CdM dunks Wilson
GIRLS WATER POLO: Corona del Mar High’s girls water polo team
improved to 10-2 with a 12-7 nonleague victory over visiting Long
Beach Wilson Thursday afternoon.
Brittney Bowlus led the way with three goals and Christina Hewko,
Danielle Carlson and Vivian Liao each scored twice. Daniela
DiGiacomo, Katya Eadington and Jessica Harkins, who has been accepted
at Princeton, each scored one goal. Brittany Fullen had five saves.
Estancia falls, 4-3
BOYS SOCCER: The Estancia High boys soccer team dropped a 4-3
Pacific Coast League decision to visiting Ocean View Thursday despite
a hat trick by Luis Mendoza.
Ocean View scored three goals in the final 15 minutes of
regulation to send it into overtime, and eight minutes into the
second overtime scored the winner. Estancia falls to 4-7-1, 1-4-1 in
league.
CdM wins, 2-1
GIRLS SOCCER: The same duo hooked up for both goals for the Corona
del Mar High girls soccer team in its 2-1 Pacific Coast League win
over visiting Tesoro Thursday.
Lauren Loe made a sweeping left kick into the box and Rachel
Yelsey headed the ball in goal to put CdM up, 1-0, with nine minutes
elapsed. Loe found Yelsey for another header with only two minutes
remaining to give the Sea Kings (5-3-1, 2-0 in league) the go-ahead
and eventual-winning margin.
With the win also comes word of a major loss for CdM.
The PCL’s Co-Most Valuable Player of a year ago, senior defender
Lauren Shepherdson, broke her leg falling off a curb last weekend,
ending her high-school soccer career, said CdM Coach Bryan Middleton.
Shepherdson had a pin inserted into her foot in surgery performed
earlier this week.
Tars fall at Irvine, 1-0
GIRLS SOCCER: Newport Harbor High’s girls soccer team dropped a
1-0 Sea View League decision at Irvine Thursday as the Vaqueros
struck in the 77th minute.
Kelly Ferguson drove in to head the ball in after a direct kick
over Newport’s wall and she collided with Sailors’ goalie Cara
DeMille as the ball sailed into the net.
Newport Harbor falls to 3-7-5, 1-1-1 in the Sea View. Irvine
improves to 8-5-1, 2-1-0.
Sailors pin Aliso, 43-36
WRESTLING: Newport Harbor High’s wrestling team dealt visiting
Aliso Niguel a 43-36 Sea View League defeat Thursday night, keyed by
five straight victories.
After the Sailors’ heavyweight Phil Gerard won by pin in 3:24, the
Tars Victor George (103), Kid Lim (112), Morgan Nolan (119) and Jon
Rolsheim (125) rolled.
George won by pin in 0:56, Lim was a 17-1 winner, Nolan won by pin
in 1:43, and Rolsheim rallied from a 4-2 deficit to post a 6-4 win
with a reversal and near-pin with 0:16 left.
Kyle Cody (135) rallied to win by pin in 3:29 and Nate Geier was
a technical fall winner (17-2) at 140. Jeff Landa (160) also rallied
for a pin in 3:40.
Newport ties, 74-74
CLUB SURFING -- Newport Harbor High’s club surfing team split four
events and tied Dana Hills for the second time in two weeks, 74-74,
in a nonleague meet In shoulder high, 2- 3-foot surf on a very cold
morning at 56th Street Thursday. It was the final tuneup before the
State Championships Feb. 22-23 at Oceanside.
Among Coach Scott Morlan’s short board entries, Geoff Rill,
Brightton Brandenburger and Alex Knost were heat winners. It was
Rill’s 11th victory for Newport, which finished 11-1-2 overall.
Tommy Holbrook and Nathan Stoneman had second-place finishes,
David Neira and Erica Hosseini were third, Matt Doheny was fourth,
Brett Catron was fifth and Joey Head, Tyler Hosseini and Morgan Hill
were sixth.
Dan Kretschmar was first in the body board, followed by Michael
Beck (second) and Justin Kast (fourth). It was Kretschmar’s sixth
win.
Erica Hosseini, Amy Lowry and Robin Senour went 4-5-6 in the girls
long/short board event.
The long board was won by Knost while Chase Smith and Catron went
5-6. In was Knost’s ninth victory in 10 starts.
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