High School Roundup:

LAGUNA BEACH — A big inning helped the Costa Mesa High baseball team earn a big 12-4 Orange Coast League win over host Laguna Beach on Thursday afternoon.

The Mustangs scored six runs in the fifth inning — all with two outs — to break the game open and help them improve to 6-5, 2-2 in league.

Junior P.J. Maloney ran his pitching record to 3-2, going six innings and allowing four runs and seven hits.

“[Laguna’s] a very good fastball hitting team,” Costa Mesa Coach Jim Kiefer said. “P.J.’s strengths are to throw his change-up, throw his curveball, and keep hitters off-balance. I thought he did a wonderful job of that, and defensively we did a great job in supporting him.”

On offense, senior Brandon Kelly went three for five with two doubles and four RBIs. Seniors Andrew Fulkerson and Ryan Boulger, along with junior Tyler Sheffner, also had doubles, and senior center fielder Jesse Fox was two for four with two RBIs as the Mustangs pounded out 13 hits.

Costa Mesa batted around in each of the first two innings, jumping out to a 6-0 lead before the Breakers (8-5, 2-2) rallied to slim the margin to 6-4.

Sheffner made several highlight-reel defensive plays at third base.

“He’s a very good athlete,” Kiefer said. “It’s only his second week of playing third base, but he’s adapted very quickly.”

— Matt Szabo

BASEBALL

Estancia 11,

Calvary Chapel 7

COSTA MESA — Andres Gonzalez went two for thriee with two runs batted in and run for the Eagles in the Orange Coast League game Thursday.

Alex Trancoso was two for three with two runs scored and two doubles for Estancia (8-6, 3-1 in league). Pitcher Ryan Boselo, who was two for four with two runs, one RBI and a triple, improved to 2-0 after striking out five and walking four.

Calvary dropped to 3-1 in league.

Beckman 6,

Corona del Mar 5

CORONA DEL MAR — Clark Cashion was two for four with two runs batted in and a home run for the Sea Kings in the eight-inning Pacific Coast League game Thursday.

Brent Lawson, who was two for three, was one of four Sea Kings (Beau Attyah, Will Morrow, Chase Carlile) who singled in the bottom of the seventh inning to lead a three-run rally that tied the game, 5-5. CdM (5-7, 3-2 in league) had trailed, 5-0, after four innings.

The Sea Kings had the bases loaded with two outs in the seventh, but the Beckman pitcher made a great catch of a hard line drive to end the inning and send the game into extra innings.

SOFTBALL

Costa Mesa 12,

Santa Ana 2

SANTA ANA — Annie Strum went three for three for the Mustangs in the nonleague game that ended in six innings Thursday.

Nikki Lether went two for two for Costa Mesa (11-4).

Westminster 3,

Newport Harbor 1

WESTMINSTER — The Sailors fell to 11-2 after the nonleague game Thrusday.

Mandy Legault scored the Sailors’ lone run. She reached on an infield single, stole second and third and later came home on a delayed steal.

Starter Alex Bauer, who struck out two, gave up one hit and Hattie Marshall (four innings), who struck out eight, allowed two hits.

BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL

Sage Hill def.

Oxford Academy

NEWPORT COAST — Mattias Russo-Larsson had 17 kills and 13 digs to lead the Lightning to a 25-14, 18-25, 25-19, 25-22 Academy League win Thursday.

Cole Kirby had 10 kills and Chris Zadra had nine kills and six blocks for Sage Hill (8-8, 2-0 in league)

Corona del Mar def.

Laguna Hills

LAGUNA HILLS — Joey Booth had seven kills to help the Sea Kings to a 25-14, 25-8, 25-17 Pacific Coast League win Thursday.

Branden Anderson had five kills and four aces, Evan Dean had five kills and John Christian had five kills for CdM (9-7, 2-0 in league).

Esperanza def. Newport

ANAHEIM — Cody Caldwell had 15 kills for the Sailors in the Sunset League match Thursday.

Esperanza won, 25-21, 25-19, 27-25.

Rusty Sary had eight kills and Jackson Carmack had 32 assists.

BOYS’ TENNIS

Corona del Mar 17,

San Juan Hills 1

CORONA DEL MAR — The Sea Kings dropped just three games in doubles in the Pacific Coast League match Thursday.

The No. 1 doubles team of David Vu and Caleb Kim and the No. 2 doubles team of Alex Carlis and Zach Haber swept at love for CdM (10-1, 3-1 in league).

Newport Harbor 15,

Los Alamitos 3

NEWPORT BEACH — No. 1 singles player Tracy Beblie and No. 3 singles player Thomas Yamamoto both swept for the Sailors in the Sunset League match Thursday.

The No. 2 doubles team of Craig McKennon and Greg Brostek and the No. 3 doubles team of Chad Morabito and Clay Friend also swept for Newport Harbor (6-4, 2-1 in league)

GIRLS’ TRACK & FIELD

Corona del Mar 84,

Irvine 43

IRVINE — Sarah Keddington, McKenzie Brown and Melanie Powers won two events each for the Sea Kings in the Pacific Coast League meet Thursday.

Keddington won the 800 meters and the long jump. Brown won the triple jump and high jump. Powers won the 1,600 and 3,200.

Costa Mesa 103,

Calvary Chapel 20

HUNTINGTON BEACH — Kaitlin Yamamoto won three events and was on a winning relay for the Mustangs in the Orange Coast League meet at Golden West College Thursday.

Yamamoto won the 100-meter hurdles, 300 hurdles and pole vault.

BOYS’ GOLF

Los Alamitos 203,

Newport Harbor 206

SEAL BEACH — The Sailors’ Travis Russell shot two-over-par 38 to earn medalist honors in the Sunset League match at Old Ranch Country Club Thursday.

Mychael Clark (40), Zach Eddy (42), Marcus Kiel (43) and Eli Gomez (43) also scored for Newport Harbor (8-3, 2-1 in league).