High School Roundup: Oilers perfect in league

Huntington Beach High closed out a perfect run through Sunset League Tuesday by sweeping visiting Fountain Valley, 26-24, 25-15, 25-6.

The win put the Oilers, ranked seventh in CIF Southern Section Division 1AA, at 27-4 overall (10-0 league) and gave them their second consecutive league championship.

Kierra Pearson had 10 kills and Ashleigh Atsaros six kills for Huntington.

“It was a great celebration of our seniors tonight,” Huntington Coach Craig Pazanti said. “We had contributions from everyone and it was nice to finish the league undefeated. Any time you can win the Sunset League, you have accomplished something, and I look forward to continuing the way we have been playing as the [CIF] playoffs begin.”

Edison finished runner-up to the title and completed an 8-2 league campaign by subduing visiting Newport Harbor in a close match, 25-20, 25-20, 24-26, 18-25, 15-7. Hannah Phair led the eighth-ranked Chargers with 18 kills and 21 digs. Cassidy Dennison and Lindsey Sparks both added 12 kills, Emilie Austin had 25 assists and Dani Dennison had a team-high 24 digs.

The Chargers will take a 19-9 record into the playoffs.

“This was a good victory for us,” Edison Coach Matt Skolnik said. “After dropping Games 3 and 4, we showed a lot of resiliency by coming out and playing our best game of the match in Game 5. I think this victory will give us some momentum going into the playoffs next week.”

In another Sunset match Tuesday, third-place Los Alamitos (6-4) swept visiting Marina, 25-18, 25-16, 25-12. Abby Hills had 15 kills for the Vikings (0-10).

“I’m bummed to see these girls season end without getting a league win,” Marina Coach Paul Munoz said. “They are very deserving of this and I’m really hard on myself that I wasn’t able to produce this feeling of success for the girls. They were such a unique and passionate group this year, and I’m forever grateful to have coached girls that see the bigger picture in life rather than focused 100% on volleyball. In the end, it’s a ball and a net. Proud to have coached these girls this season.”

The CIF-SS girls’ volleyball playoff pairings will be released Friday. Wild-card matches are Saturday and first-round matches are Tuesday.

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Girls’ Golf

The CIF-SS Southern Division Team Championships were held Monday at Lakewood Country Club (par 74) and the 20-team tournament included Sunset League champion Huntington Beach and runner-up Marina. The Vikings turned in a team score of 391 and took seventh place, and the Oilers had a 449 score and placed 15th.

The tournament was won by Whittier La Serna. The Lancers and Corona del Mar both finished with a 391 team score but the Lancers won the tournament based on the sixth players’ scores (La Serna 90, Corona del Mar 95).

Marina scores at Monday’s championships: Brittney Do, 74; Angela Wu, 82; Brianna Byerley, 85; Zahraa Hijara, 85; Jillina Oliver, 96; Christine Rice, 98.

Do qualified for the CIF Individual Final Thursday at Western Hills Country Club in Chino Hills.

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Boys’ Water Polo

Huntington Beach clinched the Sunset League championship Oct. 28 with a 14-5 victory over Los Alamitos at Newport Harbor High.

Quinten Osborne led eight Oilers in scoring with three goals. Ethan Wojciechowski, Skyler Munatones, Jacob Cavano and Jason Dompke each scored twice. Patrick Saunders had six saves.

Huntington, ranked fourth in CIF Southern Section Division 1, improved to 4-0 in league.

In the first of a Sunset triple-header at Newport Harbor, Marina was upended by Newport Harbor, 20-7. Joseph Lastelic scored three goals and Luka Karaman scored twice for the Vikings (1-3 league).

In the third game, Fountain Valley was a 9-6 winner over Edison. Ben Schmiesing scored a game-high three goals, Kyle Reilly and Connor Foley each scored twice, and Jake Huynen had 15 saves for the Barons who improved to 2-2 in league. Alex Nathan scored twice to lead the Chargers (0-4 league).

Sunset League teams concluded league play Wednesday. Scores weren’t available at press time.

Pairings for the CIF-SS playoffs will be released Saturday. Wild-card games are Tuesday and first-round games are Wednesday (Divisions 1, 3, 5) and Nov. 12 (Divisions 2, 4, 6, 7).

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Girls’ Tennis

Fountain Valley, the third-place team from the Sunset League, opened CIF-SS Division playoff action Wednesday at South Coast League champion and fifth-ranked Dana Hills. The score wasn’t available at press time.

First-round winners Wednesday advance to second-round play Friday.

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Girls’ Basketball

Sara Brown has been named the girls’ basketball head coach at Edison High, Chargers Athletic Director Rich Boyce said Tuesday.

Brown takes over the position from Dan Wiley who died Oct. 26. She had served as an assistant under Wiley.

“We wanted to keep everything in-house this year,” Boyce said. “Sara knows the girls well and we wanted to keep continuity within the program.”

Brown was a three-year first-team All-South Coast League basketball player at San Clemente (Class of 2003) and played collegiate ball at Colorado State and Loyola Marymount.

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CIF Weekly Rankings

(Released Monday)

Boys’ Water Polo: Huntington Beach (No. 4, Division 1); Ocean View (No. 9, Division 6).

Girls’ Volleyball: Huntington Beach (No. 7, Division 1AA; Edison (No. 8, Division 1AA).