Gamers

The defending CIF Southern Section Division IV state champions

Corona del Mar High girls cross country team will take its act on the

road today at the Sunny Hills Invitational beginning at 8 a.m.

The girls dominated the field at the Laguna Hills Invitational last

weekend as the Sea Kings, ranked No 1. this year in Division IV, took

five of the race’s top six spots.

Junior Season Meservey led the pack with a 18:49. Diana Hossfeld

(19:01) was second, Katie Quinlan took third (19:13), Jenny Cummins

(19:21) placed fourth and Jennifer Long (19:27) took sixth.

Travis Beardslee and the rest of the CdM boys will be there, too.

Here’s today’s sports menu:

Newport Harbor and Costa Mesa’s cross country teams will compete at

the Woodbridge Invitational. The Sailors, with senior Chris McMillen

making his season debut, will compete at 9:50 a.m., the junior boys go

offr at 9:20. Harbor’s girls varsity is sert for an 8:45 a.m. start. Mesa

is billed to take the course at 3 p.m.

The Sailors boys water polo team will head down south to Coronado High

for a 4 p.m. nonleague showdown.

The Sailors (0-1) opened the season with a tough 12-11 loss to kingpin

Long Beach Wilson at Belmont Plaza on Tuesday.

In that game, Peter Belden led the Tars with five goals, while Ryan

Cook added three goals and Joey Snelgrove had two.

The Sailors and Sea Kings’ girls volleyball teams resume action in the

Dave Mohs Memorial Volleyball Tournament.

The Sailors will compete at home, while the Sea Kings will do battle

at Ocean View High Both sites start with 8 a.m. games and it goes on all

day long ... Both teams will play two more matches throughout the day.

The final is Monday at Edison High, 6 p.m.

In collegiate action:

The Orange Coast College women’s volleyball team begin play at the

Pasadena City College Tournament, while the Pirates men’s water polo team

continues play at the Cuesta College Tournament.

The Vanguard University women’s volleyball team will continue Golden

State Athletic Conference action at Concordia University tonight at 7.

The Lions’ cross country teams will be in San Diego for the San Diego

State Aztec Invitational, held at Balboa Park, beginning at 8 a.m.

The OCC women’s golf teams remains in Palm Desert at the Cypress

College Tournament, played at Woodhaven Country Club at 11 a.m.

Closer to home, the top 12 collegiate men’s water polo teams in the

country get together at CdM for the Southern California Men’s Water Polo

Tournament. The first of 12 matches starts at 8 a.m. with the last

contest beginning at 8 p.m. It continues on Sunday.