Tars shut out Bonita

Sasha Grumman and Lara Schilling both scored single goals and that

was all the Newport Harbor High field hockey team needed to defeat

host Bonita, 2-0, Tuesday.

Grumman and Schilling, both juniors, scored their goals off

penalty corners in front of the Sailors’ new head coach, Kristy

Cross.

Senior goalkeeper Ciara Lawrence stopped 10 shots in tallying her

fourth straight shutout for the Sailors (4-1-2), beginning at last

week’s Westminster tournament.

Cross took the reins from Piper Archibald, who started the season

as Newport’s coach and is now guiding the program’s junior varsity

squad.

Cross, a teacher at Newport, and Archibald, who teaches fourth

grade at Wilson Elementary School, switched jobs to better coincide

with their schedules, Newport boys athletic director Eric Tweit said.

On Thursday, the Sailors host Westminster, coached by Sharon

Wolfe, who guided Newport for the prior eight seasons, including last

fall’s run to the Tournament of Champions title.