Girls basketball: Harbor ends season with loss

ALISO NIGUEL - The Newport Harbor High girls basketball team nearly

came back, but lost, 38-27, at Aliso Niguel in Sea View League action

Friday.

The Sailors (2-22, 0-8 in league) were down by as many as 17, but

pulled to within eight with six minutes remaining. The Wolverines (18-7,

3-5) then pulled away.

Harbor junior Evita Casitllo led with 11 points, while freshman

Jillianne Whitfield scored six.

“It was promising,” Harbor Coach Glenn Albios said of his first

season. “The win/loss doesn’t show what we’ve impoved in. We took our

lumps and we need to grow now.”

SEA VIEW LEAGUEAliso Niguel 38, Newport Harbor 27

Newport Harbor 7 5 4 11 - 27Aliso Niguel 7 14 10 7 -

38Newport Harbor - Castillo 11, Whitfield 6, Campbell 4, Mino 2, , Allen

2, Brooks 1, Woller 1, Schrafe 0, Vasquez 0.

3-pt. goals - none.

Fouled out - Mino, Vasquez.

Technicals - Coach.

Aliso Niguel - Pederson 15, Saiz 7, Hulsse 4, Stoddard 3, Currin 3,

Krebs 2, Habekoft 2, Scurich 1, Nagano 1.

3-pt. goals - Currin 1.

Fouled out - none.

Technicals - none.

In the middle of the fourth quarter down by eight with six minutes

left after trailing by 14. They brok our press. down by 17 at one point.