HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP

FIELD HOCKEY

Newport Harbor 2,

Harvard-Westlake 1

(on strokes)

NORTH HOLLYWOOD — Sophomore goalie Sydney King recorded three straight saves in the stroke portion to help lead the Sailors past the semifinals Tuesday and into Thursday’s title game of the Tournament of Champions.

The game went to strokes, essentially a shootout like in soccer, after a 1-1 tie in regulation. Harvard-Westlake scored two minutes into the game. Junior Claire Ramser tied it up after an assist from junior Claire Layton on a short corner 10 minutes into the second half. After a scoreless, 10-minuite, seven-on-seven, sudden-death overtime period, the game was decided on strokes. Juniors Lauren Chandler and Kimmy Ramser as well as senior Kylie Sheppard scored goals after the overtime. The Sailors will play against Huntington Beach at Edison Thursday at 4:30 p.m. for the championship.

BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY

Academy League finals

ORANGE — Junior Lion Wintemute finished in 16 minutes, 49 seconds, winning the individual race and helping the Lightning on Tuesday win the Academy League championship for the third straight year at Irvine Regional Park.

Blake Myers placed fourth at 17:08, followed by Slater Stanley (fifth, 17:13), Kyle Simon (ninth, 17:33) and David Penner (11th, 17:36), the last three runners recorded personal-best times for Sage Hill, ranked No. 7 in the CIF Southern Section Division V poll. St. Margaret’s finished in second place and Whitney third.

Next for the Lightning are the CIF Southern Section Division V preliminaries at Mt. SAC on Nov. 15.  

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY

Academy League finals

ORANGE — Senior Cait Williamson won the individual race for the third straight year, running in 19 minutes, 2 seconds at Irvine Regional Park Tuesday.

The Lightning, ranked No. 4 in the CIF Southern Section Division V poll, finished second to St. Margaret’s. Whitney took third.

Sage Hill’s Jackie Dion finished in sixth place in 20:48, followed by Caroline Grant (ninth, 21:10), Sanna Taskinen (14th, 21:52) and Lena Xiao (17th, 22:08).

Next for Sage Hill are the CIF Southern Section Division V preliminaries at Mt. SAC on Nov. 15. The top 16 teams from the prelims advance to the finals the following week at the same location.

GIRLS’ TENNIS

Pacific Coast League finals

TUSTIN — Corona del Mar High junior Melissa Matsuoka advanced to the semifinals by winning her first two rounds of singles action during the first day of the three-day event at Beckman High Tuesday.

Corona del Mar’s three doubles teams, Danielle Kaiden and Lindsay Zotovich, Karen Ishii and Kelli Feeley, Katelyn Nguyen and Paige Polizois, also advanced to today’s semifinals at 2:15 p.m.

Matsuoka defeated Irvine’s Chika Matsumoto, 8-0, in the opening round and University’s Elika Fateri, 6-2, 7-5, in the quarterfinals. Matsuoka plays Jocelyn Lu of Laguna Hills today in the semis.

Ishii and Feeley will face Nguyen and Polizois for a chance to reach the finals Thursday. The top two doubles teams qualify for the CIF Southern Section individual tournament.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL

Newport Harbor def.

Edison

NEWPORT BEACH — Jennifer Palmquist, who has committed to Princeton University, contributed four kills and one block to help lead the Sailors to a 25-21, 25-15, 25-17 Sunset League victory Tuesday.

Katey Thompson led Harbor (20-7, 7-2 in league) with 11 kills and two blocks. Kirby Burnham had 10 kills and Mary Buckingham added eight kills for the Sailors, ranked No. 7 for CIF Southern Section Division I-AA.

Sage Hill def. Capistrano

Valley Christian

NEWPORT COAST — Junior outside hitter Lindsey Kish finished with seven kills and five service aces, helping the Lightning clinch at least a share of the Academy League title with a 25-19, 25-13, 25-18 victory Tuesday night.

Sage Hill (17-10, 9-0 in league) can win its first outright league crown in girls’ volleyball with a win at rival St. Margaret’s (8-1 in league) Thursday at 5 p.m.

Katharine Bukaty had three blocks and two kills and Tess Wohrle added three kills, three aces and a block for Sage Hill.

The last time Sage shared the league title was in 2005, when it did with St. Margaret’s.