Cone’s Goals Give Edison Win

Ian Cone scored on a header seven minutes into the first of two 10-minute overtime periods to lift Huntington Beach Edison to a 2-1 victory over visiting Fountain Valley in a Sunset League game Wednesday.

The goal, Cone’s seventh of the season, was his second of the game and came 12 minutes after he scored on a right-footed shot that tied the score, 1-1, with five minutes left in regulation.

Edison (16-1, 5-0), the No. 4-ranked team in the Southland by The Times, has won each of its league games by a goal, with three of those victories coming in overtime.

“I keep telling the guys that I’m going to look a lot older by the end of the season the way we’re going,” Edison Coach Josh McLeish said.

Fountain Valley (14-3-1, 3-2), ranked fifth in the Southland, took a 1-0 lead on a penalty kick by Sean Keeley 15 minutes into the first half. The penalty kick was set up when an Edison defender was whistled for a hand ball.

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Villa Park has had to forfeit 10 victories and two ties from earlier this season because one of its starting players took part in a Sunday league, a violation of Southern Section rules.

Villa Park’s record dropped to 0-15 with the forfeits, but the Spartans defeated El Modena, 3-1, in a Century League game Wednesday to improve to 1-2 in league play with seven games left in the regular season.

John Ortega

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Football

Damon Morton of Riverside North, who was The Times’ back of the year this season, and his twin brother, Dion, have committed to Colorado State.

Damon Morton, a 5-foot-11, 175-pound wingback, scored 26 touchdowns last season. He caught 64 passes and averaged 24.4 yards a catch and ran the ball for 414 yards, averaging 7.7 yards a carry. He also had six interceptions for the Southern Section Division V champions.

Dion Morton, 5-9, 165, was The Times’ Inland Empire quarterback of the year. He threw for 2,344 yards and 32 touchdowns. As a defensive back, he led the team with seven interceptions.

Colorado State will play USC in theTrojans’ home opener on Sept. 11 at the Coliseum.

Dan Arritt

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Terrell Jackson, a Times’ All-Star running back from Corona Centennial, has committed to Oregon. Jackson, 5-9, 190, ran for 2,664 yards and scored 43 touchdowns this season.... John Washington and Lee Rolston have been selected as co-head coaches at Los Angeles Fremont, succeeding Pete Duffy, who resigned earlier this month.... Bill Foster has resigned after 19 years as coach at Van Nuys Grant to focus on his athletic director duties. He will be replaced by freshman-sophomore coach Miguel Gonzalez.

Eric Stephens and Eric Sondheimer

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Girls’ Basketball

La Puente Bishop Amat (18-2), ranked No. 6 in the Southland by The Times, plays host to No. 23 Torrance Bishop Montgomery (12-6) tonight at 7 at Edgewood Middle School. It will be the Lancers’ 11th opponent that has been ranked by The Times.

“If you’re going to be a good team, you have to play a good schedule.” Coach Richard Wiard said. “We did, and we are.”

Led by two-time Times’ player of the year Noelle Quinn, now at UCLA, Bishop Montgomery won the last nine meetings with Bishop Amat, including last year’s Division III-A title game. With Quinn, Bishop Montgomery won the last four Del Rey League titles. Before that, Bishop Amat won four consecutive league championships.

Wiard said it’s unclear if forward Chasmine Jones, who has averaged 13.3 points and 8.7 rebounds, will play against Bishop Montgomery. Jones has sat out four of the last five games because of tendinitis in her Achilles’ tendon.

Martin Henderson

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Girls’ Water Polo

Who has the best team? Santa Barbara, Newport Harbor or Santa Ana Foothill?

Santa Barbara (14-2), ranked No. 1 in the Southland by The Times, has suffered its only two losses to Santa Ana Foothill.

The Knights (15-2), No. 1 in Southern Section Division I and in The Times’ rankings all season until this week, have lost twice to Newport Harbor.

Newport Harbor (12-2) has suffered its only defeats against Santa Barbara.

“We just call it a three-way tie,” Santa Barbara goalie Brittany May said.

Lauren Peterson

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Boys’ Basketball

Palmdale Highland hopes its depth will carry it to a fifth consecutive victory over Lancaster when the teams meet tonight in a key Golden League game at Lancaster High.

The Bulldogs (18-2, 4-0), ranked fourth in Southern Section Division I-AA, have only one returning starter from last season’s team that finished 29-4, but Coach Jeff Smith has benefited from a rotation that usually goes 10 deep.

Highland’s returning starter, 6-4 senior forward Curtis McHenry, is averaging a team-high 18 points and 9.5 rebounds. He has been complemented by Dante Green (11 points) and Vincent Alexander (10.5), also 6-4 seniors.

Lancaster (12-7, 4-0) has won six of its last seven games, including an 82-51 victory over Palmdale on Tuesday. Highland defeated Palmdale, 61-54, four days earlier.

-- Dan Arritt