HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP

TRACK AND FIELD

Irvine Invitational

IRVINE — Corona del Mar High senior Shelby Buckley broke a 22-year-old girls’ meet record during the 29th annual Irvine Invitational Saturday by winning the 800 meters with a time of 2 minutes, 14.02 seconds at Irvine High.

Buckley, who’s headed to UCLA next year, beat the previous mark of 2:14.20.

CdM senior Allison Damon, who’s bound for Duke, finished third in the 1,600 at 5:09.99. Woodbridge senior Christine Babcock won the event at 4:51.56, beating her previous record of 4:53.28.

Sage Hill junior Cait Williamson finished seventh in the 1,600 meters by posting a personal best 5:17.25.

In boys’ action, Sage Hill senior Cody Gates recorded a personal best in the shot put with a toss of 40 feet, 3 inches, good enough for 24th place.

Senior Sean McElroy ran a time of 9 minutes, 56 seconds and finished 12th in the 3,200.

BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL

Best of the West Tournament

POWAY — Newport Harbor High senior setter Kyle Caldwell led the Sailors with 12 kills, but they lost to Mira Costa of Redondo Beach, 25-18, 12-25, 12-15, in the fifth-place match Saturday at Epic Volleyball Club.

Newport Harbor Coach Dan Glenn said Caldwell stayed in the San Diego area as the UCLA-bound player will fly early today out of San Diego with his family to Detroit. Glenn said the Detroit Pistons are honoring Caldwell’s late grandfather, George Yardley, a Hall of Famer and Newport Harbor product, during their game against the Chicago Bulls.

Today marks the 50th anniversary of Yardley’s historic 2,000-point season as he became the first player in NBA history to reach the milestone.

The Sailors (5-2), ranked No. 2 in the CIF Southern Section Division I coaches’ poll, finished sixth and went 2-2 on the final day of the tournament featuring a best two-out-of-three format.

Newport Harbor beat No. 5-ranked Woodbridge, 25-20, 25-17, in the opener, then lost to Valencia of Valencia, ranked No. 3 in Division II, 16-25, 23-25, beat Punahou of Hawaii, 25-17, 32-30, before losing to Mira Costa, ranked No. 1 in Division I.

Senior outside hitter Mark Liebermann and senior opposite Tucker Peleuses totaled the most kills for Newport Harbor Saturday, finishing with 28 kills and 26 kills, respectively. Liebermann added nine service aces.

Corona del Mar

POWAY — Senior Jeff Carlson helped the Sea Kings to a seventh-place showing.

CdM (6-2), the defending tournament champion, went 1-2. The Sea Kings beat St. John Bosco of Bellflower, 25-22, 25-17, and lost to Loyola of Los Angeles, 21-25, 23-25, and Mira Costa, 17-25, 21-25.

In the victory, Carlson had seven kills and junior middle blocker Dylan Davis added five kills, while junior setter Connor Bannan finished with 24 assists.

Senior middle blocker Gus Ellis was named to the all-tournament team.

BASEBALL

Newport Harbor 2,

West Valley 0

HEMET — Senior Patrick Brennan struck out seven and walked none in his one-hitter for the Sailors in a consolation game of the Newport Elks Tournament’s Foothill Division Saturday.

He logged 84 pitches, including three, which were consecutive groundouts, in the third inning, for his first one-hitter of his career. Sophomore Dillan Freiberg had two hits, which included an inside-the-park home run in the fifth, and an RBI. Junior Cody Green, who doubled, also had two hits for the Sailors (3-1-1).  

Newport Elks Tournament

Foothill Division

Consolation game

Newport Harbor 2, West Valley 0

SCORE BY INNINGS

Brennan and Bonn; Lopez, Smith (6) and Peer. W – Brennan, 1-1. L – Lopez. 2B – Green (NH); Harvey (WV). HR – Freiberg (NH).

La Quinta 10,

Corona del Mar 4

WESTMINSTER — Sophomore catcher Beau Attyah and junior infielder Danny Moskovits each hit their first career home runs during the Sea Kings final consolation game in the Foothill Division of the Newport Elks Tournament Saturday.

Attyah went two for three as CdM (1-4) kept it close until the sixth, when La Quinta had three runs to break the game open.

CdM will play at Newport Harbor Tuesday at 3 p.m.

Newport Elks Tournament Foothill Division Consolation game La Quinta 10, Corona del Mar 4

SCORE BY INNINGS

Manning, Weinberger (3), Rovzar (5) and Attyah, Kelly (6); Hill and Wilson. W – Hill. L – Manning, 0-2. 2B – Wilson (LQ). HR – Cardoza (LQ), Attyah (CdM), Moskovtis (CdM).

SOFTBALL

Costa Mesa Tournament

COSTA MESA — Sophomore Kira Mitani and senior Emily Pulaski each recorded wins Saturday, helping the Mustangs finish in fifth place after beating La Quinta, 5-4, and crosstown rival Estancia, 9-7, at TeWinkle Park.

Pulaski, normally a catcher, earned her first victory after three innings of work against the Eagles (4-2), who finished sixth in the tournament. The game was stopped after the fifth because of a 90-minute time limit.

The game before against La Quinta, Mitani went the distance to improve to 3-2.

Pulaski, Mitani and Brieanna Ramirez each made the all-tournament team.

For Estancia, senior center fielder Taylor West was named to the team. She hit three home runs, two during the Eagles’ first game Saturday, a 16-2 victory over Sage Hill School that was stopped after five innings because of the 10-run mercy rule.

Estancia sophomore Amy Hartwell made all-tournament as well.

Costa Mesa Tournament

Consolation quarterfinal Costa Mesa 5, La Quinta 4

SCORE BY INNINGS

Cardoza and Lopez; Mitani and Pulaski. W – Mitani, 3-2. L – Cardoza.

Consolation quarterfinal Estancia 16, Sage Hill 2

SCORE BY INNINGS

Hembarsky and . Hartwell and Whitney. W – Hartwell, 4-1. L – Hembarsky. 2B – Ulrich (E), Hartwell (E). 3B – Whitney (E), Hartwell (E). HR – West (E) 2, Ulrich (1).

Consolation semifinal

Costa Mesa 9, Estancia 7

SCORE BY INNINGS

Pulaski, Ramirez (4), Mitani (5) and Ramirez, Mitani (3), Pulaski (5). Hartwell and Whitney. W – Pulaski, 1-0. L – Hartwell, 4-2. HR – West (E).

GIRLS’ LACROSSE

Rose Bowl Jamboree

PASADENA — Newport Harbor defeated Peninsula, 9-7, and Westridge, 13-3, in two games Saturday at the one-day event.

Junior Elizabeth Cramer scored four goals to lead the Sailors (2-1) against Peninsula, while junior Shannon Rohan had three goals to pace eight scorers against Westridge.

Sophomore goalie Paige More had eight saves against Peninsula and freshman Jennifer Nava had nine against Westridge.

BOYS’ TENNIS

Lightning Invitational

NEWPORT BEACH — Cerritos High won the fifth annual Lightning Invitational on Saturday at Balboa Bay Club Racquet Club by beating host Sage Hill, 12-6.

Both Sage Hill and Cerritos beat defending CIF Southern Section Division IV champion Viewpoint, 10-8, in the three-team round-robin format.

All-tournament team members included Sage Hill senior Grant Gerdau, juniors Kevin Wang and Troy Astorino and sophomore Alex Koeberle.

SWIMMING

Capistrano Valley Relays

MISSION VIEJO — The Corona del Mar High boys finished third as a team at the relays, held Saturday at Capistrano Valley High School.

The CdM boys’ 200-yard breaststroke relay team, consisting of Michael Liao, Max Bergeson, Garrett Larson and Geon Kim, won the event in 1 minute, 54.74 seconds. The 200 backstroke relay team of Justin Papa, Chris Cottrell, Blake Terry and Garrett Larson placed second in 1:47.53.

Also coming in second for the Sea Kings’ boys was the 400 individual medley team of Isle Anderson, Papa, Cottrell and Matt Berry. They finished in 3:58.27. The medley relay team of Larson, Liao, Kim and Brian Schiefer also finished second in 1:43.34.

The CdM girls placed eighth at the meet, with a pair of fourth-place finishes. Kate Berry, Elise Molnar, Victoria Kent and Nicky Lagle combined for fourth in the girls’ 400 IM relay (4:25.95).

Lagle, Berry, Heather Van Hiel and Allison Peotter finished fourth in the 200 breast relay, in 2:23.01.