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No. 4 El Toro Gets Victory

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Brad Burnett, Trevor McMunn and Brett McCleave scored goals to break a third-quarter tie and give fourth-ranked El Toro a 10-3 victory over host San Diego Coronado in boys’ nonleague water polo Saturday.

McCleave had a game-high four goals. Jon Hopkins scored three goals for Coronado.

The Charger defense held Jesse Smith, a member of the junior national team, scoreless.

Ali Khalessi made four of his 13 saves in the final quarter for El Toro (19-3).

In other nonleague games:

No. 1 Newport Harbor 12, La Jolla Bishops 4--Peter Belden, Ryan Cook and Steven Jendrusina each scored two goals to lead the host Sailors (16-1). Tim Birdsong made nine saves and Shawn Johnson made four for Newport Harbor, which took a 9-1 lead at the half.

No. 7 Corona del Mar 10, Capistrano Valley 3--Corona del Mar was up 2-0 at the end of the first quarter and extended its lead to 5-1 at halftime.

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In the North Orange County boys’ water polo tournament:

Troy 8, Huntington Beach 6--Kevan Koskie scored four goals, Ian Markstrum scored three and Andrew Couchman scored one to help Troy (14-4) finish ninth in the tournament.

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