Sailors face Knights
The Newport Harbor High boys water polo team has a big challenge
tonight in its quest to repeat as Sea View League champion, as
Foothill takes on the Sailors at 7 p.m. at Corona del Mar High.
“We are pretty equal in a lot of ways, on paper,” Newport Coach
Jason Lynch said. “This is obviously a game that we are going to get
up for. You can’t get up for every single game, but this is one we
will be ready for.”
The Sailors, ranked No. 5 in CIF Southern Section Division I, will
be without senior Bryan Auer, who is recovering from an appendectomy
and will miss at least two weeks. Senior two-meter man Michael Bury
and sophomore driver Clay Jorth lead Newport, which also features
junior goalie Michael Robinson. The Knights are No. 2 in CIF Division
I.
-- by Steve Virgen
Estancia cruises to win
* TENNIS: Estancia High’s girls tennis team remained undefeated
with a 14-4 victory over visiting Ocean View Tuesday in Golden West
League play.
The Eagles (8-0, 7-0 in league) swept all singles sets with Stacie
Nellor, Yvonne Zaidler and Sara Stratton leading the charge. Asia
Ingram and Heather Morton won two of three sets at No. 1 doubles, as
did the second team of Huong Thai and Kittiya Sudhikam.
CdM too much for Titans
* TENNIS: Freshmen Jill Damion and Miranda Young didn’t lose a
game at No. 3 doubles as the Corona del Mar High girls tennis team
defeated visiting Tesoro, 16-2, Tuesday in a Pacific Coast League
match.
CdM freshmen Jillian Braverman and Hayley Young lost just two
games to sweep at No. 1 doubles for the Sea Kings (4-4, 1-1 in
league).
Senior Brittany Holland lost just three games in winning three
sets at No. 1 singles. Sophomore Rachel Miller swept at No. 3 singles
Lightning victorious
* VOLLEYBALL: Sage Hill School sophomores Sophia Hillgren and Cat
Dailey helped the Lightning overcome some sluggish play to post a
23-25, 25-18, 25-21, 27-25 Academy League-opening girls volleyball
win over visiting Oxford Academy Tuesday.
Hillgren had 14 kills and Dailey added 11, fed effectively all
match by sophomore setter Debbie Yoder-Lee.
Senior Samantha Burns had five aces for the winners (3-3).
Estancia overwhelmed
* WATER POLO: Visiting Estancia High was overwhelmed by the
Saddleback boys water polo team, which took an 8-0 lead, before
cruising to an 18-7 Golden West League victory Tuesday.
Paul Collier scored four goals to pace the Eagles (3-8, 0-2).
Saddleback’s six first-quarter goals were scored by six players.
Mustangs sink Gahr
* WATER POLO: Brian Tipton and Kyle Thorsness scored five goals
each to lead the Costa Mesa High boys water polo team to a 16-6
nonleague victory over visiting Gahr Tuesday.
Evan Spencer added three goals, while Christian Medina contributed
two and Brian Knox provided one for the Mustangs (8-4). Mesa goalie
Matt Jaroslawski recorded a game-high nine saves.
No. 1 Sage Hill wins * TENNIS: Sage Hill School, the CIF Southern Section’s No.
1-ranked team in Division V, swept all nine doubles sets Tuesday on
its way to a 16-2 victory over Brethren Christian to remain
undefeated in Academy League play.
Jessica Tsong and Laura Webb, Danielle Breman and Annie Levin, and
Meredith Hultman and Grace Graham lost just 11 games combined in
their doubles sweeps.
Sarah Geocaris also swept for the Lightning (7-3, 5-0) in singles.
Pirates defeat Dons
* SOCCER: Gabriel Ardouin and Eli Solis scored first-half goals
for the Orange Coast College men’s soccer Tuesday as the host Pirates
beat Santa Ana, 2-1, in Orange Empire Conference play. OCC is 6-2-1,
3-0-1 in the OEC.
Sailors win again
* FIELD HOCKEY: The undefeated Newport Harbor High girls field
hockey team recorded its 12th straight shutout after earning a 3-0
Sunset League victory over visiting Marina at Harper Park Tuesday.
Jillianne Whitfield scored two goals, while Reese Simmons added
one for the Sailors (13-0, 3-0 in league). Reese, Ashley Harrison and
Kristen Jendrusina provided assists to help send Marina to 1-2 in
league. Newport goalie Amanda Wittman had one save.
Pirates edge Rustlers
* SOCCER: A well-placed cross to the far post by Jenny Chavis was
directed into the net by fellow Orange Coast College freshman April
Pate to give the Pirates a 1-0 Orange Empire Conference women’s
soccer win at Golden West Tuesday.
The Pirates improved to 6-4, 3-3 in conference.
Sage boys triumph
* CROSS COUNTRY: The Sage Hill School boys cross country team
defeated Oxford Academy, 26-31, Tuesday, but Oxford topped the
Lightning girls team, 24-35, in Academy League action at El Dorado
Park in Mission Viejo.
Chris Chiboucas (16:54) was second and Zach Chandy (17:03) third
for the Sage Hill boys, while Sage’s Mollie McGann was third (20:58)
in the girls three-mile race.
Sage Hill’s boys are now 2-0 in league and the girls are 1-1.
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