Sailors sizzle in second

The Newport Harbor High girls soccer team pulled away from a 2-1

halftime lead and scored three unanswered goals in the second half en

route to a 5-2 victory over visiting Laguna Hills in Sea View League

play Tuesday.

Five different players scored goals for the Sailors (6-4-1, 2-1-1

in league), while goalie Mary Giberson had eight saves.

Jackie Clark, Amanda Laz, Emily Ohlhaver, Krystal Wright and

Stephanie Lambrakis scored a goal apiece, while Taylor Giacamoro and

Wright each tallied a save.

Newport visits Woodbridge Thursday at 5 p.m.

Eagles pound Pacifica

* WATER POLO: Chelsea Kaplan, Courtney Hess and Meagan Kunert all

scored four goals to help Estancia High’s girls water polo team forge

an 18-8 nonleague victory over visiting Pacifica Tuesday.

The Eagles (9-7, 1-1 in the Golden West League) scored six goals

in both the second and fourth quarters. Melissa Buchmann added a hat

trick while goalkeeper Katie Mahan made 12 saves for Estancia, which

faces league foe Westminster at 3:15 p.m. today at Huntington Beach

High.

Nonleague

Estancia 18, Pacifica 8

Score by Quarters

Pacifica: 2, 3, 2, 1 -- 8

Estancia: 2, 6, 4, 6 -- 18

Estancia -- Kaplan 4, Barnes 3, Hess 4, Buchmann 3, Kunert 4.

Saves -- Mahan 12.

Duo tabbed MVPs

* FIELD HOCKEY: Jenny Taylor was named the Sunset League Most

Valuable Player and Ciara Lawrence was named Most Valuable Goalkeeper

for the Newport Harbor High girls field hockey team, two of eight

Sailors honored by the league.

Joining the two seniors as first-team all-league selections are

seniors Reese Simmons and Lyndsi Foster as well as juniors Sasha

Grumman and Jackie Taylor.

Senior Amanda Fallon and junior Ashton Reif were second-team

all-league.

Newport Harbor finished 18-4-5, Sunset League champions for the

second consecutive season and second in the Tournament of Champions.

Waves crash UCI

* TENNIS: The UC Irvine women’s tennis team lost to Pepperdine,

4-3, at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center in Malibu Tuesday.

The Waves swept the three doubles matches to win the doubles point

for a 1-0 lead. The two teams would split the six singles matches for

the Pepperdine victory. Junior Izabela Mijic upset Caroline Raba in

the No. 2 slot, 6-4, 3-6, (10-7). Freshman Inna Agababian defeated

Eva Dickes, 6-1, 6-1, in the No. 5 singles slot. Senior Kristina Boss

picked up UCI’s third win in singles at the No. 6 slot, 4-6, 6-2,

over Lise Sissler.

The Anteaters fall to 0-1 on the year and will travel to Eugene,

Ore. where they will face Utah Saturday at 1:30 p.m. and Oregon

Sunday at 10 a.m.

Streak is snapped

* SOCCER: A six-game winning streak was snapped Tuesday as the

Corona del Mar High girls soccer team fell to visiting Northwood,

2-1, in Pacific Coast League action.

Junior Jessica Mazura scored the long goal for the Sea Kings (8-8,

3-1 in league) in the 57th minute to tie the game at 1. But Northwood used a last-minute effort and scored in the 78th minute for the win.

CdM hosts Laguna Beach at 3:15 p.m. Thursday.

Seekins Lion of Week

* BASKETBALL: Vanguard University junior men’s basketball forward

Levi Seekins has been named Lion of the Week by the school’s sports

information department.

The 6-foot-6 Seekins averaged 14 points over a four-game span from

Jan. 6 to Jan. 15, more than triple his career scoring average. He

also grabbed eight or more rebounds in each of those four games.

Seekins had a season-high nine rebounds and 14 points in a Jan. 4

loss to Concordia, ranked No. 1 in the NAIA at the time.

Two days later he raised his career-high to 17 points on

near-perfect 8-of-9 shooting in Vanguard’s 82-67 win over Point Loma

Nazarene.

He had eight rebounds in a Jan.8 loss to The Master’s, then

establishing another career-high with 22 points in a loss at Westmont

Jan. 12.

Seekins made 9 of 11 field-goal attempts against Westmont and also

produced eight boards and four assists.

Heading into Thursday’s clash with Cal Baptist, he was sooting

78.6% from the field (44 of 55) and was averaging 8.2 points per

game.

Ninja Gumbys No. 1

* SOCCER: The AYSO Region 57 girls under-14 Corona del Mar Ninja

Gumbys completed a sweep through the Area 11-Q championship tournament and won the championship game in mid December, while

outscoring their opponents, 8-1, in five games.

The defense was led by Amy Youngman in goal, with help from

defenders Taylor Rhodes, Alix Condon, Arrianna Condon and Beth

Arnenson.

The mid field was dominated by Valerie Avila, Sophie Molinari,

Amanda Jacoby, Courtney Davison and Walker Moore, while the offense

was led by MacKenzie Jones (six goals), Breezy Brewster and Jordan

Team.

Rhodes also converted a key penalty kick to propel CdM into the

semifinals.

The team is coached by Scott Jones.