* GIRLS HOOPS: Newport Harbor High junior Jilliane Whitfield has
been named first-team All-Sea View League by the circuit's girls
basketball coaches for a second straight season.
Whitfield, a 5-foot-7 guard, averaged 10.9 points, close to double
the Tars' second-leading scorer, to help Coach Jen Thompson's squad
earn an at-large berth into the CIF Southern Section Division II-AA
Playoffs.
It was the first postseason berth since 1999 for Newport Harbor's
Sailors, whose three league victories included an upset of league
co-champion Aliso Niguel.
Junior Victoria Swigart, a 5-7 forward, is a second-team honoree.
She averaged 6.3 points for the Sailors, who finished 13-15.
Aliso Niguel senior guard Yvonne Stoddard and Woodbridge senior
forward Lauren Stepanski, whose Warriors shared the crown with the
Wolverines, are league Co-Players of the Year.
