Shadowlands
Looking back, 5 years ago this week:
The Newport Harbor High girls soccer team blasts through Estancia,
5-1, in nonleague action. Five different players score for Newport
(2-1) including Taylor Yurada, Alison Parker, Cari Morrell, Kyle
McNichols and Devon Burlingham. The Sailors ride the performance of
All-Sea View League performer Brooke Flamson, while Estancia (1-2) is
led by Rebeka Roth. The Eagles’ Jennifer Porter drills a corner kick
to knot the score, 1-1, before Harbor makes its run.
Sam Nelson tips in a shot with eight seconds remaining to lift the
Estancia High boys basketball team to a 62-60 triumph over visiting
Irvine in a nonleague contest. Estancia’s Brett Valbuena gets a piece
of Chris Ferguson’s shot with three seconds left and a scramble for
the loose ball ensues. Irvine wants a foul called but doesn’t get it.
Eagle senior guard James Dawkins finishes with a season-high 28
points while forward Ryan Simpson tallies 10 points and Nelson
finishes with nine. The Eagles (3-3) lead, 40-23, before Irvine goes
on a 20-0 run. The Vaqueros (4-2) shut out the Eagles the final three
minutes of the third quarter and score 14 points in that span. Irvine
takes the lead, 49-43, before Dawkins hits his fourth of five
three-point shots to end the drought and Valbuena then follows with a
reverse layup to spark Estancia’s comeback.
The Newport Harbor boys basketball team places third in the
Century Shootout after an 84-76 victory over University. Junior point
guard Matt Jameson leads the Sailors comeback from a three-point
halftime deficit. He scores 15 points for the Tars. Alan Limon
replaces injured Scott Archbold and scores 10 of his team-high 17
points in the second half. Adam Hearlson and Dustin Illingworth add
12 and 15 points, respectively, as Newport leads by eight points at
the end of the third quarter.
Looking back, 10 years ago this week:
Costa Mesa High senior J.R. Porter and Mutangs’ Coach Jason Lynch,
who help lead the Pacific Coast League champions to the CIF Southern
Section Division III water polo championship, are granted All-CIF
honors by a committee of coaches. Porter, a senior driver and
two-meter guard, is named CIF Division III Player of the Year while
Lynch earns Coach of the Year accolades. Junior Sam Grayeli, the
team’s leading scorer and assist man, is also a first-team pick in
CIF Division III while Corona del Mar’s Crosby Grant earns first-team
honors in Division I. Costa Mesa’s Greg Felli and junior goalie Chris
Avitia are second-team picks while CdM senior Brad Harrington and
Newport senior twins Brian and Brett McAllister are named to the
Division I second team. Newport junior Nathan Andersen and Sea Kings’
senior Tom Norton are third-team choices in Division I while Estancia
junior Adam Bollenbach and Costa Mesa senior Cary Peterson are
third-teamer picks in Division III.
Newport Harbor falls to Irvine, 30-8, in the CIF Division IV
football championship game at Orange Coast College. Coverage of the
game merits a special Sunday edition of the Daily Pilot. The game
marks the first time Harbor (11-3) gives up 30 points since a 32-0
defeat in 1986 in Newport Coach Jeff Brinkley’s first season at the
helm of the Tars. Irvine quarterback Aron Garcia picks apart the
Harbor defense, completing 17 of 23 passes for 255 yards and two
touchdowns. Newport defensive tackle Phil Bloomberg is part of a unit
that holds All-CIF fullback Scott Seal to a modest 70 yards on 24
carries. Newport quarterback Gregg Williams finds Chad La Bass for an
8-yard TD reception and then connects with tight end Mike Freeman on
a two-point conversion to avert the shutout. Williams produces
single-game highs of 13 completions and 126 yards in 30 attempts. The
Vaqueros (13-1), winners of the 1991 CIF Division II title, hold
Newport to a season-low 64 yards rushing on 20 attempts.
-- compiled by Bryce Alderton
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