Sailors’ Pence to Attend UCSB

Brad Pence, an All-American and second-team Times all-county water polo player from Newport Harbor High, will attend UC Santa Barbara this fall, he said Wednesday.

A two-year starter, Pence was the team MVP last season with 87 goals for the Sailors--who finished second (17-9) in the Sea View League and made the Southern Section Division I playoffs--and totaled more than 100 goals in his high school career.

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Fred Leininger has stepped down as Cypress High boys’ soccer coach. He had coached as a walk-on at the school since 1980, taking over the varsity in 1986.

His teams were 70-39-28 in nine years, reaching the section quarterfinals last season and the semifinals in 1990.

Leininger quit to accept a full-time teaching job at a local continuation school. He will remain as an assistant men’s soccer coach at Cypress College.