Estancia finishes undefeated

The Estancia High girls swim team closed out its Golden West League

dual-meet season with an undefeated record after a 110-60 victory

over visiting Orange Wednesday.

At this time last year, the Eagles were 3-3 in league, but they

are now 6-0 in the Golden West and 10-0 overall.

The Eagles won nine of the 11 events. Marilyn Reich and Sydney

Barloon won two events each. Reich completed a personal-record time

in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:15.32) and won the 200 individual

medley (2:30.70), while Barloon won the 50 freestyle (27.20) and 100

free (1:00.71).

Courtney Hess (2:22.20 in the 200 free) and Melissa Buchmann

(1:09.73, 100 backstroke) were also winners.

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Golden West League

Estancia 110, Orange 60

200 medley relay -- 1. Estancia (Buchmann, Reich, Abdul, Barnes), 2:07.88. 200 free -- 1. Hess (E), 2:22.20; 2. Gingras (O), 2:25.38; 3. Thaler (E), 2:2706. 200 IM -- 1. Reich (E), 2:30.70; 2. Pitti (E), 2:42.21; 3. Heather (O), 2:50.23. 50 free -- 1.

Barloon (E), 27.20; 2. Trejo (O), 28:93; 3. Mahan (E), 28.94. 100 fly -- 1. Griego (O), 1:10.25; 2. Abdul (E), 1:14.19; 3. Hess (E), 1:16.59. 100 free -- 1. Barloon (E), 1:00.71; 2. Buchmann (E), 1:01.47; 3. Mejia (O), 1:02. 500 free -- 1. Trejo (O),

6:21.65; 2. Pitti (E), 6:28.60; 3. Gingras (O), 6:30.97. 200 free relay -- 1. Estancia (Thaler, Mahan, Barloon, Barnes), 1:54.60. 100 back -- 1. Buchmann (E), 1:09.73; 2. Mejia (O), 1:12.20; 3. Barnes (E), 1:13.97. 100 breaststroke -- 1. Reich (E),

1:15.32; 2. Cloud (E), 1:15.72; 3. Mahan (E), 1:23.76. 400 free relay -- 1. Estancia (Hess, Barloon, Reich, Buchmann), 4:15.22.

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Eagle boys triumph

* SWIMMING: The Estancia High boys swim team defeated Orange,

104-65, Wednesday. Senior Anthony Hermann set a personal best in the

200-yard individual medley and 100 breaststroke and sophomore Chad

Kunert swam a CIF-qualifying time of 5:09.81 in the 500 freestyle to

improve the Eagles’ record to 8-2, 5-1 in the Golden West League.

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Golden West League

Estancia 104, Orange 65

200 medley relay -- 1. Estancia (Kunert, Hermann, Goodman, Collier), 1:53.26 200 free -- 1. Collier (E), 2:05.11; 2. McCart (O), n/t; 3. Mellin (E), 2:19.30. 200 IM -- 1. Hermann (E), 2:30.79; 2. Van Horn (O), n/t; 3. Mellin (E), 2:44.70. 50 free -- 1.

Goodman (E), 25.36; 2. Beckett (O), n/t; 3. Baugh (E), 27.21. 100 fly -- 1. Goodman (E), 1:04.36; 2. Vivero (O), n/t; 3. Wooden (O), n/t. 100 free -- 1. Collier (E), 55.86; 2. Wooden (O), n/t; 3. Becker (O), n/t. 500 free -- 1. Kunert (E), 5:09.81; 2.

Mellin (E), 6:12.23; 3. Vivero (O), n/t. 200 free relay -- 1. Estancia (Collier, Baugh, Goodman, Kunert), 1:43.24. 100 back -- 1. Kunert (E), 1:05.78; 2. Van Horn (O), n/t; 3. McCart (O), n/t. 400 free relay -- 1. Orange, n/t.

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Tars sweep Hawks

* SWIMMING: Newport Harbor High swept Laguna Hills in boys and

girls swimming Wednesday. The girls, who beat Laguna Hills, 115-55,

were paced by Leah Robinson, who took gold in the 50-yard freestyle,

100 free and was a member of the top-finishing 200 free relay.

Kayley Oka led a 1-2-3 finish for the Sailors in the girls 100

butterfly and Ashling Taylor led another sweep of the top-three

finishes in the girls 100 breaststroke. Also taking first for the

Sailors was Melissa Wheeler in the 200 free.

The Newport Harbor boys, who beat Laguna Hills, 103.5-63.5, relied

on James Jackson’s winning times in the 200 individual medley and 100

back, as well as his part in the 200 free relay. Clay Jorth finished

first in the 200 free and behind teammate Kyle Sherman in the 500

free.

Estancia sweeps Lions

* VOLLEYBALL: The jump serves were effective for Estancia High’s

boys volleyball team Wednesday, sweeping Westminster 25-9, 25-7,

25-13. Kris Hartwell led all hitters with 11 kills for the Eagles

(14-1, 8-0 in the Golden West League). Trevor Holmes finished with 24

assists for Estancia.

“Most of our points were because of our serves,” Estancia Coach

Tracy Ingraham said.

Estancia will travel to the Tournament of Champions hosted by

Santa Barbara High this weekend. The third-seeded Eagles will be

tested by stiff competition at the tournament which will include

Division III powerhouse Oxnard. The Yellowjackets are ranked No. 2 in

the division, behind top-ranked Estancia.

Peterson tames Saints

* BASEBALL: Senior Justin Peterson, who had a no-hitter through

six innings, went 2 for 4 with an RBI and scored two runs to key the

Costa Mesa High baseball team’s 5-3 Golden West League victory over

host Santa Ana Wednesday.

Peterson, who recorded seven strikeouts, allowed five hits and the

Saints also scored three runs in the seventh inning. Senior Gary

Gonzalez also contributed with a 3-for-4 performance that came with

two RBIs for the Mustangs (9-8, 4-2 in league). Jeff Waldron went 2

for 4. Santa Ana dropped to 11-8, 4-2.

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Golden West League

Costa Mesa 5, Santa Ana 3

Score by Innings

Mesa 100 020 2 -- 5 9 1

SA 000 000 3 -- 3 5 2

Peterson and Benson; Contreras, E. Ramirez

(7) and De Leon. W -- Peterson, 6-2. L --

Contreras. 2B -- Peterson (CM), Sanford

(CM), C. Ramirez (SA).

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Eagles top Los Amigos

* BASEBALL: Estancia High met the goals Coach Jon Green set out

before the Eagles’ 10-7 win over Los Amigos in a nonleague matchup.

Jeremy Hauser powered the Eagles offense, going 3 for 4 with one

RBI and three runs. Freshman Taylor McClanahan picked up his first

win of the season and helped his own cause by driving in two runs.

Estancia (3-13, 0-6 in the Golden West League) hosts Ocean View

Friday.

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Nonleague

Estancia 10, Los Amigos 7 Score by Innings

LA 002 500 0 -- 7 5 6

Estancia 210 601 x -- 10 9 3

Hauser, McClanahan (4) and Crom; Soto,

Nelson (4), Navarro (4) and Brouillard. W

-- McClanahan (1-0). L -- Nelson. 2B --

Hauser (E), Crom (E), Young (E).

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Harbor ends in middle

* GOLF: Newport Harbor finished in the middle of the pack, 11 out

of 22 teams, at the Orange Lutheran invitational at Black Gold Golf

Club in Yorba Linda with a 413. Orange Lutheran won the event with a

377. Davis Pemstein led the Sailors with a 79, and Brandon Sowers

finished with an 80. Newport Harbor plays at Oak Creek today against

Irvine in a Sea View League match.

Saints explode in sixth

* SOFTBALL: Host Santa Ana High used a six-hit, five-run sixth

inning to pull away from Costa Mesa, earning a 7-1 Golden West League

softball victory Wednesday that catapulted them atop the league

standings.

Mesa starter Jackie Butler took a one-hitter into the sixth, but

was victimized by four errors and suffered the loss. She struck out

five and walked none. Two of the Saints’ five runs in the inning were

unearned

Senior Jane-E Yamamoto pulled Mesa (9-13, 4-2 in league), which

fell a game behind Santa Ana, within one run with a solo home run in

the fourth inning and finished 2 for 2 with a double.

The Mustangs loaded the bases in the top of the seventh with one

out, but left all three runners.

Mesa loses in three

* VOLLEYBALL: Ryan Bagwell recorded eight aces, all on jump

serves, but the Costa Mesa High boys volleyball team lost, 25-16,

28-26, 25-21, to Golden West League host Ocean View Wednesday.

Bagwell also had five kills, while Mitch Mandel added four for the

Mustangs (6-8, 3-4 in league). Costa Mesa returns to action Friday,

playing at La Quinta in a nonleague match that starts at 3:30 p.m.

Foothill’s Hughes sharp

* BASEBALL: League-leading Foothill High may have beat Newport

Harbor, 2-0, but Sailors Coach Joel Desguin wasn’t upset about the

loss.

“It was a good battle. They had a tough pitcher that can throw in

the 90s, so I can’t complain about the way we played,” he said.

Senior Phil Hughes picked up his seventh win, scattering three

hits while pitching a complete game, and Chris Swisher hit a home run

in the sixth inning for the Knights.

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Sea View League

Foothill 2, Newport Harbor 0

Score by Innings

Newport 000 000 0 - 0 3 1

Foothill 100 001 x - 2 5 0 Erickson, Young (3), Rowe (4), Keehan (5)

and Sanchez; Hughes and Kirkpatrick. W --

Hughes, 7-0. L -- Erickson, 0-2. 2B -- Hicks

(F), Uribe (F). HR -- Swisher (F).

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Jones, Burnham win

* TRACK AND FIELD: Orange Coast College’s Tim Burnham cleared 11

feet, 11 inches to win the men’s pole vault at Tuesday’s Orange

Empire Conference men’s and women’s track and field championships at

UC Riverside.

All men’s and women’s field events, along with the two

10,000-meter races, were finals while running events were

preliminaries.

Sophomore Ava Jones claimed the women’s 10,000 (37:47.78) while

teammates Sandra Montoya (39:00.99) and Jessica Huerta placed second

and fourth, respectively.

Joanna Williams placed second in the high jump (4-9) while Tayler

Cusick took second in the long jump (16-2 1/4).

Kevin Curley placed second in the 10,000 (33:20.10) while Derek

Davis finished third in the hammer throw (128-3).

After six events, the OCC men hold a 72-42 lead over Riverside

while the Coast women take a 93.5-41 edge over Fullerton into

Friday’s finals.

Coast men to qualify for the finals include: Peter Bas and Son

Thai (400 meters); Humberto Rojas, Patrick Fitzgerald, Matt Staggs

and Irwin Salas (800); Andrew Cary (110 hurdles); Bas and Cary (400

hurdles).

Coast women to qualify include: Williams (100); Gegi Van De

Walker, Elda Hernandez and Williams (200); Van De Walker, Hanni

Geider, Hernandez and Jasmine Geider (400); Ava Jones, Annie Garton,

Ludi Valdez and Eileen Bello (800); Hanni and Jasmine Geider (400

hurdles).