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Looking back 5 years ago this week ...

The Estancia High girls basketball team begins its attempted quest to

The Pyramid with a 64-52 victory over Rosary. Junior Vivi Rodriguez hits

eight of her first nine field goal attempts en route to a career-high 24

points. The Eagles later lose in the CIF Southern Section playoffs to San

Dimas, 70-54, as Estancia Coach Russ Davis is ejected after three

technical fouls.

The Newport Harbor girls basketball team uses a suffocating defense to

choke the life out of host Sonora for a 51-31 victory in the first round

of the CIF Division III-AA playoffs. Sonora scores only seven points in

the first half on 3 of 24 shooting. Colleen Eadie finishes with 10

points, five assists and three steals. Breanna Badorek scores 11 points.

The Sailors’ season ends in the second round as Harbor loses, 81-76, in

overtime to No. 1-seeded Moorpark, a 23-0 team. M.E. Clayton leads the

Tars with 23 points and 12 rebounds.

Newport Harbor’s goalie, Zack Wells, comes up with a big save to

secure a 1-0 victory over Riverside Poly in the second round of the CIF

Division III playoffs. Wells, a freshman, cradles a low, skipping penalty

shot with 30 seconds remaining to push the Tars into the quarterfinals.

The win gives Harbor its winningest season the school’s history, 20-5-4.

With 15 minutes remaining, Garrett Jansma finishes Justin Kerr’s pass for

what proved to be the gamewinner.

The Orange Coast College baseball team begins the season, 12-0. The

Pirates win two tournaments as six starters own a batting average of .300

or higher. Adam Cancelliere leads the way with a .422 average. Travis

Cutter hits at .400. Deric Yanigasawa has 10 RBIs with one home run.

Left-handed pitchers Jason Surdock and Jason Liuzzi.

The Corona del Mar boys basketball team’s season comes to an end after

a 68-50 loss to visiting San Dimas in the quarterfinals of the CIF

Division III-A playoffs. Brian Coleman leads the Sea Kings with 19 points

and Adam Klinke scores 11. Darren MacDonald finishes with 10 points and

13 rebounds.

Looking back, 10 years ago this week ...

The Corona del Mar High boys soccer team claims revenge after a 2-1

victory over La Canada in the CIF Southern Section Division I-A

quarterfinals. The Sea Kings lose to La Canada in the previous year’s

playoffs. CdM’s Tanner Rupp breaks a 1-1 tie late in the second half. The

win sets up a semifinal matchup against Back Bay rival Newport Harbor the

following week. The Sea Kings reel off a 4-0 victory in the second round

as Rupp, Dan Soucek, Scott Owen and Jason Boyce score one goal each.

The Newport Harbor boys soccer team dominates Workman in a 2-1 victory

in the Division I-A quarterfinals. The Sailors go up 2-0 when Chris

Hunter scores in the 17th minute and Branon Coluccio puts one in midway

through the second half. Jarrett Prott assists on Coluccio’s goal.

Earlier in the week, the Sailors edge past Barstow, 1-0. With eight

minutes remaining before halftime, Todd Tift scores on a direct free kick

from just beyond midfield.

The Estancia girls soccer team advances to the CIF quarterfinals after

a 2-1 victory over Redlands in the Division III-A playoffs. Junior

forward Danielle Straub scores in the fourth minute of the second

sudden-death overtime period. The win produces the school’s first CIF

quarterfinal berth. First-year Coach Frank Renn guides the Eagles to a

17-2-4 season after just three wins in the previous season.

The Estancia boys basketball team smashes Foothill in a 70-58 victory

in the CIF Division III-AA semifinals. Coach Tim O’Brien’s Eagles build a

25-7 lead in the first quarter. Son Ly scores a team-high 15 points,

while Matt Fuerbringer (14 points), Paul McDaniles (14) and Mike Haas

(13) also finish in double figures.

The Estancia girls basketball team uses a second-half surge to earn a

71-39 victory over Magnolia in the Division III-AA quarterfinals. Coach

Lisa McNamee’s Eagles open the second half with a 21-2 run to increase a

12-point halftime. Robin Cordrey finishes with 16 points and 11 rebounds.

Patrice Lumpkin also earns a double double with 14 points and 12 rebounds. Melody Earle has 11 points and dishes out eight assists. And,

Monique Sweet scores 13.

-- compiled by Steve Virgen