Top Volleyball Players to Play All-Star Match

San Clemente’s Gabe Gardner and Newport Harbor’s Misty May are among the top players scheduled to appear in the Orange County high school volleyball all-star match Thursday at Newport Harbor High.

May, who has signed a letter of intent with Long Beach State, helped the Sailors win the Southern Section and State Division I titles. Newport Harbor finished ranked No. 1 in the nation by some publications.

Gardner, a 6-foot-9 outside hitter who has signed with USC, helped the Tritons reach the Division I volleyball title match for the first time since 1981. A multisport standout, Gardner was named the Times Orange County player of the year in water polo.

The girls’ match begins at 6 p.m. with the boys’ match to follow at 7:30 p.m.

The rosters:

NORTH BOYS--Jeremy Bart (Huntington Beach), Steve Cavella (Marina), Jody Cook-Fisher (Huntington Beach), Phil Domingo (Fountain Valley), Mike Gaitley (Cypress), Chris Kosty (Fountain Valley), Andy Lauridsen (Orange), Ed Ratledge (Fountain Valley), Ryan Rex (Esperanza), Robert Schildts (Calvary Chapel), Kurt Seckington (Fountain Valley), Matt Wright (Calvary Chapel), Ryan Villmer (El Modena). Coaches--Lori Biller (Fountain Valley) and Chuck Wright (Calvary Chapel).

SOUTH BOYS--Corin Bemus (San Clemente), Sean Callahan (El Toro), Grant Donaldson (Irvine), Blair Eldridge (Irvine), Gabe Gardner (San Clemente), Kurt Nelson (Laguna Beach), Mark Pozsgai (Mater Dei), Donnie Rafter (Tustin), Mark Ramirez (Irvine), Omar Rawi (Capistrano Valley), Kevin Reid (Woodbridge), Greg Slick (Newport Harbor). Coaches--Mark Mednick (Irvine) and Ken Koci (Tustin).

NORTH GIRLS--Jill Butts (Edison), Tegan Catlin (Sunny Hills), Jennifer Coopman (Sunny Hills), Laura Echolds (Esperanza), Lindsay Jones (Los Alamitos), Kristy Kierulff (Esperanza), Chrissie Lukasiewicz (University), Erin McCown (Edison), Kristin Moro (Fountain Valley), Katie Pierce (Los Alamitos), Jennifer Porterfield (Edison), Kim Watts (Huntington Beach). Coaches--Dave Mohs (Edison) and Ron Kasser (Sunny Hills).

SOUTH GIRLS--Tina Bowman (Newport Harbor), Christy Collison (Laguna Beach), Charlene Conley (Orange), Sara Fairborn (Newport Harbor), Tricia Jenssen (Dana Hills), Jenny Kessy (Dana Hills), Lynn Lovingier (Calvary Chapel), Misty May (Newport Harbor), Courtney Owens (Calvary Chapel), Lisa Ravensberg (Laguna Beach), Sara Roberts (Calvary Chapel), Melissa Schutz (Newport Harbor). Coaches--Dan Glenn (Newport Harbor) and Jim Downey (Calvary Chapel).

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Fountain Valley’s Ron La Ruffa will coach the South and El Dorado’s Steve Gullotti the North in the 28th Kiwanis Orange County All-Star baseball game set for 6:30 p.m. June 6 at Glover Stadium in Anaheim.

The rosters:

SOUTH--Keith Bigelow (Westminster), P; Ryan Evans (Huntington Beach), P; Travis Clutter (Edison), Inf.; Paul Day (Capistrano Valley), OF; Aaron Gallegos (Tustin), Inf.; Jeff Gonterman (Edison), OF; Greg Hanoian (Fountain Valley), OF; Craig Jones (La Quinta), P; Dan Keller (Fountain Valley), Inf.; Ryan Kelley (Trabuco Hills), P; Craig Kuzmic (La Quinta), Inf.; Ed Marquez (Mater Dei), OF; Scott Maynard (Dana Hills), Inf.; John Nguyen (Aliso Niguel), Inf.; Mike Penney (Santa Margarita), Inf.; Chris Ponchak (Fountain Valley), 1B; Ryan Reightley (Santa Margarita), P; David Titov (Marina), Inf.; Josh Townsend (Mater Dei), C; Chris Toomey (Dana Hills), OF; Matt Ward (Irvine), P; Craig Wilson (Marina), C.

NORTH--Justin Averitt (Valencia), Inf.; Darren Chandler (Canyon), OF; Trent Cuevas (El Dorado), Inf.; Brian Flanagan (Cypress), 1B/P; Brian Greene (Servite), P/Inf.; Dan Gusman (Loara), OF; Russell Hartman (Savanna), P/1B; Josh Hochgesang (Sunny Hills), Inf.; Greg Jacobs (Canyon), OF/P; Don Jamieson (El Dorado), P; Charlie Marino (Kennedy), OF; David Matranga (Orange), Inf.; Mike McCue (Sunny Hills), OF; Marcelo Miranda (Katella), C; Marc Patino (Sonora), Inf./P; Junior Rodriguez (Sonora), Inf./P; Lucas Sanchez (Anaheim), C; Jason Stockstill (Katella), P/1B; John Stoddard (Brea Olinda), C; Richard Sundstrom (Kennedy), P; Eric Valent (Canyon), OF; Jason Webb (Esperanza), Inf.

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Jenny Lee of Fullerton shot par 71 Monday at Starr Pass Golf Club in Tucson--the best round of the day--to finish tied for second in the Golf for Women Magazine Girls championship.

Lee, a senior at Sunny Hills and defending champion of the tournament, had earlier rounds of 74 and 78 for a 54-hole total of 223 and was two strokes behind winner Kristen Register of Roswell, Ga. Lee shared second with Cristie Kerr of Miami. Jenny Glasgow of Corona del Mar had an 83 Monday for a three-day total of 240. The tournament was conducted by the American Junior Golf Assn.

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Sophomore Charlie Gabbert, a member of Santa Margarita’s junior varsity baseball team, has been selected to play on the East-West Ambassadors USA baseball team.

The team will be one of 80 playing in the “Baseball in Paradise Invitational Tournament” June 16-28 in Kauai, Hawaii. Australia, Cuba, Holland, Italy, the Czech Republic and France are among countries sending teams.

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Santiago has hired Peter Marshall as its water polo coach, athletic director Ron Heiman said. Marshall, an El Toro graduate, has coached club water polo in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Liberty Christian’s Ray Cook tied the school record for strikeouts in a season last week with 10 against LaVerne Lutheran; he finished with 115, matching Chris Buckles’ 1989 total.

Teammate Mike Winters finally got caught on the basepaths. After stealing 23 times successfully, Winters got caught stealing in thier victory over Buckley last week.