Hornets (3-0) cruising along

The Hornets improved to 3-0 this season after a 71-38 win over the Knicks in boys seventh- and eighth-grade Newport-Mesa National Junior

Basketball action.

Thomas Dialynas led the scoring output with 17 and Chase Pinesett

tallied 11 for the Hornets.

Timothy Regan played strong on defense as did Erik Rask (three

points) and Kevin Rask (nine points).

J.P. Gormly (10 points), Austin Apramian (five points), with Gus

Ellis and Andy Rovzar (each with three points) rounded out the Hornet

scoring.

In girls third- and fourth-grade action:

* Golden Hawks 27, Sparks 20

Ellie Nadal led the Hawks with 20 points and teammate Kelsey Woo

collected 19 rebounds for the victors. Chelsea Barth had 11 steals in

the win.

Alexis Aiello led the Sparks with 11 points and Duran Sharp

contributed four.

* Wizards 15, Magic 15

Brooke Lux led the Wizards with nine points while Allie Moskovits

and Mary McKenna each had five points for the Wizards in the

three-overtime game.

* Irvine Timberwolves 20, Newport Lakers 17

Kelsey Carrido led Newport with 10 points and Megan Griffin

tallied three points in the loss. Valerie Martin played smothering

defense. Kelly Hsu paced Irvine with seven points.