High School Roundup:

NEWPORT BEACH — Before the Corona del Mar High boys’ lacrosse team took on Mount St. Joseph of Baltimore, Md. Saturday, Sea Kings senior Ryan Mix scouted the Gaels.

He saw that Mount St. Joseph was playing its third game in as many days while on its visit to Southern California. He expected the Gaels to be a bit tired. He wanted to take attack that weakness.

Ryan Mix, the attackman bound for Notre Dame, didn’t hold back, scoring seven goals to lead CdM to a 9-4 nonleague win at Peninsula Park. His seven goals tied a career-high.

“I liked the matchup I had,” said Mix, who helped the Sea Kings improve to 9-1. “I knew they would be tired from playing so many games. And, when they didn’t slide over, I was able to put it in the net.”

The Gaels won at Rancho Bernardo of San Diego, 7-6, Thursday, and lost at St. Margaret’s, 8-5, Friday.

CdM Coach G.W. Mix said Mount St. Joseph makes the trip to this area every other year. He should know, he helped set up the games. Mike Warren, who’s involved with the St. Margaret’s lacrosse program, attended Mount St. Joseph. Bruce Seitz, the head coach at Rancho Bernardo, has a connection with G.W. Mix and Warren.

The three were lifeguards together while growing up on the East Coast, G.W. Mix said.

The CdM coach knew it would be an important week for his team, playing against the two teams Warren is affiliated with, as well as La Costa Canyon, ranked No. 1 in the state by laxpower.com.

The No. 4-ranked Sea Kings beat No. 9 St. Margaret’s, 7-5, Wednesday, but lost to La Costa Canyon, 16-4, April 3.

“To get out of these games 2-1 is great,” G.W. Mix said. “Considering what people expected out of this team, we are excited. We graduated so many kids from last year’s team. We lost Noah Molnar, who’s now playing for Lehigh, and we lost others ... I think we lost about over 100 goals that graduated last year.”

Mix said the Sea Kings have replaced last year’s scorers with a committee effort. CdM has also played stellar defense.

The Sea Kings shut out the Gaels in the second half, as seniors Alex Mainthow and JD Abbott, and junior Donald Dalton weren’t thinking about giving the visitors a warm welcome. Senior goalie Hugh Russell was also a big part of that, recording five saves.

On offense, sophomore Michael Keasey and freshman Jack Ortleib scored one goal each. Sophomore Michael Ortleib and senior Daniel Noto both had two assists, while senior Randall Nelson added an assist.

— From staff reports

GIRLS’ TRACK & FIELD

Arcadia Invitational

ARCADIA — Corona del Mar High’s Melanie Powers, Ali Hummelberg, Devon Hoppe and Sarah Keddington finished second in the girls’ invitational distance medley relay Saturday night.

Powers (1,200 meters), Hummelberg (800), Hoppe (400) and Keddington (1,600) finished in 11 minutes, 59.03 seconds. Redondo won the race in 11:54.75.

BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL

Punahou def. Corona del Mar

OAHU, Hawaii — Weston Nielsen led the Sea Kings with 11 kills in against the No. 1-ranked team in the nation by ESPN Rise Friday night.

Punahou won, 25-22, 22-25, 25-21, 25-15, in the match that was part of the four-team Clash of the Titans Tournament, that included Newport Harbor and Hawaii Baptist Academy.

Parker Brown had 13 assists, 10 digs and six kills. Nick Curci had 15 assists and five digs. Joey Booth had six kills, Spencer Haly had five kills and three blocks and Keegan Jakosky had six digs for CdM, which is ranked No. 29. Newport is ranked No. 35.