Shadowlands

Looking back, 5 years ago this week.

The Corona del Mar High volleyball team follows its leader, Blair

Hoppe, to cruise past nonleague visitor Fountain Valley, 15-10, 15-5,

15-4, improving to 3-0 on the season. Hoppe finishes with a team-high 10

kills and four blocks against the Barons. Hoppe collects six of his kills

in the final game, while Dennis Alshuler (six kills and four blocks), Tim

Andrews (six kills), Greg Coon and setter Brady Beauchamp also contribute

heartily to the victory.

The Newport Harbor boys volleyball team sweeps past host Los Alamitos,

15-5, 15-5, 15-9. Newport is ranked No. 4 in the week’s Orange County

Top-10 poll even though this is its win of the season after three

straight losses. Adam Hearlson, a 6-foot-6 middle blocker, leads the

Sailors with 10 kills, 6-2 Scott Archbold slams eight kills, while Travis

Nelson and Ty Tramblie (seven digs each) spearhead the defense. The

Sailors feature just one senior on their roster, Dana Mesenbrink.

Costa Mesa baseball coach Doug Deats is tossed in the second inning of

a 7-3 nonleague win at Los Amigos. The Mustangs produce 13 hits led by

Brian Montoya’s 3-for-5 performance. Julius Vasquez has two hits,

including a 380-foot two-run double off the center-field fence in the

first inning. Deats says it’s his first ejection in his six years of prep

coaching.

Looking back, 10 years ago this week.

The Corona del Mar High baseball team opens its Sea View League season

with a surprisingly easy 14-6 victory over Back Bay rival Newport Harbor.

In the fifth inning, CdM sends 12 batters to the plate, scoring seven

times on four hits and with the benefit of three Newport errors. Dan

MacMillan smacks his first home run of the season. CdM’s Tim DeCinces

finishes 4 for 5 with two runs scored and one RBI, while Todd Kehrli goes

3 for 5 with a home run and four RBIs. George Chelius is the winning

pitcher.

The Estancia baseball team crushes Calvary Chapel, 13-3. Estancia

receives a dozen bases on balls and scores a dozen runs in the first

three innings. Amazingly, Calvary outhits the Eagles, 8-7. Steve King

provides a 3-for-3 performance with three runs scored and four RBIs. The

game is called after five innings because of darkness.

Orange Coast College baseball coach Mike Mayne announces he is

resigning at the conclusion of the current season. Two weeks earlier, OCC

basketball coach Tandy Gillis is “reassigned” away from his post. With

the exception of 1990, when he took a leave of absence, Mayne had been at

the Bucs’ helm since 1977. His teams capture six conference championships

and a state title in 1980. More than 100 players sign professionally,

including eight in the majors, during Mayne’s 16 years.

-- compiled by Steve Virgen