CdM wins singles, doubles titles

Corona del Mar High junior Wesley Miller defeated Tesoro’s Nick

Meister, 7-5, 6-1, to win the Pacific Coast League tennis singles

championship Monday at Tesoro High.

CdM the league champion and the No. 1 seed in the CIF Southern

Section Division I playoffs, also claimed the doubles crown. Sea King

juniors Alex Nguyen and Sean Pham emerged victorious when

University’s Nick Mock and Kei Muta retired in the second set, due to

an ankle injury sustained in the match by Muta.

Mock-Muta won the first set, 7-6 (9-7 in the tie-breaker), but the

CdM duo forged a 5-2 second-set lead when the Trojan twosome retired.

Miller defeated CdM freshman Ryan Coughren, 6-2, 6-1, in one

semifinal, while Meister topped Sea King junior Spencer Reitz, 6-4,

6-4, in the other semifinal.

Reitz, battling an ankle injury the last three weeks, then retired

in the third-place match, after Coughren built a 4-0 lead in the

eight-game pro set.

The third-place finish might pay off for Coughren, who may replace

Meister in the CIF individual championships. CdM Coach Tim Mang said

Meister will likely bow out of CIF competition to compete in a

national junior tournament.

Miller is 35-2 this season in singles, including a 22-0 against

PCL foes.

CdM forces playoff

* SOFTBALL: The Corona del Mar High softball team defeated host

University, 3-1, Thursday and will play Calvary Chapel today at 4

p.m. at Costa Mesa High in a Pacific Coast League third-place playoff

game.

Today’s winner will advance to the CIF Southern Section Division

IV playoffs.

CdM (15-8, 5-5 in league) had hits from Sarah Stern, Jackie

Manning and Andrea Dort to back the complete-game two-hitter by

freshman pitcher Holly Van Hiel.

CdM defeated Calvary, 1-0, in 11 innings Monday, but lost in their

first meeting, 2-1.

Bradbury an All-Star

BASEBALL: Corona del Mar High senior designated hitter Josh

Bradbury has been selected to represent the South in the Orange

County All-Star baseball game, scheduled June 8 at La Palma Park in

Anaheim.

Bradbury, the Newport-Mesa Player of the Year as a junior, entered

Wednesday’s regular-season finale hitting .351 with nine home runs

and 18 RBIs.

Saints top Mustangs

* SOFTBALL: The Costa Mesa High softball team wrapped up its

season Wednesday with a 3-0 Golden West League loss to visiting Santa

Ana.

Freshman Christy Gregory went 3 for 3 to pace a six-hit attack for

Mesa (9-16, 5-7 in league, including three league wins forfeited for

the use of an ineligible player).

Mesa will miss the CIF Southern Section playoffs for the first

time in five seasons.

Seniors Uyen Mai and Jane-E-Yamamoto both singled to cap notable

varsity careers and sophomore Janae Rivera also contributed to the

Mustangs’ hit total.

*--*

Golden West League

Santa Ana 3, Costa Mesa 0

Score by Innings

SA 001 002 0 -- 3 5 0

Mesa 000 000 0 -- 0 6 3

Marquez and De La Riva; Butler and Miller.

W -- Marquez. L- Butler, 8-9. 2B -- Quezada

(SA), De La Riva (SA), Hauser (SA).

*--*

Bailey makes mark

* GYMNASTICS: Donothan Bailey, a seventh-grader at Ensign

Intermediate, finished 35th in the Junior Olympic national gymnastics

championships in San Diego May 5-8.

Bailey, 13, who trains at New Hope Academy in Fountain Valley,

competed among a field of 236 gymnasts in the class three division.

He successfully advanced past the preliminaries May 7.

He scored 50.4 in the all-around to qualify 28th for the May 8

finals.

The top 14 earned a spot on the Junior Olympic national team.

Bailey qualified for the Junior Olympic national championships

after a sensational performance in the regional championships April

1-4 in Phoenix, Ariz.

Bailey, in his first year of eligibility for the nationals, went

to the regional championships as an alternate for the Southern

California all-star team. He was third in the vault, fourth in floor

exercise, sixth on the pommel horse, seventh on the parallel bars and

sixth in the all-around with a 51.425 score to qualify for the Region

1 all-star team that also competed. in San Diego.