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.