Sea Kings lay one on Los Amigos

Corona del Mar High boys basketball coach Ryan Curry said the

inevitable letdown after his team took an 18-4 first-quarter lead

never came Monday. The result allowed the Sea Kings to paste Los

Amigos, 73-43, in the first round of the Aztec Classic at La Quinta

High.

Sophomore Ryan Lance paced CdM with 16 points, while senior Pancho

Seaborn chipped in 13 as 11 Sea Kings scored.

“We played really well, with a lot of high energy,” said Curry,

whose team improved to 1-1. The Sea Kings meet Santa Ana Valley in a

championship quarterfinal Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

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Aztec Classic

First round CdM 73, Los Amigos 43

Score by Quarters

CdM 18 21 21 13 - 73 Los Amigos 4 14 9 16 - 43

Corona del Mar - Watanabe 2, R. Lance 16,

Seaborn 13, Hirata 8, T. Lance 4, Northridge

5, Freede 8, Reynolds 2, K. Welch 9, MacDonald

5, Manni 2, T. Welch 0, Kabaklian 0. 3-pt.

goals - Seaborn 1, K. Welch 1. Los Amigos - J.

Manthavong 4, T. Manthavong 2, J. Finnau 11,

C. Finnau 19, Berrelleza 2, Bernal 2, Tran 1,

Pham 1. 3-pt. goals -- None.

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Falcons hold off Eagles

* BASKETBALL: The Estancia High boys basketball team pared an

18-point deficit after three quarters to three, but it couldn’t

overcome Santa Ana Valley, which earned a 59-53 victory in the first

round of the Aztec Classic Monday at La Quinta High.

Junior Carlos Pinto scored seven of his team-high 20 points in the

final period, when pressure defense, as well as a pair of

three-pointers by Hugo Escobedo, helped the Eagles outscore the

Falcons, 24-12.

Senior Scott Sankey had 12 points and a team-high eight rebounds

for the Eagles (1-1), while Pinto added five boards and sophomore

Mike McDaniels chipped in 11 points and five rebounds.

Estancia meets Los Amigos in a consolation quarterfinal Wednesday

at 3:30 p.m.

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Aztec Classic

First round Santa Ana Valley 59, Estancia 53

Score by Quarters

Estancia 9 5 15 24 - 53

Santa Ana Valley 11 17 19 12 - 59

Estancia - Pinto 20, McDaniels 11, Markley 3,

Escobedo 7, Sankey 12, Verette 0, Viramontes

0, Meissner 0. 3-point goals - Pinto 2,

Escobedo 2, McDaniels 1, Markley 1. Santa Ana

Valley - Nava 3, Banner 7, Cueva 6, Gonzalez

31, Navarrete 1, Morales 2, Estrada 2, Sosa 7.

3-pt. goals - Gonzalez 3, Banner 1.

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Sluggish Eagles earn tie

* SOCCER: Visiting Estancia High rallied for a 1-1 nonleague boys soccer tie Monday at Fountain Valley, though Eagles Coach Steve

Crenshaw was not entirely pleased with his team’s effort.

“If we’d have played soccer, it wouldn’t have been a tie,”

Crenshaw said. “We were kind of flat.”

Estancia sophomore Danny Perez came to the rescue in the 71st

minute, booting home a deflection off a corner kick for the

equalizer.

Estancia (2-1-1) plays host to Edison Wednesday.

Sea Kings stand out

* WRESTLING: Four Corona del Mar High wrestlers earned top-three

finishes in the Downey 10-way invitational, contested Friday and

Saturday at Downey High.

Senior Dave Simon was second at 215 pounds with a 7-2 record,

while junior Taylor Alston (7-2 with five pins at 112 pounds), junior

Brian Feeley (7-2 at 135) and junior Jon Dean (6-3 at 140) each

finished third.

CdM Coach Gary Almquist also singled out the 6-3 performance

turned in by sophomore Ian Hogan, who finished fourth in his weight

class.

Mustangs fall short

* BASKETBALL: Costa Mesa High’s girls basketball team fell behind,

9-2, in the first quarter Monday and never regained the lead despite

never trailing by more than seven points in a 41-40 loss to Schurr in

pool play of the Fountain Valley tournament.

Senior guard Cassey Brick had 10 points, seven rebounds and three

assists for the Mustangs (1-1) and Suzy Trujillo connected on four of

six three-pointers on her way to a game-high 14 points, but Mesa

could never entirely close the gap.

Costa Mesa will return to tournament action with another pool play

game at 6 p.m. Wednesday against Mira Costa.

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Fountain Valley tournament

Pool play Schurr 41, Costa Mesa 40 Score by Quarters

Costa Mesa 7 9 8 16 -- 40

Schurr 9 9 11 12 -- 41

Mesa -- Brick 10, Kelly 2, Sanchez 6, Trujillo

14, Be.Vergara 2, Br. Vergara 6, Akansel 0,

Bjelland 0, Cluff 0, V. Enesi 0. 3-pt. goals --

Brick 1, Trujillo 4, Br. Vergara 2. Fouled out

-- Be. Vergara, Br. Vergara. Schurr --

Viramontes 1, Terasawa-Lew 5, Ly 3, F. Sanchez

3, Cabello 8, Agabao 8, C. Sanchez 11, Tso 2.

3-pt. goals -- None. Fouled out -- None.

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Heralds handle Sage

* SOCCER: Host Sage Hill School played Whittier Christian even in

the second half, but was defeated, 6-2, in a nonleague girls soccer

game Monday.

After trailing, 4-0, at halftime, the Lightning (1-2) managed an

unassisted goal by sophomore Kelsey Rose and a Megan Curry tally, on

an assist from Amy Werblin.

Ray also praised the play of junior goalie Laura Gordon (13

saves), as well as forward Sara Becker.

Whittier Christian improved to 3-1-1.

The Lightning play host to Estancia Wednesday.

Seahawks stomp Sage

* BASKETBALL: A Sage Hill School girls basketball team weakened by

illness faded out in the final three quarters of a 61-15 nonleague

loss to visiting Ocean View Monday night.

The Seahawks (1-0) outscored the Lightning, 48-8, after taking a

modest 13-7 first-quarter lead, dropping the hosts to 0-3.

Sophomore Rebecca Hembarsky led Sage Hill with six points.

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Nonleague

Ocean View 61,Sage Hill 15

Score by Quarters

Ocean View 13 16 22 10 - 61

Sage Hill 7 0 4 4 - 15

Ocean View - Aldefer 19, Boggeln 2, Thunter

12, Abufarie 10, Williams 8, Butler 6, Potter

4. 3-pt. goals - Abufarie 2, Aldefer 1. Sage

Hill - Yoder-Lee 2, Gutierrez 5, Hembarsky 6,

Gonzalez 2, Kaliski 0, Schaefer 0, Wright 0,

Puishys 0. 3-pt. goals - None.

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