Shadowlands

Looking back, 5 years ago this week:

Estancia High’s boys soccer team knocks off Pacific Coast League

leader Laguna Hills, 3-2. The Hawks (15-4-3, 4-1-1 in league) are ranked No. 4 in Orange County and lead, 2-1, early in the second half

before Estancia (9-4-2, 3-2-1) comes back for two goals, both by

Cesar Terrones. Assists by Robert Castellano and Noe Estrada key

Terrones’ two goals and junior forward Esaul Mendoza opens the Eagle

scoring in the ninth minute on a pass from Irving Islas.

The Costa Mesa High girls basketball team storms back from three

15-point deficits to down Aliso Niguel, 53-52, sending the Mustangs

into a tie for first place in the PCL. Mesa senior Julie Collett

makes 1 of 2 free throws with 35 seconds left to give the Mustangs

(9-13, 5-1) their margin of victory. Aliso Niguel (11-10, 5-1) is

outscored by Mesa, 34-19, in the second half. Mustang freshman Nancy

Hatsushi bats away an Aliso pass inside to force a loose ball as time

runs out. Jenny Earnest makes three steals in the final 1:26,

including knocking away a Wolverine pass inside with the game tied,

52-52. Collett scores 11 of her points in the third quarter as Mesa

cuts the Aliso lead to 45-37 by period’s end. Evelyn Powers (eight

points, two steals, two rebounds), Kim Nguyen (four rebounds) and

reserve forward Autumn Smith (seven points) all have moments of glory

for Mesa, which gets outrebounded on the offensive boards, 14-6, in

the first half.

Orange County athletic leagues will remain intact for the 1998-99

school year after league representatives vote, 8-1, with one

abstention, to support the status quo at a CIF Southern Section

Council meeting. An appeal by Corona del Mar High Principal Don

Martin, asking for the Sea View League school to trade places with

PCL representative Aliso Niguel is unanimously defected by the

council. CdM would have been shifted from the Sea View to the PCL,

joining Estancia, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach and University. Newport

Harbor benefits by the move of parochial school Santa Margarita (six

section titles since fall of 1996) to the South Coast League.

Looking back, 10 years ago this week:

Corona del Mar High forward Jason Boyce, a member of the under-17

U.S. national team, scores both Sea King goals to spark a 2-1 defeat

of Back Bay rival Newport Harbor in Sea View League boys soccer

action at the Sailors’ field. CdM remains unbeaten at 17-0-3, 7-0-1

in league. The Sailors (4-6-5, 2-2-2) thwart persistent CdM attacks

for most of the game, building a 1-0 halftime lead behind Chris

Hunter’s direct kick 13 minutes into the contest. Boyce plays off the

brilliant ball control and passing of fellow forwards Tanner Rupp,

Beat Baudenbacher and Chad Liberto.

Estancia High’s boys soccer team dominates Costa Mesa in a 4-0 PCL

triumph. The Eagles (11-6-2) remain unbeaten at 5-0-1 in league while

Mesa drops to 2-10-1, 1-4. Three different Eagles score goals

including Nicholas Garcia, Juan Camberos (two) and Octavio Vazquez.

The Corona del Mar High girls basketball team rallies from a

10-point first-quarter deficit to pull away from visiting Santa

Margarita, 59-44, in a Sea View League game. The Sea Kings (11-7,

4-5) outscore the Eagles a combined 34-12 in the second and fourth

quarters to pull into a three-way tie for fourth place with Santa

Margarita and Tustin. Senior guard Mollie Flint scores a game-high 30

points and adds eight rebounds while junior Rosalie Kane bounces back

from her least-productive game of the year to get 12 points and 16 rebounds. Karie Dietrich adds six rebounds to her 10 points, while Kristy MacFarland (eight rebounds) and Nikki Ricci (five steals) also

contribute.

Senior forward Matt Chapman scores a season-high 18 points and

senior Jim Faulkner tallies 20 points, 10 rebounds, four steals and

two blocks in the Eagles’ 72-56 win over Costa Mesa. The Eagles

(12-9, 4-1) get ahead by 21 early in the second quarter and take a

30-11 halftime lead. Mesa creeps to within 44-36, but Estancia

answers with a 14-6 run to pull away.

-- compiled by Bryce Alderton