Sea Kings earn All-CIF honors
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Jordan Smith, a senior outside hitter for the Corona del Mar High
girls volleyball team, was named CIF Southern Section Division III
Co-Player of the Year and CdM’s Coach Bill Christiansen was named
Co-Coach of the Year.
Smith shares her title with Santa Margarita’s Blair Socci and
Christiansen shares his title with Michelle Sarkees, also of Santa
Margarita.
Joining Smith on the first-team All-CIF are senior middle blocker
Lindsey Ensign and sophomore opposite setter Kelly Christian.
The Sea Kings won the Pacific Coast League and CIF Southern
Section Division III-A championships and advanced to the semifinals
of the CIF State Division III championships this year.
Newport Harbor’s Kiley Hall, a senior outside hitter, was named
All-CIF Division II second team.
Catherine Dailey, Sage Hill’s junior outside hitter, was named
All-CIF Division IV second team.
Eagles blank Aztecs
* SOCCER: Haley Rosner and Jennifer Thomas each scored two goals
while Sarah Braunsdorf added one to boost the Estancia High girls
soccer team to a 5-0 nonleague victory over host La Quinta Tuesday.
Thomas tallied her two goals in the second half, when the Eagles
(3-1-1) scored four times.
Taylor West, Marina Abdul, Thomas, Braunsdorf and Taylor Carpenter
all had assists while goalkeeper Julie Tasedan made one save for the
Eagles, who face nonleague foe Savanna Monday before opening Golden
West League play against visiting Orange at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Sage Hill still perfect
* SOCCER: The Sage Hill School girls soccer team defeated visiting
Westminster, 1-0, in a nonleague game Tuesday to stay perfect at 6-0.
The game was a draw until Emily Webb scored in the 77th minute on
a free kick from 18-yards out after freshman Kellee Kim was fouled.
The Sage girls soccer program is off to its best start since the
school opened. The team visits Laguna Beach Friday at 3:15 p.m.
Three Sailors stand out
* WRESTLING: Newport Harbor High’s wrestling team had three
winners, all by fall, in its 66-18 nonleague dual-meet loss to host
Huntington Beach Tuesday.
Sophomore Bruce Hartshorn won by pin in the first period of the
heavyweight division while sophomore Josh Hughes came from behind to
claim the 119-pound division in the second period. Junior Victor
George (125) added another victory with a pin in the third period for
the Sailors (1-1) who compete in the Andrew Pena tournament at Irvine
High Saturday.
Corona del Mar wins
* SOCCER: The Corona del Mar High girls soccer team defeated
visiting Ocean View, 2-1, in a nonleague game Tuesday.
Junior Kelly Morgan intercepted a pass in the 21st minute and got
the upper hand a one-on-one matchup with Ocean View’s goalie for the
game-winning goal for the Sea Kings (1-2).
Jessica Mazura scored the first goal for CdM off of a crossing
pass from Morgan in the 10th minute.
The Sea Kings play in the Mater Dei tournament Thursday, Friday
and Saturday. CdM faces Mission Viejo Thursday at 2:30 p.m., Arcadia
Friday at 5 p.m. and Martin Luther King Jr. of Riverside Saturday at
2 p.m.
Sea Kings fall by 29
* BASKETBALL: The Corona del Mar High girls basketball team lost
to Sierra Vista, 76-47, in its second game of the Duarte tournament
Tuesday at Duarte High.
Allie Duernberger led the Sea Kings (1-4) with 13 points, while Katie Schulte had 12.
The Sea Kings play Muir in the same tournament Thursday at 4:30
p.m.
*--*
Duarte tournament
Sierra Vista 76, Corona del Mar 47
Score by Quarters
Sierra Vista 16 14 23 23 -- 76
CdM 10 13 12 12 -- 47
Sierra Vista -- Mejia 8, Mitre 14, Cobian 13,
Avalos 2, Becerra 10, Long 15, Avila 6,
Martinez 10. 3-pt. goals -- Long 3, Martinez
2, Mitre 2. Fouled out -- None. Technicals --
Raygoza, team.
CdM -- Benbow 2, K. Wayte 3, A. Wayte 2,
Kirby 2, Wadhwa 4, Schulte 12, Duernberger
13, Marks 5, Long 4. 3-pt. goals. --
Duernberger 2, Marks 1. Fouled out -- None.
Technicals -- None.
*--*
Mesa suffers first loss
* SOCCER: The Costa Mesa High girls soccer team dropped its first
match of the season, 4-1, to host Aliso Niguel Tuesday.
The goals were the first points allowed this season by the
Mustangs (4-1).
The Wolverines (3-0) took an early lead on a corner kick, but
junior Jasmin Day tied the game in the before halftime.
Day received a lead pass from senior Eva Garcia up the left wind
and moved past an Aliso defender before placing her shot in the back
of the net.
The Wolverines scored on another corner kick, and then damp
conditions gave Aliso two more goals.
A Costa Mesa defender slipped in mud and a Wolverine closed in on
the ball for an open shot. Moments later, the Mustangs goalkeeper
slipped in mud to give Aliso another clear shot at the net.
Costa Mesa plays Riverside Poly Friday at Worthy Park in
Huntington Beach at the Ocean View tournament.
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