Mustangs open with convincing win

Junior Jasmin Day scored a game-high three goals and added an assist

to help lead the host Costa Mesa High girls soccer team to a 5-0

nonleague victory over Rosary in the Mustangs’ season opener Tuesday.

Day, a two-time first-team All-Golden West League selection, was

joined in the scoring column by senior returner Jenny Sparks, who

added one goal while tallying two assists, and senior Eva Garcia.

Senior Nilani Duarte and sophomore Sharon Frazier each added one

assist while goalkeeper Kendra Bailey made four saves for Mesa.

Loper leads Lightning

* BASKETBALL: Senior Matt Loper scored a career-high 28 points

while adding 10 rebounds and four steals to pace the Sage Hill School

boys basketball team to a 61-30 nonleague victory over visiting

Orangewood Academy in the teams’ season opener Tuesday.

Loper, a second-team All-Academy League honoree last season, shot

11 of 15 from the field and went 5 of 5 from the free-throw line.

Mike Voge and Jordan Ogron each scored eight points while Tim

Lefler added five for Sage, which led, 50-15, after three quarters.

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Nonleague

Sage Hill 61, Orangewood Academy 30

Score by Quarters

O’wood 4 7 4 15 -- 30

Sage 16 17 17 11 -- 61

Orange -- Briceno 4, Portilla 10, Moore 2,

Zapeda 6, Fountain 2, Janis 2, Boger 2,

Arteaga 2, Gomez 0, Hartlieb 0, Uchium 0.

3-pt. goals -- Portilla 2. Fouled out --

Moore. Sage -- Witte 2, Lefler 5, Loper 28,

Voge 8, Samel 2, Ogron 8, Webster 2, Hancock

2, Morgan 4. 3-pt. goals -- Ogron 2, Loper 1.

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Sage opens with shutout

* SOCCER: Freshman Kellee Kim’s hat trick, along with single goals

from three different players, helped the Sage Hill School girls

soccer team open its season with a 6-0 nonleague victory over host

Rancho Alamitos Tuesday.

Freshmen Claire Josephson and Colleen Heyler, along with senior

Amy Werblin, each tallied single goals while sophomores Kara Percival

and Ali McLaughlin had two assists apiece for the Lightning, who led,

4-0, at halftime.

Rachel Blitzer and Josephson each added an assist while senior

goalkeeper Laura Gordon made three saves.

Eagles surge past Bolsa

* WATER POLO: Four players scored two goals each to power the host

Estancia High girls water polo team to a 10-6 nonleague victory over

Bolsa Grande Tuesday.

Chelsea Kaplan, Carolina Barnes, Courtney Hess and Melissa

Buchmann each tallied two goals while Andrea Bray and Amaryah Thaler

had one goal apiece for the Eagles (1-1), who outscored Bolsa, 4-1,

in the third quarter to pull away.

Katie Mahan made 15 saves for Estancia, which suffered an 8-3 loss

to Garden Grove in its opener Monday.

*--*

Nonleague

Estancia 10, Bolsa Grande 6

Score by Quarters

Bolsa 2 2 1 1 -- 6

Estancia 2 3 4 1 -- 10

Bolsa -- A. Yoon 1, J. Yoon 4, Michel 1. Estancia

-- Kaplan 2, Barnes 2, Hess 2, Bray 1, Buchmann

2, Thaler 1. Saves -- K. Mahan 15.

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Sage is ‘Wright’ on

* BASKETBALL: Junior Haywood Wright tallied a game-high 20 points

while three teammates also scored in double figures for the host Sage

Hill School girls basketball team, which opened its season with a

68-17 nonleague victory over visiting Orangewood Academy Tuesday

night.

Wright, a two-time first-team All-Academy League selection, added

13 rebounds -- 10 offensive -- and four blocks, while Katie Puishys

tallied 13 points to go with 11 rebounds. Vicky Gutierrez finished

with 11 points and four steals while Laura Schaefer tallied eight

assists. Debbie Yoder-Lee added nine points and five steals for Sage.

*--*

Nonleague

Sage Hill 68, Orangewood Academy 17

Score by Quarters

O’wood 4 4 5 4 -- 17

Sage 22 17 12 17 -- 68

O’wood -- Schultz 0, Florez 4, Barragan 0,

Mountain 4, Schin 2, Arizola 7, Garcia 0,

Ramirez 0, Uchimi 0. Sage -- Schaefer 10,

Hembarsky 4, Yoder-Lee 9, Raschti 1, Wright

20, Puishys 13, Gutierrez 11. 3-pt. goals --

Schaefer 1, Yoder-Lee 1.

*--*

Sea Kings drop opener

* SOCCER: The Corona del Mar High girls soccer team lost to

visiting Mater Dei, 2-0, in the Sea Kings’ season opener Tuesday.

Senior co-captain Tanisha Senartne anchored the defense for the

Sea Kings, while junior Kelly Morgan led the offense. Mater Dei

scored both of its goals in the second half.

Bengals bomb ‘Eaters

* BASKETBALL: Sophomore guard Angie Ned tallied a career-high 17

points while teammate Courtney Ferguson also had 17 points, but it

was not enough as host Idaho State used hot three-point shooting to

send the visiting UC Irvine women’s basketball team to a 93-73

nonconference loss Tuesday night.

*--*

Nonconference

Idaho State 93, UC Irvine 73

UC Irvine -- Yadon 10, Biggins 7, Ferguson 17, Ned 17, Curtis 2, Mai 4, Forry 0, Tull 6, Jacob 3, Davidson 3, Usher 4. 3-pt. goals -- Ferguson 5, Ned 1, Jacob 1, Davidson 1. Idaho State -- Sivakova 11, Hays 18, Doma 11, Brossman 5, Michaelson 7, Hiew 0,

Soo 11, Marekova 18, Chambers 7, Seitz 5. 3-pt. goals -- Sivakova 3, Brossman 1, Michaelson 1, Soo 3, Marekova 4, Seitz 1. Halftime -- Idaho State, 47-37.

*--*

Lions lose opener

* BASKETBALL: The Vanguard University men’s basketball team lost

the Golden State Athletic Conference opener to Christian Heritage,

66-63, Tuesday night at The Pit. Leon Rosborough scored a team-high

15 points for the Lions (4-3). Vanguard plays Biola Saturday at The

Pit at 7:30 p.m.

*--*

Golden State Athletic Conference

Vanguard 63, Christian Heritage 66

Christian Heritage -- Walker 12, Hayes 2, Wall 3, Johnson 18, Gray 16, Lockhart 3, Lewis 7, Day 5, Tribe-Simmons 0.

3-pt. Goals -- Wall 1, Lewis 1.

Vanguard -- Burnette 12, Dalafu 6, James 4, Rosborough 15, Duplessie 2, Roberts 5, Seekins 4, Strochser 2, McGee 0, Watson 0, Kim 13, Botma 0.

3-pt. Goals -- Kim 3, Dalafu 1, Rosborough 1, Roberts 1.

Fouled out -- Seekins.

Halftime -- Christian Heritage, 36-30.

*--*

Crush defeat Warriors

* BASKETBALL: The Orange County Crush defeated the Ontario

Warriors, 126-115, Tuesday night in an American Basketball

Association game at Colony High. Jerry Dupree led the Crush with 20

points.