CdM scrapbook: DOMINATION MODE

CORONA DEL MAR - The last time there was this much dominance in the

Pacific Coast League, Joe DiMaggio was constructing his legend as a San

Francisco Seal.

Corona del Mar High boys programs, shifted into the PCL from the Sea View

League for the 1999-2000 athletic year, won or shared eight of 12

available league titles, added three second-place finishes, finished

third in the other, and participated in the postseason in every sport in

which it competes.

Volleyball won the CIF Southern Section Division I title and water polo

won the section crown in Division II.

Volleyball, water polo, basketball, track and field and swimming were

outright PCL champions, while football, cross country and golf shared

league supremacy.

Individual accolades enveloped the campus like off-shore breezes, with

senior Kevin Hansen at the forefront.

The Stanford-bound senior was CIF Player of the Year in volleyball,

Newport-Mesa Co-Player of the Year in basketball and the PCL Athlete of

the Year.

Senior Alec Hanson was All-CIF in basketball and volleyball, while

Garrett Gentry (water polo and swimming), Sean Fenton (football and track

and field), as well as cross country and track standouts Travis Beardslee

and Josh Yelsey, were multiple-sport standouts.

Jay Bottom (football), Greg Stampley (volleyball), Billy Eagle (baseball)

and Garrett Bowlus (water polo) were among several All-CIF honorees.

-- by Barry Faulkner