Newport Harbor Wins in Water Polo

It looked as if Foothill would give top-ranked Newport Harbor a game in nonleague boys’ water polo play Friday--at least for a quarter.

Pat Logan scored the only goal in the first quarter to give second-ranked Foothill a lead, but the Sailors came roaring back for a 7-4 victory at Newport Harbor.

The Sailors’ press defense held Foothill to only one goal in the second and third quarters.

“They ran a very good defense and they had good execution,” Foothill Coach Jim Brumm said. “Newport is a very fundamental team and they make very few mistakes.”

Newport Harbor’s offense capitalized on Foothill’s lapses, getting goals on two breakaways and two man-advantage situations.

Peter Belden finished with two goals, four steals and one assist.

“We played a very solid game,” Newport Harbor Coach Brian Kreutzkamp said. “We’ve been focusing on the press for four days now, and we had some great play by Belden and [Tim] Birdsong.”

Birdsong finished with 10 saves.

Robert Weiner scored four goals for Newport Harbor (17-1) and Ryan Cook and Robert Weiner one each.

Foothill scored twice in the middle of the fourth quarter, but Newport Harbor quickly regained its composure.

Logan scored twice for Foothill (14-4).

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In other nonleague games:

Irvine 16, Trabuco Hills 5--Peter Schafer scored five goals and Mike Shapiro had four for visiting Irvine (12-6). Trabuco Hills is 3-15.

No. 8 Los Alamitos 14, Costa Mesa 3--Erik Geoffroy had six goals and Danny Coultrup had three goals and two assists to lead the host Griffins (16-6).

Troy 13, Cerritos 10 (OT)--Ian Markstrum scored four goals and Andrew Couchman added three to lead visiting Troy (16-5). Cerritos is 10-6.

In the Canyon tournament:

Western 9, Bellflower St. John Bosco 8--Josh Hower scored the game-winner with 14 seconds remaining in regulation for Western (12-6). Hower also scored the winning goal in overtime in Western’s 7-6 first-round victory over El Modena.

In Sunset League field hockey:

Fountain Valley 3, Westminster 0--Dominique Civitano scored twice and Katelyn Frizelle once for visiting Fountain Valley (7-3-3).

Judy Kazlaukas made one save for the Barons. Nicole Cedillo made 16 for Westminster (0-12).

In nonleague girls’ tennis:

Garden Grove 11, Cypress 7--Jennifer Kim and Rachel Naishtut teamed for 7-6, 6-3, 6-2 victories in doubles for visiting Garden Grove (16-1). Cypress is 12-4.

In Golden West League girls’ volleyball:

Ocean View 3, Saddleback 1--Kelly Jameson had 32 assists to help Ocean View win, 15-12, 15-3, 14-16, 16-14. The Seahawks (12-1, 9-0) rallied from a 14-6 deficit in the fourth game and clinched the league title.

Catherine Nguyen had 10 kills for host Saddleback (4-9, 3-6).