Boys volleyball: Tars top Oilers

HUNTINGTON BEACH - Newport Harbor High, the reigning CIF Southern

Section Division I boys volleyball champion, picked up where it left off

last season, opening its season with a 15-3, 15-11, 15-10 sweep of

nonleague host Huntington Beach Friday.

Sophomore setter Lloyd Wright, a Santa Margarita transfer, made his

varsity debut with 60 assists, as Billy Clayton (15 kills), Kent Tucker

(13), Brad Craig (12) and Blake Tippett (10) paced a balanced hitting

attack.

Huntington Beach was without its top player, San Diego State-bound Matt

Wynn, who was serving a one-game suspension after being ejected from the

Oilers previous match.