Lightning girls surging

The Sage Hill School girls tennis team, ranked No. 1 CIF Southern

Section’s Division V, defeated sixth-ranked Oxford Academy, 16-2,

Tuesday in Academy League action. Stephanie Langer dropped just one

game in sweeping her three singles sets. Ashley Adams and Sarah

Geocaris also swept for the Lightning.

The doubles team of Grace Graham and Jaclyn Smrecek swept their

sets, 7-5, 6-2, 6-2. Sage Hill, which moved to 7-2 overall and 3-0 in

league, hosts Fairmont Prep Friday.

Tars beat Spartans

* WATER POLO: Newport Harbor High’s Brett Auer and Clay Jorth each

had four goals on the road in a 14-9 boys water polo win over Villa

Park Tuesday.

Newport scored eight goals in the second half en route to the

nonleague victory, improving the Sailors to 7-1 overall.

Bryce McLain had 13 saves for the Sailors, while Kyle Sherman

contributed with two goals and Telford Cottam scored one goal and two

assists.

Sailors conquer

* FIELD HOCKEY: The Newport Harbor High girls field hockey team

dominated its first Sea View League game, defeating host Fountain

Valley, 7-0, Tuesday.

Danica Kalmbach, Sasha Grumann and Nicole Newquist each had a pair

of goals, while Amanda Carver added one for the Sailors, who improved

to 13-2 overall.

Eagles triumph

* WATER POLO: The Estancia High boys water polo team earned a 7-2

halftime lead over visiting Orange, and captured a 10-5 Golden West League victory over visiting Orange Tuesday in the league opener at

Newport Harbor.

Estancia improved to 5-1 overall, while Chad Kunert scored five

goals for the Eagles, and Trevor McDonald scored four.

Lightning win laugher

* WATER POLO: The Sage Hill School boys water polo team defeated

La Quinta, 14-4, Tuesday at Corona del Mar High. The Lightning scored

seven times on the man advantage out of 10 attempts.

Leading the way was sophomore James Miller and senior Chris Mazzo

with three goals each. Jordan Cline, Beau Caillouette and Perry Pang

added two goals apiece. Netminder Danny Harold recorded 13 saves for

Sage Hill, which improved to 6-4.

Los Al tops Newport

* VOLLEYBALL: The Newport Harbor girls volleyball team lost to

host Los Alamitos, 20-25, 20-25, 25-22, 15-25, Tuesday. Jamie Heenen

led the way with 15 kills and an ace. Megan Munce added 10 kills and

two aces. Newport Harbor, which fell to 2-5, plays in the Nike

Challenge in Chicago Friday and Saturday.

Wounded Mesa falls

* VOLLEYBALL: The Costa Mesa High girls volleyball team fell to

visiting Canyon, 25-15, 25-19, 25-21, in a nonleague match Tuesday.

The Mustangs, who played without senior standout Tracy Bjelland

(ankle sprain) and blocker Alaina Abalos, were led by Heather

Williams, who had six kills and Caitlin Duffy, who finished with nine

digs.

Horn shines for Tars

* GOLF: The Newport Harbor High girls golf team fell to Laguna

Hills, 246-260, in the Sea View League opener Tuesday at Laguna Woods

Golf Course.

Newport Harbor (0-5) was led by medalist Kendall Horn, who shot

45, while Tiffany Kim had 48, Iko Kagasoff had 52, Ali Grace had 56

and Taylor Funk finished with 59.

McKitterick leads CdM

* GOLF: Tesoro High took a home field advantage over the Corona

del Mar girls golf team in a 244-230 Pacific Coast League victory

over the Sea Kings Tuesday at San Juan Hills Golf Course.

Medalist Katie McKitterick shot 43 for the Sea Kings (5-1, 3-1 in

league), while Jessica Milner was close behind with 45, Michelle

Drucker and Courtney Wright shot 47 and Jonna Kim shot 48.

Sea Kings lose in four

* VOLLEYBALL: The Corona del Mar girls volleyball team fell to

Tesoro, 25-22, 25-16, 25-22, 25-23, in a Pacific Coast League

showdown Tuesday at Tesoro. CdM (1-2 in PCL) was led by Brooke Terry

with 11 kills, while Taylor Beachamp had 14 digs and Julianne Piggot

had four blocks.

FOR THE RECORD

The Corona del Mar High girls golf team defeated Tesoro, 230-244,

in a key Pacific Coast League matchup Tuesday. The score was

incorrect in Wednesday’s paper.