Briefs

CdM alumni coming

The 21st annual Corona del Mar High basketball tournament will be held Saturday, starting at 8:00 a.m. in the boys’ and girls’ basketball gyms at the high school.

Graduating classes from as far back as 1977 to the most recent class of 2009 will be competing at this year’s tournament. Altogether, 16 teams and approximately 150 players are expected to participate.

For more information, contact tournament director Rob Hess at rhess@bargerwolen.com.

Tars alumni compete

The ninth annual Newport Harbor High Basketball Alumni Classic will be held on Saturday in the main gym at the high school.

Check-in starts at 8 a.m. and the games will begin at 9 a.m. and probably end around 2 pm. The format is 5-on- 5 full court, for 20 minutes running time.

It is expected that 50 to 60 alumni will participate for a total eight to 0 teams.

The participation fee is $25 per player and the players will get at least three games and a commemorative T-shirt. The proceeds will benefit the Newport Harbor basketball program.

The tournament director is Jaime Holmes and can be contacted at (714) 915-2252.

Steele ends strongly

Corona del Mar High product Jamison Steele completed her collegiate women’s tennis career at Vassar College by earning All-Liberty League recognition in doubles.

Steele and junior Nocole Pontee were 32-16 as a duo, and they avenged their only league loss to win the conference doubles championship.

In the fall, Steele and Pontee won six straight matches to capture the New York state doubles crown.

The tandem finished the season ranked No. 7 in the Northeast Region.

Steele was a two-time All-Pacific Coast League performer and a four-year varsity player at CdM.

She was team MVP and captain as a high school senior.

— From staff reports