YOUTH SCENE

SOCCER

AYSO Region 97

Girls’ under-10

Gold All-Stars

Newport Beach Golden Girls 0, South Irvine Patriots 0: First-half action included numerous offensive attacks by forwards Jaci DeFeo, Emily Fay and Rylie Siegfried, but no success in finding the back of the net. The Golden Girls also received a lucky break when a Patriots’ goal was taken away due to a offside call. The Patriots proved to be the more aggressive team in the second half, but they still couldn’t get by the Golden Girls’ defense of Reilly Cox, Bailey Scalzo and Jojo Stassel.

Golden Girls goalkeeper Kate Hefner made an incredible save when she leaped for a high shot and knocked it out over the goal.

Emily Halphide and Kelly McFetters led a few counterattacks in the second half to keep the Patriots on their toes.

Girls’ under-10

Silver All-Stars

Newport Beach Little Breakers 2, CdM 0: Destry Comp scored twice as the Newport Beach Little Breakers opened the season with a victory over Corona del Mar. Zoe Conley and Grace Vandervort split time in the goal, shutting out the CdM team. Faith Harper and McKenzie Porteous played outstanding defense, winning tackles and feeding the ball to the Breakers’ offense.

Haley Martinez and Jackie Singer controlled the ball and made excellent passes. Siena Ward had several great dribbling runs, followed by shots on goal. Comp converted two rebounds from Ward’s shots to goals for the final 2-0 victory.

BASKETBALL

Newport-Mesa Boys’

Seventh Grade All-Net

Irvine Heat 56, Newport-Mesa Sailors 48: The Sailors (4-1) lost a heartbreaker to the Heat in a very physical game. Robbie Rettig led all scorers with 15 points and four assists, while Drew Olson and Blake Motal both chipped in eight points each. Reid Meckler was all over the floor throughout the game, limiting the Heat’s point guard to two points, while Blake Grable hit some big shots in the game. Jackson Pries played well throughout, grabbing eight rebounds and playing strong interior defense. Connor Kelly played solid minutes in reserve for the Sailors.

Newport-Mesa Sailors 47, Mission Viejo Heat 26: The Sailors bounced back from a loss earlier in the day and trounced the Heat by 21. Everyone scored in the game including a game-high 10 points from Drew Olson, nine points from Reid Meckler, eight each from Blake Grable and Blake Motal, seven from Jackson Pries and five from Robbie Rettig.