McGee breaks out for 34 in Sage victory

Freshman point guard Jamie McGee scored a career-high 34 points,

including 6 of 6 from three-point range, to power the Sage Hill

School boys basketball team to a 62-43 victory over Pilgrim in a

consolation semifinal of the St. Anthony’s tournament in Long Beach

Wednesday.

Sage (12-2), which has won nine of its past 10 games, faces

Renaissance Academy for the consolation championship at 1:30 p.m.

today at St. Anthony’s High.

McGee finished 13 of 16 shooting (81.2%) and tallied 29 of his 34

points in the second and third quarters before sitting out the fourth

period. Senior Matt Loper added 18 points and eight rebounds while

Tim Lefler tallied six assists and two steals for the Lightning.

St. Anthony’s tournament

Consolation semifinal

Sage Hill 62, Pilgrim 43

Score by Quarters

*--*

Sage Hill 14 20 20 8 -- 62

Pilgrim 11 14 11 7 -- 43

*--*

Sage -- Lefler 3, Loper 18, McGee 34, Voge 2, Samel 3, Morgan 2,

Webster 0, Hancock 0, Rose 0.

3-pt. goals -- McGee 6, Loper 1, Samel 1.

Pilgrim -- Hall 9, Evans 4, Anderson 14, Sok 12, Silva 2, Moon 2,

Johnson 0.

3-pt. goals -- Hall 1.

Newport moves to final

* BASKETBALL: Taylor Young had a game-high 25 points and 13

rebounds to lead the Newport Harbor High boys basketball team to a

70-54 victory of Chula Vista in the semifinals of the Chula Vista

tournament Wednesday at Chula Vista High in San Diego County.

Brett Perrine added 18 points and Alex Orth hit seven for the

Sailors (7-6), who have moved above .500 for the first time this year

after starting the season 0-4. The Sailors took advantage of dominant

second and third quarters in which they outscored the Spartans,

44-27.

Newport plays in the championship game against Vista tonight at 8.

OCC advances to final

* BASKETBALL: The Orange Coast College women’s basketball team

held off a late rally and defeated Palomar College, 65-64, in the

semifinal game of the Palomar tournament Wednesday at Palomar

College.

Valerie Katayama had 19 points, including four three-pointers for

the Pirates, while Lauren Stepanski added 13 points.

Coast (9-5) plays Irvine Valley in the championship game today at

3 p.m.

Hardison scores four

* SOCCER: Sophomore forward Allan Hardison scored four goals to

lead the Corona del Mar High boys soccer team to a 6-2 victory over

La Serna in both teams’ first game of pool play in the West Coast

Classic Wednesday at Irvine Valley College.

Hardison scored in the 38th, 39th, 45th and 72nd minutes to help

boost CdM (4-2-2) to its fourth win of the season. Nick Ossipoff and

Shane Collins (penalty kick) each added scores while CdM goalkeeper

Andrew Dailynas finished with three saves.

CdM continues pool play when it faces Servite this morning at 7

and De La Salle at 2 p.m.

CdM earns seventh

* BASKETBALL: The Corona del Mar High boys basketball team earned

seventh place in the Wyoming tournament by defeating Rigby of Idaho,

60-43, Wednesday at Campbell County High in Gillette, Wyo.

Ted Slaughter had 15 points and 10 rebounds and Ryan Lance was

selected to the all-tournament team for the Sea Kings (5-8), who play

at Canyon Monday at 7 p.m.

Lions blitz Bethany

* BASKETBALL: The Vanguard women’s basketball team steamrolled

Bethany, 120-34, during the first day of the Golden State Athletic

Conference tournament Wednesday at Azusa Pacific University.

Kelly Schmidt led the way for Vanguard (10-1) with 30 points.

Sage downs Dominguez

* BASKETBALL: The Sage Hill School girls basketball team used a

strong first half to ride to a 32-27 victory over visiting Dominguez

in a 13th place semifinal game of the Costa Mesa tournament Wednesday

at Costa Mesa High.

The Lightning (3-5) play for 13th place today against Westminster

at noon.

Junior Haywood Wright had 10 points, seven rebounds, three steals

and two blocks to lead Sage, while Katie McKeon added seven points.

Sophomore Kaitlin Tyre had five rebounds and senior Vicky Gutierrez

had four points and four rebounds for Sage.

Newport falls in title tilt

* BASKETBALL: Ailed with the stomach flu, sophomore starters Ivy

Melo and Brittany Deyan sat out the Newport Harbor High girls

basketball team’s 57-27 loss to Foothill in the championship game of

the Palm Desert tournament Wednesday at Palm Desert High.

Four-year senior starter Vanessa Miller led the Sailors (9-5) with

15 points and was named to the all-tournament team. Senior Ciara

Lawrence had five points and sophomore Jessica Bodkin had six

rebounds for Newport.

Aztecs edge Mustangs

* BASKETBALL: The Costa Mesa High boys basketball team lost to

Esperanza, 60-54, in the consolation semifinals of the Orange Holiday

Classic Wednesday at Chapman University. Scott Knox paced the

Mustangs with 13 points while Tony Krikorian added 11.

The Mustangs (5-7) play for 11th place today against Leuzinger at

3:30 p.m. at Chapman.

League foe bests CdM

* BASKETBALL: Junior captain Katie Schulte got into foul trouble

early in the second quarter, forcing her to sit out a large portion

of the game as the Corona del Mar High girls basketball team lost to

Pacific Coast League rival Northwood, 51-39, in the consolation

semifinals of the Costa Mesa tournament Wednesday at Costa Mesa High.

Schulte finished the game with six points for the Sea Kings

(6-8). Junior Kristina Wayte led CdM with 12 points and junior Megan

Benbow chipped in five.

Schulte tallied 19 points while Allie Duernberger added nine

points in a 52-31 CdM victory over Irvine Tuesday.

The Sea Kings play Costa Mesa today at 10:30 a.m. in the same

tournament.

Costa Mesa loses by 20

* BASKETBALL: Saugus High, of the Santa Clarita area, went on an

11-0 run to start the third quarter and defeated tournament host

Costa Mesa, 61-41, in a consolation semifinal game of the Costa Mesa

girls basketball tournament Wednesday at Costa Mesa High.

The Mustangs (4-9) shot 30.4% from the field and junior Judie

Akansel led with nine points. Senior Bethany Vergara scored six

points and Tracy Bjelland added five.

Former locals compete

* TENNIS: Newport Beach resident and current USC standout Kaes

Van’t Hof defeated Alexandre Anselme of UC Santa Barbara, 6-0, 6-3,

in the men’s singles quarterfinal round in the Costa Mesa

Intercollegiate Classic Wednesday at the Costa Mesa Tennis Center.

Van’t Hof plays Nima Roshan of Brigham Young University today at 9

a.m. in the semifinals.

Eagle coaches sought

* TRACK AND FIELD: Estancia High is seeking boys and girls track

and field assistant coaches for the spring season. Interested

applicants should contact (949) 515-6558.