Mustangs advance to title game

Sophomore guard Tony Krikorian sparked a third-quarter surge with

three steals and nine points as Costa Mesa High outscored Whitney by

21 points in the second half on its way to a 63-38 victory in the

final round of pool play Friday at the Valley Christian tournament.

The Mustangs (4-0) advance to tonight’s championship game against

La Salle (6-0) at 8 p.m. at Valley Christian High in Cerritos.

Krikorian, who played varsity as a freshman last season,

established a career-high with 17 points and added six steals. Junior

forward Jeff Waldron, a starter on last year’s team, also set a

career-high with 23 points and added 10 rebounds. Sophomore Scott

Knox added 14 points, hitting on three three-pointers, and point

guard Brian Molina dished out 10 assists.

*--*

Valley Christian tournament Pool play

Costa Mesa 63, Whitney 38

Score by Quarters

Mesa 13 14 19 17 -- 63

Whitney 11 12 5 10 -- 38

Mesa -- Molina 2, Knox 14, Krikorian 17,

Aleson 2, Lefebvre 0, Waldron 23, Stankovic

5. 3-pt. goals -- Knox 3, Krikorian 3,

Waldron 1. Whitney -- Itchon 11, A. Tsai 5,

Vafavapatra 2, Ngo 10, Yun 1, J. Tsai 5, Lin

5. 3-pt. goals -- Itchon 1.

*--*

Mesa steals victory

* BASKETBALL: Senior Suzy Trujillo scored a game-high 16 points to

pace the Costa Mesa High girls basketball team to a 40-36 victory

over Dana Hills to finish third in its pool at the Fountain Valley

tournament Friday.

Mesa (2-2) scored eight points in a row to tie the score at 16 at

halftime. Cassey Brick, who tallied seven points, hit a three-pointer

as the halftime buzzer sounded from 35 feet to pull the Mustangs

even.

Judie Akansel tallied seven points while Brittany and Bethany

Vergara each scored four. Ashley Kelly and Deanna Sanchez each scored

one point.

*--*

Fountain Valley tournament Pool play - third

round

Costa Mesa 40, Dana Hills 36

Score by Quarters

Costa Mesa 6 10 13 11 -- 40

Dana Hills 8 8 6 14 -- 36

Costa Mesa -- Brick 7, Kelly 1, Trujillo 16,

Brit Vergara 4, Beth. Vergara 4, Akansel 7,

Sanchez 1, Bjelland 0, Cluff 0. 3-pt. goals --

Akansel 1 Brick 2, Trujllo 2. Dana Hills --

Hughes 4, Hart 2, Amandi 6, Ferguson 10, Grant

4, Caquicla 1, Ray 3, St. Pierre 2, Della

Torre 4. 3-pt. goals -- None Fouled out -

Hughes.

*--*

Lightning advance

* BASKETBALL: The Sage Hill School boys basketball team advanced

to the finals of the silver bracket at the San Diego Small Schools

tournament with a 49-29 victory over Calvary Christian of Vista

Friday at La Jolla Country Day School.

Kevin Joyce led the Lightning (4-2) with 23 points and Matt Loper

added 14. But it was the defense of Tim Wilkins that Sage Hill Coach

Steve Keith singled out as the key to victory.

San Diego Small Schools tournament

Semifinals

Sage Hill 49, Calvary Christian 29

Score by Quarters

Sage Hill 14 12

14 9 -- 49

Calvary 10 4 8 6

-- 29

Sage Hill -- Loper 14, Joyce 23, Voge 2, Wilkins 4,

Samel 0, Derheim 2, Moyshaedi 2.

3-pt. goals -- Joyce 3, Loper 1.

Calvary -- Savicki 12, Lopez 5, Captain 2, Danyew 2, Leitzke

8.

CdM moves on with win

* BASKETBALL: Pancho Seaborn’s layup with 1:06 remaining gave

Corona del Mar’s boys basketball team its first lead of the game and

Jay Northridge added a pair of late free throws as the Sea Kings

upended Huntington Beach, 57-53, in a fifth-place semifinal at the La

Quinta tournament Friday.

*--*

Aztec Classic Fifth-place semifinal

Corona del Mar 57, Huntington Beach 53

Score by Quarters

CdM 5 16 11 25 -- 57

HB 15 11 12 15 -- 53

CdM -- Northridge 15, Freede 3, Seaborn 17,

K. Welch 10, MacDonald 1, Hirata 11,

Kabaklian 0, R. Lance 0. 3-pt. goals --

Northridge 3, Seaborn 3, Hirata 2. HB --

Ryzecki 6, Connell 3, Nouhphiphak 2, Roenet

3, Andardo 12, Fugnettti 2, O’Bryan 4,

McLaughlin 20. 3-pt. goals -- Andardo 4,

Connell 1.

*--*

Sea Kings notch first W

* BASKETBALL: The Corona del Mar High girls basketball team

trounced North Hollywood, 70-34, in its second pool-play game of the

Avalon invitational Friday on Catalina Island.

Kate Heeschen (16 points), Sarah Stern (13) and Megan Benbow (12)

led the Sea Kings (1-4), who conclude pool play today against

Brethren Christian.

*--*

Avalon invitational Second-round pool play

CdM 70, North Hollywood 34

Score by Quarters

N. Hollywood 9 6 7 12 - 34

CdM 20 15 11 24 - 70

North Hollywood - Magana 2, Ward 2, Faber 8,

Reffet 16, Perea 2, Ramirez 4. 3-pt. goals -

Faber 2, Reffet 1. Corona del Mar - Benbow 12,

Stern 13, Long 5, Heeschen 16, Skalla 3, Snell

5, Wayte 2, Wadhwa 5, Schulte 9, Kawata 0.

3-pt goals - Stern 3, Wadhwa 1.

*--*

Foothill rolls past Tars

* BASKETBALL: A thin Newport Harbor High girls basketball team

couldn’t hold a 20-17 first-quarter lead against Foothill, which

posted a 65-54 victory in a fifth-place semifinal matchup in the

University tournament Friday.

Jillianne Whitfield led Harbor with eight points, eight board and

five steals. Victoria Swigart and Vanessa Miller each scored 14

points while Kristi Eddington (seven), Allyson Stoltz (six), Maaike

Trobman (two) and Kristi Koon (two) contributed points.

*--*

University tournament Fifth-place semifinal

Foothill 65, Newport Harbor 54

Score By Quarters

Newport 20 11 8 15 - 54

Foothill 17 17 18 13 -- 65

Newport -- Swigart 14, Stoltz 6, Whitfield 8,

Miller 14, Eddington 7, Trobman 2, Koon 2,

Deyan 0, Lawrence 1. 3-pt. goals -- Miller 1.

Foothill -- Horton 16, Hoffman 9, Karcher 3,

Batley 8, D’Agostin 0, Bagley 12, Herman 6,

Cano 4, Erickson 0, Ayres 2, McIntosh 1, J.

Sui 0, M. Sui 4, Solick 0. 3-pt. goals --

Horton 2, Hoffman 1.

*--*

CdM remains unbeaten

* SOCCER: Behind the strong defensive play of Shane Collins, Cory

Azzalino, Parker Ferguson and Dan Marin-Finn, the Corona del Mar High

boys soccer team remained unbeaten Friday, earning a 1-1 tie with

Huntington Beach.

Chris Ringstrom gave the Sea Kings (4-0-1) a 1-0 led in the 39th

minute, but Kevin Fronk scored for the Oilers (2-0-2) on a header off

a free kick with six minutes remaining in the match.

Sage gets in win column

* BASKETBALL: Sage Hill junior forward Katie Puishys scored 11

points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead Sage Hill School’s girls

basketball team to its first win of the season -- a 48-21 decision

over Connelly in a consolation semifinal of the Fairmont tournament

Friday.

Sophomore Haywood Wright led the Lightning (1-4) with 17 points

while Kaitlin Tyreadded eight. Debbie Yoder-Lee and Rebecca Hembarsky

each tallied six points.

*--*

Fairmont tournament Consolation semifinal

Score by Quarters

Sage Hill 48, Connelly 21

Sage Hill 15 10 10 13 - 48

Connelly 9 3 5 4 -- 21

Sage Hill -- Schaefer 0, Hembarsky 6,

Yoder-Lee 6, Wright 17, Puishys 11, Tyre 8,

Rasecheit 0. 3-pt. goals -- Wright 1.

Connelly -- Colon 9, Ortigaza 3, Thomas 5,

Jones 2, Roloan 0, Ardeuala 2, Swesh 0. 3-

pt. goals -- Colon 2.

*--*

Newport earns tie

* SOCCER: Using strong play from a backline led by Stephanie

Lambrakis, Erin Hardy and Tayler Giacomaro, Newport Harbor High’s

girls soccer team earned a 1-1 tie against Long Beach Wilson in the

second round of pool play in the Mater Dei tournament Friday.

The Sailors (0-4-1) took the lead on a goal by Krystal Wright,

assisted by Barbara Julian, 10 minutes after halftime. But Wilson

tied the score on a penalty kick with eight minutes remaining in the

match.

Bowman scores seven

* WATER POLO: Junior Sarah Bowman scored seven goals to lead the

Costa Mesa girls water polo team to a 13-5 nonleague victory over

visiting Los Amigos Friday.

Juniors Allyson Harris and Christine Twohig contributed two goals

each, while senior Jessica Steenhard and junior Patricia Schuppert

added one goal apiece.

Senior Quyen Nguyen recorded five saves for Costa Mesa.

Vanguard wins big

* BASKETBALL: Freshman center Kelly Schmidt hit 9 of 11 shots from

the field en route to finishing with a game-high 26 points to lead

the host Vanguard University women’s basketball team to a 91-48

nonconference victory over Rocky Mountain College. The Lions (5-1)

converted 16 of 17 free throws (94%). Rachel Beese and Celilia

Josefsson each scored 16 points for Vanguard.

Eagles falls to Breakers

* BASKETBALL: Estancia High’s boys basketball team floundered

after building a six-point first-quarter lead and was outscored in

each of the final three quarters in a 69-50 loss to Laguna Beach

Thursday in the consolation semifinals of the La Quinta tournament.