Eagles defeat Vanguards

The Estancia High girls basketball team got its 2-3 zone defense into

shape to key a strong third-quarter, as it overtook El Modena, 46-40,

in the 13th-place semifinal of the University tournament Thursday in

Irvine.

Estancia senior center Nancy Castro had 15 points and 10 rebounds,

while senior point guard Trisha Wase posted a season-high 15 points,

eight rebounds and eight assists to lead the Eagles.

Junior Imelda Pena made four three-pointers to account for most of

her 14 points.

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University tournament 13th-place semifinal

Estancia 46, El Modena 40

Score by Quarters

El Modena 12 14 4 10 - 40

Estancia 11 15 11 9 - 46

El Modena - Baron 2, Hurtado 8, Meggison 9,

Maxwell 14, Kingland 7. 3-pt. goals - Hurtado

2, Meggison 1. Estancia - Wase 15, Castro 15,

Pena 14, Maldonado 2, Flores 0, Neal 0,

Becerra 0. 3-pt. goals - Pena 4.

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Avalon bests CdM

* BASKETBALL: Senior Sarah Stern scored nine of her team-high 12

points in the first half to help the Corona del Mar High girls

basketball team earn an 18-17 lead over the host school of the Avalon

invitational Thursday on Catalina Island.

But the Lancers won the third quarter, 11-3, and went on to record

a 40-32 triumph in the pool-play opener.

Senior Kate Heeschen scored all her points on two three-pointers

for CdM, which fell to 0-4.

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Avalon invitational First-round pool play

Avalon 40, CdM 32

Score by Quarters

CdM 12 6 3 11 - 32

Avalon 13 4 11 12 - 40

Corona del Mar - Stern 12, Long 2, Heeschen 6,

Skalla 4, Benbow 1, Marks 3, Schulte 4, Wayte 0

Wadwha 0, Kawata 0. 3-pt. goals - Heeschen 2,

Stern 1. Avalon - Hooikaika 7, York 20, Morand

2, Lachau 4, Kennedy 7. 3-pt. goals - York 1.

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Sage loses to Calvary

* BASKETBALL: Sage Hill School’s girls basketball team didn’t

tally a field goal until halfway through the first quarter and never

led in a 63-44 loss to Calvary Chapel of Santa Ana in the first round

of the Fairmont tournament Thursday.

Rebecca Hembarsky, Haywood Wright and Katie Puishys each scored 10

points for Sage Hill (0-4) while Debbie Yoder-Lee and Kaitlin Tyres

each tallied six points. Laura Schaefer had two points and three

assists.

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Fairmont tournament First round

Calvary Chapel Santa Ana 63, Sage Hill 44

Score by Quarters

Sage Hill 4 8 14 18 -- 44

Calvary 14 16 17 16 -- 63

Sage Hill -- Schaefer 2, Hembarsky 10,

Yoder-Lee 6, Tyres 6, Gutierrez 0, Wright 10,

Puishys 10, Rascheif 0. Fouled out --

Yoder-Lee. Calvary Chapel -- Moore 6, Hurst

10, Kobzess 2, Ricker 5, Deluca 26, Schick 0,

Galleyos 4, Murphy 10, Axelson 0 . 3-pt.

goals -- Murphy 2, Deluca 4.

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Loper, Joyce score 20 each

* BASKETBALL: Sage Hill School boys basketball coach Steve Keith

said his squad found its rhythm and were cohesive in defeating

Army-Navy Academy, 49-31, in the second round of the 14-team San

Diego Small Schools tournament Thursday. Matt Loper and Kevin Joyce

scored 20 points each to lead the Lightning (3-2).

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San Diego Small Schools tournament Second round

Sage Hill 49, Army-Navy Academy 31

Score by Quarters

Sage Hill 15 13 6 15 -- 49

Army-Navy 9 9 7 6 -- 31

Sage Hill -- Loper 20, Joyce 20, Wilkins 2,

Voge 0, Samel 2, Hancock 3, Derheim 2, Ogron

0. 3-pt. goals -- Joyce 1. Army-Navy -- Peek

12, Adams 2, Bruno 4, Graham 3, Wilson 4,

Hardy 6. 3-pt. goals -- Peek 1.

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Dolphins subdue Sailors

* SOCCER: The Newport Harbor High girls soccer team made progress,

but came up short Thursday, dropping a 2-0 first-round pool-play

verdict against Dana Hills in the Mater Dei invitational at

Centennial Park in Santa Ana.

CdM comes up short

* SOCCER: Corona del Mar sophomore Kelly Morgan converted an

assist from senior Courtney Carnahan to pull the Sea Kings even with

girls soccer powerhouse Aliso Niguel, 1-1, in the first half

Thursday. But the Wolverines scored three times after halftime to

earn a 4-1 win in the first round of pool play at the Mater Dei

invitational at Centennial Park in Santa Ana.