Sailors’ Jennings is Sea View League MVP

Newport Harbor High senior Alyson Jennings was named Sea View League

Most Valuable Player by the circuit’s girls volleyball coaches,

highlighting five Sailors chosen all-league.

Jennings, a 5-foot-9 outside hitter and setter, led the Sailors to

the CIF Southern Section Division II-AA title match and the CIF State

Division II regional semifinal.

Jennings, bound for the University of Texas, earned first-team

honors as a junior and second-team all-league laurels as a sophomore.

Senior outside hitter Lauren Miller, who has committed to Baylor,

joins Jennings and senior outside hitter Emily Turner on the first

team. Miller was a first-team selection as a junior while Turner

earned second-team accolades last season.

Junior middle blocker Kiley Hall and senior setter Kellie King

each earned second-team all-league laurels for the Sailors (26-7),

who have either won or shared 10 of the last 11 league titles.

Burnette Lion of Week

* BASKETBALL: Vanguard University men’s basketball player Tim

Burnette has been named Lion of the Week by the school.

The 6-foot-7 sophomore post player collected 14 points and 13 rebounds, his second career double-double, to key the Lions’ 74-72

Golden State Athletic Conference win over visiting Cal Lutheran Dec.

13.

He made 7 of 12 field-goal attempts in 33 minutes for the Lions,

who play host to Malone College of Ohio Dec. 27 at 7:30 p.m.

Laguna shuts out Sage

* SOCCER: Three first-half goals by the host Laguna Beach High

boys soccer team was all the scoring needed in a 3-0 nonleague

triumph over Sage Hill Wednesday.

Taylor King, Trey Phillips and Joey Lebon all found the back of

the net for the Breakers (2-2-1). Center midfielder Julian

Smith-Newman and forward Tyler Ellis provided sparks for Sage Hill

(1-3).

The Lightning are off until they host Orange Lutheran at 3:15 p.m.

Jan. 6.

Sailors best Chargers

* ROLLER HOCKEY: Newport Harbor’s club roller hockey team jumped

to a 4-0 first-quarter lead and held on for a 7-2 victory over El

Toro Tuesday.

Chase Kelly led Newport with two goals and two assists while

brother Preston Kelly also tallied two goals.

Rory Campbell and Grant Casserly each had a goal and an assist

while Cory Adler tallied a goal and an assist and Jesus Sotelo added

an assist.

VU runners honored

* CROSS COUNTRY: Vanguard University men’s cross country runners

Robert Jones and John Nelson have been named to the Golden State

Athletic Conference All-Academic team, as well as to the NAIA

Scholar-Athlete list.

Jones, an Irish-born senior who transferred to Vanguard from

Orange Coast College, helped the Lions finish fourth in the GSAC and

fifth in Region II. His time of 26 minutes, 32 seconds at the Region

II championships in Fresno was his season best. The marketing major

carries a 3.59 grade-point average.

Nelson, a junior, has posted a 3.67 GPA as a finance major. His

best time was 27:41 at the GSAC championships.

Quartet of Lions lauded

* VOLLEYBALL: Senior Lindsay Kaiser and junior Livia Peace top a

list of four Vanguard University women’s volleyball players

recognized for their academic excellence.

Kaiser and Peace were named NAIA scholar athletes, as well as to

the Golden State Athletic Conference All-Academic team.

Lion seniors Sarah Bosch and Jamie Hedin were also named to the

GSAC All-Academic squad.

Kaiser, a libero, led the team with 383 digs and had a passing

percentage of .932. A liberal studies major, she posted a 3.66

grade-point average.

Peace an outside hitter and middle blocker, had 135 kills and 150

digs in 57 games. Studying to be an athletic trainer, her GPA is

3.73.

Bosch, a 6-foot-1 outside hitter with a 3.5 GPA, played in 25

games this season.

Hedin, a psychology major, had a team-best 3.74 GPA. She is an

outside hitter.

Honorees for both lists must be at least a junior academically and

maintain at least a 3.5 accumulative GPA.