Newport surfers win big

Alex Knost, Nick Johnson and Andrew Doheny were the biggest

winners Sunday, the second of two days of the fourth annual Newport

Harbor High Surf Classic.

The event, contested in surf ranging from 2-4 feet Sunday at 54th

Street, included 138 club surfing entrants, competing in seven

divisions.

Knost, a Newport Harbor senior, won the open longboard division

and was second in the high school division (grades 9-12).

Johnson, who attends Monte Vista High, won the high school

division and was also fourth in the men’s open division.

Doheny, 9, won the elementary school division (kindergarten

through fifth grades), then finished fourth in the high school

division, which included competitors twice his age. Doheny posted the

highest first-round score in the high school division Saturday.

Other winners included: Geoff Moysa, a local Newport Beach

professional who claimed the men’s open division; Newport Harbor

sophomore Erika Hosseini (women’s division); Steve Farmer (middle

school division, grades 6-8); and Newport Harbor alumnus Josh Kast

(open bodyboard division).

Other second-place finishers included Mickey Klein (men’s open),

Amy Lowry (women’s open), Andy Gold (open bodyboard), Steve Farwell

(open longboard), Brian Doheny (middle school) and Jared Cassidy

(elementary).

Third-place finishers included Joe Alani (men’s open), Robin

Senour (women’s), Daniel Mathews (open bodyboard), Justin Hugan

(longboard), Will Anderson (high school), Christian Morabito (middle

school) and Jesse Steelman (elementary).