Sea Kings defeat tourney host

The Corona del Mar High girls basketball team took third place in the

Duarte tournament, defeating Duarte, 57-56, in the third-place

consolation game Saturday at Duarte High.

Duarte was down, 57-55, with five seconds remaining as Amanda Near

drove the court and was fouled by CdM (2-5) beyond the arc. CdM

escaped, though, as she only hit one of three free throws.

Katie Schulte led the Sea Kings with 13 points and was nominated

for the Duarte all-tournament team.

The Sea Kings open play in the Buena Park tournament at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday against Magnolia.

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Duarte tournament

Third place Corona del Mar 57, Duarte 56

Score by Quarters

CdM 16 11 15 15 -- 57

Duarte 12 15 13 16 -- 56

CdM -- Benbow 11, K. Wayte 4, A. Wayte 2,

Johnson 11, Wadhwa 4, Schulte 13, Duernberger

8, Long 4. 3-pt. goals -- Duernberger 2.

Fouled out -- None. Technicals -- None.

Duarte -- Tiekey 2, Williams 18, Moreno 6,

Balbulna 1, Near 11, Britt 12, Jerome 4,

Edwards 2. 3-pt. goals -- Williams 2, Near 1.

Fouled out -- Moreno. Technicals -- None.

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Richey, Loebe win big

* WRESTLING: Corona del Mar High seniors Robby Richey and Matt

Loebe both went 9-0 and won their weight classes during the two-day

Magnolia 10-way individual wrestling tournament that ended Saturday

at Magnolia.

Richey, a heavyweight, pinned all of his opponents, as did Loebe

in the 135-pound weight class.

Senior Taylor Alston (119) went 8-1 to finish second.

Newport wins big

* WATER POLO: Anne Belden scored four goals, while Melissa Wheeler

and Leah Robertson each had two goals to lead the Newport Harbor High

girls water polo team to a 12-5 victory over host Coronado Saturday.

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Nonleague

Newport Harbor 12, Coronado 5

Score by Quarters

Newport 5 2 2 3 -- 12

Coronado 3 0 1 1 -- 5

Newport -- Lucas 1, Belden 4, Wheeler 2,

Robertson 2, Taylor 3. Saves -- Nelson 4, Layton

5. Coronado -- Fernandez 1, Hansen 1, Estrada 3.

Saves -- Brown 6.

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Estancia secures third

* BASKETBALL: The Estancia High boys basketball team rallied from

an early 9-0 deficit to defeat Fountain Valley, 43-40, for third

place in the La Quinta tournament Saturday at La Quinta High.

Senior Carlos Pinto finished with 25 points, including two

three-point shots and junior Michael McDaniels finished with 10

points and two three-pointers.

Estancia (3-1) plays Santiago in the Garden Grove tournament

Monday at 6 p.m. at Santiago High.

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La Quinta tournament

Estancia 43, Fountain Valley 40

Score by Quarters

Fnt. Valley 12 12 5 11 -- 40

Estancia 5 15 12 11 -- 43

Fountain Valley -- Debowski 2, Furuya 9,

Siefert 9, Brandt 11, Moms 9. 3-pt. goals --

Furuya 3. Fouled out -- Mayott. Technicals --

None. Estancia -- Pinto 25, McDaniels 10,

Markley 3, Montillo 3, Fryslie 2. 3-pt. goals

-- Pinto 2, McDaniels 2. Fouled out -- None.

Technicals -- None.

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Lightning finish fifth

* BASKETBALL: Sage Hill School defeated Calipatria, 42-37, in the

fifth-place game of the La Jolla Country Day boys basketball

tournament Saturday.

Senior Matt Loper had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead the

Lightning (5-1). Freshman Jamie McGee added 14 points for the

winners, for whom Coach Steve Keith credited strong defensive play by

junior Tim Lefler.

Calipatria fell to 2-3.

Sage returns to action Monday when it meets Calvary Baptist in the

opening round of the Tarbut V’Torah tournament at 3:15 p.m. at Tarbut

V’Torah.

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La Jolla Country Day tournament

Fifth place Sage Hill 42, Calipatria 37

Score by Quarters

Sage Hill 9 9 12 12 -- 42

Calipatria 13 6 7 11 -- 37

Sage Hill -- Ogron 3, Lefler 4, Loper 18,

McGee 14, Voge 3, Hancock 0, Rose 0, Morgan 0,

Webster 0. 3-pt. goals -- McGee 3, Ogrun 1.

Fouled out -- None. Technicals -- None.

Calipatria -- Renterza 8, Martinez 19, Hortadd

2, Alra 3, Sambrano 1, Ramirez 2, Lopez 2.

3-pt. goals -- Martinez 1, Lara 1. Fouled out

-- None. Technicals -- None.

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Newport grabs 7th

* BASKETBALL: Newport Harbor High’s boys basketball team defeated

Temecula, 40-36, for seventh place in the Bill Reynolds Classic

Saturday at Newport Harbor.

The Sailors (1-4) outscored Temecula, 16-9, in the fourth quarter

to take their first victory of the season. Senior guard Tony Yaghjian

scored nine points to lead Newport, while sophomore Weston Dunlap had

seven.

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Bill Reynolds Classic

Seventh place Newport Harbor 40, Temecula 36

Score by Quarters

Temecula 10 10 7 9 -- 36

Newport 13 6 5 16 -- 40

Temecula -- Brown 2, B. Thompson 5, Bryant 11,

R. Thompson 3, Harrison 3, McDaniel 2,

Middleton 2, Shephard 2. 3-pt. goals -- B.

Thompson 1. Fouled out -- None. Technicals --

None. Newport -- Nasca 4, Yaghjian 9, Dunlap

7, Stevens 2, Slater 4, Koon 6, Brewer 6,

Caldwell 2. 3-pt. goals -- Yaghjian 1, Slater

1. Fouled out -- None. Technicals -- None.

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Mustangs bounced

* BASKETBALL: Costa Mesa High junior guard Bethany Vergara canned

three three-pointers and scored a team-high 13 points in the absence

of injured teammate and leading scorer Tracy Bjelland, but the

Mustangs’ girls basketball team lost to designated visitor Santa Ana

Valley, 46-43, in the seventh-place game Saturday at the Fountain

Valley tournament.

Judie Akansel scored 10 points and added five steals for Costa

Mesa (2-4), which allowed 20 offensive rebounds and was outscored,

18-12, by the Falcons (2-3) in the fourth quarter.

Jennifer Courtney paced Mesa with seven rebounds.

Bjelland, who suffered a cut above her eye in Friday night’s game,

is scheduled to miss Monday’s 6 p.m. tipoff in the El Dorado

tournament against the host Hawks and Tuesday’s game against Santiago

in the tournament.

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Fountain Valley tournament

Seventh place Santa Ana Valley 46, Costa Mesa

43

Score by Quarters

SA Valley 8 9 11 18 - 46

Mesa 12 10 9 12 -- 43

Valley -- Tanielu 10, Ward 4, Garcia 20,

Sargent 6, Martinez 4, Alcala 1, Cabezas 2.

3-pt. goals -- None. Fouled out -- None.

Technicals -- None. Mesa -- Akansel 10, Cluff

7, Enesi 8, Sanchez 2, Vergara 13, Courtney

3, Evans 0, Mino 0. 3-pt. goals -- Vergara 3,

Cluff 1. Fouled out -- None. Technicals --

None.

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Sea Kings fall short

* SOCCER: The Corona del Mar High girls soccer team lost to Martin

Luther King Jr. of Riverside, 1-0, in both teams’ third game of pool

play in the Mater Dei tournament Saturday at Mater Dei.

Corona del Mar (1-5) was eliminated in the tournament and will

play Costa Mesa at 3:15 p.m. Monday at Orange Coast College.

Anteaters fall to Davis

* BASKETBALL: Lauren Yadon had a game-high 27 points for the UC

Irvine women’s basketball team, but it wasn’t enough as the Anteaters

fell to visiting UC Davis, 76-73, Saturday at the Bren Events Center.

Angie Ned added 11 points for UCI (0-4), while Katie Curtis had

10. Ashley Biggins had 11 rebounds against UC Davis (3-6).

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Nonconference

UC Davis 76, UC Irvine 73

UC Davis -- Campbell 17, Porshneva 17, Gray 15, Smith 12, Turpin 6, Jones 0, Thomas 6, Berman 0, Perricone 3, Glassman 0. 3-pt. goals -- Campbell 1, Gray 1, Smith 3, Thomas 2, Perricone 1. Fouled out -- None. Technicals -- None. UCI -- Yadon 27, Biggins

6, Ferguson 3, Ned 11, Curtis 10, Mai 0, Forry 0, Tull 2, Jacob 4, Davidson 0, Usher 10. 3-pt. goals -- Ferguson 1, Ned 1, Curtis 1. Fouled out -- None. Technicals -- None. Halftime -- UC Irvine, 45-30.

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Newport takes sixth

* BASKETBALL: The Newport Harbor High girls basketball team lost

to Tesoro, 54-38, in the fifth-place game of the University

tournament Saturday at University High.

Senior Vanessa Miller was selected to the all-tournament team.

Newport (3-2) opens play in the Valley Christian tournament Wednesday

at 5 p.m. at Valley Christian High in Cerritos.

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University tournament

Tesoro 54, Newport Harbor 38

Score by Quarters

Newport 8 5 12 11 -- 38

Tesoro 17 11 18 8 -- 54

Newport -- Munnelly 0, Moores 4, Miller 11,

Melo 9, Deyano 0, Omori 1, Slater 0, Bodkin

6, Trobman 0, Lawrence 2. 3-pt. goals -- Melo

1. Fouled out -- None. Technicals -- None.

Tesoro -- Van Zup 6, Lanourelle 3, Perez 0,

Clore 1, Preziosio 0, Takai 5, Nadel 2, Riggs

2, First 18, Stepien 2, Holmes 5, Welsh 0,

Boughton 9, Lovelady 0. 3-pt. goals -- Takai

1, First 2. Fouled out -- None. Technicals --

None.

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