GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Corona del Mar 52,
Laguna Beach 39
CORONA DEL MAR — Sophomore Kayla Marolt scored a game-high 22 points and had seven steals and five rebounds for the Sea Kings in their nonleague game Tuesday.
Junior Katie Bergsma scored 11 points and senior Brittany Rhyme contributed six rebounds for CdM (15-2), which opens Pacific Coast League play at Laguna Hills Thursday at 7 p.m.
Nonleague
Corona del Mar 52, Laguna Beach 39
SCORE BY QUARTERS
LB – Garner 20, Ryder 14, Daff 5.
3-pt. goals – Daff 1.
CdM – Marolt 22, Bergsma 11, Rhyme 8, Rapp 6, Nadal 2, Schroff 2, Brahs 1.
3-pt. goals – Rhyme 1.
Sage Hill 59, Capistrano
Valley Christian 22
NEWPORT COAST — Senior Tierney Danner scored a game-high 21 points to lead the Lightning in their Academy League opener Tuesday.
Senior Morgan Hembarsky and freshman Ava Soleimany scored nine points each for Sage Hill (10-5), which plays at St. Margaret’s Friday at 6 p.m.
Academy League
Sage Hill 59, Capistrano Valley Christian 22
SCORE BY QUARTERS
CVC – Nipp 18, Li 2, Balmer 2.
3-pt. goals – Nipp 4.
Fouled out – None.
Technicals – None.
SH – Danner 21, Soleimany 9, Hembarsky 9, Derheim 8, Sullivan 4, Jeffrey 4, Carpenter 2, Garrison 2.
3-pt. goals – Hembarsky 1, Soleimany 1.
Fouled out – None.
Technicals – None.
BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Corona del Mar 52,
Esperanza 45
ANAHEIM — The visiting Sea Kings committed 10 of their 23 turnovers in the opening quarter to foster a 17-10 deficit, but rallied for a 28-26 halftime lead in the nonleague game Tuesday.
Senior Steven Gallian made nine of 10 free-throw attempts on his way to a game-high 16 points, while Danny Cheek and Sean Donovan had 14 and 11, respectively.
Cheek and Austin Quon had four steals apiece for CdM (7-8).
Nonleague
Corona del Mar 52, Esperanza 45
SCORE BY QUARTERS
CdM – Gallian 16, Cheek 14, Donovan 11, Quon 7, Jones 4.
3-pt. goals – Quon 2, Cheek 2, Donovan 1.
Fouled out – Quon.
Esp – Luvine 13, Mills 10, Oh 8, Pascoe 5, Viva 3, Richards 2, Engel 2, White 2.
3-pt. goals – Mills 1.
Fouled out – None.
Capistrano Valley
Christian 46, Sage Hill 45
NEWPORT COAST — The Lightning missed a potential game-winning shot in the paint with one second left in their Academy League opener Tuesday.
Sophomore Mark Loper scored 15 points to lead Sage Hill (7-9), while senior Troy Astorino added 11 points.
Academy League
Capistrano Valley Christian 46, Sage Hill 45
SCORE BY QUARTERS
CVC – Koenen 21, Thomas 14, Hutchinson 5. DeHaas 4, Mellinger 2.
3-pt. goals – None.
Fouled out – Mellinger.
Technicals – None.
SH – Loper 15, Astorino 11, Schaefer 5, Potkin 4, Gaughan 4, Danner 4, Shapiro 2.
3-pt. goals – Loper 2, Schaefer 1.
Fouled out – None.
