Newport Harbor wins Sea View

The Newport Harbor High boys volleyball team claimed the Sea View

League championship after a 25-19, 25-15, 25-22 victory over visiting

Woodbridge Thursday.

Senior Brett Perrine led the Sailors with 14 kills, four blocks,

three aces and 13 digs.

Brett Auer had seven kills and 16 digs while Parker Stevens had

six kills and three blocks for Newport, while Westin Dunlap had five

kills and two blocks, Ted Slater had 40 assists and Brad Schneider

finished with two aces and 10 digs.

The Sailors are 10-0, 17-11 overall going into today’s match at

5:30 p.m. against Corona del Mar.

Miller tops in league

* TENNIS: Corona del Mar High senior Wesley Miller won his second

straight Pacific Coast League boys individual tennis title after two

victories to wrap up the league finals at University Thursday.

In doubles, the top-seeded duo of Spencer Reitz and Matt Chou also

won twice to claim the league title. Reitz and Chou defeated CdM

teammates and the 2004 PCL champions Sean Pham and Alex Nguyen, 6-4,

6-4, in the final.

Miller, the No. 1 seed, bested Jason Lin of University, 6-1, 6-0,

in the semifinal before downing Nick Meister from Tesoro, 6-2, 7-5,

in the final. Sea King freshman Fabian Matthews fell to Meister in

the semifinals, 7-6, 7-5.

Chou and Reitz defeated Nicholas Vaccari and Gaithan Vaidyonathan

from University, 6-2, 7-6, in one semifinal while Pham and Nguyen

bested Charles Weiskirch and Brandon Tran of Northwood, 6-4, 6-1.

Matthews defeated Lin, 8-3, in an eight-game pro set format for third

place.

OCC claims title share

* BASEBALL: Orange Coast College sophomore Luke Beck had the

game-winning RBI in the 13th inning to give the host Pirates a 9-8

victory Thursday over visiting Santa Ana and a share of the Orange

Empire Conference championship.

OCC (15-6, 24-14 overall) finished a game that ended in a tie in

the 10th inning on March 17 due to darkness, then played a final

conference game against the Dons in which OCC fell, 8-7.

Eagles down Mesa in 4

* VOLLEYBALL: Three players tallied 12 kills each as the host

Estancia High boys volleyball team completed its second straight

undefeated season in the Golden West League with a 22-25, 25-15,

25-15, 27-25 victory over visiting Costa Mesa Thursday.

Twin brothers Scott and Shaun Markley, along with Dallas Kopp, led

the Eagles’ hitting attack while senior Trevor Holmes tallied seven

aces and 34 assists.

Shaun Markley had 15 digs and Kopp added four solo blocks as the

league-champion Eagles (19-9, 12-0) rebounded from a 22-19 deficit in

the fourth game. Estancia staved off two game points in that game to

prevail.

Ryan Bagwell tallied 12 kills, while Garrett Walthers and Mitch

Caldwell added eight and seven kills, respectively, for Mesa (12-4,

9-3). Andrew Melcer had 32 assists.

Sage’s Chandy shines

* TRACK AND FIELD: Sage Hill School junior Zach Chandy captured

Academy League boys titles in the 200, 400 and 800 meters Thursday

while Sage’s Laura Gordon won three girls events and finished second

in the 300 low hurdles (49.6) in the league finals at Saddleback

College.

Jimmy O’Hare (boys shot put), Amy Werblin (girls discus) and

Kelsey Rose (girls 200) also won league titles for Sage Hill.

Vanguard advances

* TENNIS: The top-seeded Vanguard University women’s tennis team

defeated fourth-seeded Westmont College, 5-0, Thursday.

Today, Vanguard faces third-seeded Point Loma at 9 a.m. for the

NAIA Region II championship.

In men’s action, Vanguard advanced to the NAIA Region II

championships after defeating Alliant International, 5-0, Thursday.

Vanguard today meets the defending Region II champion, Azusa

Pacific, in a repeat of the 2004 championship, in which Vanguard

fell, 5-0.

CdM finishes Uni in 4

* VOLLEYBALL: Twin brothers Tom and Kevin Welch tallied 15 and 16

kills, respectively, while three players had five digs apiece to lead

the visiting Corona del Mar High boys volleyball team to a 25-23,

25-22, 22-25, 25-12 victory to conclude Pacific Coast League play

Thursday.

Scott Slaughter and Gus Ellis each added six kills while Phil

Bannan and Grant Almquist contributed 27 and 23 assists,

respectively, for league-champion CdM (23-6, 9-1 in league), ranked

second in CIF Southern Section Division II.

Shane Collins, Kevin Welch and Blaine Nielsen each tallied five

digs and Ellis had three blocks for the Sea Kings.

Sea Kings tripped, 3-2

* SOFTBALL: Corona del Mar scored twice in the second inning but

fell, 3-2, to host Tesoro Thursday in a Pacific Coast League game.

Heather Lohrman scored CdM’s first run and Morgan Jones scored on

Michelle Allred’s single.