Newport devours Mater Dei

Newport Harbor High’s club surfing team had too much in every

department Wednesday morning as Mater Dei fell to the unbeaten hosts,

85-41, as Newport came within five points of a complete sweep.

Newport Harbor, now 7-0, went 1-2 in every event in ideal

conditions with 3- to 4-foot waves at the 56th Street site.

Geoff Rill, David Neira, Erica Hosseini and Will Anderson were

heat winners in the short board, and teammates Morgan Hill, Brian

Pearson, Alex Knost and Matt Doheny backed them up with seconds.

Knost and Chase Smith went 1-2 in the long board, Dan Kretschmar

and Mike Beck went 1-2 in the body board, and Hosseini and Amy Lowry

were 1-2 in the nonscoring girls short/long board.

It was Rill’s sixth win in the short board, an event Newport has

won in every meet this year.

Anderson got his fourth win and Hosseini won for the third time in

the short board.

Newport has dominated the long and body board events with firsts

each time out.