Girls water polo: Harbor takes sixth; Sea Kings 13th

IRVINE - The Newport Harbor girls water polo team finished in sixth

place, after a 9-3 loss to Agoura, in the Irvine Southern California

Championships at Heritage Park Saturday.

Harbor freshman Jessica Ball scored two goals and Katherine Belden

finished with one. Senior goalie Heather Deyden had seven saves for the

Sailors (15-8).

Newport reached the fifth-place game by defeating Long Beach Wilson,

9-4, as Ball scored four goals, Belden had two and Erin Ball threw in

one. Deyden had eight saves.

Corona del Mar earned 13th place in the 32-team tournament of the best

teams in Southern California. The Sea Kings had victories over Cabrillo,

9-6, and Los Alamitos, 8-6.

CdM sophomore Christina Hewko scored five goals against Cabrillo and

one against Los Alamitos. Sea King junior goalie Jessica Wells recorded

six saves in each game. Sea Kings Daniela DiGiacomo and Lindsey Daley

scored two goals each help CdM earn 13th place.

Foothill, ranked No. 1 in Orange County, won the tournament with a 5-4

victory over Bell Gardens.