Winners in all directions

Mesa wins, 48-39

HOOPS: Costa Mesa High’s Danny Krikorian caught fire from

three-point range, shooting 5 of 8 from behind the arc, to help lead

the Mustangs (3-2) to a 48-39 victory over Valley Christian Saturday

in Cerritos for fifth place at the Valley Christian Tournament.

Krikorian finished with a game-high 25 points on 8 of 13 shooting

(62%). Mesa (3-2) got one three-point basket each from Scott Knox,

Ziad Pepic and Tony Krikorian to go 8 of 18 on three pointers.

Brian Molina added seven assists to go with two steals while Marko

Stankevic grabbed 10 rebounds. Danny Krikorian had five boards for

the Mustangs.

Sage Hill a winner

HOOPS: Sage Hill High was an easy winner over Villanova Prep in a

consolation game of the La Jolla Small Schools Tournament at La Jolla

Country Club Day School Saturday.

The Lightning (2-4) led by as many as 25 in the third period and

began the game with a 10-0 run before eventually settling for a 58-44

victory.

Michael Fitzhugh led the Lightning with 24 points on 12-of-17

shooting while Erik Williams went 7 for 16 and finished with 15

points..

Scott Cho led the Lightning with eight rebounds and Fitzhugh

grabbed seven boards. Williams made five steals.

NH girls win, 37-32

HOOPS: Newport Harbor High’s girls basketball team took 13th place

with a 37-32 win over Don Lugo Saturday in the South Coast Holiday

Classic at University High in Irvine.

Harbor (3-2) hit 10 of 13 from the foul line in the second half to

help seal the victory.

The Sailors’ Jillianne Whitfield, an all-tournament selection, led

the Tars with nine points with Ally Stoltz adding seven. Athena

Vasquez and Lindsey Woller each chipped in six points for the

victors.

Woller, a 6-foot senior, played solid defense against Don Lugo’s

leading-scorer, 6-foot-2 Carly Frondahl, who scored 11 points, said

Newport Coach Jen Thompson.

Estancia wins

HOOPS: Nancy Castro and Xochitl Byfield each scored 15 points to

lead the Estancia High Eagles to a third-place finish with a 55-45

victory over Laguna Hills in girls basketball action Saturday in the

South Coast Holiday Classic at University High.

Estancia (4-1) shot 80% from the foul line in the victory but

committed 17 fouls to only three for Laguna Hills, said Eagles’ Caoch

Tamette Rappa.

CdM girls fifth

HOOPS: The Corona del Mar High girls basketball team used

full-court pressure defense to build a 30-10 halftime lead en route

to a 60-32 fifth-place victory over Orange in the Western Tournament

Saturday in Anaheim.

CdM senior Kelliann Klein, who scored a game-high 15 points, was

named to the all-tournament team, while teammate Lauren Snell came

off the bench and added 10 points to help the Sea Kings improve to

2-3 on the season.

“The girls did a great job and played a great defense,” CdM Coach

James Barkalow said. “Kelliann stepped up when times got tough.”

Mustangs split

SOCCER: The Costa Mesa High girls soccer team won one and lost one

game at the Ocean View Tournament at Golden West College Saturday.

The Mustangs (5-1-2) beat Marina, 3-1, then tied Kennedy, 1-1.

Sisters Jasmin and Sharon Day and Jenny Sparks all scored one goal

for Mesa against Marina and Mesa goalkeeper Kaitlyn Gentling made

three saves. The Mustangs trailed, 1-0 at halftime, before regaining

the edge.

Costa Mesa and Kennedy went into the half tied, 0-0, before Sparks

notched her second goal of the day and Gentling added seven saves.

Geier wins title

WRESTLING: Newport Harbor High’s Nate Geier won the 135-pound

weight class, going 3-0 in his wrestling matches Saturday at the

Andrew Pena Tournament at Irvine High School.

The Sailors (0-1) finished with 45 points, good for 11th place.

Geier won by pin (2:52) over a Centennial wrestler, by decision

(13-8) over Dos Pueblos and then by major decision (13-1) over

Peninsula.

Corona del Mar High’s unseeded Dan Gushue took second in the

152-pound weight class on three pins with times of 1:17, 3:27 and

4:41 before losing in the finals to a wrestler from Dos Pueblos.

Gushue improves to 7-1 this season.

The Tars’ Tony Pinon went 3-2 with two pins and one decision. He

pinned a competitor from Trabuco Hills in 2:28 and one from Katella

in 4:28 while scoring a 12-7 decision against Irvine.

Newport’s Kid Lim went 2-2 in the 112-pound class. He scored both

wins on pins -- in 5:24 over El Toro and in 1:32 against Redondo

Union.