Newport Beach settles for 1-1 tie with North Irvine

Newport Beach’s Jay Ordaz scored off a direct free kick to tie Irvine

North, 1-1, in boys under-12 Gold All-Star soccer action Saturday.

Midfielders Tim Barela, Easton Giedt and Kyle Evans kept Newport

close and allowed Ordaz to score the tying goal.

Strong goalkeeping by Hayden Navarro in the fourth quarter held

Irvine to just one goal.

Defensive pressure from Tom Badum and Derek Boler kept the game

scoreless in the first quarter.

Joel Betonte and Jeff Newman had two shots on goal for Newport,

which lost its second game Saturday to South Irvine, 3-1.

Betonte tied it in the third quarter on a pass from Ordaz and

Newport kept the pressure with numerous shots on goal by Eric Holland

and Evans.

Irvine scored two goals in the fourth quarter to secure the

winning margin.

Justin Faber played strong defense in the first quarter before

Irvine took a 1-0 lead in the second quarter.

Doering’s hat trick ignites CdM boys

* SOCCER: John Doering scored three straight goals to lead the

Corona del Mar boys under-12 Area Q soccer All-Stars of AYSO Region

57 to a 6-0 victory over Irvine, equaling the highest scoring output

of the season.

Camden Nicholson, Bunk Hooper and Mike McKenna each scored one

goal, set up by the passing of Ori Tabak, Wes Baker, Hunter Alder and

Cory Donavan

The defensive backfield of James Cunningham, Tommy Banghert, Matt

Cohen, Connor Bannan and goalkeeper Kendall Pick allowed few shots on

goal and began most of the scoring chances with clear outs and

steals.

CdM remains in first place and can clinch the area championship

with a win over Newport on Saturday at Andersen Field at 10:30 a.m.

If Newport wins it advances to the sectional playoffs in Los

Alamitos.

Blues find ‘Clues’ to championship

* SOCCER: Victories over South Irvine and Costa Mesa allowed the

Corona del Mar girls under-12 Silver All-Star soccer team (the Blues

Clues) to secure a first-place finish in AYSO Area Q play.

Claire Schmidt and Amanda Johnson each scored goals in a 2-0

victory over South Irvine.

CdM defeated Mesa, 2-1, on goals from Schmidt on a breakaway in

the first quarter and Megan Otterbein on a looping pass from Rebecca

Beyer in the second period.

Taylor Rhodes cleared the box and McKenna Caskey made several

saves in goal. Solid defense from Rylie LeVasseur, Layne Kelley and

Alexa Cohen with crisp passing and blocking from midfielders Kimberly

Condino, Valerie Avila and Kelsey Davis helped seal the victory.

Forward Kathryn Conner also showed steady defense.

The Blues Clues will face rival Newport Saturday to conclude their

10-game season.

Newport-Mesa All-Net team wins two

* HOOPS: The Newport-Mesa fifth grade boys All-Net basketball

team won two games last weekend to improve to 8-0.

Newport beat Capo Dana, 30-29, in Game 1.

Trevor Miles and Dillon Campbell led the scoring while strong

rebounding was provided by Parker Stone, Neil O’Hara and Fletcher

Della Grotta.

J.D. Abbott and Randall Nelson showed steady defense.

Newport handled the Laguna Flash in Game 2, 45-32.

Miles, Stone and Austin Rios led the scoring with Andrew Roth,

O’Hara and Abbott crashing the boards

Nelson and D.C. Campbell had assists.

* In girls eighth grade action:

* Newport 37, Fountain Valley 25

Newport held Fountain Valley to zero first quarter points and led

at halftime, 17-10.

Fountain Valley cut the lead to four in the final quarter but

Newport pulled away.

Allie Duernberger hit a three-pointer to spark Newport to 14

fourth-quarter points.

Ivy Melo led the team with nine points followed by Duernberger

with eight and Chelsea McCrea with seven. Ashley Kirby and Brittany

DeYan each had four points, while Taylor Holden tallied three and

Becca Turk added two.

Breakers win Silver Division title

* SOCCER: Two goals each by Lauren Terry and Josie Jogwe paced

the Newport Beach Breakers to a 5-0 victory over Yorba Linda to

clinch the girls under-10 Area Q Silver Division soccer championship.

Coach Kirk McIntosh credited his defense as the key to victory.

Sweeper Kelly Rorden, along with Monique Conant and Claire Castillo

(marking backs), denied Yorba Linda any shots on goal.

Terry scored her first goal off a deflection of a Shannon Boler

shot to give the Breakers a 2-0 lead heading into halftime. Lexi

Jenkins opened the scoring in the first quarter on a penalty kick.

Jogwe scored her two goals in the third period to put the Breakers

up, 5-0.

Courtney McIntosh continued her steady play at center midfield and

Tempest Blaine provided strong skills at striker and outside

halfback. Christie Olhaver was unchallenged at goalkeeper.

The Breakers will compete this weekend in the Newport Silver

Invitational at Harper School.

Hornets swarm Jazz, 76-30

* HOOPS: Led by 24 points each by Chase Pinesett and Gus Ellis,

the Hornets improved to 9-0 with a 76-30 victory over the Jazz in

Newport-Mesa National Junior Basketball Division I play.

Pinesett added eight rebounds and two assists while Ellis also

contributed three rebounds in the win.

Timothy Regan (four points, two rebounds), J.P. Gormly (six

points, four rebounds, two assists) and Kevin Rask (eight points, two

rebounds, four assists, two steals) provided offensive support.

Steady defense was displayed by Thomas Dialynas (two points, two

assists, two steals), Erik Rask (eight points, four assists) and Andy

Rovzar (one rebound, five assists, one steal).