Cerritos College

When Randy Hamilton and Tony Horvath first started working on the documentary, "Touchdown Newport," they always envisioned showing it at the Newport Beach Film Festival. Now their vision will become real. "Touchdown Newport," the film about the 1970 Newport Harbor High football team, is an official selection of the upcoming Newport Beach Film Festival. It will make its world premier at the Lido Theater on April 30 at 6 p.m. Hamilton and Horvath played on the team that won a league title under legendary coach Ernie Johnson, who turned around the program in his first year at the school.

TODAY Track and field College men and women -- UC Irvine at NCAA Regional Championships FRIDAY Baseball College -- UC Irvine at UC Riverside, 7 p.m. Golf College women -- UC Irvine at NCAA Championships (Daytona Beach, Fla.) Track and field College men and women -- UC Irvine at NCAA Regional Championships High school boys and girls -- Corona del Mar, Newport Harbor at CIF Southern Section Masters Meet at Cerritos College (field events 4:30 p.m.; track events 6 pm.)

Steve Virgen For four Newport-Mesa District athletes, Cerritos College has become more of a second home the past two weekends. The quartet will attempt to use their familiarity with Falcon Stadium today at the CIF State preliminaries at Cerritos College. The stadium opens at 1 p.m. Estancia High senior Zack Novak will compete in the high jump at 4 p.m. and Costa Mesa senior Sharon Day will attempt to defend her state title in the girls high jump at 6:30.

Name: Krisserin Canary Born: Oct. 6, 1984 Hometown: Newport Beach Height: 5-foot-5 Weight: 140 Sport: Track and field Event: Pole vault Coach: Bill Sumner, John Blair and Marina High's Kevin Magula Favorite food: Steak and potatoes Favorite movie: "Labyrinth Best athletic moment: "Clearing 11-6 at the Arcadia Invitational (April 13). I was so happy I cried." Athlete of the Week XX: The CdM senior cleared 11 feet, 6 inches to tie her own school record and advanced to the Masters Meet, finishing fourth in the pole vault in CIF Division III, May 18 at Cerritos College.

Peri Howser ran into problems last weekend at the CIF Southern Section divisional track and field finals at Mt. San Antonio College. Her run was precisely the problem. Timing is everything in pole vaulting, and Howser's timing was off on her approach. When she got home that night and watched video with her father and coach, Fritz, she saw the issue. "I was running from two different spots," Peri Howser said. "I was kind of freaking out while I was jumping. I didn't know why I was out so far, but I figured it out that I was running from the wrong spot.

For some athletes in the Newport-Mesa area, this track and field season has possibly been, well, less than a challenge. Among the best in their events, they've dominated league meets and found their tests in the usual string of weekend invitational meets. Well, for them, the challenges start this week with the CIF Southern Section Masters Meet on Friday. The 4:30 p.m. meet at Cerritos College is the lone steppingstone between the division finals and the state championships. Only the top nine performances from around the Southern Section qualified for the Masters Meet (with the exception of the 3,200 meters, which had 12)

MEN'S TRACK & FIELD Mt. SAC Relays WALNUT - Senior Sam Hyams had the top showing for UC Irvine Thursday on the first day of the 55th annual Mt. SAC Relays at Hilmer Lodge Stadium in Walnut. Hyams finished ninth in his section and 25th overall of 132 total runners in the1500 meters with a season-best time of 3:49.01. Tommy Newton-Neal recorded a time of 3:56.62, Andrew Snyder 3:57.14 and Amir Shirif 4:01.23. UCI has student-athletes competing in the Mt. SAC Relays and at the Beach Invitational (at Cerritos College)

CERRITOS -- Orange Coast College's women's basketball team fell behind early and never recovered as host Cerritos College raised its record to 6-0 with a 64-44 nonconference victory over the Pirates. Freshman Alisa Carrillo was the only Pirate in double figures with 10 points. She also led the team with six rebounds. Coast falls to 3-2. NONCONFERENCE Cerritos 64, OCC 44 Orange Coast -- Galasso 6, Murray 9, Mendoza 8, Quiroz 2, Carrillo 10, Haveter 2, Shaw 3, Vontungel 2, Estrada 2. 3-pt.

Peri Howser ran into problems last weekend at the CIF Southern Section divisional track and field finals at Mt. San Antonio College. Her run was precisely the problem. Timing is everything in pole vaulting, and Howser's timing was off on her approach. When she got home that night and watched video with her father and coach, Fritz, she saw the issue. "I was running from two different spots," Peri Howser said. "I was kind of freaking out while I was jumping. I didn't know why I was out so far, but I figured it out that I was running from the wrong spot.

Troy Hardy camped out in one of the coolest areas at Mt. San Antonio College, site of last week's CIF Southern Section Divisional Track and Field finals. Underneath a canopy, away from the track, Hardy escaped the heat. He sat next to three coaches and rested before his late afternoon event, the 300-meter hurdles in the Division 3 final. When word leaked of the first CdM athlete to qualify for the next meet, Masters, Hardy stayed calm. While CdM's coaches congratulated Matt Hurst for recording the meet's fifth fastest time in the 400-meter sprint, a 48.08-second effort, breaking a CdM school record, Hardy focused.

Three local boys and one girl will try to throw, run, hurdle and vault their way into the CIF State Track and Field Championships on Friday. Out of the Newport-Mesa foursome, only Newport Harbor High thrower Marty Taylor has reached state in the past. Taylor looks to return to Clovis for a second straight year, while Corona del Mar 400-meter sprinter Matt Hurst, CdM's 300-meter hurdler Troy Hardy and Newport Harbor's pole vaulter Peri Howser will get a chance to qualify for state at the CIF Southern Section Masters meet at Cerritos College in Norwalk.

MEN'S TRACK & FIELD Mt. SAC Relays WALNUT - Senior Sam Hyams had the top showing for UC Irvine Thursday on the first day of the 55th annual Mt. SAC Relays at Hilmer Lodge Stadium in Walnut. Hyams finished ninth in his section and 25th overall of 132 total runners in the1500 meters with a season-best time of 3:49.01. Tommy Newton-Neal recorded a time of 3:56.62, Andrew Snyder 3:57.14 and Amir Shirif 4:01.23. UCI has student-athletes competing in the Mt. SAC Relays and at the Beach Invitational (at Cerritos College)

BASEBALL UC Irvine 8, Pacific 4 STOCKTON - Sophomore third baseman Taylor Sparks went two for four with three runs batted it to lead the visiting Anteaters in the first game of a three-game Big West Conference series on Friday. Chris Rabago and Jerry McClanahan had two hits and one RBI each for the Anteaters (24-10, 6-4 in conference), while Scott Gottschling had one hit and two RBIs. Andrew Thurman allowed four runs on six hits in 7 2/3 innings to improve to 4-3 for the 'Eaters.

When Randy Hamilton and Tony Horvath first started working on the documentary, "Touchdown Newport," they always envisioned showing it at the Newport Beach Film Festival. Now their vision will become real. "Touchdown Newport," the film about the 1970 Newport Harbor High football team, is an official selection of the upcoming Newport Beach Film Festival. It will make its world premier at the Lido Theater on April 30 at 6 p.m. Hamilton and Horvath played on the team that won a league title under legendary coach Ernie Johnson, who turned around the program in his first year at the school.

MEN'S GOLF NCAA Stanford Regional STANFORD — UC Irvine sophomore Allan Jun used a strong finish to shoot a two-under-par 68 in the first round of the NCAA Stanford Regional Thursday. Competing as an individual, Jun is in a 10-way tie for seventh place. Sang Yi of LSU and Zachary Blair of BYU are the individual leaders at four-under 66. Jun shot a one-under 34 on the front nine and after consecutive bogeys on the 12th and 13th holes, he carded three straight birdies on the par-4 15th, par-5 16th, and par-3 17th to shoot 68 on the par-70 Stanford Golf Course that measures 6,727 yards.

COSTA MESA — Karlèh Wilson did her best to stay calm throughout Saturday morning at Jim Scott Stadium. As the Corona del Mar High junior prepared to compete in the shot put at the CIF Southern Section Division III track and field preliminaries, she listened to reggae to soothe her spirits. As the meet approached she stayed calm. She competed in the girls' 4x100 relay then went to warm up for the shot put. The reggae beats continued to flow, but when she went up for her first throw, there was nothing calm or peaceful about it. Wilson's personal record of 41 feet, 3 inches earned her the top qualifying spot to the CIF Southern Section finals Saturday at Cerritos College.

NORWALK — Jaycee Olsen and Jake Taylor qualified for the CIF State track and field finals on their third throws Friday. One of the local high school throwers still might not make the trip to Clovis next week. Olsen's fourth-place finish in the discus event at the CIF Southern Section Masters meet at Cerritos College might signal the end of her high school athletic career. The Corona del Mar senior said she might skip the state meet after she heaved the disc 139 feet. "The thing is, [next]

For a photo gallery, click here. NORWALK — No spinning easily to the top of the ring in this one. Discus thrower Cecil Whiteside stood in a tough spot in trying to defend his CIF Southern Section Division II title. Two of the state’s best athletes in the event competed in Whiteside’s division Saturday. Win the discus and Whiteside likely finished with the best mark out of all the throwers in every division. Unable to heave the disc the furthest to claim his second straight Division II championship, Whiteside accomplished the second best thing at the section boys’ track and field championships.