Shadowlands

Dec. 3-9.

Looking back, 5 years ago this week.

With less than a minute in a CIF Southern Section Division V semifinal

game against Servite, visiting Newport Harbor High quarterback Josiah

Fredricksen finds Brad La Bass for a 19-yard touchdown to give the

Sailors football team a 23-16 upset victory. Fredricksen also throws an

8-yard touchdown to Danny Pulido in the first quarter. Ray Ohrel runs for

152 yards and a 16-yard touchdown on 30 carries.

The Estancia boys basketball team swats away the Newport Harbor

Sailors, 53-38, to finish third place in the Daily Pilot Tip-Off Classic.

Three Eagles notch double-digit scoring, including Selwyn Mansell with 18

points, Sam Nelson with 10 and Gavin Rainey, who comes off the bench,

scores 11.

The Costa Mesa girls basketball team cruises past crosstown rival

Estancia, 57-30, in the fifth place final of the Mayfair-Bellflower

Tip-Off Classic at Mayfair High. Costa Mesa senior Koo Kim paces the

Mustangs with 24 points, en route to all-tournament honors, while

freshman teammate Kalena Jackson scores 10. Estancia plays without Amy

Deming (sprained ankle) and Jennifer McCartin (ineligible), while

flu-ridden Megan McCartin plays sparingly. Vivi Rodriguez leads the

Eagles with 12 points.

Before facing Estancia in the Daily Pilot Tip-Off Classic, Newport

Harbor’s Scott Archbold drives through the lane and scores on a layup

while getting fouled and converts the free throw with 18 seconds left to

give the Sailors a 41-38 victory over Troy.

Looking back, 10 years ago this week.

The Newport Harbor High boys basketball team grabs a 58-53 victory

over Marina in a semifinal of the Daily Pilot Tip-off Classic. Justin

McIntee drops in a career-high 37 points to lead the Sailors. McIntee

nails 10 of 13 from the field and 17 of 23 from the line, and also grabs

17 rebounds. The Sailors go on to finish runner-up in the tourney after a

loss to Huntington Beach.

Estancia’s boys basketball team digs down deep and comes up with a

67-59 overtime victory over Torrance in a fifth place semifinal of the

Daily Pilot Tip-Off Classic. The Eagles’ reserves come to the rescue as

Russell King, John Johansen and Victor Trujillo come off the bench and

direct a comeback with a tightfisted full-court press. Matt Fuerbringer

scores 21 points, grabs eight rebounds and blocks three shots for the

Eagles, while Jim Faulkner pours in a game-high 22 points.

The Orange Coast College men’s soccer team thrives in the clutch with

a huge victory over Santa Rosa, 5-4 in penalty kicks, to advance to its

second state championship final in three years. Regulation play ends in a

1-1 tie and each team scores once in a pair of overtime sessions. OCC’s

Brian Slayback scores the first goal off an assist from P.J. Polowski,

nine minutes into the game. Lance Barker ties the game, 2-2, in the

second overtime period. The Pirates then convert four straight penalty

kicks and goalie Ken Langworthy blocks Santa Rosa’s fourth shot for the

win.

-- compiled by Steve Virgen