Shadowlands

Looking back, 5 years ago this week:

The Newport Harbor High girls water polo team trounces visiting

Woodbridge, 17-0, to open up Sea View League play. Harbor’s leading

scorer, Katherine Gregg, notches four goals while Alden Moore nets

three scores before Coach Brian Kreutzkamp puts her back in at goalie

in the third period. She makes one save. The offense receives a boost

from Jocelyn Manderino, Kyndra Cox and Diana Day, who each score two

goals while Autumn Milliken and Heather Pappas tally one apiece.

Senior goalkeeper Erin Kennedy records four saves in the first half.

Estancia High football coach John Liebengood resigns after 12

seasons. He says, “I sat down over Christmas vacation and considered

the pluses and minuses and came to the decision that the time was

right for me to move on.” Liebengood remains at Estancia as a

full-time teacher. In his 12 seasons Liebengood amasses a 53-67-3

record, including a 10-win Sea View League championship season in

1989 and three trips to the CIF Playoffs. He is Estancia’s winningest

football coach in the 33-year history of the varsity program.

Newport Harbor High’s girls basketball team completes a 35-32

nonleague triumph over Costa Mesa in the Sailors’ first home game of

the season. Harbor sophomore April Ross amasses a career-high 17

points with 15 rebounds and four blocked shots. Both teams win two

quarters and Mesa has a 30-26 lead before Newport’s Kristen Urban

drills a three-pointer with 3:19 left to begin a rally that puts

Newport up, 35-30, with 1:05 to go. Newport junior Melissa Hollister

contributes 10 rebounds while Evelyn Powers (13 points), Julie

Collett (10 rebounds and five points) and Nancy Hatsushi (six points

and five boards) pace the visitors.

Southern California College (now Vanguard University) thumps

visiting Dominican, 95-31, in a nonleague women’s college basketball

game. The Vanguards (12-4) take a 9-0 lead with help from a

three-pointer by Alana Kempton and two treys by Amee Pina. The

Vanguards hit 10 of 18 from behind the arc with added help from

Marissa Emde and Amber Chaney. Pina nets 19 points, including 5 of 7

from behind the arc.

Looking back, 10 years ago this week:

The Estancia High boys basketball team defeats Pacific Coast

League rival Costa Mesa, 76-59, in the circuit’s opener. Estancia

(8-8) takes control of the game in the third quarter, doubling the

Mustangs’ output of 12 points in the period. Jim Faulkner goes 5 for

5 from the field in the second half and finishes with a game-high 24

points. He converts all 13 of his free-throw attempts. Estancia goes

on a 9-0 run after being tied, 40-40, as Zack Richardson hits a

three-pointer to stretch the margin to 47-40.

Costa Mesa High’s girls basketball team routs Estancia, 64-22, in

the PCL opener. Mesa’s Olivia DiCamilli finishes with a game-high 17

points in limited action as the Mustangs jump out to a 27-6 lead with

3:55 left in the second quarter. The Mustangs hold the Eagles to no

more than six points in any quarter. Heather Robinson tallies 15

points for Mesa (11-4) while Karla Dominguez and Laura Czingula each

score six points for the Eagles (8-5).

Tim Mang succeeds Gary Salazar as the Corona del Mar High tennis

coach.

Newport Harbor High’s boys basketball team opens Sea View League

play with a 64-51 victory over Saddleback. The Sailors (8-5) outscore

the Roadrunners, 17-4, in the first six and a half minutes of the

third period to forge a 47-30 lead. Saddleback closes to within

48-45, with 4:50 left in the game after a 13-0 run, but Newport

prevails. Junior guard Eric Vallely scores a game-high 26 points and

grabs a career-high 14 rebounds. Junior center Ramy Shoukry adds 16

points, 13 rebounds and three blocked shots. Three-year varsity

starter Mark McAnlis returns to the floor from a knee injury and

scores six points on two three-pointers. The Tars limit Saddleback to

17 of 45 from the field (37.7%).

-- compiled by Bryce Alderton