CdM’s Maggard, Presson named All-CIF

Corona del Mar High seniors Wess Presson and Ben Maggard are

second-team All-CIF Southern Section Division III baseball

selections.

Presson, a catcher and outfielder, was tied for the team lead with

29 hits, including six doubles and two home runs. He was second on

CdM with 18 RBIs and third with a .354 batting average.

Maggard was second in the Pacific Coast League with a 1.56 ERA. He

went 6-4 with six complete games, including a no-hitter against

University March 21.

Both were named to the Newport-Mesa Dream Team, as well as

first-team all-league this year. Both also represented the South in

the Orange County All-Star game.

Maggard was the Newport-Mesa Player of the Year.

CdM finished 18-10 after losing to La Quinta in the quarterfinals

of the CIF Southern Section Division III playoffs.

The Sea Kings were second in league with a 9-6 record against

Pacific Coast opponents.

Wells gets accolade

* SOCCER: Newport Harbor High product Zach Wells was named Major

League Soccer’s Player of the Week for the seven days ending Sunday.

The second-year goalkeeper who has started all 12 of the

MetroStars games posted his fourth shutout this season, making 14

saves in the team’s scoreless tie with D.C. United Sunday in East

Rutherford, N.J.

The 14 saves were one shy of the record Tony Meola set as

MetroStars’ keeper on April 5, 1997, also against D.C. United.

Wells has made 56 saves this season while allowing 11 goals -- a

0.92 goals-against average -- for the MetroStars (4-3-5) who are tied

for third with Kansas City in the Eastern division.

Wells, 24, set the UCLA career record with 269 saves and was named

College Cup Defensive Most Valuable Player during the Bruins’

national championship run in 2002.

Tars’ duo lauded

* BASEBALL: Newport Harbor High seniors Patrick Keehan and Greg

Miner were selected named All-Sea View League by the circuit’s

baseball coaches.

Keehan, a pitcher and infielder, was named first-team all-league

after he led the Sailors in most offensive categories.

He was second in the league with 10 stolen bases while also

leading the team in batting average (34 for 86 for .397), on base

percentage (.466), slugging percentage (.540), total bases (34),

doubles (seven) and runs scored (25).

Miner led the Sailors with 15 RBIs while hitting three home runs,

including two grand slams.

Aliso Niguel’s J.T. Heap, Foothill’s Justin Uribe and Woodbridge’s

Mike Anderson shared league MVP honors.

Four locals honored

* BASEBALL: Four Newport-Mesa players have been named All-Golden

West League by the circuit’s baseball coaches.

Costa Mesa High senior Alex Pisarski was selected a first-team

honoree, while teammate Jeff Waldron was a second-team selection.

Estancia’s Kane Curran and Taylor McClanahan were both second-team

picks.

Pisarski led the Mustangs with a 3.92 ERA and 12 doubles, was

second on the team in batting average (.353) and RBIs (15), and was

third with eight stolen bases.

Sage quartet all-league

* BASEBALL: Seniors Matt Loper and David Packard, as well as

juniors Bryan Kornsweit and Zach Milder were named second-team

All-Academy League by the circuit’s baseball coaches.

Loper’s four home runs led the Lightning and were the second-most

in the league. Loper, named a repeat first-team selection, led Sage

with a 4.36 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 48 innings. He was tops on the

team with 23 RBIS, four doubles, two triples and was tied for the

lead with 18 runs scored. His 10 stolen bases were second best on the

team.

Packard, a second-team all-league selection as a junior last year,

was second on the team with a 5.29 ERA and 39 strikeouts in 46 1/3

innings. Packard hit .318 with 10 RBIs and seven stolen bases.

Kornswiet, a second-team selection last year as a sophomore, was

second on the team with a .328 batting average and 12 RBIs.

Milder led Sage Hill with a .329 batting average as well as 13

stolen bases.

Four Sailors stand out

* LACROSSE: Newport Harbor High had four lacross players named

All-North League.

Senior Bobby Ward and junior Donnie Hoover were named first-team

all-league while senior Kyle Brown and sophomore Ryan Hanrahan each

earned second-team recognition.

The North defeated the South, 11-10, in overtime in the Orange

County Lacrosse Association All-Star game June 4 at Monte Vista High

in Newport Beach.

UCI’s Tybor shines

* SAILING: UC Irvine sailor Frank Tybor received honorable mention

in voting for the 2005 Ronstan All-American team.

The sophomore helpd UCI win the St. Francis intersectional, the

Charleston Spring intersectional and South Series 3.

The Anteaters also finished second at the 20th annual Rose Bowl

regatta.

Tybor was also named to the All-Pacific Coast Intercollegiate

Yacht Racing Association coed team and was a UCI scholar-athlete.

Sea Kings’ JV No. 1

* VOLLEYBALL: The Corona del Mar High junior varsity boys

volleyball team claimed this season’s Pacific Coast League title and

finished the year 16-0, 29-1 including tournaments.

Over the course of the season, the Sea Kings went undefeated in

the University tournament to win the championship for the second

straight year; defeated Back Bay rival Newport Harbor in a three-game

sweep May 6; and reached the quarterfinals of the Newport Harbor

tournament concluding May 7.

CdM, coached by Zach Miller, includes Brian Baldwin, Baldwin,

Spencer Brown, Bryan Burke, Jeff Carlson, Scott Collins, Tony Jones,

John Joyce, Brad McCoy, Tom Solis, Sam Stafford, Ryan Thomas, David

Tomkinson and David Yi.

CdM seeks coaches

* HELP WANTED: Corona del Mar High is looking for teachers who

coach. The school will have openings next year in math, language,

social science and science. Qualified applicants should check the

Newport-Mesa website and also fax a brief resume to Boys Athletic

Director Jerry Jelnick at (949) 515-6073 or email to

jjelnick@nmusd.k12.ca.us.