Mira Costa Advances to Volleyball Final

Manhattan Beach Mira Costa’s boys’ volleyball team advanced to the Division I championship match with a 15-17, 15-8, 8-15, 15-12, 15-13 victory over Newport Harbor Wednesday night at Redondo Union High.

Mira Costa will play Santa Margarita, a 15-5, 16-14, 15-1 winner Wednesday over Laguna Beach, in the division final Saturday night at 7 at Cypress College.

Goleta Dos Pueblos will meet Tustin for the Division II title at 4 p.m.

Santa Ynez plays Corona del Mar for the Division III title at 1.

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If the conditions are right, there could be some very fast boys’ 100-meter times run in the Southern Section Masters Meet at Cerritos College on Friday.

That’s because the 100 field will include the four fastest sprinters in the state this year.

Sprinters who ran 10.39 or faster in the Southern Section divisional championships at Cerritos last Saturday.

Seniors Miguel Fletcher of Mission Hills Alemany and defending state champion Justin Fargas of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame clocked personal bests of 10.36 and 10.37 in the Division III race.

Two races later, juniors Darrell Rideaux and Kareem Kelly of Long Beach Poly ran career bests of 10.36 and 10.39 in the Division I final.

The top five finishers in each event in the Masters Meet will qualify for the state championships at Cerritos on June 5-6.

The Masters Meet will start with the field events at 4:30 p.m., followed by the running events at 6.

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Michelle Greco of Crescenta Valley High, the Times’ girls’ basketball player of the year the last two seasons, has been chosen to play on the U.S. women’s team that will compete in the Under-19 World Championships, July 21-26, in Shreveport, La.

Greco, a senior, is the only player on the team from a high school west of Austin, Texas.

She will play next season for UCLA.