CIF playoffs: CIF sites determined

- The Corona del Mar High girls water polo team was the only one of

four Newport-Mesa playoff entries to win coin flips Sunday to determine

hosts for Wednesday’s CIF Southern Section playoff contests.

Coach Aaron Chaney’s top-seeded Sea Kings (22-7) will host CIF

Division IV foe Tustin (22-3) in the first half of a semifinal

doubleheader Wednesday, tentatively scheduled for 3 p.m. at Irvine’s

Heritage Park.

Chaney said final verification of the site was not expected until at

least today. He said the other Division IV semifinal, between El Dorado

and University, would follow at the same site.

Newport Harbor’s girls water polo squad, the No. 3 seed, lost a coin

flip to pick the alternate site for its semifinal Wednesday against No.

2-seeded Foothill. Coach Bill Barnett’s Sailors (23-6) will attempt to

knock off the Knights (24-2) at 3 p.m. at Tustin High. Barnett said

Sunday he did not know if a doubleheader with the other Division I

semifinal between Santa Margarita and Long Beach Wilson was being

planned.

Girls soccer teams from Newport Harbor and Costa Mesa lost coin flips

and will be on the road for Wednesday’s second round, while CdM will also

ride the bus to its second-round match.

Newport Harbor (12-6-4), the No. 3 seed, visits Riverside Poly

(16-3-7) in a Division II game at 3 p.m.

Costa Mesa (13-5-4) ventures to Woodland Hills to play Division IV foe

Louisville (18-5-1), which shared the Division IV championship last year,

at 3 p.m.

Corona del Mar (13-4-7), the No. 4 seed in Division IV, will travel to

Pomona to face Ganesha (16-7-1) at 3 p.m.

In playoff action Tuesday, the Newport Harbor boys basketball team

(20-6) will host No. 3-seeded Villa Park (25-3) in a CIF Division II-AA

second-round clash. Newport Coach Larry Hirst said Sailor supporters

should plan on arriving well before tipoff to insure obtaining a seat,

since Villa Park is expected to bring a big contingent. With no school

Monday or Tuesday, presale ticket sales will not be held, so tickets will

be available at the door on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The Newport Harbor boys soccer team (10-7-2) will host top-seeded Los

Alamitos (23-1-1) in a second-round CIF Division II clash at 3 p.m. in

the school’s football stadium.

Costa Mesa’s Pacific Coast League boys soccer champions (14-3-3), the

No. 3 seed in CIF Division IV, will visit Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks

(14-3-5) for a 3 p.m. second-round game.