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Fullerton Rallies, Wins in Water Polo

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Fullerton rallied with four goals in the fourth quarter and sophomore Breeze Alcantara scored in overtime to complete the comeback for the Indians, who defeated Sunny Hills, 10-9, in a nonleague girls’ water polo game Thursday at Fullerton.

Freshman goaltender Amber Lohstroh had 15 saves and six steals for the Indians (9-2, 3-3). Fullerton’s Megan Snow scored with 45 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime.

In other nonleague water polo:

Saddleback 9, Orange 8--Senior Agnes Canska scored off a pass from Angelica Romeo with 15 seconds left to seal the victory for Saddleback. Orange’s Courtney Zolly scored six goals for the Panthers.

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In Express League boys’ basketball:

Heritage Christian 52, Pioneer Baptist 41--Junior Matt Winter led all scorers with 22 points and Matt Williams had 14 rebounds for Heritage Christian (12-8, 5-0). Brett Cwierz led Pioneer Baptist (12-3, 2-3) with 13.

In Freeway League boys’ soccer:

Fullerton 2, Sunny Hills 0--Fernando Estrada scored in the 14th minute and Noe Nava scored in the 43rd minute for Fullerton (7-8-2, 3-2-1). Aaron McCann made six saves for his third league shutout and sixth overall. Sunny Hills is 2-14-2, 0-5-1.

Sonora 1, Buena Park 1--Scott White’s first-half goal for Sonora (6-5-5, 2-1-3) did not hold up as Jesus Cuevas’ second-half score tied it for host Buena Park (11-7-1, 5-0-1).

In Empire League wrestling:

No. 3 Loara 50, El Dorado 9--Joseph Nguyen (145 pounds) earned a pin in 43 seconds, Jeremy Ellis (171) earned a major decision, 12-4, and Joe Ellis (189) won, 4-2, to lead Loara (8-0, 4-0), which lost only two matches. Heavyweight Jose Hernandez won, 3-1, and Orlando Galvan won, 17-2, at 112 pounds for the Saxons.

In the Garden Grove League:

Santiago 71, Bolsa Grande 9--Joe Bonilla recorded a 19-second pin in the heavyweight division for host Santiago (29-7, 5-0). In the Golden West League:

No. 1 Santa Ana 50, Saddleback 18--Vince Aldana (103 pounds), Erik Salazar (112), Jose Najara (119), Jose Leon (125) and Gilbert Melendez (130) won by technical falls for Santa Ana (10-0, 4-0).Saddleback drops to 17-5, 3-1.

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In the Pacific Coast League:

University 60, Costa Mesa 16--University’s Francisco Gamboa, ranked third in the county at 189 pounds, earned his 28th pin of the season in 1:29 to improve to 33-0. Daniel Kang moved up a weight class to 125 pounds and earned his 21st pin of the season for University (18-16, 2-1).

In the Sea View League:

El Toro 48, Corona del Mar 34--Corona del Mar forfeited eight matches, but managed to get four pins, including one by sophomore Anthony Trankiem, who won his 135-pound match against Mark Sickmeier, 14-6. El Toro is 3-1 in league. Corona del Mar is 1-3.

Santa Margarita 39, Woodbridge 27--Santa Margarita junior Matt Erbst pinned Chris Imkamp in the 152-pound match.

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