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High School Roundup: CdM wrestling advances to third consecutive CIF finals appearance

Corona del Mar's Luke Villaluz, left, competes against Western's Abram Marmolejo.
Corona del Mar’s Luke Villaluz, left, competes against Western’s Abram Marmolejo during the 138-pound match in the CIF Southern Section Division 6 dual meet wrestling championships final at Western High School in Anaheim on June 5.
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The Corona del Mar High School boys’ wrestling team will get a shot at redemption Wednesday, as the Sea Kings have earned a rematch with Western in the final of the CIF Southern Section Division 6 dual meet championships.

Second-seeded Corona del Mar defeated Pomona 72-6, Menifee Heritage 72-12 and then Thousand Oaks 55-18 in the semifinals on Saturday at Western High School, sending the Sea Kings back to a section final for a third year in a row.

Western topped CdM 40-21 in the Division 6 final last season on its home mat, and the top-seeded Pioneers will host the Sea Kings in the championship match on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

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Newport Harbor also reached the Division 6 semifinals, before falling to Western 43-23. To reach that stage of the tournament, the Sailors defeated Menifee Santa Rosa Academy 48-36 and Newbury Park 40-36.

Costa Mesa, which competed in the Division 2 bracket, dropped its first-round match to Menifee Paloma Valley 59-23 on Saturday at Villa Park High School.

Thomas Lund (heavyweight) posted a pin for the Mustangs, while Dane Curran (120 pounds) won his match by technical fall.

GIRLS’ WRESTLING

Marina, the No. 2 seed in the CIF dual meet wrestling championships, was upset by Corona 42-39 in the semifinals on Saturday at La Verne Bonita High School.

The Vikings had a first-round bye, before notching wins over Norwalk 73-6 and then El Toro 72-6 in the quarterfinals.

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

Fountain Valley 54, Los Alamitos 50: Margaret Tengan’s 27 points paced the Barons, who completed a home-and-home sweep of the Griffins on Saturday in a Surf League game at Fountain Valley High School.

Audrey Tengan added 12 points for Fountain Valley (16-5, 3-0 in the Surf League), which plays host to Corona del Mar (13-9, 3-0) on Monday at 7 p.m. in the first of two meetings between the teams in the final week of the regular season.

BOYS’ BASKETBALL

Ocean View 78, Westminster 60: Chico Lopez scored 33 points to lead the Seahawks in Friday’s Golden West League road game.

Peyton Guerrero added 15 points for Ocean View (14-8, 4-2). Ethan Mayfield scored 12 points.

The Seahawks play at Godinez on Monday.

Corona del Mar 66, Huntington Beach 35: Dylan Rogers led the Sea Kings with 13 points in Friday’s Wave League game at Corona del Mar High.

Sanjay Tewari scored 10 points for CdM (20-5, 2-2), which is in third place with two league games left, a game behind both Fountain Valley and Marina.

Luke Kumaric and Brody Thralls each scored seven points for Huntington Beach (6-19, 0-4).

CdM plays at Fountain Valley on Tuesday, while Huntington Beach hosts Marina.

Edison 68, Laguna Beach 53: The visiting Chargers won their 17th straight game in Friday night’s Surf League matchup.

First-place Edison improved to 22-3 overall, 4-0 in league, while Laguna Beach fell to 11-12 overall and 0-4 in league.

Los Alamitos 56, Newport Harbor 29: The Sailors were routed in Friday’s Surf League road game.

Newport Harbor fell to 15-10 overall, and 1-3 in league. The Sailors are in third place in the four-team league.

Newport Harbor plays at Edison on Tuesday.

Saddleback 67, Estancia 58: The Eagles dropped to 16-9 overall and 3-4 in Orange Coast League play after Friday’s home loss.

Pacifica Christian Orange County 82, Riverside Notre Dame 41: Parker Strauss and Salim Semaan each had 15 points for the Tritons in Friday’s nonleague win at home.

Logan Stewart had 14 rebounds for Pacifica Christian (11-12).

BOYS’ SOCCER

Los Alamitos 2, Corona del Mar 1: Tommy Cianfrani scored a goal assisted by Brock Paz on Friday in a Surf League match on the road.

Matt Wood made three saves for CdM (9-5, 1-3), which plays at Edison (8-6-3, 3-1) on Monday at 5 p.m.

Edison 1, Fountain Valley 0 (2OT): Grayson Marquez scored in the second overtime to lift the Chargers over the Barons on Friday in a Surf League match.

Miller Combs drew the assist on the decider.

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