Title suits Estancia

After battling to an 11-0 Golden West League record following a 81-31

victory over host Santa Ana High Wednesday, the Estancia boys

basketball team clinched first place in league for the first time

since the 1996-’97 season.

Junior Michael McDaniels had a career-high 25 points, 21 coming in

the first half. Senior Carlos Pinto had 20 points and junior Dallas

Kopp had 16 points and 16 rebounds, eight boards on the offensive

end.

Estancia outscored Santa Ana, 51-21, by halftime on its way to

sealing a playoff berth in CIF Southern Section Division III. Santa

Ana dropped to 2-9 in league.

If the Eagles win at Costa Mesa Friday at 7 p.m., it would be the

first time Estancia has gone undefeated in league since the 1994-1995

season.

Golden West League

Estancia 81,

Santa Ana 31

Score by Quarters

*--*

Estancia 25 26 18 12 -- 81

Santa Ana 11 10 8 2 -- 31

*--*

Estancia -- C. Pinto 20, McDaniels 25, Sh. Markely 5, Sc. Markely

6, Escobedo 6, B. Pinto 2, McKendry 4, Kopp 16.

3-pt. goals -- C. Pinto 3, McDaniels 3, Sh. Markely 1, Kopp 1.

Santa Ana -- Bustamante 2, Bivano 2, Hernandez 9, Anguios 6,

Rodriguez 2, Stephenson 8, Mendoza 2.

3-pt. goals -- Hernandez 1.

Sailors cruise to 2nd

* BASKETBALL: The Newport Harbor High boys basketball team

outscored Woodbridge, 24-4, in the first quarter and went on to

defeat the visiting Warriors, 65-50, Wednesday to clinch second place

in the Sea View League and advance to the CIF Southern Section

playoffs for the ninth consecutive season.

The Sailors (16-9, 8-2 in league) will begin the Division II-A

playoffs next week. Aliso Niguel clinched first in league.

Senior Brett Perrine had a game-high 21 points and 12 rebounds for

a double-double to lead Newport, while senior Taylor Young also had a

double-double with 15 points and 14 rebounds. Senior Alex Orth had

nine points, five assists, five steals and five rebounds.

Sea View League

Newport Harbor 65,

Woodbridge 50

Score by Quarters

*--*

Woodbridge 4 14 12 20 -- 50

Newport 24 11 11 17 -- 65

*--*

Woodbridge -- Dae 4, Bellinger 2, Gill 11, Barlow 2, Dietrich 2,

Prick 2, Janson 14, Karaushaar 5, Evans 4, Gelpo 2, Fiecht 2.

3-pt. goals -- Gill 1, Janson 4.

Newport -- Nasca 2, Jackson 2, Orth 9, Perrine 21, Young 15, Koon

4, Slater 2, Heenan 10, Cornwell 0, Stevens 0, Brewer 0, Lee 0.

3-pt. goals -- Orth 1, Perrine 1, Young 1, Heenan 2.

Sailors win Sea View

* WATER POLO: Junior Kally Lucas scored three goals while senior

Anne Belden added two to lead the Newport Harbor High girls water

polo team to its second straight Sea View League championship

following a 9-3 triumph over host Woodbridge Wednesday.

Melissa Wheeler, Leah Robertson, along with usual goalkeepers

Kendal Nelson and Elizabeth Layton, all scored one goal each while

Lucas tallied two assists and Belden finished with a team-high three

steals for Newport (24-2, 5-0 in league).

Ashling Taylor, Newport’s usual two-meter standout, made 10 saves

in goal while Nelson made three.

Sea View League

Newport Harbor 9,

Woodbridge 3

Score by Quarters

*--*

Newport 4 0 4 1 -- 9

Woodbridge 0 1 2 0 -- 3

*--*

Newport -- Lucas 3, Belden 2, Wheeler 1, Robertson 1, Nelson 1,

Layton 1. Saves -- Taylor 10, Nelson 3.

Woodbridge -- Sager 2, Kiley 1. Saves -- Gray 5.

Mesa holds Orange

* BASKETBALL: The Costa Mesa High boys basketball team held Orange

to less than 40 points in a 64-34 victory at home in a Golden West

league game Wednesday.

The Mustangs (16-9, 9-2 in league) kept the Panthers to

single-digit scoring in every quarter except the fourth. Costa Mesa

led by 10 at the beginning of the second quarter and 14 going into

the third. The Mustangs secured their victory by scoring 29 points in

the third quarter.

Golden West League

Costa Mesa 64,

Orange 34

Score by Quarters

*--*

Orange 6 9 7 12 -- 34

Costa Mesa 16 13 22 13 -- 64

*--*

Orange -- Gama 14, Rhone 4, Eaton 4, Palmer 3, D’Aquila 3, Mendoza

2, Silva 2, Mahi 2.

3-pt. goals -- None.

Costa Mesa -- Aleson 16, Puente 15, Krikorian 9, French 7, B. Wase

6, Molina 4, Lefebvre 3, Sc. Knox 2, D. Wase 2.

3-pt. goals -- Krikorian 3, Puente 1, French 1.

CdM clinches second

* SOCCER: One goal was all it took and the visiting Corona del Mar

High boys soccer team defeated Laguna Beach, 1-0, to clinch second

place in the Pacific Coast League Wednesday.

Sophomore Allan Hardison scored in the 56th minute after a Shane

Collins free kick was tipped into the middle by senior Brandon

Barrett, and the Sea Kings (12-6-3, 7-2-1 in league) advanced to the

CIF Southern Section Division II playoffs.

Mustangs rout rival

* WATER POLO: Senior Sarah Bowman racked up five goals in two

quarters and the Costa Mesa High girls water polo team defeated

cross-town rival and host Estancia, 13-1, in a Golden West League

game Wednesday.

Mesa (19-9, 5-1 in league) clinched second place in league behind

Orange and will advance to the CIF Southern Section Division VI

playoffs beginning next week.

Bowman scored three goals in the first quarter and two in the

second, while Chandra Malapira, Carley Millian and Annie Le added two

goals apiece. Freshman Meagan Kunert scored in the fourth quarter to

tally Estancia’s lone goal.

Golden West League

Costa Mesa 13,

Estancia 1

Score by Quarters

*--*

Costa Mesa 3 2 3 5 -- 13

Estancia 0 0 0 1 -- 1

*--*

Mesa -- Bowman 5, Millian 2, Malapira 2, Le 2, Harris 1, Shuppert

1. Saves -- Gentling 4.

Estancia -- Kunert 1. Saves -- Mahan 2.

Riverside tops OCC

* BASKETBALL: The Orange Coast College men’s basketball team lost

to visiting Riverside, 72-69, in an Orange Empire Conference game

Wednesday.

Reggie Brown had a team-high 16 points for the Pirates (13-11, 4-7

in the OEC), while Matt Davis added 14 points. Riverside’s Shamont

Brown had a game-high 22 points.

Orange Empire Conference

Riverside 72,

Orange Coast 69

Riverside -- Brown 22, Hill 11, Ollison 4, Williams 13, Mitchell

14, Renneisen 2, Cosio 4, Johnson 2.

3-pt. goals -- Hill 3, Williams 1, Mitchell 1.

Fouled out -- Hill.

Technicals -- Team.

OCC -- Siefert 11, Chester 4, James 12, Ortiz 8, Brown 16,

Valentine 4, Davis 14.

3-pt. goals -- Seifert 1, James 2, Brown 1.

Halftime -- Coast, 36-26.

Sea Kings fall short

* BASKETBALL: With the season on the line, the Corona del Mar High

boys basketball team came up short to host Laguna Beach, 54-49, in a

Pacific Coast League game that would have sent the Sea Kings into a

three-way tie for third in league with a win and a likely chance to

advance to the CIF Southern Section Division III-A playoffs.

CdM (9-16, 4-6 in league) led by as many as three points in the

fourth quarter but couldn’t get a shot to drop on five consecutive

possessions after that.

Junior Ryan Lance had a team-high 15 points to lead the Sea Kings,

while Scott Slaughter chipped in 14 points. Brett Hirata had 10

points, including two three-pointers, playing in has last game for

CdM.

Slaughter, Lance, Stefan Kaluz and Adam Smith will all return next

year to lead the team.

Pacific Coast League

Laguna Beach 54,

Corona del Mar 49

Score by Quarters

*--*

CdM 14 6 12 17 -- 49

Laguna Beach 15 13 12 14 -- 54

*--*

CdM -- R. Lance 15, T. Slaughter 3, S. Slaughter 14, Hirata 10, T.

Lance 5, Kaluz 2,

Hinton 0, Smith 0.

3-pt. goals -- R. Lance 1, S. Slaughter 1, Hirata 2.

Fouled out -- T. Slaughter, T. Lance.

Laguna Beach -- Kote 8, Kovacevic 19, Clark 13, Alessi 2, Jaffe 8,

Monroe 1, Nikolic 3.

3-pt. goals -- Clark 4.

Fouled out -- Nikolic, Alessi.

UCI wins in five

* VOLLEYBALL: The UC Irvine men’s volleyball team needed five

games to defeat UC San Diego, 30-23, 28-30, 27-30, 30-26, 15-9, in a

Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match at Crawford Court Wednesday.

The 10th-ranked Anteaters improved to 5-8, 3-5 in the MPSF, while

UCSD is 0-9, 0-8.

Jayson Jablonsky led UCI with 15 kills, while Aaron Harrell put

away 13 kills and hit .647. Junior Brian Thornton had 57 set assists

to go with nine digs. Paul Spittle led UCI with 11 digs.

UC San Diego was led by Adam Toren with 20 kills and six digs.

Coast women fall

* BASKETBALL: The Orange Coast College women’s basketball team

fell, 79-71, to visiting Riverside College in a nonconference game

Wednesday night.

The Pirates (15-11, 5-6 in league) shot 31% from the field in the

first half but maintained a 32-29 lead at halftime. In the second

half Riverside (21-4, 9-2 in league) outscored OCC by 14 points,

holding the Pirates to seven points.

Guard Crystal McCormick led the scoring with 23 points and forward

Rhondi Naff added 15 points and 10 rebounds. OCC’s Lauren Stepanski,

Valerie Katayama and Riverside’s Denise Snyder fouled out.

Tigers tame Pirates

* BASKETBALL: The Orange Coast College men’s basketball team lost

to visiting Riverside, 72-69, in an Orange Empire Conference game

Wednesday.

Reggie Brown had a team-high 16 points for the Pirates (13-11, 4-7

in the OEC), while Matt Davis added 14 points. Riverside’s Shamont

Brown had a game-high 22 points.

Riverside improved to 13-13, 8-3.

‘Eaters swing cut short

* TENNIS: The UC Irvine men’s tennis team lost to No. 24

Pepperdine, 5-2, Wednesday afternoon at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis

Center in Malibu.

The Waves swept the three doubles matches to claim the doubles

point. The ‘Eaters (2-4) got on the board with Peter Surapol

defeating Ivor Lourak 6-4, 6-4 in the No. 4 singles match. Mustafa

Ulukan got the match to 3-2 with his 7-5, 6-4 win over Kevin

Borzenski in the No. 6 match.

Vanguard suffer upset

* BASKETBALL: The Vanguard women’s basketball team remains in

first place after a 69-64 loss to host Point Loma Nazarene in a

Golden State Athletic Conference game on Tuesday night.

Kelly Schmidt scored a season-high 25 points and added five

assists and five rebounds for the Lions.

Lion women fall

* TENNIS: The Vanguard women’s tennis team dominated in doubles

and singles play, shutting out host California Baptist, 9-0, in a

nonconference victory on Wednesday.

The Lions (2-0) lost only two games in doubles. Vanguard’s No. 2

doubles team of Mallory Bailey and Ramona Repede, along with the No.

3 team of Olivia Armstad and Alena Votavova, swept the Lady Lancers,

7-0.

In singles, Olga Hlushchanka and Jenny Edner each won 6-0 in

straight sets.

Vanguard falters at end

* BASKETBALL: The Vanguard men’s basketball team defeated host

Point Loma in a 71-67 in a Golden State Athletic Conference victory

on Tuesday night.

Freshman Brian Roberts, who hit 4 of 6 three-pointers, led the

Lions (9-14) with 18 points and six rebounds.

Vanguard returns to host The Master’s College Saturday night at

7:30.