Shadowlands

Five years ago

Newport Harbor High’s football team upsets two-time defending Sea View

League champion Irvine, 9-7, behind a tenacious defense and three field

goals from Jeff Pardy.

Corona del Mar’s football team comes back from a 21-7 deficit to knock

off El Toro, 35-28. Brian Hogan rushes for 271 yards and one touchdown.

Costa Mesa’s football team routs Laguna Beach, 56-14. Charles Chatman

scores four touchdowns.

Estancia’s girls volleyball team drops Costa Mesa, 15-13, 8-15, 15-11, 15-6. Tawny Bayes triggers the Eagles’ attack with four aces.

CdM’s girls volleyball team comes from behind to beat Irvine, 10-15,

6-15, 15-12, 15-9, 15-11. Kathy Rice has 29 kills, and Kelly Campbell

adds 19.

CdM’s boys water polo team beats Newport Harbor, 15-9. Adam McFarland and

Neil Hueston have two steals each to trigger a Sailors’ offensive

collapse. Hueston also has five goals. Gabe Wyatt scores eight goals for

Newport Harbor.

Estancia’s boys water polo team gets a goal from Chad Bollenbach in

overtime for a tight win against Laguna Hills.

Kristi Yoshikawa scores the go-ahead goal for Orange Coast College’s

womens soccer team in a 2-1 victory over Palomar.

Zeke Noonan leads Costa Mesa’s boys cross country team to a 27-30 victory

over rival Estancia.

Ten years ago

Overcoming turnovers, Estancia High’s football team gets by defending CIF

Division VI champion Corona del Mar, 16-3. The Eagles limit CdM’s Brian

Lucas to 22 yards, while Josh Wojtkiewicz rushes for 99.

Newport Harbor’s football team rallies from a 15-point deficit to defeat

University, 24-21. Todd Farley rushes for 155 yards and a touchdown.

Newport Harbor’s boys water polo team defeats University, 10-3, in the

Orange County Water Polo Tournament behind five goals from Richard

Ruffini.

CdM wins in the tournament, 14-2, with four goals from Gunnar Gustafson.

Orange Coast College’s football team pounds San Diego Mesa, but star

running back Mike Vaez is lost for the year with an injury.

CdM’s boys water polo team wins the North Orange County Tournament by

defeating El Toro, 6-4. Brothers Bill and Ken Nickel each score for the

Sea Kings.

CdM’s girls tennis team crushes Newport Harbor, 17-1. Courtney Strauss,

Christie McClintock and Erica Ann Hood all sweep their singles matches.

CdM’s girls volleyball team also tops its Back Bay rival, 13-15, 15-10,

15-8, 15-9. Stacy Petersen came in after the first game and triggers the

Sea Kings’ victory.