Costa Mesa’s defense stops Orange
Despite shooting 10 for 52 from the field (19%), the Costa Mesa High
girls basketball team played solid defense to score a 34-21 Golden
West League victory over host Orange Thursday.
Cassey Brick led the Mustangs (7-8, 1-2 in league) with 10 points,
while Deanna Sanchez contributed five assists. Susy Trujillo scored
eight points, grabbed six rebounds and recorded four steals, and
Bethany Vergara collected five rebounds and four steals.
Mesa held Orange (0-3 in league) to one point in the second
quarter and held an 18-9 lead at the break. The Mustangs led 24-19
early in the fourth quarter, then Trujillo scored five straight
points to help secure the win.
Costa Mesa was 3 for 30 from behind the three-point line (10%) and
11 of 24 from the free-throw line (45.83%). The Mustangs held Orange
to 26.31% shooting from the field (10 for 38).
“We played very hard defensively,” Mustangs Coach Jim Weeks said.
“We just played with a lot of heart tonight.”
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Golden West League
Costa Mesa 34, Orange 21
Score by Quarters
Costa Mesa 10 8 4 12 -- 34
Orange 8 1 8 4 -- 21 Costa Mesa -- Bjelland 4, Brick 10, Kelly 1,
Trujillo 8, Be. Vergara 4, Akansel 3, Sanchez
4, Cluff 0, Enesi 0. 3-pt. goals -- Brick 2,
Trujillo 1. Orange -- Ortiz 2, Gonzalez 1, Loya
2, Kilroy 12, Galvez 4. Fouled out -- Kilroy.
Technicals -- Gonzalez.
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Mesa shuts out Orange
* SOCCER: The Costa Mesa High girls soccer team dominated host
Orange and collected a 3-0 Golden West League victory Thursday.
Kyla Flores scored on an assist from Stacy Krikorian, seven
minutes into the game. Then, in the 50th minute Kristen Paulsen
finished off an assist from Nilani Duarte. In the 79th minute, Duarte
capped the scoring with a goal on Caitlin Duffy’s assist.
Goalie Kindra Bailey had two saves for the Mustangs (7-5, 4-0 in
league), who outshot Orange, 32-2.
Sea Kings pin Trojans
* WRESTLING: The Corona del Mar High wrestling team recorded eight
victories and earned its first Pacific Coast League win, 41-29, over
visiting University Thursday.
CdM freshman Tom Folks pinned his opponent in 27 seconds in the
125-pound division. Brian Feeley (135-pound division) also won by pin
for the Sea Kings (8-7, 1-3 in league), while Taylor Alston (112)
scored a technical fall victory with a 21-6 result.
Dean Moheimani (140) won in overtime, 6-4, while Eston Greub
(119), Isaac Inouye (145), Ryan Shores (160) and Andrew Keligian
(215) also collected victories.
Defense keys Eagles win
* BASKETBALL: Nancy Castro scored 24 points and had six rebounds
to lead the host Estancia High girls basketball team to a 48-24
Golden West League victory over Santa Ana Thursday night.
The Eagles trailed, 8-7, after one quarter, but outscored the
Saints, 41-16, the rest of the game.
Trisha Wase tallied 10 points, five rebounds and 10 steals as the Eagles’ defense turned up the intensity, Estancia Coach Tamette Rappa
said.
Olivia Maldonado had seven points to go with five from Imelda Pena
and two from Krystal Mino, who also added six steals. Castro made
five steals.
Estancia (6-11, 3-1 in league) hosts rival Costa Mesa at 7 p.m.
Tuesday.
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Golden West League
Estancia 48, Santa Ana 24
Score by Quarters
Santa Ana 8 6 4 6 -- 24
Estancia 7 14 12 15 - 48
Estancia -- Wase 10, Mino 2, Castro 24, Pena
5, Maldonado 7, Neal 0 , Flores 0. 3-pt. goals
-- Pena 1.
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Swigart leads Sailors
* BASKETBALL: Victoria Swigart scored 14 points, grabbed 14
rebounds and recorded four steals to lead the Newport Harbor High
girls basketball team to a 44-32 Sea View League victory over host
Irvine Thursday.
Vanessa Miller scored 10 points for the Sailors (11-7, 2-1 in
league), while Allyson Stoltz provided eight points, three steals and
four assists.
Irvine (8-10, 1-2) led at halftime, 18-16, but Newport improved on
defense in the second half, pushed the ball in transition and scored
on high percentage shots, Newport Coach Jen Thompson said.
“What saved us is that we were 14 for 20 at the free-throw line
and they were 4 for 7,” Thompson said. “That was kind of the game
right there.”
*--*
Sea View League
Newport Harbor 44, Irvine 32
Score by Quarters
Newport 8 8 15 13 -- 44
Irvine 6 12 7 7 -- 32
Newport -- Swigart 14, Stoltz 8, Whitfield 4,
Miller 10, Eddington 4, Lawrence 4, Koon 0,
Slater 0, Trobman 0. Irvine -- Rowe 4, Swenson
6, Houston 2, Crawford 20, Ishira 0.
*--*
Sea Kings upended
* SOCCER: The Corona del Mar High girls soccer team could not
convert on its scoring chances and lost, 1-0, to host University in
Pacific Coast League action Thursday.
University’s Brittany Kausen scored in the 10th minute from near
the 18-yard box, CdM coach Bryan Middleton said. Ali Torres nearly
scored for the Sea Kings (4-6-2, 1-1-1 in league) in the 70th minute,
and in the closing minutes Hannah Rollins’ shot just went wide left.
Goalie Katie Schiesser had four saves for Corona. The Trojans
improved to 7-8-1, 2-1.
UCI loses on last shot
* BASKETBALL: The UC Irvine women’s basketball team suffered its
sixth straight loss, as Casandra Reeves hit a jumper with two seconds
left to lead UC Riverside to a 55-53 Big West Conference victory over
the visiting Anteaters Thursday.
Christina Callaway led the Anteaters (1-11, 0-4 in conference)
with 14 points and 10 rebounds, while Courtney Ferguson and Katie
Urban scored 10 points each. UC Riverside (2-10, 1-2 in conference)
scored 18 points from UCI turnovers, while the Anteaters had eight
points from Highlander miscues.
UCI committed 23 turnovers. Crystal Harris’ 13 points led UCR,
which had 10 turnovers.
*--*
Big West Conference
UC Riverside 55, UC Irvine 53
UC Irvine -- Green 6, Callaway 14, Biggins 2, Ferguson 10, Ned 3, Urban 10, Yadon 4, Usher 4. 3-pt. goals -- Urban 3, Ferguson 2, Green 2, Ned 1. UC Riverside -- Reber 10, Harris 13, Stephens 8, Peterson 3, Peters 5, Reeves 10, Muir 4, Spegel 2. 3-pt.
goals -- Peterson 1. Halftime -- UCR, 27-23.
*--*
Newport edged again
* SURFING: For the second straight meet, the Newport Harbor High
surf team had to win the final heat, but lost as they were dealt an
88-80 setback to Dana Hills at 56th Street.
Joey Head and Erica Hosseini won their heats in the short board
competition, while Brett Catron and Steve Farmer finished second in
their respective heats for the boys. Christian Morabito took third
for the Sailors (8-4).
Matt Kretschmar finished second in the body board event, and Jill
Austin also had a second-place finish in the girls long board
competition.
Tars fall to Warriors
* WRESTLING: Newport Harbor High suffered its second Sea View
League wrestling loss, 61-16, to undefeated Woodbridge in the
Sailors’ gym Thursday.
Kid Lim (119-pound division), Michael Ortiz (189) and Fabian
Vasquez (heavyweight) earned victories for the Sailors (5-5, 0-2 in
league). Lim won on a major decision over Ryan Lampert, Ortiz won by
default over Teddy Joines and Vasquez pinned Matt Haffner in 3:13.
Woodbridge improved to 10-0, 2-0 in league.
Enns is Lion of Week
* BASKETBALL: Vanguard University junior men’s basketball player
Greg Enns, who helped the Lions get two Golden State Athletic
Conference victories last week, has been named Lion of the Week by
the school.
A 6-foot-7 forward, Enns had five points and three rebounds in the
Jan. 6 upset of The Master’s. He then had 10 points and five boards
in a victory over Hope International Saturday.
Enns’ VU career includes recognition as an NAIA Scholar-Athlete
and VU’s Male Champion of Character in 2003.
Adnan, Sheridan honored
* SWIMMING: UC Irvine swimmers Kareem Adnan and Alexis Sheridan
were named Big West Conference Athlete of the Week for their
performances against Utah and Wyoming.
Adnan helped the Anteaters to victory against Wyoming, winning
with 500- and 1,000-yard freestyle events. Against Utah, he won the
500 free and finished second in the 1,000. Adnan’s fastest times in
each event came in the dual meet against Utah. He recorded a 9:41.03
time in the 1,000 free and a 4:42.38 time in the 500 free.
Sheridan helped the Anteaters to dual-meet victories over Utah and
Wyoming with victories in the 500 and 1,000 freestyle events. Her
times of 4:59.49 in the 500 free and 10:15.39 in the 1,000 each came
in the races against Utah. Sheridan’s time in the 1,000 is the
third-fastest among Big West swimmers this season.
Gagne to speak Jan. 22
* BASEBALL: Eric Gagne, the 2003 Cy Young Award winner from the
Dodgers, will be the featured speaker at the third annual UC Irvine
Baseball Zot Stove Dinner at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine Jan. 22.
The event, which also features Anteater head coach John Savage,
begins with a reception at 6:30 p.m. followed by the dinner and
program at 7:30 p.m. Cost of the dinner is $1,000 per table or $100
per person. For reservations and further information, please contact
Bonnie Ruggerello at (949) 824-5550.
The Anteaters open their 2004 schedule at Pepperdine Feb. 10
before hosting Cal in the home opener Feb. 13.
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