HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP

WRESTLING

Newport Harbor 48,

Esperanza 27

ANAHEIM — Senior 140-pounder Josh George improved to 21-0 with a technical-fall victory to help lead the Sailors to a Sunset League opening win over the defending league champions Thursday night.

It is Newport Harbor’s first league win since entering the Sunset League last year.

George opened the dual meet with a 20-4 win. After a loss in the 145-pound division, the Sailors (10-2, 1-0 in league) responded with four straight wins from seniors Josh Lithgow (152), Edgar Guadarrama, Ryan Dickey (171) and Guillermo Perez (189).

In the 125-pound division, junior Eddie Garcia secured Newport Harbor’s win with an 8-7 decision.

David Garcia, a 135-pounder who suffered a tough loss against Corona del Mar Wednesday night, bounced back with an impressive pin against Matt Spranger, who is one of the Aztecs’ top wrestlers, Newport Harbor Coach Dominic Bulone said.

David Garcia recorded the pin in three minutes, 22 seconds.

The Sailors return to action in the Estancia tournament, Jan. 4-5.

Sunset League

Newport Harbor 48, Esperanza 27

103 – Luna (NH) won by forfeit; 112 – Joliffe (NH) lost to Harrison, 15-0; 119 – McKee (NH) pinned by Boba, 4:41; 125 – E. Garcia (NH) def. Edwards, 8-7; 130 – Alonso (NH) pinned by Iwanaga, 2:57; 135 – D. Garcia (NH) pinned Spranger, 3:22; 140 –

George (NH) def. Fong, by tech. fall, 20-4; 145 – Millan (NH) pinned by Champagne, 3:05; 152 – Lithgow (NH) pinned Donovan, 1:10; 160 – Guadarrama (NH) won by major dec. Draper, 17-9; 171 – Dickey (NH) pinned Solarte, 3:32; 189 – Perez (NH) pinned James, 3:31; 215 – Labarno (NH) lost to Patton, 11-2; Hwt. – Rausch (NH) pinned Whisler, 1:25.

GIRLS’ WATER POLO

Estancia 13,

Rancho Alamitos 4

COSTA MESA — Freshman Hayley Kunert scored seven goals and junior Amber Peters added four goals for the Eagles in a nonleague game Thursday.

Senior Meagan Kunert had two goals and junior Emily Kaplan made five saves for Estancia (10-4), which will play at El Modena on Jan. 10.

Nonleague

Estancia 13, Rancho Alamitos 4

SCORE BY QUARTERS

RA – Grewer 3, Ha 1. Saves – Lockery 8.

Est – H. Kunert 7, Am. Peters 4, M. Kunert 2. Saves – Kaplan 5.

BOYS’ BASKETBALL

Maui Christmas Classic

MAUI, Hawaii — Senior Nick Witte scored 14 points to lead Sage Hill School in its 70-53 loss to Friendship Collegiate Academy of Washington D.C. in a first-round game Thursday night.

Seniors Preston Oklejas and Jamie McGee scored 13 and 12 points respectively for the Lightning (4-8), who play again today.

Sage Hill lost to David Douglass High of Portland, Ore.; 59-55 in overtime. That game determined seeding in the 13-team tournament. The Lightning received the eighth seed. Friendship Collegiate Academy, which had five players ranging in height from 6-foot-5 to 6-8, is seeded No. 1.

Maui Christmas Classic

First round

Friendship Collegiate Academy 70

Sage Hill 53

SCORE BY QUARTERS

SH – Witte 14, Oklejas 13, McGee 12, Rose 8, Melvin 2, Duncan 2, Astorino 2.

3-pt. goals – Rose 2, Witte 1, McGee 1.

Fouled out – None.

FCA – Mungo 15, Brown 10, Davis 9, Petty 8, Williams 7, Young 7, Pitt 6, Parker 4, Bell 2, Owens 2.

3-pt. goals – Davis 1, Mungo 1.

Fouled out – None.

Estancia 46,

Oxford Academy 34

CYPRESS — Junior Troy McClanahan scored 17 points, hitting five three-pointers, to help lead the Eagles to the pool-play win in the Oxford Academy Tournament Thursday night.

Senior Mark Allred added 11 points for Estancia (5-5), while junior Ryan Knapp and sophomore Kohl Jones scored six points each.

Juniors Tim Neumann (four points) and Micah Zirbel (two) also contributed to the win.

Estancia will face Garden Grove in the third-place game tonight at 6 at Oxford Academy.

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

Calvary Chapel 36,

Corona del Mar 31

DOWNEY — Freshman Kayla Marolt scored nine points to lead the Sea Kings in the pool-play loss to Calvary Chapel of Downey, the tournament host, Thursday night.

Corona del Mar (6-9) was without three starters, including sophomore center Katie Bergsma, junior forward Sami Stern and freshman point guard Ellie Nadal.

Bergsma was out with the flu, Stern had to attend a night class and Nadal was nursing a hand injury. Sea Kings Coach Mark Decker expects the players back after Christmas.

Corona del Mar will face Antelope Valley Christian today to close out play in the tournament. The starting trio should be able to compete for the Sea Kings when they play at Sage Hill Friday at 7 p.m., Decker said.