Prep Soccer : Saddleback Clinches Sea View Championship

The Saddleback High School boys’ soccer team clinched the Sea View League title with a 1-0 win over host Newport Harbor Wednesday.

The only goal of the game was scored 25 minutes into the first half, when junior defender Beto Zavala kicked a shot from midfield that bounced over the head of Sailor goalie Ken Wilcutt.

In the second half, both teams had numerous scoring opportunities, including a penalty kick by Newport Harbor’s Tom Walker, with eight minutes to play, which was saved by Saddleback goalie Miguel Ochoa.

Ochoa finished with eight saves, including one in the final three minutes of the match. Wilcutt finished with six saves for Newport Harbor (11-5-4, 4-2-3).

“We dominated the first half,” said Saddleback Coach Mel Silva. “But as time went on, we got nervous, I think because we have a mostly freshman and sophomore team.”

Saddleback, which recorded its fifth shutout in a row, starts only one senior, Carlos Zavala.

“They’ve been working very hard,” Silva said of his team. “They’re playing well together.”

The win, coupled with Estancia’s loss to University, gives the Roadrunners (15-5-2, 7-1-1) their first league championship since 1982, when Silva was a sophomore at the school.

In other Sea View League games:

University 2, Estancia 1--Kevin Kynoch scored 30 minutes into the first half for host University to break a 1-1 tie. Estancia, which is in second place in the league, scored first on Mark Kirsch’s goal 10 minutes into the first half. Chad Fullmer tied the score 20 minutes into the first half. University is 2-5-2 in league and 5-9-3 overall.

Corona del Mar 2, Tustin 0--Corona del Mar’s Greg Galusha scored on an assist from Geoff Barrow in the first half and teammate Matt Tomlin scored in the second half, again on an assist by Barrow. Goalie Brent Krum had three saves for Corona del Mar (3-6-5, 2-3-4).

In the Century League:

Canyon 1, Villa Park 0--Jesse Flores scored eight minutes into the second half to lead Canyon (13-4-4, 6-0-3) at Villa Park. The shutout was Canyon’s 11th of the season. Goalie Chris Snitko had nine saves.

El Modena 1, Foothill 0--Mike Glaspy scored 12 minutes into the second half to lead El Modena (7-8-4, 1-4-4) at Foothill. The shutout was El Modena’s third of the season.

Santa Ana 1, Santa Ana Valley 1--Enio Blanco scored for Santa Ana (6-8-6, 4-2-3) and Dieter Eckstein scored for Santa Ana Valley (2-6-4, 1-4-4).

In the Empire League:

Los Alamitos 3, Esperanza 1--Dean Braunstein, Tommy Ritchie and Gregg Hartman scored for Los Alamitos (12-7-4, 4-3-1) at home. Sean Sargent scored for Esperanza (10-8-5, 3-5-1).

In the Pacific Coast League:

Laguna Hills 9, Costa Mesa 1--Scott Clark and Kevin Macare each scored twice and had one assist to lead Laguna Hills (12-7-3, 7-5-2) clinched third place. Caesar Zamarripa scored for Costa Mesa (1-13, 2-9).

In the South Coast League:

El Toro 4, Dana Hills 0--At Dana Hills, El Toro’s Jim Baird scored on an assist by Ken Romaniszyn in the first half. In the second half, Romaniszyn had a second assist on Doug Barry”s goal and Scott Montroy scored twice on assists from Piero Mendiola and Barry for El Toro (7-5-4, 3-3-3).

In a girls’ Angelus League game:

Mater Dei 4, Bishop Amat 2--Jacki Zurd scored two first-half goals for Bishop Amat, but that was all the Lancers could produce, as Angelus League champion Mater Dei won to finish the league season with a 10-0 record, 20-4-1 overall.

Robyn Camarillo, Stephanie Duran, Tina Manfre and Laura Spinner each scored one goal for host Mater Dei, and goalie Michelle Lodyga had two saves.

In the Freeway League:

Sonora 2, Sunny Hills 0--Laurie Thompson and Lory Sensi each scored in the first first half to lead Sonora (11-5-2, 7-3-1) at Sunny Hills. Sonora Goalie Krista Grosso had seven saves to lead Sonora to its fifth shutout.

In the Garden Grove League:

La Quinta 5, Rancho Alamitos 0--Jennifer Sogoian scored two goals to help La Quinta (16-4-2, 8-1-1) at home. Cheri Setterland and Cheryl Jones scored once each for La Quinta. La Quinta’s other goal came when a Rancho Alamitos defender, attempting to kick the ball back to her goalie, kicked the ball into the Rancho Alamitos goal.

The shutout was La Quinta’s 12th of the season. La Quinta goalie Leslie Schneider had six saves.

In the Orange League:

Brea-Olinda 3, Anaheim 0--Monica Fay, Elise Crowder and Sandy Tennison each scored to lead Brea-Olinda (10-2-4, 7-0-1) at Anaheim. The victory clinches the league championship for Brea. The shutout was Brea’s fifth straight. Brea goalie Shannon Hoy had six saves.