Velocity claims Pacific Cup

Trailing, 3-0, at halftime, the CPH Velocity roller hockey team, made

up of players ages 12 and younger from Newport Beach, Costa Mesa and

Huntington Beach, scored five unanswered goals to defeat Team

Excalibur, 5-3, for the Pacific Cup Roller Hockey state championship

on Sunday in Anaheim.

Forward Evan McNerney ignited a five-goal rally with a quick

strike at the start of the second period followed with a hat trick by

Nick Dillion and a goal from J.T. Thomas for CPH, competing in the

Squirt AA Elite Division.

Brett Olinger displayed strong defense while goalkeeper Brad

Atkinson shut down Excalibur in the second half.

Taylor Aronson, Dakota Eveland and Darin Nowick contributed to the

victory.

CPH Velocity, coached by Dave Cairns and Nick Dowling, travels to

Detroit in August to compete in the AAU Junior Olympics.

CdM Pony tops Corona

* BASEBALL: The Corona del Mar Pony All-Stars defeated Corona,

11-4, to end the Cypress Tournament with a 3-1 record Sunday.

In addition to their 11 runs, the CdM All-Stars of 14-year-olds

also depended on the pitching of Tyler Brady. He pitched a

complete-game and was named MVP of the game.

At the plate, Blaine Nielsen, Tom Thomas, Chris Rosen and Bobby

Manning delivered two hits each for CdM, while Connor Whalen, Kelsey

Chase, David Wheatley and Brady also collected key hits.

The CdM All-Stars will take on Back Bay rival Newport Harbor in a

best-of-three series July 9, 10 and 11 if necessary. All games will

be at 5 p.m. at Eastbluff Park.

The following week, CdM will compete in the national pony

tournament in Whittier, which starts July 17.

Stunkard finishes second

* SPEEDWAY: Costa Mesa resident John Stunkard finished second in

the 12 Lap Classic Saturday as part of the Speedway Motorcycle Racing

program at the Orange County Fairgrounds.

Stunkard finished behind Rudy Laurer from Gardena and ahead of

Robert Fiesler from Huntington Beach.

Scott Brant of Riverside won the 25 Lap Classic event.