Sailors’ Gentry signs letter of intent with Trojans

Newport Harbor High senior Griffin Gentry has signed a letter of

intent to play water polo for USC. Gentry was a third-team All-CIF

Southern Section Division I selection last year with the Sailors

finishing the year with 31 goals, 10 assists and 19 steals.

Gentry was a member of two CIF Division II championship teams and

one Division I finalist team while with Corona del Mar. The utility

player was also selected to the Orange County South All-Star team and

the 16-and-under Junior Olympic All-American team.

Sage sweeps, advances

* VOLLEYBALL: The Sage Hill School boys volleyball team made the

most of its first appearance in the CIF Southern Section Division V

playoffs Friday night.

The visiting Lightning swept St. Bernard in the first round,

25-21, 25-12, 25-22. Kevin Joyce led the way with 21 kills and seven

service aces, all on jump serves.

Max Frederick added 12 kills and Julian Smith-Newman contributed

35 assists and two solo blocks, as Sage Hill improved to 16-1.

Sage will face Viewpoint in the second round Tuesday. A coin clip

will determine the home team.

“It’s a real exciting time for Sage Hill volleyball,” Coach Merja

Connolly-Freund said.

UCI’s Long to UCLA

* ATHLETICS: Petrina Long has been named associate athletic

director/senior women’s administrator at UCLA, Bruin Athletic

Director Dan Guerrero announced today.

The new Bruin senior women’s administrator will oversee several

men’s and women’s sports, including women’s basketball, men’s and

women’s volleyball, softball and women’s gymnastics. She will also

oversee several administrative areas, including academic services.

She will assume her new duties June 14.

Long moves on to UCLA from UC Irvine, where she served as senior

associate athletic director/senior women’s administrator since 1993,

working closely with Guerrero prior to his becoming UCLA’s athletic

director in July of 2002. She also served as interim athletic

director following his departure to UCLA.

Lightning end season

* SOFTBALL: Capistrano Valley Christian pitcher Becky Eichler went

the distance, striking out eight and walking one in a 7-6 Academy

League victory over host Sage Hill Thursday in both teams’ final

regular season game.

Sage Hill (6-14-1, 2-8 in league) had runners at second and third

with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, but Eichler induced a

groundout to escape the jam.

Senior Katrina Redelsheimer, playing in her final prep contest,

knocked in Rebecca Hembarsky and Jessica Torina for Sage’s two runs

in the seventh after CVC (8-9 ,4-6) scored two in the top half of the

inning.

Allison Gonzales went 2 for 4 with a run scored and Katie Puishys

added an RBI hit for the Lightning.

Hembarsky struck out three and walked three in tossing a complete

game.

Vickie Gutierrez had a hit and made two strong defensive plays in

center.

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Academy League

Capo Valley Christian 7, Sage Hill 6

Score by Innings

CVC 003 020 2 -- 7 8 4

Sage Hill 000 310 2 -- 6 8 4

Eichler and Smith; Hembarsky and Torina. W

-- Eichler. L - Hembarsky, 4-9. 3B -- Smith

(CVC).

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