BOYS’ TENNIS
Sage Hill 14,
Calvary Chapel 4
NEWPORT BEACH — Sage Hill won 11 of the first 12 sets, before inserting several reserves in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division IV playoffs Thursday at the Balboa Bay Club Racquet Club.
The Lightning (15-7) advance to Saturday’s second round against either Gahr or Santa Ynez.
CIF Division IV
First round
Sage Hill 14, Calvary Chapel 4
Singles – Koeberle (SH) def. Grosek, 6-0, def. Nguyen, 6-0, Wise (SH) lost to Dalbey, 4-6; Wang (SH) won, 6-1, lost, 1-6, Re (SH) lost, 2-6; Cuirit (SH) won, 7-5, Astorino (SH) won, 6-1, 4-6.
Doubles – Kurzweil-Manolakas (SH) def. Pham-Balbey, 6-0, def. McDonald-McCurinin, 6-2, Flayngor-Emiaiz (SH) def. Nguyen-Wadle, 6-0; Yun-Batten (SH) won, 6-0, 6-0, Marshack-Whitaker (SH) won, 6-0; Berchtold-Apramian (SH) won, 6-0, 6-0, Rapport-Stomber (SH) won, 6-2.
Corona del Mar 17,
Sunny Hills 1
CORONA DEL MAR — Ryan Peyton and Shane Corber swept at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively, in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division I playoffs Thursday at CdM.
Alex Murray and Joel Ishii won, 6-3, 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3 doubles for hte Sea Kings, who advance to Saturday’s second round against either Marina or Mira Costa.
BASEBALL
Sage Hill 9, St. Margaret’s 8
NEWPORT COAST — Mo Kreitenberg hit a walk-off RBI single to cap a four-run seventh inning, leading the Lightning to a share of the Academy League title Thursday.
AJ Wolfson belted a three-run home run to tie the game, 8-8, with one out in the seventh to help Sage Hill (15-4, 12-3 in league) to a co-championship with Oxford Academy.
After Wolfson’s homer, Chris Griffin singled. Griffin then stole second before Kreitenberg drove him in.
Lightning reliever Allen Brown struck out six and allowed two runs in the final four innings. Kreitenberg went two for four with two RBIs. Griffin went two for four with an RBI and Dusty Orrantia was two for two with an RBI.
Academy League
Sage Hill 9, St. Margaret’s 8
SCORE BY INNINGS
Santora, Mothander (7) and Travis; Wolfson, Zellner (3), Brown (4) and Orrantia. W – Brown, 1-0. L – Mothander. 2B – Santora (SM); Orrantia (SH), Kreitenberg (SH), Brown (SH). HR – Wolfson (SH).
Costa Mesa 3,
Laguna Beach 2
COSTA MESA — Tyler Peterson scored on a balk in the bottom of the eighth inning with two outs to lift the Mustangs to the Orange Coast League win Thursday.
