Sailors advance to quarters

Coach Jason Lynch’s Newport Harbor High boys water polo team ripped

through Buena Park, 28-3, and defeated Edison, 12-8, in the opening

two rounds of the South Coast tournament Friday in the Sailors’ pool.

In the opener, Parker Gregory scored four goals and added two

steals and an assist for Newport Harbor (3-1), which featured 17

different players reaching the scoring column.

Clay Jorth, Carson Hill, Dan Furman, Jovan Vranes and Nate

Castillo each scored two goals for the Sailors in the second game.

Michael Robinson had seven goalie saves and five steals in the Edison

win.

The Sailors host The Bishop’s of San Diego at 5 p.m. today in the

quarterfinals.

* In other South Coast action, Corona del Mar beat Mission Viejo,

10-7, in the first round at home Friday, then lost to visiting

Servite, 11-10, in sudden-death overtime. The Sea Kings will host

Poway at 6 p.m. today.

Upsets at Futures event

* TENNIS: Australia’s Robert Haybittel and Hamid Mirzadeh of Lake

Worth, Fla., both earned upset victories to reach the quarterfinals

of the United States Tennis Association’s Diadora Pro Championship

Futures event following play at the Costa Mesa Tennis Center

Thursday.

Haybittel knocked off No. 6 seed Scott Lipsky, 6-7 (1), 6-2, 6-1,

while Mirzadeh earned a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over fourth-seeded Alex

Vlaski of Serbia-Montenegro. Top-seeded Zack Fleishman of Playa del

Rey, Calif., also advanced with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over American

qualifier Jamie Gresh.

Eagles protect lead

* TENNIS: The Estancia High girls tennis team won all 18 sets to

blank host Saddleback in Golden West League action Thursday.

The win improved the Eagles to 5-3, 4-0 in league, while dropping

the Roadrunners to 0-5 in league. Sage O’Toole and Cathy Pittman

combined to win all 18 of their doubles games for the Eagles.

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Golden West League

Estancia 18, Saddleback 0 Singles -- Stratton (E) def. Diep, 6-2, def. Julian, 6-0, def. Le, 6-0; Zaidler (E) won, 6-1, 6-0, 6-0; Morton (E) won, 6-1, 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles -- O’Toole-Pittman (E) def. Tran-Vuong, 6-0, def. Frutis-Navarro, 6-0, def. Yamchuti-Nguyen, 6-0; Kulczyk-Simmons (E) won, 6-3, 6-1, 6-0; Muradian-Kirchberg (E) won, 6-1, 6-0, 6-0.

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Oilers sweep Sailors

* VOLLEYBALL: Senior outside hitter Kiley Hall finished with 13

kills and 12 digs for host Newport Harbor High, which suffered a

25-15, 25-17, 25-22 nonleague girls volleyball defeat to visiting

Huntington Beach Thursday.

Taryn Tarnutzer and Coco Yokoyama each tallied four kills while

Stephanie Trinen added six digs for the Sailors (3-5), who entered

the week ranked second in CIF Southern Section Division II-AA.

Huntington Beach came in ranked fourth Division II-AA.

Northwood tops Tars

* TENNIS: Newport Harbor High doubles partners Brittanny Sturgess

and Sasha Dunlap swept their three sets, but host Northwood

prevailed, 11-7, in a nonleague girls tennis match Thursday.

Sturgess, a junior, and Dunlap, a sophomore, won, 7-7, 7-5, 6-0.

Newport Harbor fell to 4-3, while Northwood improved to 4-2.

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Nonleague

Northwood 11, Newport Harbor 7

Singles -- Schwatz (NH) lost to Yoo, 0-6, def. Padaguiam, 6-4, def. Kando, 6-4; Kluck (NH) lost, 0-6, 3-6, won, 6-4; Adams (NH) lost, 0-6, 0-6, 6-7 (4-7).

Doubles -- Sturgess-Dunlap (NH) def. Nakono-Yawawa,7-6 (7-2), def. Kurtz-Yang, 7-5, def. Catile-Wang, 6-0; McKay-McIntosh (NH) lost, 1-6, 0-6, won, 7-5; Nelson-Chinn (NH) lost, 1-6, 0-6, 3-6.

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Lions roar past Panthers

* SOCCER: David McAulay, Matt Hess and Jose Hernandez each scored

two goals to lead the Vanguard University men’s soccer team to an 8-2

nonconference win over visiting Chapman Wednesday.

Jarrett Borrego and Darin DeVore capped the scoring for Vanguard

(5-3) with single scores while goalkeeper Chris Swift made four

saves.