Boys volleyball: CdM wins consolation title

SANTA BARBARA - John Grod (13 kills), Eric Jones (11) and Miles

Yourman (10) produced double-digit kill totals Saturday night for the

Corona del Mar High boys volleyball team as the Sea Kings defeated Clovis

(Fresno), 17-15, 17-15, 15-7, in the consolation championship of the

Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions.

CdM (10-5) rallied from a 12-5 deficit in the second game and was

behind, 14-12, in the first game before coming back against the Cougars.

Spencer Miller added 48 assists for CdM.

Earlier in the consolation semifinals, the Sea Kings swept Nevada

Union, 15-9, 15-13, 15-2, to advance. Ryan Inman (nine kills and five

blocks), Jones (nine kills) and Bart Welch (six) led the Sea Kings, who

play at Costa Mesa Tuesday when they return to Pacific Coast League

action.