Greg Wakeham

School: Irvine

Sport: Volleyball

Position: Outside hitter

Class: Senior

Irvine Coach Mark Mednick saw the Vaqueros’ Sea View League championship slipping away Tuesday when Corona del Mar took a 2-1 lead with easy 15-4, 15-8 victories, so he let his team have it during the break. “Our coach was pretty upset and he told us we weren’t going to win league,” Wakeham said. “The next two games we pounded them.” Irvine won, 15-5, 15-7, and Wakeham did most of the pounding, finishing with 39 kills. Friday, Wakeham had 22 kills and four blocks in Irvine’s three-game sweep of Newport Harbor--the only league team to beat the Vaqueros--that clinched the league title. Wakeham said the Vaqueros’ team-play came together against the Sailors, who had swept Irvine in the first meeting. “The passing by our other players was incredible,” he said.

Other top performers:

* Esperanza’s Shawn Frack won the 1,600 and 3,200 meters at the Empire League finals with times of 4 minutes 25.79 seconds and 9:36.79.

* Rich Lambourne had 43 kills in Foothill’s five-game volleyball victory over Los Alamitos.

* Trabuco Hills’ Chad Peare won the shotput and the discus at the Pacific Coast League finals. Peare’s mark in the shot (60 feet 11 inches) is second-best in the Southern Section this season. His discus mark was 178-5.

* Steve Rivera had seven hits in Ocean View’s victories over Santa Ana and Servite. He had a single, two doubles and a home run with three runs batted in during a 7-1 victory over Santa Ana.