Huntington Beach easily moves on in playoff opener

Things went pretty much as expected Saturday when Huntington Beach High took on visiting Mayfair in the opening round of the CIF Southern Section Division IA girls’ basketball playoffs.

The outmanned Monsoons offered little resistance to the 11th-seeded Oilers, who rolled to a 62-39 victory.

The win earned Huntington, now 21-5, a second-round date with fifth-seeded Valencia on Wednesday in Valencia. The score wasn’t available at press time.

The Oilers are co-champions of the Sea View League.

Mayfair was the fourth-place representative from the Suburban League.

“Things went pretty much to form, as I thought it would,” Huntington Coach Russell McClurg said. “The girls did a good job of executing the game plan and played solidly. We were able to establish [Jasmine Erving] early, too, and that set the tone.”

Junior center Erving dominated play inside and led all scorers with 27 points.

Sophomore forward Noelani Viloria, who McClurg said also “played really well,” contributed 15 points and six assists.

In other CIF girls’ basketball action:

Edison moved on in the Division IIAA playoffs by defeating visiting Upland (Baseline, at-large), 48-31. Kelly Peterson and Wahine Kepilino led a balanced Chargers offense with 11 and 10 points, respectively.

Edison (18-7), the Sunset League runner-up, took on Monrovia on Wednesday. The score wasn’t available at press time.

Marina, the No. 3 team out of the Sunset League, had its season come to an end Saturday against Santa Monica, as the host and sixth-seeded Bay League champions ran its win streak to 12 with a 70-47 victory in a Division IIAA game.

In CIF boys’ basketball action:

Huntington’s playoff run ended Friday when Sunset League champ and No. 3-seed Los Alamitos, a former league rival of the Oilers, pulled away late to post a 52-41 victory in the first round of the Division I-A playoffs. Oilers guard Nick Becker was the game’s top scorer with 19 points.

Huntington (Sea View, at-large) previously had won its playoff opener by defeating visiting Tustin, 63-56, in a wild-card game. Becker had another big game with 27 points, 24 of which were scored in the second half and included key three-point baskets that helped the Oilers take control.

Guards Zachary Kimber and Trevor Carroll also scored in double figures for Huntington (14-14) with 15 and 12 points, respectively.

Marina, another at-large entry, saw its record-setting season come to an end in a 108-95 home loss to Culver City (Ocean, at-large) in a Division IA wild-card game. The Vikings (16-11) nailed 25 three-point baskets to finish the year with a prep national single-season record of 437.

Senior forward Troy Lewis hit 10 of those threes and finished with a team-high 35 points. Senior guard Mike Kinoshita made seven three-point shots and scored 21 points and freshman guard Brendan Holmes scored 14 points.

In CIF girls’ soccer action:

Marina nearly came back from a two-goal deficit in its second-round Division I match against No. 2 seed Mater Dei, but the visiting Vikings (Sunset No. 2) fell a goal short and were eliminated by a score of 2-1 Tuesday.

The Monarchs (Trinity No. 1) scored both of their goals in the first half, then withstood a Marina rally that saw Jordan O’Brien score on a header late in the second half.

Marina began the postseason with a 4-1 home win over Palos Verdes (Bay No. 2). Nikki Lubby scored two goals to lead the Vikings, Bri Smith and Sara Foley both scored once, O’Brien had a pair of assists and Alex Panek had one save. Ocean View (Golden West No. 2) fell, 6-0, to Del Rey League runner-up Bishop Montgomery in a first-round Division IV match.

In CIF boys’ soccer action:

Huntington (Sea View No. 3) moved on in the Division II playoffs by defeating Mt. Baldy League champ Montclair, 2-1, in a first-round match. Alex Sanders and Bryan Walsh scored second-half goals and Geo Hernandez finished with three saves for the Oilers.

Huntington played a second-round match Wednesday at Arlington (Ivy No. 2). The score wasn’t available at press time.

In CIF girls’ water polo action:

Edison (Sunset No. 3) played host Montebello (Almont No. 1) tough for three quarters but the fourth-seeded Oilers pulled away for a 12-5 first-round victory in Division I play.

Sophomore Monique Wilson scored three goals and had seven steals, junior Jamie Bee scored twice, freshman Danielle Warde had three assists and senior Amelia Huss had 10 saves.