Boys volleyball: Sailors finish eighth

SAN DIEGO - The Newport Harbor High boys volleyball team defeated

Santa Margarita in the Round of 16, but dropped its next two matches

Saturday to finish eighth in the San Diego Tournament of Champions at

Francis Parker High.

Greg Perrine (nine kills), Erik Peterson (eight), Brian Gaeta (seven)

and Jamie Diefenbach (six) paced the 15-8, 15-11 win over Santa Margarita.

Newport then let a 13-10 second-game lead slip away in a 15-9, 15-13

loss to Royal, before falling to Sea View League rival Woodbridge, 16-17,

15-6, 15-13, in a match in which both teams resting some top players.

“(The Warriors) are good,” Newport Coach Dan Glenn said. “They’re

going to be tough to beat.”

Peterson and Diefenbach had 10 kills apiece against Royal, while Dane

Louvier had a team-high eight kills against Woodbridge.

The Tars host Laguna Beach Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.