Zrinka Kristich School: La Habra High School...

Zrinka Kristich School: La Habra High School Sport: Volleyball Position: Outside hitter Class: Junior

At 6-foot-5, Kristich is the tallest player on the tallest girls’ volleyball team in the Southern Section. “It’s pretty intimidating for our opponents when they see her reaching over the net standing flat-footed,” La Habra Coach Sandy Blumenthal said. “It’s an advantage for her to just walk into the gym.” Saturday, Kristich had 18 kills in the Highlanders’ three-game sweep of El Modena in the Division 3-A championship match Saturday, La Habra’s 41st consecutive victory. Blumenthal said Kristich is more confident this season, and that her play has improved accordingly. She and her sister, Ana, a senior middle blocker on the team, have never played club volleyball, instead concentrating on basketball. Kristich said she may play club volleyball this summer to try to tap her potential. Other top performers:

Lara Carlsen and Tracy Schriber, who had 18 and 13 kills, respectively, to lead Corona del Mar to a three-game victory over Mira Costa in the Division 5-A girls’ volleyball championship Saturday.

Missy Clements, who had 16 kills for La Habra in its victory over El Modena in the Division 3-A volleyball title match Saturday.

Kaja Dehli, who won all her singles sets for Sunny Hills in two playoff victories last week. She won, 6-1, 6-2, 6-0, in a match against Santa Margarita in Division 2-A quarterfinals Tuesday, and, 6-0, 6-0, 6-1, against El Dorado in semifinals Thursday.

Keri Phebus, who helped Corona del Mar to two playoff victories last week, winning, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0, against San Marino on Tuesday, and, 6-2, 6-0, 6-0, against Dana Hills in semifinals Thursday.

Shelley Taylor of Edison, who had the fastest time for an Orange County runner (17 minutes 54 seconds for three miles) and finished second in the Southern Section Division II race Saturday.