Corona del Mar advances

Corona del Mar High led from start to finish in the first round of

the Estancia High Coast Classic boys basketball tournament Friday,

defeating Norco, 50-44, to advance to the second round.

The Sea Kings (6-5) had an 11-point advantage with two minutes

remaining, but missed three consecutive layups, allowing Norco (4-8)

to cut the lead to 47-44.

“They were uncontested layups,” CdM Coach Ryan Curry said. “We had

a steal and a layup and two drives through the defense, but they just

didn’t fall. Then the other team smells blood.”

But Pancho Seaborn, who lead the Sea Kings with 26 points, halted

the bleeding by sinking a pair of free throws and Adam Freede added a

free throw late in the game.

The Sea Kings will face San Clemente at 4:50 p.m. today at

Estancia High.

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Coast Classic First round

Corona del Mar 50, Norco 44

Score by Quarters

CdM 12 10 17 11 -- 50

Norco 8 11 14 11 -- 44

CdM -- Northridge 8, R. Lance 4, Freede 6,

Seaborn 26, T. Lance 6, Wantabe 0, Reynolds

0, K. Welch 0, MacDonald 0. 3-pt. goals --

Seaborn 6. Norco -- Hull 15, Black 2, Eagans

4, Rowan 3, Soliman 6, Mewhirt 14. 3-pt.

goals -- Hull 1, Rowan 1.

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Mesa rally falls short

* BASKETBALL: The Costa Mesa High boys basketball team whittled a

20-point halftime deficit to three, but fell to Centennial of Corona,

58-55, in the first round of the Orange Holiday Classic Friday at

Chapman University.

The Mustangs (6-4) hit four of their 10 three-pointers in the

fourth quarter, when they outscored the Huskies, 22-11. Mesa posted a 39-22 second-half advantage.

Scott Knox had five three-pointers to lead the Mustangs with 19

points, while senior center Marko Stankovic tied his season-high with

13 points.

Jeff Waldron had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Mustangs, who

also received seven points and 10 assists from sophomore point guard

Brian Molina.

Costa Mesa plays Kennedy today at 10:30 a.m. in a consolation

quarterfinal.

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Orange Holiday Classic First round

Centennial 58, Costa Mesa 55

Score by Quarters

Costa Mesa 9 7 17 22 - 55

Centennial 16 20 11 11 - 58

Costa Mesa - Waldron 13, Stankovic 13, Knox

19, Molina 7, Krikorian 3, Wase 0, Aleson 0.

3-pt. goals - Knox 5, Waldron 3, Krikorian 1,

Molina 1. Centennial - Lucas 5, Goods 11,

Burnett 10, Hughes 14, Williams 13, Keeten 1,

Richardson 4. 3-pt. goals - Burnett 2, Hughes

2, Williams 1.

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Sage falls to Anaheim

* BASKETBALL: Sage Hill School’s boys basketball team stayed with

Anaheim for three quarters Friday in the first round of pool play at

the St. Anthony tournament. But the Colonists went on an 11-point run

at the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth to

post a 54-44 victory over the Lightning.

Anaheim point guard Anthony Deville hit a 35-foot three-pointer as

time expired in the third quarter, giving his team a five-point

advantage. The Colonists went on to score the first eight points of

the fourth quarter to push the lead to double digits. Senior Kevin

Joyce led the Lightning (6-3) with 24 points, including four

three-pointers. It was his fifth straight game of scoring 20 or more.

Junior guard Matt Loper added 14 points.

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St. Anthony’s tournament First-round pool play

Anaheim 54, Sage Hill 44

Score by Quarters

Anaheim 10 11 15 16 -- 54

Sage Hill 8 12 11 13 -- 44

Anaheim -- Deville 13, Jones 6, Berrera 5,

Gutierrez 5, Martin 3, Hernando 2, Valencia

13, Reyes 2, Carbahal 4. 3-pt. goals --

Deville 1, Jones 1, Gutierrez 1. Sage Hill --

Lefler 2, Loper 14, Joyce 24, Voge 4, Wilkins

0, Samel 2, Hancock 0, Derheim 0. 3-pt. goals

-- Joyce 4.

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Sailors split two games

* SOCCER: The Newport Harbor High boys soccer team defeated

Tesoro, 3-1, but lost to Saddleback, 1-0, in pool play of the Trabuco

Hills Tournament Friday.

Senior Joel Walker scored two goals, while senior Chase Kelly

added one goal for the Sailors (5-3) against Tesoro. However,

Saddleback earned the 1-0 win by scoring in injury time, with about

30 seconds left in the contest, Newport Coach Ryan Hernandez said.

Newport will close tournament action today at 9:30 a.m.

CdM remains unbeaten

* SOCCER: The Corona del Mar High boys soccer team tied twice in

the Trabuco Hills tournament Saturday to remain unbeaten this season.

The Sea Kings (5-0-4) tied Laguna Hills, 2-2, to open pool play.

Chris Ringstrom and Austin Brawner scored goals with assists coming

from Danny Whitaker and Dominic Rubino. Jay Zimmerman recorded four

saves and Andrew Dialynas had three. CdM overcame a 3-1 deficit, to

tie, 3-3, with tourney host Trabuco Hills Saturday night. The Sea

Kings scored two goals in the final 15 minutes. Ringstrom, Whitaker

and Julien Cerutti scored. Zimmerman stopped 13 shots.

CdM will play at 11:40 a.m today in consolation action.

Mesa falters at home

* BASKETBALL: Costa Mesa High girls basketball coach Jim Weeks

gave his team a difficult assignment in the first round of the

Mustangs’ tournament and San Ramon Valley proved as difficult as

expected, defeating Mesa, 52-39, Friday.

The Mustangs (4-3) fall into the consolation bracket, where they

will meet La Quinta at 1:30 p.m. today.

Senior guard Cassey Brick had eight points, six assists and five

rebounds for Mesa, which was led in scoring by Susy Trujillo’s 11

points.

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Costa Mesa tournament First round

San Ramon Valley 52, Costa Mesa 39

Score by Quarters

SRV 16 9 18 9 -- 52

Mesa 8 13 12 6 -- 39

San Ramon Valley -- Cordesius 2, Cheung 2,

Lanning 6, Dressen 1, Yetman 22, Abercrombie

4, Rivera 8, Wittenburg 2, Rufe 5. 3-pt. goals

-- None. Costa Mesa -- Brick 8, Cluff 9, Enesi

2, Trujillo 11, Be. Vergara 4, Br. Vergara 5,

Kelly 0. 3-pt. goals -- Cluff 3, Trujillo 2,

Br. Vergara 1.

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Eagles lose to Hart

* BASKETBALL: Senior Nancy Castro scored 18 points, but the

Estancia High girls basketball team lost to Hart, 76-39, in the first

round of the Edison-Marina tournament Saturday at Marina.

Junior Imelda Pena was also in double figures, scoring 11 points.

Estancia Coach Tammette Rappa said her players were a bit sluggish in

the first half, but improved in the second. Yet, it was too late.

Hart led, 43-16, at halftime.

Estancia (2-8) will compete in consolation action today at 12:30

p.m.

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Edison-Marina tournament First round

Hart 76, Estancia 39

Score by Quarters

Estancia 8 8 7 16 -- 39

Hart 20 23 15 18 -- 76

Estancia -- Wase 9, Pena 11, Castro 18, Mino

0, Neal 0, Maldonado 1, Flores 0. 3-pt. goals

-- Pena 1. Technicals -- Wase.

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