Oilers drill through Corona del Mar

Brothers Tom and Kevin Welch slammed 19 and 14 kills, respectively,

but the host Corona del Mar High boys volleyball team fell to

Huntington Beach, 17-25, 31-29, 23-25, 20-25, in a nonleague match

Wednesday.

Adam Smith had 11 digs while Dominic Rubino dished out 38 assists

for the Sea Kings (7-7), ranked No. 3 in CIF Southern Section

Division II, who committed too many unforced errors, Coach Steve

Conti said. Ted Slaughter tallied three blocks.

Huntington Beach is ranked ninth in CIF Division I.

The Sea Kings begin Pacific Coast League play when they host

University Wednesday.

CdM enjoys success

* TENNIS: Corona del Mar High’s boys tennis team swept all nine

singles sets and downed host Woodbridge, 11-7, in a nonleague CIF

Southern Section Division I showdown Wednesday.

The Sea Kings (8-0), ranked No. 1 Division I, led, 8-4, after two

rounds and held off the fourth-ranked Warriors (6-2). CdM has won 32

consecutive matches dating to last year, when they went undefeated to

claim the Division I title.

CdM junior Carsten Ball improved to 9-0 in singles while Wesley

Miller and Spencer Reitz also swept. Reitz lost just three games and

won the praised of Coach Tim Mang, who said the Warriors are the most

difficult team the Sea Kings have faced thus far.

Brennan Roberts and Alex Nguyen claimed two of three doubles sets

for the Sea Kings, who begin play in the All-American Invitational

tournament with an 8 a.m. match Friday against Jesuit at the

Palisades Tennis Club.

*--*

Nonleague

Corona del Mar 11, Woodbridge 7 Singles -- Ball (CdM) def. McClune, 6-4, def. Suzuki, 6-1, def. Grishkoff, 6-0; Reitz (CdM) won, 6-2, 6-1, 6-0; Miller (CdM) won, 6-3, 6-4, 6-0. Doubles -- Roberts-Nguyen (CdM) def. Desatnik-Mitton, 6-3, def. Fattahi-Nawrey, 6-3, lost to Calderon-Loney,

4-6; Kroopf-Caughren (CdM) lost, 4-6, 3-6, 3-6; Tat-Pham (CdM) lost, 2-6, 0-6, (sub) Gingold for Tat, lost, 3-6.

*--*

Sankey sparks Eagles

* VOLLEYBALL: Scott Sankey slammed a team-high 13 kills to lead the host Estancia High boys volleyball team to a 25-11, 25-23, 25-15 Golden West League victory over Saddleback Wednesday.

Josh Kornegay and Kris Hartwell each added seven kills for the

Eagles (9-1, 3-0 in league), ranked No. 1 in CIF Southern Section

Division III.

Hartwell added six digs while Trevor Holmes dished out 34 assists

and tallied two service aces. Taylor Hankins also had two service

aces for Estancia, which hosts Santa Ana at 4:30 p.m. Friday.

The Eagles host cross-town rival Costa Mesa at 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday.

Pirates remain perfect

* VOLLEYBALL: Sophomore outside hitter Poyer Poia led all players

with 21 kills to lead the host Orange Coast College men’s volleyball

team to a 30-22, 25-30, 30-19, 30-12 victory over Palomar to remain

undefeated in Orange Empire Conference play.

Poia also amassed seven blocks while setter Mike Murphy tallied 45

assists. Uriah Seui tallied a career-high nine blocks for the Pirates

(12-1, 4-0 in the OEC).

OCC faces its toughest test this season when it travels to Irvine

Valley for a 6 p.m. match Friday.

Shue sets record in win

* SWIMMING: Sophomore Lexie Shue broke a school record

in the 200-yard freestyle to highlight the Corona del Mar High

girls swimming team’s 89-69 Pacific Coast League opening victory over

visiting Laguna Beach Wednesday.

Shue clocked a 1:53.54 in the event, breaking the old mark of

1:53.89.

CdM won nine of 11 events.

Kim McKay won both the 100 backstroke (1:04.28) and the 100

butterfly (1:02.30) and swam a leg on both the winning 200 medley and

200 free relay teams.

Jordan Anae in the 200 individual medley (2:24.02), Lauren McAdams

in the 50 free (27.97), Britney Wigley in the 500 free (5:47.82) and

Juliane Piggott in the 100 breaststroke (1:22) also won individual

events for CdM.

*--*

Pacific Coast League girls

Corona del Mar 89, Laguna Beach 69

200 medley relay -- 1. CdM (Chandler, Radomski, McKay, Shue), 1:55.54. 200 free -- 1. Shue (CdM) 1:53.54; 2. Reed (LB) 2:20.35; 3. Vick (LB) 2:28.05. 200 IM -- 1. Anae (CdM) 2:24.02; 2. Forrest (LB) 2:27.07; 3. Jones (CdM) 2:42.19. 50 free -- 1. McAdams

(CdM) 27.97; 2. McKee (LB) 28.52; 3. Kaczmarek (CdM) 28.60. 100 butterfly -- 1. McKay (CdM) 1:02.30; 2. Chandler (CdM) 1:03.38; 3. McAdams (CdM) 1:12.81. 100 free -- 1. Dial (LB) 1:08.11; 2. Kazemian (LB) 1:31.19. 500 free -- 1. Wigley (CdM) 5:47.82; 2.

Simon (LB) 5:49.47; 3. Bilder (CdM) 6:01.44. 200 free relay -- 1. CdM (Anae, Chandler, Liao, McKay), 1:45.54. 100 back -- 1. McKay (CdM) 1:04.28; 2. Hyter (CdM) 1:13.43; 3. Gordon (LB) 1:14.48. 100 breaststroke -- 1. Piggott (CdM) 1:22; 2. Evans (LB)

1:24.17; 3. Tomlin (CdM) 1:26.67. 400 free relay -- 1. LB, 4:02.81.

*--*

Eagle girls unbeaten

* SWIMMING: Estancia High’s girls swim maintained its unbeaten

season with a 116-54 Golden West League victory over host Saddleback

Wednesday.

Courtney Hess and Marina “Coco” Abdul set personal records in the

200-yard freestyle (2:18.83) and 100 butterfly (1:14.22),

respectively, for Estancia (7-0, 3-0 in league).

Estancia’s boys swim team claimed nine of 11 events, but still

fell to Saddleback, 86-82, Wednesday.

Paul Collier, Sean Goodman and Chad Kunert each claimed two

events, but the Eagles didn’t place anyone in the top three in the 50

freestyle.

Anthony Hermann tallied a personal best in the 100 breaststroke (1:11.96) after trailing through 75 yards.

Estancia fell to 5-2, 2-1 in league.

*--*

Golden West League girls

Estancia 116, Saddleback 54

200 medley relay - 1. Estancia (Buchmann, Reich, Abdul, Barnes), 2:07.07. 200 free - 1. Hess (E), 2:18.83; 2. Thaler (E), 2:22.51; 3. Jimeny (S), 2:32.90. 200 IM - 1. Molina (S), 2:28.25; 2. Reich (E), 2:36.12; 3. Buchman (E), 2:44.44. 50 free - 1.

Barnes (E), 28.06; Barloon (E), 28.20; 3. Rivas (S), 29.35. 100 fly - 1. Abdul (E), 1:14.22; 2. Gardia (S), 1:19.04; 3. Parsons (E), 1:42.40. 100 free - 1. Barloon (E), 1:03.31; 2. Rivas (S), 1:03.91; 3. Hess (E), 1:04.13. 500 free - 1. Pitti (E),

6:40.20; 2. Dalton (E), 7:05.59; 3. Gonzalez (S), 7:06.85. 200 free relay - 1. Estancia (K. Mahan, Barloon, Hess, Barnes), 1:55.76. 100 back - 1. Buchmann (E), 1:10.06; 2. Barnes (E), 1:12.06; 3. Gardia (S), 1:32.41. 100 breaststroke - 1. Molina (S),

1:14.81; 2. Reich (E), 1:17.90; 3. Gucfa (S), 1:32.13. 400 free relay - 1. Estancia (Reich, Barloon, Hess, Buchmann), 4:30.15.

*--*

*--*

Golden West League boys

Saddleback 86, Estancia 82

200 medley relay -- 1 Estancia (Kunert, Hermann, Goodman, Collier), 1:54.87 200 free -- 1. Collier (EST) 2:05.81; 2. R. Colchado (S) 2:10. 09 ; 3. V. Colchado (S) 2:13.63 200 IM -- 1. Goodman (EST) 2:25.44; 2. Ochoa (S) 2:26.91; 3. Roman (S) 2:30.97. 50

free -- 1. Tapia (S) 25.24; 2. Velasquez (S) 25.70; 3. Vega (S) 26.53. 100 butterfly -- 1. Goodman (EST) 1:04.73; 2. Ochoa (S) 1:04.85; 3. Velasquez (S) 1:07.60. 100 free -- 1. Collier (EST) 55.13; 2. Garcia (S) 55.20; 3. Vega (S) 57.91. 500 free -- 1.

Kunert (EST) 5:16.72; 2. R. Colchado (S) 5:54.03; 3. D. Colchado (S) 6:07.19. 200 free relay -- 1. Estancia (Collier, Baugh, Goodman, Kunert), 1:42.90 100 back -- 1. Kunert (EST) 1:04.36; 2. Garcia (S) 1:07.75; 3. Hulett (EST) 1:19.94. 100 breaststroke -- 1. Hermann (EST) 1:11.96; 2. Tapia (S) 1:12.19; 3. Roman (S) 1:17.24. 400 free relay -- 1. Saddleback, 3:54.19.

*--*

Sage Hill sweeps

* VOLLEYBALL: Senior outside hitter Kevin Joyce tallied a

season-high 30 kills and the Sage Hill School boys volleyball team

remained undefeated with a 27-25, 25-23, 25-23 nonleague victory over

visiting San Marino Wednesday.

Setter Jake Lazare amassed 42 assists while Alex Greer had five

blocks for Sage Hill (6-0).

Sage Coach Merja Connolly-Freund said the match was won at the

net.

The Lightning host Whitney at 5 p.m. Friday in their first league

home match.

Sea Kings earn first W

* GOLF: Zach Rabinovich shot a 1-under-par 35 and the visiting

Corona del Mar High boys golf team tallied its first victory of the

season with a 190-224 Pacific Coast League triumph over Laguna Beach

at the Aliso Viejo Golf Club’s Valley course.

Jamie Bloom shot 37 while Ben Tilsen (38), Rob Ury (40) and Eric

Miller (40) led the Sea Kings (1-8, 1-1 in league). Laguna Beach fell

to 0-2 in league.

Mesa comes alive

* SOFTBALL: Costa Mesa High’s softball team scored 12 runs -- all

with two outs -- in the bottom of the fourth inning and defeated

Saddleback, 13-1, to begin Golden West League play Wednesday.

Freshman Danielle Morton began a string of five straight hits to

jump start the Mesa rally. Kelly Topps went 2 for 3 while Uyen Mai

went 2 for 4 with a triple for Mesa (5-4). Jane-E Yamamoto also

doubled for the Mustangs.

Jackie Butler struck out seven with no walks in five innings to

notch her fifth victory this season.

The Mustangs host Ocean View in a key league game at 3 p.m.

Friday.

*--*

Golden West League

Costa Mesa 13, Saddleback 1 Score by Innings

S’back 100 00 -- 1 3 5

Mesa 100 (12)x -- 13 11 2

Sanchez and Bell; Butler and Miller. W -

Butler, 5-3. 2B - Yamamoto (CM), Williams

(Sadd), Topps (CM). 3B - Mai (CM).

*--*

Wolverines bite Sailors

* BASEBALL: Andrew Ross’ RBI double broke a 1-1 tie and the host

Aliso Niguel High baseball team went on to a 4-1 Sea View League

victory over Newport Harbor Wednesday. The Wolverines (2-0 in league)

scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to break the tie.

Greg Miner brought in Bobby Ward, pinch-running for Jeff Sanchez,

on a fielder’s choice in the fourth for the Sailors (4-4, 0-2).

Karo Makserjian doubled off the left-field fence in the top of the

seventh, but a Newport runner was thrown out at the plate for the

second out.

Patrick Keehan struck out two in five innings for Newport, which

hosts Irvine at 3 p.m. Friday in a league game.

*--*

Sea View League

Aliso Niguel 4, Newport Harbor 1

Score by Innings

Newport 000 010 0 -- 1 5 3

Aliso 100 003 x -- 4 6 2

Keehan, Jasper (6) and Sanchez; Kuehn,

Steap (5), McKibben (7) and Ross. W --

Steap. L -- Jasper, 0-1. 2B -- Ross (AN),

Bowman (AN) Makserjian (NH).

*--*

Vanguard breaks out

* BASEBALL: The Vanguard University baseball team scored six runs

in the bottom of the first inning and cruised to a 14-5 Golden State

Athletic Conference upset victory over fifth-ranked Point Loma

Nazarene Wednesday.

The Lions (8-19, 2-10 in the GSAC) chased Point Loma starter Joe

Stangl after just five batters in the first. Scott Martin then

greeted reliever Chris Empiro with a single to score two runs and the

rout was on.

Martin tallied two hits while Nikolaus Crouch slammed a two-run

home run in the fourth inning for Vanguard, which had 10 hits, with

all but one starter reaching base safely. Crouch and Travis

Westerfield each tallied three RBIs.

Point Loma, ranked No. 5 in the NAIA, fell to 25-5, 9-2 in the

GSAC.

Jason Searle struck out four and walked four in 7 1/3 innings to

get his first win this season.

*--*

Golden State Athletic Conference

Vanguard 14, Point Loma 5 Score by Innings

Pt. Loma 130 000 010 -- 5 9 1

Vanguard 630 200 30x -- 14 10 0

Stangl, Empio (1), McCollaugh (2),

O’Neill (7), Marabeas (7), Eberlin (8)

and Craig; Searle, Klein (8) and

Westerfield. W -- Searle, 1-6. L --

Stangl. 2B -- Eshragh (PL), Searle

(VU), Westerfield (VU), Salazar (VU).

HR -- Craig (PL), Crouch (VU).

*--*

Coast drops three

* GOLF: The host Orange Coast College’s men’s golf team had its

worst showing of the season according to Coach Barry Wallace and

dropped three matches to Irvine Valley, Palomar and Cuyamaca in

Orange Empire Conference play at the Santa Ana Country Club

Wednesday.

The Pirates (8-7, 7-6 in the OEC) shot 418, the worst of any of

the four schools, while Cuyamaca carded a 382 to take top honors.

Josh Dean led OCC with an 81 followed by Shaun Vickers and Peter

Baker, who each shot 82. Jason Cassidy fired an 84 while Joo Namkoong

carded an 89.

Gauchos shut out Bucs

* SOFTBALL: The Orange Coast College softball team managed five

hits, but no runs as it dropped an Orange Empire Conference game to

host Saddleback, 3-0, Wednesday.

Yvonne Diaz took the loss for the Pirates (9-19, 1-9) while the

Gauchos improved to 13-9, 5-4.

*--*

Orange Empire Conference

Saddleback 3, Orange Coast 0

Score by Innings

OCC 000 000 0 -- 0 5 1

S’back 101 010 x -- 3 5 1

Diaz and Ensey; Hall and Russi. W -- Hall,

9-6. L -- Diaz, 4-8.

*--*

Vikings slice Eagles

* GOLF: Marcus Sostak shot an even-par 35 to earn medalist honors,

but the Estancia High boys golf team fell to host Marina, 187-197, in

a nonleague match Wednesday at Meadowlark Golf Course in Huntington

Beach.

Greg Les and Austin Serr each shot 40 while Jason Les and Nick

Lettieri both carded 41 for the Eagles (5-3), who face Golden West

League foe Westminster at the same location at 2:30 p.m. today.

Estancia loses opener

* SOFTBALL: Rebecca Kaplan went 2 for 3, but the Estancia High

softball team lost its Golden West League opener, 9-0, to host Ocean

View Wednesday.

Allison Wyman had Estancia’s only other hit, as the Eagles dropped

to 3-6. Estancia committed five errors and allowed seven runs in the

fourth inning.

*--*

Golden West League

Ocean View 9, Estancia 0

Score by Innings

Estancia 000 000 0 -- 0 3 5

O. View 001 710 x -- 9 7 0

C. Kaplan and Okey; Shafizadah and Shultz.

W -- Shafizadah. L -- C. Kaplan, 3-6. HR -

McLaughlin (OV).

*--*

Western sweeps Mesa

* VOLLEYBALL: Ryan Bagwell tallied four kills and five stuff

blocks, but the Costa Mesa High boys volleyball team fell to visiting

Western, 25-10, 25-22, 25-11, in a nonleague match Wednesday.

Garrett Walthers had three service aces and two stuff blocks for

Mesa (4-3).

Dolphins stop Sailors

* GOLF: Rhett Palmer and Chris Willard each shot 38, but the

visiting Newport Harbor High boys golf team lost to Dana Hills,

193-205, in a nonleague match Wednesday at the par-36 El Niguel

Country Club.

Brandon Sowers (42), Michael Benvenuti (43) and Davis Pemstein

(44) also scored for Newport (4-4). Andy Kim earned medalist honors

with a 37 for Dana Hills (5-6).