Charcas advances

Newport Harbor High junior Eddie Charcas pinned three of his four

opponents in the 119-pound weight class Friday to reach today’s final

of the CIF inland division wrestling championships at Los Osos High

in Rancho Cucamonga.

If Charcas wins his first two matches today -- competition begins

at 11 a.m. -- he will secure at least a top six finish and earn a

medal, Newport Coach Dominic Bulone said. The top five will advance

to the Masters Meet.

On Friday, Charcas pinned opponents from Santiago, Warren and

Paramount in 3:52, 2:13 and 4:06, respectively.

Mesa rolls in 1st round

* WATER POLO: Senior Sarah Bowman scored eight goals, three in a

six-goal second period, to lead the host Costa Mesa High girls water

polo team to a 15-2 victory over La Quinta in a CIF Southern Section

Division VI first-round game Friday afternoon.

Christine Twohig added three goals while Annie Le had two for the

fourth-seeded Mustangs (20-9), who will face Santa Monica at 3:15

p.m. Tuesday. A coin flip will determine the host team.

Seniors Allyson Harris and Carley Millian each tallied one goal

while goalkeepers Kelly Gentling and Brittany Mucha each made two

saves for Mesa, which reached the quarterfinals a year ago.

La Quinta finished 9-12.

CIF Division VI

First round

Costa Mesa 15,

La Quinta 2

Score by Quarters

*--*

La Quinta 0 0 1 1 -- 2

Mesa 1 6 4 4 -- 15

*--*

La Quinta -- Mammen 1, Vu 1. Saves -- Edelen 3.

Mesa -- Bowman 8, Twohig 3, Le 2, Harris 1, Millian 1. Saves --

Gentling 2, Mucha 2.

Wrestlers in contention

* WRESTLING: Estancia High’s Alex Sotomayer and Efren Alvarez

wrestled in the CIF Southern Section Southern Division tournament

Friday at Westminster High, with both still in contention for the

Masters Meet.

Both will wrestle at 11 a.m. today at Westminster and need to win

three matches each in the consolation bracket to qualify for the

Masters. Sotomayer defeated his first opponent Friday, 10-2, but lost

in the quarterfinals in the 160-pound weight class.

Alvarez (189) lost his first match, but won tow in the consolation

bracket.

UC Irvine evens series

* BASEBALL: Third baseman Matt Anderson went 2 for 4 with two runs

scored and two RBIs to help lead the host UC Irvine baseball team to

a 9-6 victory against Brigham Young Friday, evening the three-game

series at one apiece at Anteater Ballpark.

Brett Dalton finished 3 for 5 with a triple and three RBIs while

Danny Miramontes tallied three hits and two RBIs in four at-bats for

the Anteaters (6-2), who have won five of their last six.

UCI starter Justin Cassel allowed five runs on 13 hits -- the

Cougars (1-1) tallied 18 in all -- while striking out four and

walking none in 5 1/3 innings to improve to 2-0.

Sophomore Blair Erickson struck out four in 1 2/3 innings of

scoreless relief to notch his second save of the season.

The teams conclude the series at 1 p.m. today.

Nonconference

UC Irvine 9,

Brigham Young 6

Score by Innings

*--*

BYU 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 -- 6 18 2

UCI 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 1 x -- 9 14 1

*--*

Wells, Torgerson (5), Barrett (7) and Nelson; Cassel, Schroer (6),

Erickson (8) and Wagner. W -- Cassel, 2-0. L -- Wells, 0-1. Sv --

Erickson (2). 2B -- Chambers (BYU), Villezcas (BYU), Anderson (UCI),

Miramontes (UCI), Lundahl (UCI). 3B -- Dalton (UCI).

‘Eaters tame Tigers

* VOLLEYBALL: Jayson Jablonsky slammed a match-high 18 kills,

leading four UC Irvine players in double figures as the host

Anteaters defeated University of the Pacific, 30-26, 30-22, 28-30,

30-19 in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation contest Friday.

Aaron Harrell tallied 14 kills while David Smith (11) and Steffin

Rangel (10) added to the hitting attack for UCI (6-9, 4-6 in the

MPSF), ranked 10th in the nation. Setter Brian Thornton amassed 54

assists while Brandon Mel tallied nine digs for the ‘Eaters.

The Tigers fell to 9-7, 3-5.

D’Alessandro shines

* BASKETBALL: Christen D’Alessandro tied an Orange Coast College

women’s basketball record by hitting eight three-pointers in Friday’s

82-70 home victory over Irvine Valley in an Orange Empire League

game.

D’Alessandro connected on 8 of 14 from behind the arc to tie

Shauna Steward, who also dropped in eight threes against Irvine

Valley in 2000.

D’Allessandro scored a game-high 27 points for OCC (17-12, 7-7 in

conference).

Vanessa Dominguez scored 22 points to led Irvine Valley (12-15,

6-8).

Orange Empire Conference

Orange Coast College 82,

Irvine Valley 70

Irvine Valley -- Murphy 15, Dominguez 22, Crawford 5, Jorgenson 8,

Newsome 2, Pascual 3, Brick 6, Philp 1, Russell 8.

3-pt. goals -- Murphy 5, Jorgenson 2, Brick 2.

Fouled out -- Murphy.

Technicals -- None.

Orange Coast College -- D’Alessandro 27, Naff 18, Stepanski 19,

Katayama 12, McCormick 0, Castro 0, Viloria 6.

3-pt. goals -- D’Alessandro 8, Katayama 1.

Fouled out -- None.

Technicals -- None.

Halftime -- Orange Coast College, 48-37.

Clean sweep for Tars

* SURFING: Newport Harbor High’s surf team claimed all eight heats

and secured its fourth straight win with a 107-59 victory over Marina

at tower 22 Tuesday in Newport Beach.

The Sailors (5-4) took 19 of the top 24 positions with six surfers

placing first.

Daniel Shea, who posted the best wave score with a 6.0, and Stevie

Farmer, each recorded their sixth first-place finishes this season in

leading Newport’s boys short board team, which won, 53-50. Joey Head

(5.5) won for the fifth time this year.

Newport’s long board team swept the top three positions for the

second straight meet, led by Tanner Prairie’s fifth first-place

finish this season.

Lisa Turk won for the fifth time in the girls long board event

while Harry Tully claimed the body board title.

Charlie Buckingham, Brett Catron and Brian Doheny placed second in

their boys short board heats while Brian Pearson, Colin McElroy and

Christian Morabito each took third for the Sailors.

Robert Guy and Christopher LoMenzo finished second and third,

respectively, in boys long board while Mahea Hookano took third for

the Tars win the girls long board competition.

Tommy D’Eliscu and Bennet Schlesinger placed second and third,

respectively, in the body board event while Turk and Taylor Simpkins

finished second and third in the girls short board competition.

OCC ends season

* BASKETBALL: A quick first half propelled the Orange Coast

College men’s basketball team to a 59-51 Orange Empire League victory

over visiting Irvine Valley Friday in the regular season finale.

Lance Ortiz scored a game-high 18 points for OCC (15-12, 6-8 in

conference). Ortiz also had four steals and two three-pointers.

Irvine Valley (14-12, 6-8) was led by Darryl Maorris’ 12 points.

Orange Empire Conference

Orange Coast College 59,

Irvine Valley 51

Irvine Valley -- Turner 6, Maceira 9, Martinez 7, Evans 3, Price

0, Morris 12, Gottstein 3, Mackie 0, Siman 7, Jones 4.

3-pt. goals -- Maceira 1, Evans 1, Morris 1, Gottstein 1.

Fouled out -- Evans.

Technicals -- None.

Orange Coast College -- Seifert 10, Chester 6, James 5, Ortiz 18,

Brown 9, Williams 3, Mendoza 0, Valentine 0, Colteauz 0, Cameron 0,

Davis 8.

3-pt. goals -- James 1, Williams 1, Ortiz 2.

Fouled out -- None.

Technicals -- None.

Halftime -- Orange Coast College, 34-25.

Flamson honored

* SOCCER: Orange Coast College women’s soccer player Taryn Flamson

was named to the 2004 National Soccer Coaches Association of

America/Adidas Junior College Division III All-West region team,

selected by the respective coaches of the teams in the region.

The freshman, who was also a first-team All-Orange Empire

Conference selection, guided the Pirates to a13-5-3 record and a

second-round berth in the 2004 Southern California regional playoffs.

The former two-time All-Sea View League selection with Newport

Harbor High registered five goals and eight assists in her first year

with OCC.