Defending Sea View League boys singles champion Robert Khoury and
Newport Harbor High teammate Jake Fleming both advanced to today's
semifinals at the first day of the league tennis championships
Wednesday at Heritage Park in Irvine.
Khoury, the No. 3 seed, defeated Kasra Menhaji of Aliso Niguel,
6-1, 6-0, in the Round of 16, then topped a Foothill competitor, 6-1,
6-2, in the quarterfinals. Khoury will meet No. 2-seeded Shimpei
Suzuki today at 1 p.m. at the same site.
Fleming, the No. 4 seed, will face top-seeded Michael McClune from
Woodbridge in another 1 p.m. semifinal. Fleming handled a Foothill
rival, 6-0, 6-0, then dispatched Barend Mitton, 6-2, 6-2, in a
quarterfinal.
The singles final will follow today's semifinals, at approximately
3 p.m.
Newport Harbor's Charlie Farmer defeated Eric Le from Irvine, 6-1,
6-0, in the Round of 16, before losing to McClune, 6-0, 6-4, in a
quarterfinals.
Newport's Tyler Deck defeated Danny Desatnik from Woodbridge, 6-4,
6-4, in the Round of 16, before falling to Suzuki, 6-4, 6-3, in a
quarterfinal.
The Sailors' doubles teams all lost in the Round of 16 Wednesday.
CdM's Tilsen advances
* GOLF: Corona del Mar High junior Ben Tilsen shot 1-over-par 73
Wednesday to finish tied for fifth in the 36-hole Pacific Coast
League boys golf championships at El Prado Golf Course in Chino.
Tilsen, who shot 79 in Monday's first round, advances to the CIF
Southern individual finals, scheduled May 17 at SeaCliff Country Club
in Huntington Beach.
Tilsen made four birdies in Wednesday's round to earn his first
trip to the CIF individuals.
"I'm very proud of him, because he works really hard," CdM Coach
Mike Starkweather said.
Sailors handle Hawks
* BASEBALL: The Newport Harbor High baseball team rallied from a
3-2 deficit with two runs in both the fifth and sixth innings to
claim a 6-4 Sea View League victory over visiting Laguna Hills
Wednesday.
The win keeps the Sailors (12-10, 6-6 in league), who entered the
week one game behind third-place Woodbridge, in position to earn
their first CIF Southern Section playoff berth since 1990.
Woodbridge played the first of its two games against
league-leading Foothill Wednesday. Newport finishes its week Friday
at Laguna Hills, before playing Woodbridge twice next week, at
Windrow Park on Tuesday and at home Thursday.
Wednesday, senior Brandon Jasper's ground-rule double plated the
first run of the fifth for the Sailors, who scored again on a
sacrifice fly by Taylor Young.
