Scrapbook, 2000-01

Corona del Mar High Boys Top 10

1. The Pacific Coast League champion tennis team caps an unbeaten

season by winning the CIF Southern Section Division V crown with 14-4

romp over Brentwood.

2. Water polo wins the Pacific Coast League, then rolls to CIF

Southern Section Division II championship behind Division Co-Players of

the Year Garrett Bowlus and Michael March.

3. The Paul Orris era comes to an end when he steps down after 31

years of coaching boys basketball at the school, the last 15 as the

varsity head man. His 229 varsity wins are most in Newport-Mesa District

hoops history.

4. Baseball, led by Pacific Coast League Co-MVP Billy Eagle, claims

the program’s first outright league championship in at least 19 seasons.

5. Senior Josh Yelsey’s track and field postseason begins with Pacific

Coast League titles in the 800 meters, 1,600, and 3,200, then continues

with second-place 1,600 showings at CIF Southern Section Division III

Finals, the section Masters Meet and the CIF State Finals.

6. The volleyball team, led by Pacific Coast League MVP Evan Burden,

shares the league crown, then advances to the CIF Southern Section

Division IV title match, the program’s fifth straight trip to a section

final.

7. Track and field sweeps its Pacific Coast League dual meets en route

to a tri-championship.

8. Charlie Alshuler (football), as well as water polo standouts Artie

Door (first team), Sherwin Kim (second team) and Bobby Messenger (third

team) earn All-CIF Southern Section recognition.

9. Travis Beardslee (cross country), Jeremy Warner, Blake Hacker, Eric

Fredrickson and Dan Ornguze (wrestling), John Turco and Taumata Grey

(track and field), as well as Matt Meyer, Sherwin Kim and James Strack

(swimming), claim Pacific Coast League individual championships.

10. Eric Snell (football, basketball and baseball), Charlie Alshuler

(football and volleyball), Blake Hacker (football and wrestling), Rory

McKeever (football and baseball), Sherwin Kim (water polo and swimming)

and Steve Shipman (football and wrestling) earn postseason individual

honors in multiple sports.