Saturday Contest Is for County Surfers Only

Some of Orange County’s top professional and amateur surfers will gather at 56th Street in Newport Beach Saturday for the Gotcha Expression Session.

Chris Ward, Dino Andino, Gavin Beschen, Dave Post and Christian and Nathan Fletcher will be some of the surfers representing the professional ranks. The one-day contest, which begins at 7 a.m., is only open to Orange County surfers.

The Expression Session is unlike the typical surf contest in that judging is based solely on the ability to perform maneuvers.

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The UC Irvine women’s sailing team finished 10th of 16 teams at the Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Assn. National Women’s Dinghy Championships, which ended Wednesday at the Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans.

Brown won the team title; USC was seventh. UCI’s Fiona McLean and Simrun Kaira placed seventh in Division A. Carrie Linskey and Melissa Cutter were 12th in Division B.

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Blair Lucas of El Toro has signed to play baseball at Southeast Missouri State, Charger Coach Tom McCaffrey said.

Lucas, who split time between catcher and shortstop, was the co-most valuable player in the Sea View League, batting .525 with 39 runs batted in. He will join teammate Clemente Bonilla at Southeast Missouri.

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Cary Groseclose, midfielder for the Fountain Valley girls’ soccer team, has committed to Chapman, her father Tom said.