Eagles scare Seahawks

Estancia High’s boys basketball team gave perennial league champion

Ocean View a mighty scare in the 2004 season opener Monday, but the

Seahawks proved too tough, escaping the Eagles’ gym with a 52-46

victory.

The Eagles (8-7, 0-1 in league), coming off their worst loss of

the season, a 78-42 drubbing by Corona del Mar, took a 12-4 lead

after one quarter and held a four-point lead at halftime.

But Ocean View outscored Estancia 18-7 in the third quarter and

the Eagles never got closer than four points the rest of the way.

“The kids played with a lot of heart,” Estancia Coach Russell King

said. “We just couldn’t get any offensive continuity in the second

half. They upped the pressure on us and took us out of a lot of the

things we wanted to do.”

Senior Scott Sankey had 16 points and seven rebounds for the

Eagles and junior Carlos Pinto added 16 points and six boards.

Senior Matt Sargeant, who has committed to Princeton, was the lone

Seahawk in double figures.

Estancia returns to action when it hosts Westminster Wednesday at

7 p.m. Ocean View will continue its swing through Costa Mesa with a

battle against visiting Costa Mesa Wednesday at 7 p.m.

*--*

Golden West League

Ocean View 52, Estancia 46

Score by Quarters

O. View 4 20 18 10 -- 52

Estancia 12 16 7 11 -- 46

Ocean View -- Okwudibonye 9, Sargeant 11,

Amberry 4, Wurts 5, Delgado 6, Sweezy 6, Ike

3, Greiner 6, Kofeards 2. 3-pt. goals --

Okwudibonye 1, Sargeant 1, Ike 1, Greiner 2.

Fouled out -- None. Technicals -- None.

Estancia -- Pinto 16, McDaniels 6, Escobedo

6, Kopp 0, Markley 0, Sankey 16, Viramontes

2. 3-pt. goals -- Pinto 3, McDaniels 2.

Fouled out -- None. Technicals -- McDaniels.

*--*

Mesa wins opener

* BASKETBALL: Sophomore Scott Knox scored 17 of his game-high 20

points in the second half and point guard Brian Molina added a

career-high 15 points as Costa Mesa High downed Saddleback, 58-39, in

the boys basketball Golden West League opener for both schools.

The Mustangs (9-5, 1-0 in league) outscored the Roadrunners 39-16

over the second and third quarters to take a commanding lead. Molina,

recovering from a nagging thigh injury that has bothered him all

season, added six assists and junior forward Jeff Waldron had 17

points and 11 rebounds. Knox added five steals and knocked down four

three-pointers to bring his season total to 47.

Costa Mesa will return to action at league favorite Ocean View

Wednesday at 7 p.m..

*--*

Golden West League

Costa Mesa 58, Saddleback 39

Score by Quarters

Mesa 5 19 20 14 -- 58

S’back 11 9 7 12 -- 39

Costa Mesa -- Molina 15, Knox 20, Krikorian

2, Waldron 17, Stankovic 4, Gandia 0, Wase 0,

Aleson 0, Lefebvre 0. 3-pt. goals -- Molina

2, Knox 4, Waldron 1. Fouled out -- None.

Technicals -- None. Saddleback -- Ory 3,

Enriquez 1, Pederson 2, Sanchez 3, May 12,

Washington 2, Morales 3, Delval 2, Zavala 11.

3-pt. goals -- Sanchez 1, May 1, Morales 1,

Zavala 2. Fouled out -- None. Technicals --

None.

*--*

UCI falls to USCB

* BASKETBALL: Christina Callaway recorded her fourth double-double

of the season and Ashley Biggins had a season-high in rebounds, but

UC Irvine couldn’t upend UC Santa Barbara on the road Monday,

falling, 70-44.

Callway was the lone Anteater in double figures, finishing with 10

points and 10 rebounds. Biggins finished with nine rebounds, eight on

the defensive end for UCI (1-9, 0-2 in Big West Conference play).

Joanna Usher came off the bench to added four points and seven

rebounds for the Anteaters, who had nine players score but shot just

34.7% in the game.

Guard Lisa Willett led host USCB (8-4, 2-0) with 20 points. The

Gauchos led by 10 points at halftime and outscored UCI 35-19 after

the break.

*--*

Big West Conference

UCSB 70, UCI 44

UCI -- Yadon 4, Callaway 10, Biggins 2, Ferguson 6, Urban 5, Stanley 4, Duda 5, Ned 4, Usher 4. 3-pt. goals -- Urban 1. Fouled out -- None. Technicals -- Bench. UCSB -- Richardson 7, Mann 7, Green 7, Willett 20, Bauman 5, Taylor 5, Fisher 12, O’Bryan 7.

3-pt. goals -- Mann 1, Willett 4, O’Bryan 1. Fouled out -- None. Technicals -- None. Halftime -- UCSB, 35-25.

*--*

Eagles tie Seahawks

* SOCCER: Estancia High fought back from a two-goal deficit to tie

Ocean View, 3-3, Monday in a boys soccer meeting of Golden West

League foes.

The Seahawks (1-0-1 in league), who opened league play by

defeating Saddleback, scored twice on counter attacks in the first

half. But Estancia (4-3-3, 1-0-1 in league) scored once before

halftime and added two quick scores early in the second half before

Ocean View tied the score late in the game.

Noe Martinez, Narcisco Lumbreras and Rafael Hernandez had goals

for the Eagles and Luis Mendoza had one assist.

Estancia, which is nearly fully recovered from a team-wide bout

from the flu last month, returns to the pitch Wednesday at home

against Westminster in the third Golden West League game of the

season.

Saddleback edges Mesa

* SOCCER: The visiting Costa Mesa High boys soccer team played

Saddleback scoreless for 65 minutes, but the Roadrunners scored in

the 66th minute to claim a 1-0 Golden West League victory Monday.

Mesa junior goalie Eric Vargas had 12 saves and senior defensive

midfielder Francisco Serverino was also credited with solid play by

Mustangs Coach Eugene Day.

Mesa fell to 0-6-0, 0-3-0 in league.

Saddleback’s Rafael Pedraza produced the winning goal for the

Roadrunners.

The Mustangs return to action Wednesday with another Golden West

League contest at Ocean View.

Werblin lifts Sage Hill

* SOCCER: Amy Werblin scored on a free kick and added an assist on

a throw-in as Sage Hill School’s girls soccer team came up with a 2-1

road victory over Saddleback Valley Christian Monday.

Werblin’s assist was finished off by freshman Lauren Neale,

recently called up from the junior varsity squad, who provided a nice

volley for the game-winning goal.

Goalkeeper Laura Gordon made a couple of fine stops among her 10

saves to keep the game in the Lightning’s favor and improve Sage

Hill’s record to 4-2 this season.

The Lightning are at Westminster today.

Eagles dealt first loss

* WATER POLO: Los Amigos scored on a four-meter shot in

sudden-death overtime to hand Estancia High its first girls water

polo loss of the season, 12-11, in triple overtime.

The back-and-forth affair went through a pair of three-minute

overtime periods before the sudden-death period. Senior Marilyn Reich

led the Eagles (5-1) with six goals. Freshman Melissa Buchmann added

three scores and Chelsea Kaplan and Carolina Barnes each chipped in

with one.

Lauren Mahan had 11 saves for Estancia, which opens Golden West

League play Wednesday against Ocean View and meets Westminster

Thursday.