesa 15, Troy 13
Score by Quarters
Troy 2 2 5 4 -- 13
Mesa 3 3 6 3 -- 15
Costa Mesa -- Douglas 7, Thorsness 5, Spencer 1,
Yellin 1, Medina 1. Saves -- Jaroslawski 6.
*--*
You sparks 4-0 Eagles
* GOLF: The Estancia High girls golf team handled Oxford Academy,
233-250, to earn a Golden West League victory Thursday at Dad Miller
Golf Course in Anaheim.
Lina You earned medalist honors with a nine-hole round of 42,
while Bridget Gleason (43), Briana Eigenmann (48), Lauren Donner (49)
and Lauren Cushing (51) also helped the Eagles improve to 4-0 in
league, heading into a first-place showdown Tuesday with St.
Margaret’s.
Medalists pace CdM
* GOLF: Medalists Katie Albright and Katie McKitterick both shot
8-over-par 43 to lead the Corona del Mar High girls golf team to a
230-239 Pacific Coast League victory over Tesoro Thursday at Newport
Beach Country Club.
Maggie Nelson (45), Jonna Kim (47), Michelle Albrecht (52) and
Caitlin McDonald (52) also contributed for the winners, who improved
to 5-1, 1-1 in league.
Sailors pull out 1-0 win
* FIELD HOCKEY: Senior Reese Simmons scored off a Sasha Grumman
assist for the only goal in the Newport Harbor High field hockey
team’s 1-0 victory over host Huntington Beach Thursday.
The Sailors (11-1-3) extended their unbeaten streak to 12 games
with the win. Newport senior goalkeeper Ciara Lawrence made five
saves.
Mustangs tame Lions
* GOLF: The Costa Mesa High girls golf team earned its first
Golden West League triumph of the season Thursday, topping visiting
Westminster, 311-322, at the Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club.
Christy Gregory was the medalist for the Mustangs, with a
nine-hole round of 56 on the par-35 course.
Melissa Pardue (60), Sarah Grabarsky (62), Abby Dayiv (66) and
Julia Jarasonsky (67) also chipped in for the Mustangs (1-3 in
league).
Wolverines top Tars
* GOLF: Newport Harbor High senior Kayleigh Horn made four
birdies, shot 1-under-par 35 and earned medalist honors, but host
Aliso Niguel captured a 201-214 Sea View League girls golf win
Thursday at Aliso Viejo Golf Club.
It was Horn’s first under-par performance for the Sailors, who
also received a personal-best 39 from senior Ashley Jacobs.
Natalie Draganza (40), Kendall Horn (47), Iko Kagasoff (53) and
Katie McKay (53) also contributed for the Sailors (2-4, 0-2 in
league).
Aliso improved to 3-4, 2-0.
Woodbridge beats Tars
* TENNIS: The Newport Harbor High girls tennis team lost, 10-8, to
visiting Woodbridge Thursday in the Sea View League opener for both
teams.
It is the second close loss in a row for the Sailors, who fell,
10-8, to Troy Wednesday.
Newport Harbor (5-5) was paced by No. 1 singles player Chrissy
Schwartz and the No. 1 doubles team of Brittanny Sturgess and Sasha
Dunlap, who won a combined four of the six sets they played.
Woodbridge improves to 6-4.
The Sailors travel to Foothill Tuesday.
*--*
Sea View League
Woodbridge 10, Newport Harbor 8
Singles -- Schwartz (NH) lost to Williams 1-6, def. Call 7-6, def. Fernandez 6-2; Casserly (NH) lost, 0-6, 3-6, won, 7-5; Chin (NH) lost, 0-6, 1-6, won, 6-4.
Doubles -- Sturgess-Dunlap (NH) lost to Brenner-Reeves 5-7, def. Caw-Snyderman 6-2, def. Casorten-Spitz 6-3; McKay-Adams (NH) lost, 6-7, 3-6, won, 6-1; Cluck-McIntosh (NH) lost, 3-6, 0-6, won, 6-4.
*--*
Sage Hill defeated
* GOLF: Sage Hill School freshman Justine Chen shot 1-over-par 37
to capture medalist honors, but St. Margaret’s earned a 215-238
Golden West League girls golf victory over the Lightning Thursday at
Rancho San Joaquin Golf Club in Irvine.
Emma Koh (45), Natalie Kraft (55), Kimberly Venditozzi (57) and
Madison Gillis (57) also scored for the Lightning (4-1 in league).
St. Margaret’s improved to 5-0 in league, heading into Tuesday’s
first-place showdown with Estancia.
Daley tied for ninth
* GOLF: Newport Beach resident Pete Daley finished in a three-way
tie for ninth in the 27th annual Southern California Golf Association
Senior Amateur championship, which concluded Wednesday at the
Wilshire Country Club.
Daley, a Mesa Verde Country Club member, finished 8-over-par
(77-73 -- 150) in the 36-hole championship. Placentia’s Steve Bogan
(68-72 -- 140) won the tournament by four strokes over Encino
resident Paul Kay and Steve Yavorsky, from Capistrano Beach.
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