Girls basketball: Newport gets trampled by Vaqueros

Joseph Boo

IRVINE - Thursday’s game against Sea View League leader Irvine High

was going to be tough for Newport Harbor’s girls basketball team. But few

expected it was going to be this tough. The Vaqueros hammered the

Sailors, 77-15, on the Vaqueros’ home court.

“We played a lot better against them the first time (a 59-18 loss),”

Newport Harbor Coach Gregg Savage said. “If you saw our team play

tonight, you would think we were playing our first or second game, and

not our 21st.”

Irvine (18-3, 5-0 in league), ranked No. 5 in CIF Southern Section

Division I-AA, found too many open shots not to score. Meanwhile, the

Sailors didn’t make a shot from the field until 7:56 into the game, when

Nicole Ashton hit a jumper.

Irvine employed its full-court press for the entire game, which didn’t

thrill Savage.

“I’m not happy by the fact that they used their full-court press against

our third stringers,” he said. “They scored more points in the fourth

than any other quarter.”

Ashton and Briana Brooks led the Sailors with four points. Brooks was the

only Newport player with more than one field goal, nailing two jumpers.

Evita Castillo, Lauren Sondel and Lindsey Woller each scored two for the

Sailors. Newport’s Lisa Gerlach hit one free throw and grabbed seven

rebounds.

SEA VIEW LEAGUE

Irvine 77, Newport Harbor 15

Score by Quarters

Newport Harbor 3 4 2 6 - 15

Irvine 19 20 17 21 - 77

Newport Harbor - Ashton 4, Castillo 2, Gerlach 1, Vasquez 0, Gallardo 0,

Weedn 0, Brooks 4, Moore 0, Sondel 2, Woller 2, Mikami 0.

3-pt. goals - None.

Fouled out - None.

Technicals - None.

Irvine - Thawley 18, Morita 14, Grechko 10, Carlson 6, Kamada 0, Ngo 13,

Davis 6, O’Hara 3, Gates 5, Coleman 2.

3-pt. goals - Grechko 2.

Fouled out - None.

Technicals - None.