Estancia softball emerging into a contender, 11-4

* SOFTBALL: The Estancia High softball team capped its most

impressive preleague campaign in recent memory Monday, defeating host

Laguna Beach, 11-4.

Coach Marc Rodig’s Eagles (6-1) were paced offensively by Hilary

Ockey (3 for 4 with two RBIs) and Hillary Larson (3 for 4 with four

RBIs), while freshman pitcher Muriel Mason fanned four to earn her

fifth victory without a loss this spring.

Estancia hosts Westminster on Saturday in the Golden West League

season opener.

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Nonleague

Estancia 11, Lag. Beach 4 Score by Innings

Estancia 540 200 0 -- 11 13 6

Lag. Bch 100 201 0 -- 4 7 3

Mason and Acosta; Turner and Frimond. W

-- Mason, 5-0. L -- Turner, 1-4. 2B --

Larson (E). 3B -- Ockey (E). Frimond (LB)

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CdM walks to victory

* SOFTBALL: The Corona del Mar High softball team benefited from

14 walks and four St. Margaret’s errors to roll past the Tartans,

16-1, in a five-inning nonleague mercy ruling contest Monday at CdM.

Sarah Stern and Melanie Cole paced the Sea Kings with two hits

apiece to help Cole record her second pitching victory in as many

starts.

Cole allowed just two hits and two walks for the Sea Kings (3-3).

Corona del Mar does not play again until April 8 when it is at

Laguna Beach in the Pacific Coast League season opener.

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Nonleague

CdM 16, St. Margaret’s 1

Score by Innings

St. Mar 000 10 -- 1 2 4 CdM 907 0x -- 16 6 1

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Eagles best Breakers

* GOLF: Estancia High’s boys golf team got off to the right start

in Golden West League play with a nine-hole, 206-229 win over host

Orange Monday on the par-36 Mountain View Golf Course.

Jason Cassidy took medalist honors with a 1-under 36. The senior

carded birdies on three holes to lead the Eagles (3-1, 1-0 in

league).

Marcus Sostak shot 40 followed by a 41 from Jason Les with Ryan

Brown (44) and Austin Serr (45) rounding out the Eagles’ scorers.

CdM blitzes foe, 17-1

Corona del Mar High’s boys tennis team improved to 11-0 with a

17-1 nonleague victory at Sunny Hills Monday, dropping Sunny Hills to

7-1.

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Nonleague

CdM 17, Sunny Hills 1

Singles -- Snyder (CdM) def. Sturman, 6-1; def. Eraso, 6-1, (Gingold) def. Daily, 7-5; Miller (CdM) won, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2; Reitz (CdM) won, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1

Doubles -- Saida-Nguyen (CdM) lost to T. Hong-S. Hong, 2-6; def. Jung-Calamallo, 6-2; def. Wang-Blae, 6-4; Ball-Pham (CdM) won, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1; Warsaw-Roberts (CdM) won, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2

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CdM trails by two

* GOLF: Corona del Mar High’s boys golf team tried to overpower

the Cypress Golf Course Monday, but it wasn’t to its advantage,

according to Coach Mike Starkweather. CdM shot two strokes more than

host Cypress and trails, 195-197, after nine holes on the par-35

course.

Tim Frohling won medalist honors with a 34. He had two birdies.

Following Frohling for CdM were Alex Chikovani (38), Ben Tilsen

(41) along with Brad Chamberlin and Rob Ury, who both fired 42s.

Sage Hill sizzles

* GOLF: The Sage Hill School boys golf team recorded the lowest

team score in its two-year varsity history Monday, topping Academy

League host Oxford Academy, 211-234, in a nine-hole match at Dad

Miller Golf Course in Anaheim.

Sage Hill freshman Josh Chen shot 3-over-par 38 to earn medalist

honors, while Bryan Kornswiet (40), Jeff Cruttenden (42), John Neff

(45) and Ryan Schweitzer (46) rounded out the Lightning scorers.

Kornswiet’s 10 putts were also a school nine-hole record.

Lightning splits

* SOFTBALL: The Sage Hill School softball team scored nine runs

in the first inning, leading to a 13-9 win over Acton-based Vasquez

and answering a loss the Lightning had earlier in the Arrowhead

Christian Academy Tournament Saturday.

Sage Hill (3-3) opened the tourney with a 11-0 loss to Beaumont in

four innings. But the Lightning came back with 13 hits against

Vasquez. Freshmen Catherine Dailey and Megan McCullough each went 3

for 4.

Junior Katrina Redelsheimer collected two hits and recorded her

first pitching win of the season.