Shadowlands

Looking back, 5 years ago this week.

It’s a record day as Corona del Mar High wide receiver George Sumner

catches five touchdown passes to tie an Orange County record for TD

receptions in one game. Sumner catches six passes for five touchdowns and

154 yards to lead the Sea Kings a 54-0 victory over Garden Grove.

Sumner’s scoring receptions come from 65, 33, 14, 3 and 19 yards out and he grabs two touchdowns in the first quarter when the Sea Kings jump out

to a 26-0 lead. CdM running back Tom O’Meara churns out 147 first-half

yards and two touchdowns on 10 rushes, including a 64-yard breakaway to

give CdM an 18-0 lead with 6:37 left in the first quarter. Sea Kings

Bryan Bergey (two), Mike Finn, Mark Hatfield and Justin Shea recover

Garden Grove fumbles to spearhead a defense that allows just 55 total

yards in the first half.

It takes more than five hours to do it, but the Newport Harbor girls

tennis team pulls off the most significant score of the decade by

hammering nationally reputed Peninsula High, 14-4. Peninsula comes into

the marquee matchup with a 122-game winning streak. “Obviously we are No.

1,” Sailors Coach Fletcher Olson says. “We’ve felt underrated all along,

but we showed the world we have some talent on our team. Teams better be

looking out for us.” Erica Nelson sweeps all three of her singles matches

from the No. 3 position, including a 7-6 tie-break win. Newport Harbor’s

No. 1 doubles team of Emily Baker and Brooke Taylor also sweep as they

battle through two hard-fought tie-breakers.

The Orange Coast College football team ends a seesaw battle with

Pasadena when Nate Bennett kicks a 19-yard field goal with five seconds

remaining to give the Pirates a 20-17 victory. OCC running back William

League, who runs for 175 yards on 26 carries, sets up the game-winning

field goal.

The Estancia football team grinds out a 29-7 victory over Buena Park

as the Eagles feature two 100-yard rushers. James Dawkins compiles 100

yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries, while Manu Tanielu runs for 107

yards and one touchdown on 10 carries.

Looking back, 10 years ago this week.

The Corona del Mar High boys water polo team rallies for an 8-6

victory over El Toro. The Sea Kings fall behind 3-0 in the first four

minutes, forcing Coach John Vargas to run a zone defense. And CdM fires

back. In less than four minutes remaining in the first half, Ted Simpkins

scores twice and Brent O’Brien fires in a penalty shot in the closing

seconds before halftime to knot the score at 5. The scoring run extends

into the second half as CdM scores six unanswered and the defense shuts

out El Toro with Sea King goalie Robbie Pike, who records 11 saves.

The Newport Harbor girls volleyball team opens its season with a

five-game victory over Dana Hills. Maureen McLaren pounds 25 kills to

lead the Sailors to the 6-15, 15-9, 15-10, 11-15, 15-13 victory. Sally

Newberry adds 11 kills and Misty May tallies five kills and six service

aces, including aces on two of the final three points to clinch the win.

The Sailors overcome a 9-4 deficit in the fifth game.

The Newport Harbor football team does some stomping with a 34-0

victory over host Ocean View. Newport’s line dominates on both sides of

the ball, enabling running backs Brandon Finney (127 yards on 20 carries)

and Tony Mancuso (73 on 15) to run wild. Quarterback Greg Williams makes

the most of his first start (in place of Mike Ofer, who is out with a

broken collarbone). Williams, a 5-foot-11 136-pounder caps a four-play

drive with a well-executed play-action roll out, hitting wide-open tight

end Jason Lawson from 3 yards out to make it 14-0 with 2:32 left in the

half.

Long Beach City College feels the wrath of the Orange Coast football

team as the Pirates stomp the Vikings, 26-0. The Orange Coast defense

allows just 65 total yards, the least by a Pirates defense since Nov. 19,

1983, when Compton manages only 34 total yards. OCC running back Adrain

Steen runs for 111 yards on 20 carries.

-- compiled by Steve Virgen