Girls basketball: Seahawks top Tars

COSTA MESA - The Newport Harbor High girls basketball team cut a

20-point halftime deficit to nine Friday, but fell to Ocean View, 48-37,

in the fifth-place semifinals of the Costa Mesa Winter Classic at Costa

Mesa High.

Newport junior Evita Castilla had 14 points, 13 rebounds (nine

offensive), five assists and three steals and spearheaded the Tars’ 18-10

fourth-quarter advantage with seven points.

Newport (2-10), which got eight assists and four points from Athena

Vasquez, as well as eight points and eight rebounds from Lindsay Woller,

will meet Fountain Valley today in the 3 p.m. game for seventh place.

COSTA MESA WINTER CLASSIC

Fifth-place semifinal

Ocean View 48, Newport Harbor 37

Score by Quarters

Newport Harbor 4 10 5 18 - 37

Ocean View 13 21 4 10 - 48

Newport Harbor - Castillo 14, Woller 8, Whitfield 7, Vasquez 4,

Topalovic 2, Campbell 2, Mino 0, Brooks 0.

3-pt. goals - none.

Fouled out - none.

Technicals - none.

Ocean View - Valenzuela 23, McNeff 8, Shepperd 8, Abufarie 7, Letcher

2.

3-pt. goals - Valenzuela 4, McNeff 2.

Fouled out - none.

Technicals - none.