Shadowlands

Five Years Ago

Corona del Mar High’s No. 4 boys water polo team wins a dramatic duel

with No. 1 Long Beach Wilson in the finals of the South Coast

Invitational. CdM’s Thad Buzolich and Adam McFarland limit Bruins star

Adam Wright to one goal, while Sea Kings goalie Doug Jetton records 12

saves.

Costa Mesa High’s boys water polo team beats it’s former coach Jason

Lynch and Capistrano Valley, 17-11 The Mustangs get five goals each from

Rob Grayeli and Ryan Dowdy.

In a battle of the top two CIF Southern Section teams, Newport Harbor

High’s No. 1 girls tennis team loses to No. 2 Laguna Beach 11-7. Sarah

Hawkins sparkles for the the Sailors in singles.

CdM’s No. 10 girls tennis team upsets No. 3 Mater Dei, 11-7. Freshman

Nina Vaughan wins all three matches to lead the Sea Kings.

Behind a 76-yard kickoff return for a touchdown from sophomore Chris

Felix, Estancia High’s football team comes back from a 3-0 halftime

deficit against Ocean View to win, 14-3.

By scoring in five of it’s last six possessions, Troy High upsets Costa

Mesa, 41-38, in a wild football game. It is the Mustangs’ third

consecutive loss in the series.

Ten years ago

Down 10-14 in the fifth set, Newport Harbor High’s girls volleyball team

gets six consecutive points from Marilee Pfister’s serves to beat

Woodbridge, 3-15, 15-9, 7-15, 15-5, 16-14.

Estancia’s Tim Metcalf scores with 32 seconds left in a water polo game

to pull out a dramatic 10-9 victory over archrival Costa Mesa. It is the

Eagles’ first win over the Mustangs in 10 years.

Orange Coast College’s Mike Vaez outduels Mt. SAC’s Leonard Russell with

195 rushing yards to lead the Pirates’ football team in a 22-18 victory.

Josh Wojtkiewicz rushes for 102 yards and two touchdowns as Estancia’s

football team rips Laguna Beach, 40-0.

CdM’s football team pounds Laguna Hills, 41-13, behind three touchdowns

and 181 rushing yards from Brian Lucas.

CdM’s No. 1 girls tennis team gets an easy win over No. 3 Palos Verdes

12-6. Keri Phebus loses her first two games of the year, but still gets a

6-1, 6-1, 6-0 sweep.