Girls basketball: Barons top Tars

NEWPORT BEACH - Newport Harbor High freshman Jillianne Whitfield

opened her varsity girls basketball career with a team-high 12 points,

but the visiting Sailors were defeated, 72-31, by Fountain Valley in a

nonleague game Tuesday.

Lindsay Woller had 12 rebounds to go with her four points for the

Sailors, who received four points and four assists from Nadja Topalovic.

Newport returns to action Saturday at 3:30 p.m. against Esperanza in

the opener of the University Tournament.

NONLEAGUE

Fountain Valley 72, Newport Harbor 31

Score by Quarters

Newport Harbor 7 10 4 10 - 31

Fountain Valley 14 20 27 11 - 72

Newport Harbor - Whitfield 12, Woller 4, Topalovic 4, Campbell 3,

Kerns 2, Castillo 2, Brooks 2, Vasquez 1, Mino 1, Lindsay 0, Gorman 0.

Fountain Valley - Uchizono 16, Gutierrez 10, Bordcosh 10, Anderson 8,

Cheung 8, Griffo 7, Courtney 4, Zartanan 3, Cohara 2.

3-pt. goals - Uchizono 2.

Fouled out - None.

Technicals - None.