Quarterfinal tests require road work

Barry Faulkner

Corona del Mar High, Costa Mesa and Newport Harbor all take to the

road today for the CIF Southern Section boys water polo

quarterfinals.

CdM (19-8), the No. 2 seed in CIF Division I, meets Loyola of Los

Angeles at Loyola Marymount University at 2 p.m.

Costa Mesa (19-6), which earned its first CIF playoff win in seven

years in Thursday’s Division II first round, meets No. 2-seeded Los

Alamitos at Golden West College at 4 p.m.

Newport Harbor (18-10) visits Harvard-Westlake at 3:15 p.m. in a

Division I clash.

The Sea Kings, champions of the Pacific Coast League, have won 11

of their last 12. They are trying to avoid a second straight CIF

quarterfinal loss, having been eliminated last season to end an

atypical 8-19 campaign.

First-year coach Sam Bailey guided the Sea Kings to a 12-6

first-round triumph over Laguna Hills Wednesday.

Loyola (18-9), runner-up in the Mission League, defeated Long

Beach Poly, 12-7, in the first round.

CdM has not played Loyola this fall.

Newport Harbor, coached by Jason Lynch, is hoping to avenge a 9-6

loss to Harvard-Westlake earlier this season. The Sailors got past

Mission Viejo, 15-10, in the first round.

Harvard-Westlake (22-3) trounced Tesoro, 19-4, in its playoff

opener.

Newport was eliminated in the Division I quarterfinals in 2003.

Costa Mesa, champion of the Golden West League, faces a Los

Alamitos squad that captured the Sunset League crown this fall. The

Griffins (21-4), eliminated Tustin, 15-2, in the first round.

Coach Tim Postiff’s Mustangs, meanwhile, knocked off La Habra,

10-6, to advance.

The Mustangs have not faced Los Alamitos this season.

The semifinals in both divisions are scheduled for Friday.