SHADOWLANDS

Looking back, 5 years ago this week.

Newport Harbor High’s Joe Urban records a career-high 11 strikeouts to lead the Sailors’ baseball team to a 7-2 pool play victory over Laguna

Beach in the Costa Mesa Tournament. Urban also smacks a solo home run to

cap the scoring in the sixth inning. Garrett Nuzum hits a two-run double.

The Costa Mesa High baseball team grabs a 4-2 victory over Century, in

pool play action of the Costa Mesa Tournament. Mustangs’ senior

right-handed pitcher Jeremy Starns strikes out nine batters in a

complete-game victory, while yielding four hits. Mike Adelmund finishes

with two hits and connects for an RBI-double to bring in Tony Arveilos.

Matt Broesamle finishes with a ground-rule double, a sacrifice fly and

two RBIs.

Trailing 7-1 after two innings, the Costa Mesa softball team storms

back for a 13-10 nonleague victory over host Edison. The Mustangs

trailed, 10-3, after three innings. Krissy Genet and Kim Daniels were

perfect from the plate. Genet goes 4 for 4, scoring three runs, while

driving in two and stealing two bases and Daniels is 2 for 2 with one run

scored and one RBI, while stealing two bases.

Costa Mesa’s Matt Peca turns in a brilliant back-row performance to

lead the Mustangs’ boys volleyball team to a 15-11, 15-8, 5-15, 15-13

victory over visiting Saddleback. Peca finishes with 25 digs. Mustang

setters Chris Shanley and Dean Tomkins add 29 and 18 assists,

respectively. Brian Leahy finishes with 15 kills, while Sean Hylton has

13.

The Corona del Mar High baseball team rallies for six runs in the

sixth inning to defeat St. John Bosco, 14-10, in the Newport Elks

Tournament. Reuben Gulledge finishes 2 for 3 with two RBIs. Ryan

Achterberg belts a pinch-hit RBI-single. The Sea Kings collect just seven

hits, including a solo home run shot from Royal McMackin. CdM takes

advantage of 13 walks and four Brave errors.

Looking back, 10 years ago this week.

The Estancia High boys basketball team begins its state championship

run with three huge victories. First, the Eagles take down host Ramona,

84-68. Senior guard Mike Haas hits seven three-pointers en route to a

career-high 32 points as the Eagles shoot 48% from the field. Son Ly

scores 21 points. In the second round, Estancia takes care of host

Servite, 56-47. Matt Fuerbringer leads with 18 points, while Haas and Ly

score 11 points each. The victory over Servite sets up a rematch from the

CIF Southern Section Division III-AA final with Pomona. And, the Eagles

claim revenge with a 64-40 victory to advance to the state championship.

Torrey Hammond steps up with a career-high 20 rebounds and scores 14

points. Ly leads the Eagles with 21 points, Fuerbringer has 16 and Haas

finishes with 11.

Estancia’s Colby French homers down the right-field line in the bottom

of the 10th inning to lead the Eagles’ baseball team to a 3-2 victory

over visiting Corona del Mar. French goes 3 for 5 and scores twice.

Estancia’s Richard Buday has two hits and walks twice. CdM junior

left-hander C.W. Ramsay is at the mound for all 10 innings, pitching out

of jams in the third, fifth, sixth and eighth innings. Brady Lamar has

four stolen bases for the Sea Kings.

CdM catcher Tim DeCinces leads the Sea Kings’ 13-hit attack to a 13-7

victory over Costa Mesa. DeCinces slams a solo home run, a double and

scores twice to give CdM its first victory of the season.

The Costa Mesa girls basketball team is stunned as Santana pulls off a

70-62 victory in the first round of the Southern California Division III

state playoffs. Mustangs sophomore sensation Olivia DiCamilli scores a

game-high 35 points. Mesa finishes 9 of 24 from the free-throw line.

-- compiled by Steve Virgen