Shadowlands

Looking back, 5 years ago this week.

The Estancia High girls basketball team outscores host Aliso Niguel,

20-4, in the first quarter as the Eagles roll to a 66-37 Pacific Coast

League victory. Junior guard Vivi Rodriguez scores a career-high 21

points on 9-of-17 shooting. Jill Black finishes with 14 points and Amy

Deming adds 11. Point guard Jessica Waltz scores 12 points and grabs 10

rebounds.

The Estancia boys soccer team drops host Aliso Niguel, 5-1, as Eagles

goalie Brad Wayman comes up with two spectacular saves on penalty kicks.

Gerson Salgado scores twice and Estancia gets single goals from Willie

Alfaro, Greg Austin and Carlos Silva.

Despite a foot injury to Andree Verhulst, the Newport Harbor girls

basketball team defeats visiting Santa Margarita, 50-34. Every Harbor

player scores with M.E. Clayton leading the Tars with a game-high 14

points. Breanna Badorek finishes with eight points, while Mindi Alford

scores five.

The Corona del Mar girls basketball team comes back from 16 down to

stun host Irvine, 53-48. The Vaqueros open a 20-4 lead as CdM Coach Garth

Flint attempts to inspire his starters by putting them on the bench. The

strategy works as Melissa Ford, Jennifer Gardner, Lindsay Warmington and

Nicole Albano return to lead the rally. Warmington scores 19 and Ford

adds 13. Gardner finishes with 11 points and 13 rebounds.

The Southern California College men’s basketball team upsets Azusa

Pacific University, ranked No. 3 in the NAIA, 83-75. Kevin Carlson scores

a season-high 33 points, hitting 10 of 17 from the field, including 5 of

10 from three-point land. Carlson is 8 for 8 at the free-throw line. Eric

Walker scores 13, while Mike Ruble finishes with 10.

Looking back, 10 years ago this week.

The Costa Mesa High girls basketball team builds a 32-8 halftime lead

en route to a 68-30 victory over Laguna Hills. Olivia DiCamilli scores 25

points and Rachel Ward adds 11. They team for 15 of the 16 Mustangs’

points in the first quarter.

Estancia’s Leah Braatz grabs a school-record 21 rebounds to lead the

Eagles to a 62-32 victory over Trabuco Hills. Senior guard Melody Earle

pours in 22 points, while Patrice Lumpkin and Monique Sweet each score

10.

The Corona del Mar girls soccer team posts a 3-1 win over host

University. Junior Lisa Boatman nets the first CdM goal just 25 seconds

into the game. Tracy Schriber boots one in to break a 1-1 tie. And,

freshman Stefanie Hughes scores the insurance goal six minutes into the

second half.

Corona del Mar’s Jon Upham, who scores a team-high 23 points and grabs

a game-high 20 rebounds, leads the Sea Kings boys basketball team past

University, 68-61. Doug Hesse injures his ankle, but scores nine points

and grabs seven rebounds. Todd Kehrli fills in and nails 4 of 6 free

throws in the final 1:15.

Estancia’s Matt Fuerbringer scores eight of his 10 points in the fourth quarter as the host Eagles pull away from Trabuco Hills and win,

67-57. Son Ly leads the Eagles with 22 points, while Mike Haas, who nets

three three-pointers, adds 17.

Orange Coast College’s Ericka Manning and Lisa Orosco team for 37

points to lead the Pirates women’s basketball squad to a 76-34 victory

over visiting Cypress. Manning hits 11 of 14 from the field en route to

24 points and 10 rebounds. Orosco scores 13 points and grabs nine

rebounds.

-- compiled by Steve Virgen