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
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