CdM then rallied past Edison, 25-22, 23-25, 18-16, overcoming a 10-5 deficit in Game 3, to claim the semifinal triumph and improve to 7-5.
Weston Nielsen had 33 kills in the three matches, while Parker Brown amassed 45 assists and 15 kills Saturday.
Joey Booth, Nick Curci, Chip Zucker and Evan Dean also sparkled for the Sea Kings, who lost to Huntington Beach in pool play Friday.
Orange County
Championships
HUNTINGTON BEACH — Junior Cody Caldwell recorded 51 kills in four matches to help lead Newport Harbor High to a sixth-place finish in Division I Saturday at Edison High.
The Sailors (5-3) lost to Dana Hills in the fifth-place match, as the Dolphins won, 25-23, 24-26, 15-13. Caldwell had 20 kills, Rusty Sary seven and Will Connelly six, while Ian Sequeira led with 13 digs and Connor Curry had 10 digs.
Newport Harbor beat Dana Hills to close out pool play Saturday morning at Fountain Valley High, 25-14, 25-19. Sary had seven kills, Curry had nine digs and Jackson Carmack had 22 assists.
Corona del Mar beat the Sailors, 25-21, 27-25, in the quarterfinals at Edison. Carmack had 20 assists and Curry had 10 digs.
Newport Harbor defeated San Clemente, 25-20, 25-12, in the fifth-place semifinal. Connelly had five kills and Zack Martin had four.
BOYS’ TENNIS
National All-American
Invitational
NEWPORT BEACH — Corona del Mar High recorded two dramatic wins to earn the consolation title, finishing ninth in the prestigious 16-team tournament Saturday at The Tennis Club.
The Sea Kings beat Beacon Bay of Westchester, N.Y., 44-43, on games after a 4-4 tie in the consolation championship match. CdM’s Ismean Aboubakare rallied from a 4-0 deficit to push the set to a tiebreaker. He lost, but earned enough games to secure the team win and helped CdM go 3-1 in the tournament.
