In a Sea View League cluster meet, involving Newport Harbor High,
Foothill, Irvine, Woodbridge and Laguna Hills, Newport's Whitney Blue
finished first overall with a time of 18:01 Wednesday on the
three-mile course at Irvine Park.
Despite Blue's performance, the girls team finished in fifth
place, with Lauren Maddox, Taylor Bryson, Zuzana Bernard, Caitlin Mai
and Lily Dierkes rounding out the top performances for the Sailors.
Newport's boys team placed second, only losing to Laguna Hills,
38-20. Nick St. Andre had the best time for the Sailors, finishing in
seventh place overall with a time of 16:18. In his first varsity
race, Francisco Avonce finished 30th overall with a time of 18:22.
McElveny saves 18
* WATER POLO: Richard McElveny had 18 saves and Chad Kunert fired
in seven goals to lead Estancia High past Ocean View, 15-7, in
Pacific Coast League boys water polo play Wednesday at Ocean View.
Danny Alderete was just behind Kunert in scoring with five goals,
as the Eagles went up, 8-3, just before the half, and ran away with
it in the second half. The Eagles (6-3, 2-0 in league) scored most of
their points off counterattacks.
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Pacific Coast League
Estancia 15, Ocean View 7 Score by Quarters
Estancia 4 4 4 3 -- 15
Ocean View 2 1 2 2 -- 7
Estancia -- Kunert 7, Alderte 5, DiFransco 1,
Buchman 1, Mellin 1. Saves -- McElveny 18.
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Sailors improve to 2-0
* VOLLEYBALL: The Newport Harbor High girls volleyball team
improved its league record to 2-0 Wednesday, defeating Aliso Niguel
in four games, 25-27, 25-21, 25-21 and 25-10.
Kiley Hall led the Sailors, slamming 10 kills to Aliso's side and
serving up four aces. Taryn Tarnutzer followed Hall with seven kills
and four aces.
Coast cruises past Cypress
* WATER POLO: Kimberly Yarina scored two goals to lead the
visiting Orange Coast College women's water polo team to a 7-1 Orange
Empire Conference victory over Cypress Wednesday.
Cynthia Hilgenberg, Jeanette DeMeneces, Laura DeMeneces, Ashley
Maher and Vanessa Lara each tallied one goal for the Pirates (10-5,
2-1 in the OEC), ranked fourth in the state.
Kelly Dargel made three saves for the Bucs.
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Orange Empire Conference
Orange Coast 7, Cypress 1
Score by Quarters
OCC 1 2 2 2 -- 7
Cypress 0 0 1 0 -- 1
OCC -- Yarina 2, Hilgenberg 1, J. DeMeneces 1,
Mahar 1, Lara 1, L. DeMeneces 1. Saves -- Dargel
3. Cyp -- Gonzalez 1. Saves -- Peterson 10.
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VU's Hess scores twice
* SOCCER: Senior forward Matt Hess scored his 14th and 15th goals
