Recent Newport Harbor High graduate Morgan Govaars, who led the
Sailors to an unbeaten Sea View League boys volleyball season and the
league championship, has been named Most Valuable Player by the
circuit's coaches.
Govaars, a 6-foot outside hitter, is joined on the first team by
Sailors Brett Perrine, Adam Schlesinger and Gavin Galey.
Ted Slater represents Newport Harbor on the second team.
Perrine, a 6-6 junior, and Galey, a 6-2 senior this spring, joined
Govaars as productive hitters for the Sailors, who finished 23-8
after falling to Long Beach Wilson in the second round of the CIF
Southern Section Division I playoffs.
Schlesinger, who will continue his career at Long Beach State,
triggered the attack at setter for Coach Dan Glenn.
Slater a versatile 5-10 sophomore, joins Perrine to give the
Sailors a bright future.
Moghaddam picks ECU
* FOOTBALL: Former Orange Coast College and Newport Harbor High
defensive tackle Nick Moghaddam signed a national letter of intent
Friday to attend East Carolina University, a Division I school, in
Greenville, N.C.
Moghaddam, who made 23 tackles and added a sack, despite missing
time with a knee injury as a Coast sophomore last season, flew to the
Greenville campus earlier this week to meet with coaches and players
and decided to accept a full scholarship.
"[The Pirates] play good teams. They open against West Virginia
[Sept. 4]," said Moghaddam, a 6-foot-4, 266-pound lineman. "I wanted
to compete at the highest level."
Moghaddam, a former All-Newport-Mesa defensive selection, said he
was impressed with Jerry Odom and John Grieco, East Carolina's
defensive coordinator and strength and conditioning coach,
respectively. Both Odom and Grieco came to East Carolina, which
competes in Conference USA, from the University of Florida.
San Jose State also pursued Moghaddam.
"[East Carolina coaches] gave me a summer workout plan and want me
to gain four or five pounds," said Moghaddam, who is finishing a
class at Coast and will leave for Greenville Aug. 8.
He will major in business.
-- Bryce Alderton
Tars' Hardy to UCLA
* SOCCER: Newport Harbor High girls soccer star Erin Hardy, who
has battled injuries the past two seasons after a noteworthy freshman
campaign in 2001-02, has verbally committed to continue her career at
UCLA after finishing at Newport Harbor next year.
Hardy was a second-team All-CIF Southern Section Division II
choice as a freshman, when, playing stopper, she helped the Sailors
reach the CIF Division II quarterfinals.
