PREP ROUNDUP : Villa Park Beats El Dorado in Sudden Death in Water Polo

Eric Johnson scored two minutes 15 seconds into sudden death to lead Villa Park High School to a season-opening 15-14 victory over El Dorado in nonleague water polo Tuesday at Villa Park.

Johnson, who scored four goals playing the two-meter position, was able to turn his man and get the winning shot past the goalie. He also scored in the first overtime period to tie the score, forcing sudden death.

El Dorado was the third-ranked team and Villa Park No. 5 in the Orange County preseason coach’s poll.

The game was forced into overtime because Kyle Utsumi scored with 41 seconds left in regulation to tie the score at 13. Greg Milton then put El Dorado ahead, 14-13, in the first overtime before Johnson scored for Villa Park.

Kip Parsons scored eight goals for Villa Park before fouling out with 2:33 left in regulation.

In other nonleague water polo:

Tustin 19, Fullerton 8--Jeremy Yorba and Pat Collins each had five goals and Damen Hannaman had four goals to lead visiting Tustin (1-0). The game was never in doubt as ninth-ranked Tustin led, 11-2, at halftime. Matt Swan had four goals for Fullerton (0-1).

Servite 18, Laguna Beach 8--Cameron Price had seven goals to lead the host Friars. Brendon Reutebuch, Paul Villamil and Steve Santillan each scored three goals and Charles Kim had two goals and six assists for Servite (2-0).

Saddleback 12, Mater Dei 11--Mitch Graves, Matt Castle and John Thonn each scored three goals for Saddleback (4-1).

Orange 11, Upland 7--Clay Kaytis had six goals and Christian Stewart scored four to lead visiting Orange. David McGee had 16 saves for Orange (3-2).

In nonleague girls’ volleyball:

Valencia 3, Sonora 0--Amy Tamblyn had 12 kills, two blocks and four aces to lead visiting Valencia (1-0) to a 15-8, 15-11, 15-13 victory. Kristen Walker had seven kills for Valencia.

Ocean View 3, Cypress 1--Ocean View won, 15-8, 15-17, 15-5, 15-6. Heather Lowe had 14 kills for visiting Cypress (0-1).

La Quinta 3, Westminster 0--Carin Whittington had 12 kills to lead La Quinta (1-0) over Westminster, 15-8, 15-10, 15-6.

El Modena 3, Fullerton 0--Marni Hichborn had 14 kills and Melizza Benitez had 26 assists to lead visiting El Modena (2-0) to a 15-8, 15-10, 15-10 victory.

In nonleague girls’ tennis:

Mission Viejo 14, Laguna Hills 4--The Diablos (1-2) won eight of nine doubles sets at Laguna Hills. Dori Lee and Robin Ericson, Mission Viejo’s No. 1 team, swept, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3, and Cynthia Howard and Nguyet Tran, the No. 2 team, swept, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

Fountain Valley 12, Los Alamitos 6--Michelle Berkowitz swept, 7-6, 6-1, 6-1, and Renee Urricariet swept, 6-4, 6-1, 6-1, to lead host Fountain Valley (2-0).