Shadowlands

Looking back, 5 years ago this week.

Newport Harbor High running back Chris Morrell scores from 1 yard out

with 1:07 remaining for a 7-3 victory over Back Bay rival Corona del Mar

in the Battle of the Bay XXXIV. Morrell finishes with 69 yards on 16

carries. CdM running back Tom O’Meara pounds for 117 yards on 19 carries

and quarterback Josh Walz runs for 96 yards on 14 carries.

Estancia dominates Costa Mesa in a 42-18 victory. Eagles running back

Bachy Gonzalez runs for 138 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries.

Estancia’s Chris Felix gets two touchdowns and 108 rushing yards, while

James Dawkins carries for 74. Costa Mesa running back Ray Ohrel goes for

130 yards receiving on six catches and has a 13-yard touchdown run.

In a thrilling five-game match, the Newport Harbor girls volleyball

team comes from behind for an 11-15, 15-6, 10-15, 15-10, 15-9 Sea View

League victory over CdM. With a 2-1 edge in games, CdM has leads of 7-3

and 9-5 in the fourth game. But, the Sailors roar back as Harbor’s

Jennifer Carey finishes with 11 kills and three blocks. Laura Wilson has

eight blocks for the Sailors. CdM’s Kelly Campbell spikes 20 kills and

Kathryn Rice has 16.

Estancia wins its 12-team boys water polo tournament with an 8-7

victory over Santa Margarita. Teams undertake a moment of silence before

each of the final six games for Gray Lunde, a 14-year-old Newport Harbor

freshman water polo player who dies two days prior to the tournament’s

final day.

In girls tennis, CdM senior Meghan Wachtler’s 7-5 triumph over

Newport’s Vanessa Godbey gives the Sea Kings, No. 3 in CIF Southern

Section Division I, the clinching set victory for a 10-7 win. Before the

Sailors bow out, the Harbor tandem of Heather Porter and Jamie Swarberg

battle back on the strength of a doubles sweep.

Looking back, 10 years ago this week.

Costa Mesa High’s football team rolls up 541 yards of total offense in

a 51-14 victory over Laguna Beach. Mesa’s Quoc Pham rushes for 199 yards

and two touchdowns on 17 carries, while Fernando Ospina runs for 107

yards, including a 40-yard score.

Newport Harbor’s football team takes a lesson from Tustin in a 25-7

loss. The Sailors manage just 1 yard of offense in the second half.

Sailors quarterback Steve Walker completes 6 of 6 passes on a 74-yard

touchdown drive ending in his 1-yard run for a score.

Estancia loses its homecoming football game, 35-7, to Trabuco Hills,

because of costly turnovers. Eagles receiver Will Bohuslavizki’s 56-yard

catch-and-run touchdown reception from quarterback Matt Johner ties the

score, 7-7, early in the second quarter. But, Trabuco Hills punches in

four unanswered touchdowns, including a 66-yard interception return.

Bohuslavizki finishes with 108 yards on four catches with the touchdown.

Playing without its starting quarterback, Todd Kehrli, Corona del Mar

loses, 17-0, to Saddleback. Kehrli is out with a finger injury as

Saddleback avenges a 17-14 loss that knocks the Roadrunners out of the

playoffs the previous year.

Orange Coast College defensive back Lawrence Hatch sparks a 21-point

second quarter with his 97-yard interception return for a touchdown as

the Pirates beat Saddleback, 24-19. Hatch’s scoring play is the third

longest interception return for a touchdown in OCC history. Bill Craft

(1986) and Mike Lacy (1973) returned interceptions for 99 yards.

The Estancia girls volleyball team, preparing for its first CIF

playoff appearance in three years, polishes off visiting Century, 15-7,

15-5, 15-4. Kim Newland serves for eight points in the clinching game.

-- compiled by Steve Virgen