CdM wins in double OT

Katie Kubas scored the third of her team-high three goals in the

second three-minute overtime period to give the host Corona del Mar

High girls water polo team a 7-6 nonleague victory over Santa

Margarita Saturday.

CdM outscored the Eagles, 3-0, in the fourth quarter, including

Vivian Liao’s goal with one second remaining in regulation to force

overtime. Liao, Jordan Anae and Katya Eadington each scored two goals

for CdM (4-6). Eadington added four steals.

Brittany Fullen had 14 saves in goal.

Santa Margarita led, 6-3, with 1:01 left in the third period after

the Sea Kings took an early 2-0 advantage.

*--*

Nonleague

Corona del Mar 7, Santa Margarita 6, 2OT

Score by Periods

SM 0 3 3 0 0 0 -- 6

CdM 2 0 1 3 0 1 -- 7

SM -- D. Andersen 3, Cousineau 2, Figge 1.

Saves -- O’Connor 8. CdM -- K. Kubas 3, Liao

2, Anae 2, Eadington 2. Saves -- Fullen 14.

*--*

Waldron powers Mesa

* BASKETBALL: Junior Jeff Waldron scored 21 points and grabbed 11

rebounds to lead the Costa Mesa High boys basketball team to a 54-41

nonleague victory over host Calvary Chapel (Santa Ana) Saturday.

Mesa scored the first six points of the third quarter to claim its

biggest lead, 43-24, in a game that lasted about an hour, Mesa Coach

Bob Serven said. The teams combined to shoot 13 free throws.

Waldron, who knocked down four three-pointers, also had seven

steals while point guard Brian Molina tallied 13 points. Scott Knox

scored 10 points while Tony Krikorian added five.

Duaine Wase added three points while Brandon Aleson tallied two

points for Mesa (10-6), which resumes Golden West League play when it

hosts Orange at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

*--*

Nonleague

Costa Mesa 54, Calvary Chapel 41

Score by Quarters

Mesa 18 19 10 7 -- 54

Calvary 12 12 8 9 -- 41

Mesa -- Molina 13, Knox 10, Krikorian 5, Waldron 21, Stankovic 0, Wase 3, Aleson 2,

Gandia 0, Lefebvre 0. 3-pt. goals -- Waldron

4, Molina 3, Knox 1, Wase 1, Krikorian 1.

Calvary -- Courson 5, J. Spera 8, N. Spera 6,

Vanderwal 8, Graves 8, Barragan 2, Stewart 2,

Morrison 2. 3-pt. goals -- Graves 2, J. Spera

1, Courson 1.

*--*

Mesa’s Romo resigns

* WRESTLING: Lee Romo has resigned as wrestling coach for Costa

Mesa High, mainly because of the lack of participation in the

program, boys athletic director Dave Perkins said.

Doug Amburgey, a former Mustang, will take over as Mesa’s head

coach.

There are seven boys in the entire program, Perkins said. The

Mustangs started the season with eight, but senior Silvio Estrada

transferred to Westminster Jan. 2, Perkins said. Estrada finished

second in the 130-pound division in the Golden West League last year,

when the Mustangs made the CIF Southern Section team playoffs.

-- Steve Virgen

Brick leads Mustangs

* BASKETBALL: Costa Mesa High’s girls basketball team used a 36-6

run to break open a two-point game and went on to defeat visiting

Avalon, 60-27, in a nonleague game Saturday.

Mesa led, 12-10, with four minutes, 18 seconds to go in the first

half, but outscored Avalon, 36-6, until the end of the third quarter

to take control.

Cassey Brick led Mesa with 18 points, including four

three-pointers while Bethany Vergara scored a career-high 10 points.

Susy Trujillo added eight points, two on three-pointers. Mesa was

11 of 29 from beyond the arc (38%).

*--*

Nonleague

Costa Mesa 60, Avalon 27

Score by Quarters

Avalon 7 4 5 11 -- 27

Mesa 10 16 22 12 -- 60

Avalon -- York 13, A. Kennedy 10, Hernandez

4, Wooikaika 0, Luchao 0, Morand 0, C.

Kennedy 0, Alvarado 0, McDonald 0, Bowman,

Sampson 0. Mesa -- Brick 18, Kelly 2,

Trujillo 8, Be. Vergara 10, Br. Vergara 0,

Akansel 7, Bjelland 4, Cluff 5, Sanchez 6, V.

Enesi 0, S. Enesi 0. 3-pt. goals -- Akansel

1, Brick 4, Cluff 1, Sanchez 1, Trujillo 2,

Be. Vergara 2.

*--*

Alston takes second

* WRESTLING: Junior Taylor Alston finished second in the 112-pound

division to help lead the Corona del Mar High wrestling team to an

eighth-place finish in the Northwood tournament, which included 24

teams, Saturday.

Alston earned a victory by technical fall over a wrestler from

Foothill to advance to the final where he lost, 7-1, to a Calvary

Chapel wrestler. Junior Andrew Keligian took third place in the

215-pound division for the Sea Kings, while junior Brian Feeley (130

pounds) was fourth and senior Ryan Shores (160) finished fifth.

VU women rout Hope

* BASKETBALL: Freshman Lacey Burns scored a career-high 28 points

to lead the fourth-ranked Vanguard University women’s basketball team

to a 90-50 Golden State Athletic Conference victory over visiting

Hope International Saturday.

Burns was 7 for 9 from the field and 14 for 14 from the free-throw

line. Rachel Besse (18 points), Kelly Schmidt (16) and Lisa Faulkner

(10) were also in double figures for the Lions (12-1, 4-1 in

conference), the defending GSAC champions.

*--*

Golden State Athletic Conference

Vanguard 90, Hope International 50

Hope -- Melvin 14, Bradley 9, Scarratt 5, Gilcrease 5, Doolittle 14, Gollaz 3. 3-pt. goals -- Bradley 1, Scarratt 1. Vanguard -- Josefsson 3, Mills 5, Burns 28, Faulkner 10, Schmidt 16, Besse 18, McClellan 6, Dittenbir 4. 3-pt. goals -- Halftime -- VU,

49-24.

*--*

UCI sweeps Wyoming

* SWIMMING: The UC Irvine women’s swim team defeated Wyoming,

141-100, while the Anteater men also downed the Cowboys, 131-110, at

the Anteater Aquatics Complex Saturday.

The UCI women won 10 of the 13 events. Sophomore Lara

Bjargardottir won the 200 freestyle (1:53.91), the 200 individual

medley (2:06.22) and the 100 breaststroke (1:04.95). Junior Alexis

Sheridan won the 1,000 free (10:18.40) and the 500 free (5:06.53).

Junior Kim Do also won two events, the 50 free (24.54) and the 100

backstroke (58.45).

On the men’s side, senior Kareem Adnan won the 1,000 free

(9:41.81) and the 500 free (4:42.90). Sophomore diver Anton Slobounov

won the one-meter (292.95) and the three-meter (296.55) diving

competitions.

The Anteaters are off from competition until January 24th at noon

when they will host Cal State Northridge.

Costa Mesa splits

* WATER POLO: The Costa Mesa High girls water polo team earned a

6-5 thrilling overtime game over Notre Dame, but lost, 11-3, to El

Modena to close out consolation play in the Western tournament

Saturday.

Allyson Harris scored on a six-on-five opportunity in sudden-death

overtime to lead the Mustangs to the win over Notre Dame. Sarah

Bowman led Mesa (8-7) with three goals.

*--*

Western tournament

Consolation

El Modena 11, Costa Mesa 3 Score by Quarters

El Modena 3 2 4 2 -- 11

Costa Mesa 0 1 0 2 - 3

El Modena -- Yanez 5, Greco 2, Van Such 2,

Dillbeck 1, Tardie 1. Saves -- Hanson 4. Costa

Mesa -- Malapira 2, Twohig 1. Saves -- Millian 7.

*--*

*--*

Consolation

Costa Mesa 6, Notre Dame 5, OT

Score by Quarters

Costa Mesa 2 2 0 1 1 -- 6

Notre Dame 2 0 1 2 0 -- 5

Costa Mesa -- Bowman 3, Harris 1, Le 1,

Schuppert 1. Saves -- Carley Millian 2. Notre

Dame -- Dill 4, Kahn 1. Saves -- Soliva 3.

*--*

VU rallies past Hope

* BASKETBALL: Brian Kim scored 12 points and grabbed nine rebounds

and teammates Josh Pierson and Greg Enns each added 10 points as the host Vanguard University men’s basketball team rallied in the second

half to defeat Hope International, 54-51, in Golden State Athletic

Conference action Saturday night.

The Lions (8-7, 2-3 in the GSAC) trailed by four at halftime, but

outscored Hope, 36-29, in the second half. Hope fell to 2-13, 0-5.

Rodrigo Clemente had 22 rebounds for Hope.

Local freshmen shine

* WRESTLING: Newport Harbor High finished second at the Santa Ana

freshmen tournament, where two Estancia wrestlers earned medals

Saturday.

Santa Ana won the 31-team tourney at 119 1/2, while Newport had

110 and third-place Laguna Hills finished with 109 1/2

Newport Coach Dominic Bulone said it was the highest finish for a

freshman team in the past four years.

The Sailors had three individual champions. Sammis Gayner won the

145-pound division championship, Stewart Ashurst came away with title

in the 189-pound division and Jesse Marshall was the champion in the

152-pound division.

In the 112-pound division, Josh Hughes finished second for

Newport.

For Estancia, Gabe Thaler won the 140-pound division title. He

scored a victory by pin in 59 seconds in the final against a wrestler

from Peninsula.

Also, Effren Alvarez earned a third-place medal in the 171-pound

division.

UCI splits at UCSB

* VOLLEYBALL: The UC Irvine men’s volleyball team defeated

Pacific, 3-2, in consolation action Saturday at the UC Santa Barbara

tournament, then lost to the host Gauchos, 30-28, 30-25,30-24.

Pacific tops UC Irvine

* BASKETBALL: Courtney Ferguson scored 12 points and Christina

Callaway added 10 for the UC Irvine women’s basketball team Saturday

night, which lost to visiting Pacific, 62-57, in Big West Conference

action. UCI fell to 1-11, 0-4; UOP improved to 5-8, 4-0.