Eagles claim hoops victory

Estancia High’s boys basketball team used a strong defensive effort

to stake out a 28-point halftime lead and cruise to a 53-27 victory

over Westminster in a Golden West League clash Wednesday.

The Eagles used heavy pressure in the passing lanes to limit the

Lions to four points in the first quarter and three in the second to

take a 35-7 halftime lead.

Carlos Pinto led the Eagles (9-7, 1-1 in Golden West League play)

with 20 points. Scott Sankey added 10 points and eight rebounds, Hugo

Escobedo added five points and four rebounds and Mike McDaniels

chipped in with four points and four rebounds.

Seahawks outlast Mustangs

* BASKETBALL: Sophomore Tony Krikorian was 7 of 7 from beyond the

three-point arc and scored a career-high 21 points, but Costa Mesa

High’s boys basketball team couldn’t get by host Ocean View, falling,

57-50, in a Golden West League game.

The Mustangs (9-6, 1-1 in Golden West League play) held a

four-point halftime lead, but were outscored 19-9 in the third

quarter. Still, they cut the lead to one point in the fourth quarter

as Krikorian made a pair of three-pointers before the Seahawks (11-5,

2-0) pulled away.

Jeff Waldron added 13 points and seven rebounds for the Mustangs

and Brian Molina had seven points and eight assists.

*--*

Golden West League

Ocean View 57, Costa Mesa 50

Score by Quarters

Mesa 8 14 9 19 -- 50

O. View 11 7 19 20 -- 57

Costa Mesa -- Molina 7, Knox 7, Krikorian 21,

Waldron 13, Stankovic 0, Aleson 2, Wase 0,

Gandia 0. 3-pt. goals -- Knox 1, Krikorian 7,

Waldron 3. Fouled out -- Molina, Waldron.

Ocean View -- Okwudibonye 8, Sargeant 18,

Amberry 4, Wurts 12, Delgado 3, Sweezy 2,

Greiner 3, Kosearaf 2. 3-pt. goals --

Sargeant 2, Delgado 1.

*--*

*--*

Golden West League

Estancia 53, Westminster 27

Score by Quarters

W’minster 4 3 12 8 -- 27

Estancia 20 15 8 10 -- 53

Westminster -- Labiftida 4, Duong 2, Ngyuen

1, Dbegiacomo 2, Bullas 7, Cahill 2, Tran 9.

3-pt. goals -- None. Estancia -- Pinto 20,

McDaniels 4, Esobedo 5, Sankey 10, Viramontes

4, Markley 2, Verette 4, Meissner 2, Kopp 2,

Salas 0, Young 0.

*--*

CdM wins third straight

* BASKETBALL: Corona del Mar earned its third straight victory

heading into Pacific Coast League play Wednesday, knocking off

visiting Canyon, 72-63, in a nonleague contest.

Jay Northridge had 18 points and Adam Freede added 15, picking up

the scoring slack for Pancho Seaborn, who sat out a majority of the

first three quarters with foul trouble. Seaborn played the entire

fourth quarter with four fouls and scored 16 of his team-high 19

points in the period.

*--*

Nonleague

Corona del Mar 72, Canyon 63

Score by Quarters

Canyon 16 15 12 20 -- 63

CdM 16 15 12 20 -- 72

Canyon -- Omar 24, Horton 2, Briggs 13,

Pestorek 2, Thorpe 12, Ekott 9, Priest 1.

3-pt. goals -- Omar 5, Briggs 3. Technicals

-- Coach. CdM -- Northridge 18, R. Lance 9,

Freede 15, Seaborn 1, T. Welch 1, T. Lance 8,

Kabaklin 2, Manni 0, MacDonald 0, Watanabe 0.

3-pt. goals -- Northridge 4, R. Lance 1,

Freede 1, Seaborn 3.

*--*

UCI victorious in opener

* VOLLEYBALL: UC Irvine men’s volleyball team went the distance to

defeat visiting Cal Baptist, 27-30, 30-25, 24-30, 30-15, 15-12, in

the season opener for both teams at Crawford Court Wednesday. UCI’s

Jimmy Pelzel led all players with 24 kills.

Estancia ties Lions

* SOCCER: The Estancia High boys soccer team recorded its fourth

tie and its second in Golden West League play with a 0-0 result

against visiting Westminster Wednesday.

Senior goalie Eddie Rubalcava had three saves for Estancia (4-3-4,

1-0-2 in league). Westminster is now 4-1-2, 1-1-1.

Seahawks shut out Mesa

* SOCCER: The host Ocean View High boys soccer team rudely greeted

Costa Mesa by posting a 10-0 Golden West League victory Wednesday.

Mustangs cruise to win

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

Costa Mesa High girls water polo team to an 11-3 victory over host

Saddleback in the Mustangs’ Golden West League opener Wednesday.

Jessica Steenhard added three goals for Mesa (6-4), while Chandra

Malapira, Allyson Harris and Christine Twohig produced one goal each.

Quyen Nguyen recorded five saves. Saddleback dropped to 5-7, 0-2 in

league.

Eagles down Seahawks

* WATER POLO: Carolina Barnes scored seven goals to lead the

Estancia High girls water polo team to an 18-7 rout of Ocean View in

the Golden West League opener for both schools Wednesday.

Barnes took advantage of her speed advantage to score the majority

of her goals on counterattacks as the Eagles (6-1, 1-0) opened a 15-1

halftime lead. Chelsea Kaplan and Melissa Buchmann added three goals

each and Lauren Mahan came up with eight saves.

Orange Coast splits

* BASKETBALL: The defending state champion Orange Coast College

women’s basketball team used a 12-3 run to start the second half to

post a 69-52 win over visiting Riverside to open Orange Empire

Conference play Wednesday night. Alisa Carrillo led the Pirates (8-7)

with 15 points. OCC’s men’s team wasn’t as fortunate, losing to

Riverside, 71-62, also in Peterson Gym. Aaron Bobik knocked down four

three-pointers to lead the Pirates with 17 points.

Foothill pins Newport

* WRESTLING: Foothill High’s wrestling team earned a 55-24 victory

at Newport in both teams’ first Sea View League meet of the season.

Four Sailors won matches by fall: Victor George (112 pounds), Mike Bates (135) Jessee Marshall (152) and Jess Landa (171).