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The Newport Mesa Breakers girls’ under-10 Advanced Play Program team, representing Newport Mesa AYSO Region 97, recently captured the title in the Area Q APP Championships at the Costa Mesa Farm Complex.

The Breakers earned the top seed for the tournament after completing the regular season with a 6-0 record.

Victories over South Irvine and Corona del Mar put the Breakers into the final against Tustin. Siena Ward, Yaritza Garcia, Kiana Ghamari and McKenzie Porteous scored for the Breakers in a 4-0 victory. Destry Comp went the distance in goal registering her fifth shutout of the season. The stingy defense was led by Faith Harper, Jackie Singer, Grace Vandervort, Paige Fults and Zoe Conley.

Undefeated in Area Q play, the Breakers entered the prestigious Cerritos Thanksgiving Invitational to see how they would fare against Los Angeles County competition. The Breakers were the best winning the tournament championship.

Pool-play victories against Los Alamitos (5-3), Arcadia (7-2) and Covina (7-2) vaulted the Breakers into the quarterfinals of the three-day tournament.

In the quarterfinals, the Breakers squared off with Whittier, which had advanced from its pool with a tough defense. Ward, Garcia and Harper scored for the Breakers, which came away with an easy 5-0 win.

In the semifinals, the Breakers faced their toughest challenge against the host team from Cerritos. Despite firing 10 shots on goal the Breakers were denied the back of the net and the first half ended, 0-0.

But in the third quarter, Garcia penetrated down the right side off a pass from Ward and sent in a perfect cross to Brynn Blowers, who one-timed it into the back of the net. The goal proved to be the difference and moved the Breakers into the finals with a 1-0 victory. Comp and Hillary Beall shared time in goal to record the shutout.

In the final, the Breakers faced a tough Los Alamitos team seeking revenge for its first loss of the season against the Breakers in pool play. However just too much Garcia, Ward, Harper and company and the Breakers breezed to a 5-0 victory for the title. Coach Kirk McIntosh credited his controlling defense led by Harper, Vandervort and Singer as the key to the lopsided win.

Slammers clinch

division title

The Slammers Futbol Club boys’ under-11 team based in Newport Beach recently clinched a share of first place in the Coast Soccer League Silver Division with a 4-1 against Tustin United.

The Slammers finished the season unbeaten at 10-0-4. They scored 49 goals and allowed just nine to share the championship with Santa Monica United.

In League Cup competition, the Slammers reached the quarterfinals out of 132 teams. They lost to the Los Angeles Gunners, 2-0. The Gunners won League Cup.

In addition to three tournament victories during the season, the team reached the semifinals of the prestigious Nomads Soccer Tournament over Thanksgiving weekend by defeating the Legends FC of Chino Hills, 4-2 on penalty kicks.

The Slammers included: Justin Muchnick, Jason Simaan, Brendan Hueston, Stephen Von Der Ahe, Colin Redman, Jack Tomei, Chris Moya, Kelvin Uribe, Chris Aguilar, Travis Campos, Kevin Rengifo, Dylan Campos, George Wells, Ian Fletcher, Ryan Stone, William Hunter and Coach Ralph Lopez.

CdM boys win Region 57

The Corona del Mar boys’ under-10 team recently captured the AYSO Region 57 crown with a 2-1 double overtime win in the championship game.

The CdM boys’ team won three games in four days. Timely saves by Alexander Taxman and Bobby Purcifull’s two goals in the title match led the way. The team also included: Brandel Turner, Braxton Andry, Spiro Maleki, Morgan Cortens, Kory Winning, Cody English, Jacob Petersen and Coach Glenn Taxman.

Basketball

Newport-Mesa NJB Boys

Division I

Seventh- and eighth-grade

Wizards 46, Celtics 25: Every player on the Wizards scored including a team-high of 12 points from Ryan Cargile and Reid Chase. Ricky Nadal chipped in 10 rebounds, while Cargile had six assists. Shane Silver, David Bruno and Clay Woodward all played well.

The Celtics were paced by Matt Hurst, who had a team-high 11 points, 12 steals and three assists.

Henry Dodge had seven points and played tough defense down the stretch.

Pistons 43, Clippers 31: The Pistons balanced scoring attack was led by Sam Younesi (11 points), Brian Wagner (10), Alex Wilde (nine) and Nolan McCarthy (nine).

The Clippers were led by the stellar play of Paul MacCabe, who had 16 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks while Steven Barela, Kyle Morris and John Wortmann played great defense. Armen Shrikian hit a big shot down the stretch to keep the game close.