Shadowlands

Five Years ago

Newport Harbor High’s Misty May is named the national girls volleyball

player of the year by USA Today.

Newport Harbor’s girls basketball team wins the Cypress Tournament by

defeating Costa Mesa, 51-43. Jenny Jennings score 20 points for the

Sailors.

The Mustangs’ girls basketball team upset Narbonne in the tournament

semifinals. Koo Kim almost gets a quadruple double for Costa Mesa, with

21 points, 13 rebounds, eight steals and seven assists. Corri Lurmann

scores 15 for the Mustangs.

Lindsay Warmington pours in 30 points as Corona del Mar’s girls

basketball team beats El Toro, 57-51.

Estancia’s girls basketball team defeats Orangewood by the ridiculous

score of 69-8. Karla Dominguez leads the Eagles with 14 points, and her

backup, Vivi Rodriguez, scores 12.

Estancia’s boys basketball team defeats Long Beach Jordan, 59-46, to move

to the championship game of the Irvine World News Classic. Greg Foster

scores 19 for Estancia.

Newport Harbor’s boys soccer team loses to Santa Margarita, 3-1, in the

finals of the Irvine Tournament. Jerome Bouchat’s goal gives the Sailors

an early lead, and Steve Kleha has four saves for Newport.

Ten years ago

Newport Harbor’s boys soccer team edges Irvine, 2-1, as Alex Opoulos

scores the winning goal.

Estancia’s boys basketball team advances to the finals of the La Quinta

Tournament as it beats Huntington Beach, 79-62. Guty Heredia leads the

Eagles with 24 points.

Despite 15 points from John Paulsen, and 13 from Mark Flint, Corona del

Mar High’s boys basketball team loses to Cherokee Park’s Marina squad,

60-52.

Thuy Nguyen comes of the bench to spark a 51-44 win by Costa Mesa’s girls

basketball team over Gahr.

Estancia’s girls basketball team crushes Notre Dame Academy of Sherman

Oaks, 74-20. Melody Earle gets 18 points, six steals and five assists for

the Eagles.

Newport Christian defeats Leffingwell, 49-28. Wendie Bahnsen scores 14

points and Jennifer Rebal pulls down 11 rebounds for the victors.

Costa Mesa’s wrestling team is the runner-up in the Downey Tournament.

Diego Barrenecho, Minh Pham, Peter Delay, John Valencia, Tim Harris,

Jason Grimes and Jerry Roeden win championships in the tournament for the

Mustangs.