Sage downed
Senior star Matt Loper fouled out early in the fourth quarter on a
questionable technical foul call and the Sage Hill School boys
basketball team went on to lose in the first round of CIF Southern
Section Division IV-A playoffs to host Woodcrest Christian, 61-53,
Wednesday night.
Loper gathered his fourth foul early in the third quarter and sat
out until the opening moments of the fourth. On a steal and fastbreak
opening the fourth, Loper drove the lane for a shot and his momentum
carried him out the gymnasium door, according to Sage Coach Steve
Keith. The referee gave him a technical for leaving the gym, Keith
said.
The score was tied at that point, but Woodcrest (17-7) hit all of the free throws to go up by six points and held on from there. Loper
finished with 10 points playing in his last high school game, while
freshman Jamie McGee had 14. Woodcrest’s John Renti had a game-high
25 points, 14 in the fourth quarter and was 10 of 10 from the
free-throw line.
Sage finished its season 16-11.
CIF Southern Section Division IV-A
First round
Woodcrest Christian 61,
Sage Hill 53
Score by Quarters
*--*
Sage Hill 15 10 12 16 -- 53
Woodcrest 9 16 12 24 -- 61
*--*
Sage -- Ogron 8, Lefler 7, Loper 10, McGee 14, Voge 10, Witte 2,
Hancock 2, Rose 0, Samel 0.
3-pt. goals -- McGee 4, Ogron 2.
Fouled out -- Loper.
Technicals -- Loper, Keith.
Woodcrest -- Moss 7, Gypsum 6, Bradford 6, Nichols 13, Renti 25,
Munoz 2, Mudge 2.
3-pt. goals -- Nichols 3, Gibson 1.
Fouled out -- Moss.
Technicals -- None.
Orange Coast swept
* VOLLEYBALL: Ky Fell led the Orange Coast College men’s
volleyball team with 14 kills and eight digs but the Pirates lost to
visiting Santa Monica in three, 25-15, 25-23, 25-17, in a
nonconference match Wednesday.
Drew Ginther had 31 assists and Glenn Henry had eight digs for the
Pirates (2-2). Scott Sankey added seven kills and Josh Kornegay had
six.
Dragan Ivanovich had a match-high 15 kills for Santa Monica (2-0),
while Derek Otte and Brian Schirippa each added eight kills.
Coast loses opener
* SOFTBALL: The Orange Coast College softball team gave up seven
runs during the last three innings and lost to visiting Golden West,
10-3, in an Orange Empire Conference opener Wednesday.
Kim Ensey pitched the seven innings for Coast (1-8, 0-1 in the
OEC), allowing nine hits and 10 runs. She struck out six. Michelle
Jackson finished hitting 2 for 3, while Dawn Dallaire and Ashleigh
Miller went 1 for 3 for the Pirates.
Danielle Hall was 2 of 3 with one home run for Golden West (2-9,
1-0).
Orange Empire Conference
Golden West 10,
Orange Coast 3
Score by Innings
*--*
GWC 3 0 0 0 3 2 2 - 10 9 1
OCC 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 3 7 2
*--*
Stouff, Bagley (5); Ensey. W -- Stouff, 1-4. L -- Ensey, 0-6. Sv
-- Bagley (1). 2B -- Laragoza (GW), Lumb (GW). HR -- Hall (GW).
UCI visits LBSU
* BASKETBALL: Coach Pat Douglass’ UC Irvine men’s basketball team
(11-10, 5-8 in the Big West Conference) travels to Long Beach State
Thursday night and hosts future conference member UC Davis Saturday
night.
UCI, with its 11 wins, has matched its total from last season
(11-17). Following this week’s games, UCI travels to Idaho Feb. 24
and Utah State Feb. 26 before closing the regular season hosting UC
Santa Barbara March 3 and Cal Poly March 5.
Local teams open
* CIF PLAYOFFS: The Newport Harbor High girls water polo team,
along with the Newport, CdM and Sage Hill girls basketball teams, all
open postseason play today in their respective divisions.
The Sea View League champion Sailors’ water polo team (24-3),
second-seeded in CIF Southern Section Division I, hosts Huntington
Beach (15-8) at 3:15 p.m., while the Sailors’ girls basketball team
(11-15) hosts Paloma Valley (13-14) at 7:30 p.m. in a Division II-AA
wild card game.
The Corona del Mar girls basketball team (13-13) visits Bishop
Montgomery (16-11) at 7:30 p.m. in a Division III-A wild card game,
and the Academy League champion Sage Hill girls basketball team
(12-8), eighth-seeded in Division IV-A, hosts Buckley (10-12) at 7:30
p.m.
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