McLaughlin leads Sage Hill in shutout against Brethren

Freshman Ali McLaughlin scored two goals to lead the Sage Hill School

girls soccer team to a 3-0 Academy League victory over host Brethren

Christian Thursday.

McLauglin opened the scoring with a goal on an assist by senior

Megan Curry in the 15th minute. About five minutes later, junior Amy

Werblin’s unassisted goal gave the Lightning (6-5-2, 2-3-1 in league)

a 2-0 lead. McLaughlin scored again in the second half with a header

on a corner kick by Werblin. Junior goalie Laura Gordon had one save

as Sage Hill outshot Brethren Christian, 18-2. The Warriors dropped

to 3-7, 2-4.

Newport Harbor shut out

* WRESTLING: The Newport Harbor High wrestling team suffered its

first shutout in the Sea View League in five years, losing, 77-0, to

visiting Laguna Hills Thursday.

Senior Kid Lim (119-pound division) came close to recording the

Sailors’ only win, losing, 10-8.

Newport dropped to 4-6, 0-5 in league, while Laguna Hills, ranked

No. 4 in CIF Southern Section Division I, remained undefeated at

10-0, 5-0.

DeMille solid for Sailors

* SOCCER: Sophomore Krystal Wright scored in the 64th minute as

the Newport Harbor High girls soccer team avoided a shutout, but

lost, 2-1, to Sea View League host Aliso Niguel Thursday.

Sophomore Jackie Taylor assisted Wright’s goal. But the

Wolverines’ goals in the 20th and 55th minutes were enough. Newport

senior goalie Kara DeMille had six saves for the Sailors (2-14-2,

1-5-1 in league).

Ball wins at Whittier

* TENNIS: Corona del Mar High junior Carsten Ball defeated

longtime rival Shan Sondhu, 7-5, 7-5, to win the boys 18s singles

title at the 53rd Gene Jung Whittier Mid-winter junior tournament

Sunday.

The unseeded Ball defeated third-seeded Blake Muller, 6-7 (5),

6-1, 6-1, in the first round before knocking off the Nos. 6 and 8

seeds on his way to the title.

Sondhu, a Laguna Niguel resident and the No. 5 seed, defeated

second-seeded Kaes Van’t Hof, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) in the semifinals,

before Ball upset the Aliso Niguel student for the second time in

seven months.

Ball defeated Sondhu, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3, to claim the boys 16s final

in the 101st Southern California Tennis Association junior sectional

championships last June -- his first sectional crown.

Ball will play in the 60th Annual Fullerton junior tournament

beginning Saturday.