Polo tourney slated

The third annual men’s water polo national age-group championship

will be take place at Newport Harbor High, Corona del Mar High and

Orange Coast College beginning Friday.

The three-day event will consist of two age groups -- beginner

(born in 1993) and development (born in 1991). There will be 15

beginner teams and 16 development teams.

The top three qualifying teams from the 2004 tournament

automatically qualify for the 2005 tournament.

CdM and Newport Harbor each have two teams in the beginner age

group and Newport Harbor has one team in the development group.

Each team will play a minimum of three games throughout the

tournament.

For additional information visit www.uaswaterpolo.org.

Locals to compete

SURFING: Newport Beach residents Ford Archbold and Andrew Doheny,

along with Costa Mesa’s Allan Kincade, are scheduled to compete today

in the Surfing America USA championships at Huntington Beach.

Archbold and Doheny will be opening competition in the boys

under-14 division at 1:45 p.m., while Kincade is slated for the boys

under-18 third round beginning at 10 a.m.

Kincade advanced out of rounds one and two.

CIF hires McDavid

* ATHLETICS: The CIF Southern Section has reached an agreement

with sports protection apparel and sports medical product company

McDavid to provide equipment to the more than 550 high schools

encompassed in the Southern Section.

McDavid offers knee, elbow, back and ankle braces; pads, neck

braces and rib cages for football; as well as heating pads, ice packs

and athletic tape.

The Southern Section -- which includes Corona del Mar High, Costa

Mesa, Estancia, Newport Harbor and Sage Hill -- is the largest

section in California and ninth largest in the United States.

The prep football starts for locals Sept. 2.