Shadowlands

Looking back, 5 years ago this week:

Hale Irwin fires a course-record 62 in the final round of the

Toshiba Senior Classic, coming from five strokes behind to win the

tournament. Irwin flirts with danger on the 17th hole, having his tee

shot roll off the green, but a rake lying near the bunker stops the

ball from rolling into the water. Runner-up Hubert Green has no such

luck with the 17th, as he hits his chip shot 10 feet past the hole en

route to a bogey. Irwin’s three-round total (200) is one stroke shy

of tying the tournament record set by George Archer in the inaugural

Toshiba Senior Classic. Irwin makes birdies in four of his first five

holes and adds five more on the back nine.

High school All-Pacific Coast League teams are announced in

basketball and girls soccer. Estancia High’s Sam Nelson (23.5 points

per game) gains the highest honor of the Newport-Mesa contingent,

earning PCL Tri-MVP accolades. Estancia junior James Dawkins (13.9

ppg) and junior Brett Valbuena (10.3 ppg) take second-team honors.

Costa Mesa’s Julie Collett and Evelyn Powers are named to the

basketball first-team along with Estancia’s Lisa Steinfeld. Her

Eagles’ teammate, Francia Diaz, makes the second team. Estancia’s

Jennifer Porter and Mesa’s Gegi Van de Walker collect All-PCL

first-team laurels for soccer. Mesa’s Fernanda Velasco and Liz

Powell, along with Estancia’s Rebeka Roth, garner second-team

accolades.

Behind a game-high 21 points from Elaine Whittemore, who breaks

the school scoring record in bringing her total to 1,219, the

Southern California College women’s basketball team earns a berth in

the NAIA Tournament in Jackson, Tenn. with an 80-69 victory over

Concordia in the Golden State Athletlic Conference finale. The

Vanguards use a 19-8 rebounding edge to post a 12-point halftime

lead. All five SCC starters finish in double figures in scoring.

Alana Kempton scores 15 along with Whittemore (21), Gina Josola (13),

Amee Pina (11) and Kristi Wright (16).

Newport Harbor High’s boys volleyball team emerges with its first

victory in four years over nonleague powerhouse Mira Costa, 15-3,

18-20, 15-13, 11-15, 15-1. Harbor Coach Dan Glenn is pleased with his

team’s result, but says it played sloppy. The Tars reel off nine

straight points to start the fifth game, with senior middle blocker

Scott Dore (3 kills, stuff block) being the catalyst. Scott Archbold

nails a match-high 29 kills while Matt Jameson adds 16. Middle

blocker Adam Hearlson and outside hitter Zach Wells (11 kills each)

join Dore (10) in double figures.

Looking back, 10 years ago this week:

Costa Mesa High’s girls basketball team erases a 12-point deficit with 6:51 to go to gain a 67-45 triumph over University of San Diego

in the CIF Division III Southern Regional semifinal, its 24th

straight victory. The Dons make 13 of their first 20 shots and stifle

the Mustangs early with man-to-man defense. Mesa rattles off runs of

11-0 and 14-2, all without a point from senior star Olivia DiCamilli,

who nets 36 points in all. Jessica Lurmann adds five points during

the spurt with contributions from Yool Kim and Neiar Kabua. Mesa

advances to the regional final against top-seeded Morningside.

Estancia High’s junior left-hander Jairo Arceyut preserves a 3-2

victory over Newport Harbor in the consolation round of the Newport

Elks baseball tournament. Eagle starter Victor Martinez allows one

earned run with no walks in 6 1/3 innings. The Eagles score two

unearned runs in the third and never trail. Lead-off hitter Art

Martinez scores on an infield throwing error and Pedro Arceyut

singles home Jairo Arceyut. Newport Harbor scores in the fourth when

first baseman Mike Freeman singles to center, moves to second on Ryan

Anderson’s groundout, advances to third on a wild pitch and scores on

designated hitter Dave Snowden’s RBI groundout. Juan Mendoza’s RBI

single in the fifth scores Jairo Arceyut. Harbor loads the bases with

nobody out in the sixth inning, but a pickoff at third and two

popouts end the rally.

-- compiled by Bryce Alderton