Newport shuts out Edison, 3-0

COSTA MESA - Lauren Birchfield, Chanelle Sladics and Elizabeth

Evans scored first-half goals for Newport Harbor High’s field hockey team

Tuesday as the host Sailors defeated two-time defending Sunset League

champion Edison, 3-0, at Harper School.

“We’ve never beaten Edison at home,” said Newport Harbor Coach Sharon

Wolfe, whose team improved to 2-0.

Birchfield, a junior, scored at the 13:04 mark, then Sladics scored at

24:41. Evans capped the big first half with a goal at 27:06.

Newport Harbor goalie Chloe Cox recorded eight saves. The Tars host

Fountain Valley Thursday at their home site, Harper School.