Sea Kings tie for top spot

The Corona del Mar girls golf team avenged its loss to University

earlier this season by defeating the visiting Trojans, 222-224,

Thursday at Newport Beach Country Club -- putting the teams in a tie

for first place in the Pacific Coast League.

CdM’s Katie Albright shot a 38 to become the medalist on the wet,

slow course. Katie McKittrick (43), Jonna Kim (45), Michelle Albrecht

(46) and Caitlin McDonald (50) were the top finishers for the Sea

Kings (10-1, 6-1 in league). CdM gave University (11-1, 6-1) its

first loss in league play.

Newport ekes it out

* VOLLEYBALL: The Newport Harbor High girls volleyball team

defeated Foothill 25-15, 15-25, 25-19, 22-25, 15-12 in a grueling Sea

View League battle Thursday at Newport.

Kiley Hall led the Sailors (8-7, 5-1 in league) with 13 kills,

while Stephanie Trinen and Coco Yokoyama added 10 kills each. Bryana

Carey had five kills and Taryn Tarnutzer had two blocks and one ace.

OCC takes second

* VOLLEYBALL: Sophomore outside hitter Melissa Zapiain led all

players with 22 kills to lead the Orange Coast College women’s

volleyball team to a 24-30, 32-30, 30-26, 30-25 win over Cypress on

Wednesday in Orange Empire Conference play at OCC.

With the win, the Pirates (8-3, 4-2 in conference) grabbed a share

of second place in the conference, along with Cypress.

Lions win in 89th minute

* SOCCER: Sophomore Stacia Hoover scored an 89th-minute breakaway

goal to lift the Vanguard women’s soccer team to an upset 1-0 victory

over host California Baptist in a Golden State Athletic Conference

game Thursday afternoon.

The Lions (7-7-2, 2-5-1 in conference) won for just the second

time in their last eight games. It was the Lancers (9-5, 4-3) third

straight loss, all on goals at the end of the game.

Harbor doubles up

* WATER POLO: The Newport Harbor High boys water polo team doubled

Laguna Beach’s score, winning, 12-6, Thursday at Newport Harbor.

Dan Furman and Clay Jorth led the Sailors (11-7, 2-1 in league)

with three goals apiece, while Jovan Vranes and Brett Auer had two

each.

Michael Robinson had five saves for the Sailors.

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Nonleague

Newport Harbor 12, Laguna Beach 6

Score by Quarters

Newport 5 1 3 3 -- 12

Laguna Beach 1 1 0 4 -- 6

NH -- Jorth 3, Furman 3, Auer 2, Vranes 2,

Hockebury 1, Castillo 1. Saves -- Robinson 5. LB

-- Fair 4, Frimond 2. Saves -- Burge 6.

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Sage back on track

* GOLF: Coming off a loss last week to Orange, the Sage Hill

School girls golf team turned things around and picked up a 254-277

win over Estancia on Thursday at the par-36 Rancho San Joaquin

course.

Sage’s Justine Chen shot a 36 to become the medalist. The rest of

the top finishers for Sage (10-3, 10-2 in league) were: Emma Koh

(49), Natalie Kraft (54), Kimberly Venditozzi (56) and Madison Killis

(57).

Tars win on damp course

* GOLF: Medalist Natalie Draganza shot a 40 to lead the Newport

Harbor girls golf team to a 231-291 victory over Irvine on Thursday

at the par-36 Big Canyon Country Club.

Kayeigh Horn (45), Ashley Jacobs (46), Katie McKay (49) and

Kendall Horn (51) were the top finishers for Newport (7-6, 4-4 in

league) on the wet course.

Foothill defeats Sailors

* TENNIS: Freshman Alex McIntosh and junior Brittany Cluck swept

at No. 3 doubles for host Newport Harbor High, but it wasn’t enough

to avert a 10-8 Sea View League girls tennis loss to Foothill

Thursday.

The loss dropped the Sailors to 9-7, 4-2 in league. Newport Harbor

defeated Foothill, 11-7, to open league play.

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Sea View League

Foothill 10, Newport Harbor 8

Singles -- Casserly (NH ) lost to Duesler, 0-6; lost to Ansap 5-7, def. Foley, 6-4; Schwartz (NH) lost, 3-6, 2-6, won, 6-1; Nestande (NH) lost, 0-6, 4-6, (Sub) Nelson (NH) lost, 0-6.

Doubles -- Dunlap-Sturgess (NH) lost to Al. Moser-Wilcox, 5-7, def. Neufied-Armstrong, 6-1, def. Fisher-An. Moser, 6-4; McIntosh-Cluck (NH) 6-2, 6-1, 6-1; McKay-Adams (NH) lost, 5-7, 6-7 (4-7), 6-0.

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Estancia holds on for W

* WATER POLO: The Estancia High boys water polo team edged out

visiting La Quinta, 11-10, in a nonleague game Thursday.

Junior Chad Kunert scored the deciding goal for the Eagles (9-8,

3-1 in the Golden West League) on a breakaway with 3:09 left in the

fourth quarter.

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Nonleague

Estancia 11, La Quinta 10 Score by Quarters

La Quinta 2 3 4 1 - 10

Estancia 1 3 5 2 - 11

Estancia -- Kunert 5, Alderete 3, McDonald 1,

Goodman 1, Difransico 1. Saves -- McElveny 7.

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‘Eaters upset Gauchos

* SOCCER: The UC Irvine men’s soccer team upset No. 2 UC Santa

Barbara, 1-0, Thursday in a Big West Conference match in Santa

Barbara.

Chris Klotz took a cross from Anthony Hamilton and scored at the

73:24 mark for the game’s only goal. Senior goalkeeper Cameron Rossi

earned his 14th career shutout in the win while picking up one save.

The Gauchos (11-2-1, 4-2-0) had not been shut out this season. UCI

improved to 6-8-0, 2-3-0.

Vanguard defeats foe

* SOCCER: Host Vanguard University knocked off Fresno Pacific,

5-2, in Golden State Athletic Conference men’s soccer action Thursday

night as the Lions improved to 13-4, 7-1 in the GSAC, while the

Sunbirds, ranked No. 6 in the NAIA, fell to 12-2-1, 4-2-1.

Lightning storms pool

* WATER POLO: The Sage Hill School boys water polo team defeated

visiting Los Amigos, 5-4, Thursday at Corona del Mar High.

Juniors Julian Tooma and Jordan Cline led the Lightning with two

goals apiece and Senior John Neff scored one.

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Nonleague

Sage Hill 5, Los Amigos 4

Score by Quarters

Sage 2 0 1 2 -- 5

Los Amigos 0 1 1 2 -- 4

SH -- Tooma 2, Cline 2, Neff 1. Saves - Granger 7.

LA -- Lepe 3, McGarry 1. Saves - Lepe 9.

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