Boys volleyball: Tars win one, drop one

SANTA BARBARA - The Newport Harbor boys volleyball team finished

with a 1-1 record after one day of action in the 16-team Santa Barbara

Tournament Friday.

The Sailors (8-6) began the day with a 15-5, 15-3, 15-13 victory over

host Santa Barbara. Newport Harbor later lost to 29-0 Bear River of

Sacramento, 15-12, 14-16, 18-16, 15-7.

Tars senior Blake Tippett had 32 kills against Bear River, while

junior Erik Peterson finished with 17 kills on the day, 10 against Santa Barbara. Greg Perrine contributed 10 kills against Bear River and Loyd

Wright had 63 assists.

Newport Harbor will play today at 9 a.m. as the Sailors best result is

a fifth-place finish.

“I don’t think I made good enough adjustments,” Coach Dan Glenn said

of the loss. “We have to get better at adjusting before the playoffs.”