Sunny Hills Takes First at Golf Tournament

Irene Cho shot a one-under-par 70 Tuesday in the Southern Section freelance tournament at Rio Hondo Country Club in Downey, leading Sunny Hills to first place and a berth in the Central Divisional tournament.

Mike Rim had a 71 for the Lancers, who shot a team total of 374 to win by 11 strokes over Calabasas. Apple Valley Granite Hills was third at 406. All three advance to the Central Divisional Monday at Sun Lakes in Banning.

Ocean View (408), Tustin (415), and Troy (445) were among the teams that did not advance.

Cho’s score was second only to that of Justin Ohye of Calabasas, who shot 67. The top five individuals advance to the North Individual Regional, but Cho can not qualify because she played in the girls’ Southern Section tournament last fall. She tied for eighth.

Rim was the only county player to qualify as an individual.

In the Century League Finals:

Saukkola medals--Todd Saukkola of Villa Park finished a two-day tournament, shooting 153 to earn medalist honors at Los Serranos.

In the Pacific Coast League finals:

Carrasco medals--Lou Carrasco of Costa Mesa finished with a two-day score of par 144 to medal at El Prado and Chino Creek golf courses. Besides Carrasco, Brian Sinay (University), John Kwon (Corona del Mar), Ryan Miller (University), Jeff Montoya (Corona del Mar) and Neno Boonaplaynun (University) qualified for Southern Section individual finals.

In the South Coast League finals:

McDaniel medals--Neil McDaniel of San Clemente finished the two-day tournament with a three-over 147 to medal at San Luis Rey in Bonsall. Steve Bullock of El Toro (152), Nick Jones of Dana Hills (153), Wade Jones of El Toro (154), Joe Gough (155) of Trabuco Hills and Casey Strohsahi of San Clemente (156) advanced to the Southern Section individual finals.

In the Sunset League:

Huntington Beach 188, Edison 212--Andy Anderson shot a four-under-par 32 to earn the medal, and Jason Catzen chipped in with a 36 for Huntington Beach (15-2, 8-2) at SeaCliff Country Club.

Los Alamitos 184, Marina 200--Breene Murphy shot a one-under round of 34 and medaled for host Los Alamitos (11-7, 4-6) at the Cypress Golf Club. Murphy made birdies on the par-four second and par-three third holes.

In Freeway League boys’ tennis:

No. 8 Sunny Hills 17, La Habra 1--Richard Kim, playing at No. 1 singles for the first time, dropped only one game while sweeping, 6-1, 6-0, 6-0, for host Sunny Hills (13-6, 7-2).

In Academy League boys’ volleyball:

St. Margaret’s 3, Capistrano Valley Christian 0--Pete Spenuzza and Abe Marouf each had nine kills, and Matt McGraw had 24 assists for host St. Margaret’s (14-1, 8-0).

In the Orange League:

Valencia 3, Brea Olinda 0--Brian Bartczak and Scott Mazurier had 14 kills each for host Valencia (15-1, 7-0), which clinched the league championship with a 15-6, 15-5, 15-10 victory.

In the Pacific Coast League:

No. 2 Corona del Mar 3, University 0--Greg Stampley had 16 kills and Kevin Hansen had 21 assists to lead host Corona del Mar to a 15-5, 15-12, 15-9 win. The Sea Kings (15-1, 7-0) clinched the league championship.