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Sea Kings rout University, 11-2

The Corona del Mar High baseball team collected 19 hits, leading to

an 11-2 Pacific Coast League victory over host University Tuesday.

Barrett Sprowl went 4 for 5 with three runs, three doubles and an

RBI. Sprowl now has nine doubles on the season. Todd Macklin, Wess

Presson, Josh Bradbury, Jeritt Thayer, Jake Lemmerman and Blake

Contant contributed two hits each.

Macklin smacked a home run, a solo blast that went about 420 feet

to lead off Corona del Mar’s five-run fifth inning. In addition,

Contant struck out five and allowed four hits and no walks in his six

innings of work for the Sea Kings (4-4, 2-0 in league).

Eagles handle Mesa

* TENNIS: Estancia High’s boys tennis team took eight of nine

singles sets and coasted to a 14-4 Golden West League victory over

visiting Costa Mesa Tuesday.

Scott Braunsdorf and Benny Edles each swept in singles for

Estancia (4-5, 3-2 in league). Edles needed a tiebreaker to defeat

Mesa’s No. 1 singles player, David Lee, who claimed one set.

Bryce McKendry and partner Nick Cox claimed all three doubles sets

for the Eagles while John Dang and Brian Nguyen teamed for two

doubles wins for Mesa.

Forfeits benefit Pirates

* TENNIS: The Orange Coast College men’s tennis team was the

beneficiary of two forfeits and defeated visiting Cypress, 5-4, in an

Orange Empire Conference match Tuesday.

Cypress forfeited the final singles and doubles sets, allowing

Coast (2-9, 2-5 in the OEC) to gain the needed points for the

victory. Cypress had earned four victories compared to Coast’s three.

Mike Manus swept at No. 3 singles for Coast while Mike Hoevel and

Scott Fielder teamed to defeat Eric Diamond and Jun Park, 6-1, 6-3,

in doubles.

Mesa edges Ocean View

* GOLF: Costa Mesa High’s boys golf team began Golden West League

play with a 238-239 victory over Ocean View on the par-36 Classic

Course at Miles Square Golf Club in Fountain Valley on Tuesday.

Costa Mesa’s Brian Beach and Ocean View’s Tom Amphlett tied for

medalist honors with a pair of 40s. Beach chipped in from 20 feet for

birdie on the par-4 fifth hole. Robert Engel and Al Rodriguez each

carded 46s while Brett Via tallied a 48 to go with a 57 from Robin

Schuppert for Mesa (3-6, 1-0 in league).

Eagles outshoot Orange

* GOLF: Marcus Sostak shot 40 to earn medalist honors and lead the

host Estancia High boys golf team to a 218-226 victory over Orange to

begin Golden West League play Tuesday at the par-36 Mesa Verde

Country Club. Sostak had two birdies.

Nick Lettieri and Jason Les each carded 44 while Austin Serr and

Greg Les each shot 45 for the Eagles (5-2).

Pirates blank Chargers

* TENNIS: The visiting Orange Coast College women’s tennis team

swept all nine matches to cruise to a 9-0 Orange Empire Conference

victory over Cypress Tuesday.

The doubles teams of Leah Becker-Sabrina Tanamal and Kai

Moriyama-Thao Ho each swept their doubles matches, 8-0. Becker,

Tanamal and Moriyama each had a 6-0 victory in sweeping their singles

sets for OCC (11-1, 8-0 in the OEC).

Doubles delight for Sage

* TENNIS: Sage Hill School’s boys tennis team swept all nine

doubles matches en route to a 15-3 Academy League victory over

visiting Brethren Christian Tuesday.

Michael Cassel and Michael Garrison lost just one game in sweeping

at No. 2 doubles while the duos of Ian Livingston-Dan Chin and Tyler

Ross-Conrad Whitaker gave up just three games apiece.

Robert Wee, Julian Tooma and Ara Dimirjian each took two of three

singles sets for Sage (5-5, 2-1 in league), which moved up a spot to

No. 2 in the CIF Southern Section Division V rankings.

Sage staves off Calvary

* SOFTBALL: Lauren Neale and Allison Gonzalez each had two hits

apiece and the visiting Sage Hill School softball team held on to

defeat Calvary Chapel (Downey), 8-7, in a nonleague game Tuesday.

Calvary (1-7) had second and third with two outs in the bottom of

the seventh inning, but Sage starter Rebecca Hembarsky induced a line

out to shortstop Alexa Shitanishi to end the game. Sage improved to

3-5-1.

Joyce leads Lightning

* VOLLEYBALL: Senior outside hitter Kevin Joyce tallied 16 kills

to lead the host Sage Hill School boys volleyball team to a 25-15,

25-17, 25-13 victory over Oxford Academy to begin Academy League play

Tuesday. Zach Singermann added seven kills for Sage Hill (5-0).

CdM loses at Oak Creek

* GOLF: Chris Arkin shot an even-par 36 to lead the host Northwood

High boys golf team to a 209-211 victory over Corona del Mar to begin

Pacific Coast League play Tuesday at Oak Creek Golf Club in Irvine.

Ben Tilsen and Rob Ury led the way for CdM with a pair of 41s

followed by Alex Chikovani (42), Zach Rabinovich (43) and Matt Story

(44).

Cypress defeats Coast

* BASEBALL: A bases-clearing double by shortstop Freddy Rodriguez

with two outs in the sixth inning proved to be the difference for the

visiting Cypress College baseball team in an 8-5 Orange Empire

Conference win over Orange Coast Tuesday.

Coast starter Steven Johns (2-2) and Rodriguez battled in a

nine-pitch at-bat before Rodriguez slapped a fastball down the

right-field line.

The Pirates (7-12, 2-7 in the OEC) fought back from a 3-0

first-inning deficit to cut the lead to 4-3 after five innings.

Sailors lose opener

* GOLF: Foothill High’s boys golf team defeated host Newport

Harbor to begin Sea View League play, 199-205, Tuesday at the par-36

Big Canyon Country Club.

Mike Vackar led the Sailors (4-3) with a 39 followed by Brandon

Sowers, Rhett Palmer and Davis Pemstein, who each shot 41. Chris

Willard added a 43 for Newport.

Trojans edge Eagles

* SOFTBALL: The Estancia High softball team dropped a tough 6-5

decision to nonleague host University Monday in eight innings.

The Eagles (3-5) rallied from a 4-0 deficit to take a 5-4 lead,

but Uni tied it in the sixth and plated a run on a groundout in the

eighth to prevail.

Estancia sophomore Be Diep was 3 for 5, while Allison Wyman, Lina

You and Heather Morton also had two hits apiece to bolster the

Eagles’ 12-hit attack.

Sage Hill stays hot

* GOLF: The Sage Hill School boys golf team remained unbeaten in

Academy League play by defeating Fairmont Prep, 208-232, Monday at

Rancho San Joaquin Golf Club in Irvine.

Josh Chen (2-over-par 38), Geoffrey Grant (40), Rob Greenfield

(41), John Neff (44) and Alex Cochran (45) all scored for the

Lightning (4-4, 3-0 in league).

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