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Looking back, 5 years ago this week.
The Corona del Mar High football team just misses on its upset bid
over Servite and loses, 21-16. The Friars get a lucky break when the Sea
Kings fumble at the Servite 2-yard line and the Friars recover to hold on
and advance to the CIF Division V Final. The fumble is one of three CdM
turnovers and causes Tom O’Meara’s performance to go without reward. The
running back churns for 133 yards and one touchdown on 26 carries. Sea
King quarterback Josh Walz scampers for 84 yards on eight carries.
Costa Mesa’s Koo Kim and Chanel Anderson score 17 points each to lead
the Mustangs’ girls basketball team to a 77-31 season-opening victory
over Santa Ana Valley. Kim also dishes out 11 assists, snags six steals
and grabs six rebounds.
CdM’s girls basketball team opens its season with a 55-50 overtime
victory over Pacifica. Brittany Simon’s offensive rebound in the final
seconds sets up Lindsay Warmington’s game-tying three-pointer and the Sea
Kings score eight unanswered overtime points to break a 47-47 tie.
Warmington leads CdM with 14 points.
Newport Harbor twins Jeannette and Julia Hecker earn first-team
All-CIF Southern Section honors in girls volleyball. And, a surprise to
many, CdM All-American Kelly Campbell is named to the second team.
Newport Harbor’s soccer team opens its season with a 6-0 victory over
Ocean View as Justin Kerr scores a hat trick. The Tars outshoot Ocean
View, 20-0. Ryan Yurada, Garrett Jansma and Chris Wakim score one goal
each.
Estancia’s boys basketball team scores a 49-31 win over Verdugo Hills
to open the season in the Daily Pilot Tip-off Classic. Chris Candlish,
Estancia’s 6-foot-6 center, scores a game-high 18 points, grabs seven
rebounds and rejects two shots.
Looking back, 10 years ago this week.
The Corona del Mar High girls volleyball team finishes the year 28-1
and claims the CIF State Division I championship with a 15-3, 15-5,
11-15, 15-8 victory over St. Francis of Mountain View. It is CdM’s second
state crown. Lara Carlsen, the CIF Southern Section Player of the Year,
has a team-high 16 kills and seven blocks. To get to the finals, the Sea
Kings strike with vengeance for a 15-3, 15-11, 12-15, 15-8 victory over
Lynbrook of San Jose. CdM loses to San Jose the previous year, but the
1990 semifinal is a different story. The Sea Kings maintain their
26-match unbeaten streak as Carlsen has 12 kills, three blocks and five
aces, Tahlia Wagner has 10 kills and two blocks, Tracy Schriber adds 10
kills.
Prentice Perkins has four kills, two aces and two blocks.
Estancia’s Mike Haas drops in 26 points to lead the Eagles boys
basketball team to a 75-47 victory over Brea Olinda. Haas is s 5 for 9
from three-point range. Son Ly scores 11 for Estancia.
Newport Harbor’s boys basketball team shuts out Bellflower in the
first quarter and coasts to a 72-50 win. Justin McIntee scores 24 points
and Huy Nguyen adds 12 points and four assists.
The Orange Coast College football team loses, 23-20, to El Camino in
the Orange County Bowl. OCC kicker Mike Wade is wide left on a 37-yard
field-goal attempt to tie the score with 54 seconds left in the game. It
is the Pirates’ first bowl appearance since 1975. Tight end Derek Whiddon
catches eight passes for 113 yards and two touchdowns.
Newport Harbor’s boys basketball team takes down Costa Mesa, 81-48, in
the first round of the Daily Pilot Tip-off Classic. The Sailors’ Billy
Nguyen scores a game-high 29 points. Huy Nguyen (14) and Justin McIntee
(13) also score in double figures. Jeff Pickens scores 17 to lead the
Mustangs.
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