Cif Southern Section

TODAY Baseball High school -- CIF Southern Section Division IV second round: Corona del Mar at Apple Valley, 3:15 p.m. Tennis High school boys -- CIF Southern Section quarterfinals: Loyola at Corona del Mar (Division I), 2 p.m.; Cate vs. Sage Hill at Park Newport (Division V), 2 p.m. WEDNESDAY Tennis College men -- Jonathan Endrikat and Brian Morton (UC Irvine) in NCAA doubles championships at Tulsa, Okla., TBA. Volleyball High school boys -- CIF Southern Section semifinals: Corona de Mar vs. Valencia (Division II)

TODAY Golf College men -- FRIDAY Cal State Northridge at UC Irvine, 6 p.m. Baseball College -- Community college -- Cuesta at Orange Coast, Super Regionals first round, 3 p.m. High school -- Corona del Mar at Don Lugo, CIF Southern Section Division III first round, 3:15 p.m. Golf UC Irvine at NCAA West Regional (Tempe, Ariz.) College men -- Softball College -- Vanguard at NAIA Tournament at Decatur, Ala. (Oklahoma City vs. Vanguard, noon; Vanguard vs. Lee, 7:30 p.m.)

Year Coach Record 1972--Vince Asaro 6-2-1 1973--Bill Workman 7-2 1974--Bill Workman 7-2-1 1975--Bill Workman 7-3 1976--Bill Workman 7-3 1977--Bill Workman 5-5 1978--Bill Workman 9-2 1979--Bill Workman . 12-2 1980--Bill Workman . 14-0 1981--Bill Workman 10-1 1982--Bill Workman 8-4-1 1983--Bill Workman 4-4-2 Year Coach Record 1984--Bill Workman 8-3 ...

Name: Kristin Hanson Born: Feb. 24, 1984 Hometown: Newport Beach Height: 5-foot-5 Weight: 120 Sport: Soccer Position: Midfield Coach: Ron Evans Favorite food: Pasta Favorite movie: "The Matrix" Best athletic moment: "It would have to be the hat trick against Los Altos, but hopefully it will be winning CIF this year." Athlete of the Week VIII: The senior team captain produced a hat trick and dished out an assist to lead the Sea Kings to a 6-0 victory over visiting Los Altos in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division IV playoffs Feb. 16.

The Sage Hill School boys’ and girls’ athletic programs have been placed on probation for two years after the CIF Southern Section discovered a lack of administrative oversight last spring involving the boys’ volleyball team. Boys’ Athletic Director J.R. Tolver said the boys’ volleyball program’s decision to withdraw from the CIF Southern California Division III Regional Championship opening-round match on June 2 at Francis Parker of San Diego forced the section to put Sage Hill on probation.

Year Coach Record 1972--Vince Asaro 6-2-1 1973--Bill Workman 7-2 1974--Bill Workman 7-2-1 1975--Bill Workman 7-3 1976--Bill Workman 7-3 1977--Bill Workman 5-5 1978--Bill Workman 9-2 1979--Bill Workman . 12-2 1980--Bill Workman . 14-0 1981--Bill Workman 10-1 1982--Bill Workman 8-4-1 1983--Bill Workman 4-4-2 1984--Bill Workman 8-3 1985--Bill Workman . ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH ? Estancia's Scott Braunsdorf qualified for the CIF Southern Section individual tournament for the fourth consecutive year by reaching the Golden West League singles final Tuesday. The doubles team of Ely Zaidler and Danny O'Neil also advanced, the first Eagles to join Braunsdorf at the CIF tournament in four years. Braunsdorf defeated teammate Brad Fisher in a three-set semifinal before losing to Orange's Steve Johnson in the championship. Fisher defeated Saddleback's Oscar Ortega in the third-place match.

Rome wasn't built in a day, and the CIF Southern Section girls' water polo Masters Tournament won't be built in a weekend. That much was clear to players, coaches and fans alike after the inaugural event, held last weekend at Irvine High. "It's just something that's in its infancy," Corona del Mar Coach Aaron Chaney said. "I mean, the Super Bowl wasn't as great 40 years ago as it is today." The premise for the Masters Tournament is promising enough. Sixteen teams, playing for the right to be called the CIF Southern Section champions.

Sage Hill School's boys basketball team jumped to an 18-2 lead at the end of one quarter and kept the heat on, beating visiting Oxford Academy, 49-24, Thursday, to secure a third-place finish in league. The win guarantees the Lightning a spot in the CIF Southern Section Division IV-A Playoffs. Scott Cho (eight points, nine rebounds, three blocked shots) had his best game of the year, according to Sage Hill Coach Steve Keith. Michael Fitzhugh scored a game-high 23 points on 10-of-16 shooting and made all three of his free throws.

ANAHEIM - Compared to the beginning of last season's CIF Southern Section Division 4 baseball playoffs, Estancia High made a nice improvement, playing in the first round this season as opposed to the wild-card round. But unlike last season's team, which won, 5-3, at Anaheim High, the Eagles ran into a buzzsaw known as Savanna left-handed senior starting pitcher Ryan Hartman, in a 7-0 loss Thursday at Savanna. Hartman (10-2) used his high fastball and sharp, breaking curve on his way to allowing just two hits in six innings, striking out six, as the Rebels won their ninth straight game.

Ethan Cochran, Steve Michaelsen and Marty Taylor took turns heaving a rubber shot at a handball wall at Newport Harbor High Wednesday afternoon. They were training for Saturday's CIF Southern Section Track & Field Championships. All around them sounds and actions unfolded like that of a typical high school. Off to the side, football players banged at a rubber tire with a huge mallet. A few girls walked by giggling at the site. Off to the distance, a girl's voice sang, "Paparazzi," by Lady Gaga.

NEWPORT BEACH - The match started at 5:30 p.m., two-and-a-half hours later than normal for a CIF playoff match. The reason for the time change was simple. The Sage Hill School boys' tennis team had two starters, junior Sam Sherman and sophomore Eric Magliarditi, in an Advanced Placement European History test on Friday afternoon. Sage Hill Coach A.G. Longoria said visiting La Palma Kennedy had four players in the same test. Soon after the test ended at 4 p.m., Sherman was facing a different test.

NEWPORT BEACH - Coach Steve Astor said there is one boys' volleyball team Newport Harbor High has wanted to play all season. The Sailors earned a shot to face that team. Newport Harbor gets to see Dana Hills after the host Sailors swept Ventura, 27-25, 25-14, 25-16, in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs on Tuesday. While Astor said the site of Thursday's second-round matchup between the Sailors (22-8) and Dolphins (29-4) would be decided by a coin flip on Wednesday morning, he doesn't care where the match is played.

No. 2 is where the Corona del Mar High boys' tennis team has been for most of the season, in Pacific Coast League play and in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 poll. It was no surprise to Coach Brian Ricker that his Sea Kings earned the No. 2 seed in the playoffs on Monday, when the section announced its playoff pairings. The Sea Kings are one of five area programs making the playoffs, the only one seeded. The other local teams are Newport Harbor in Division 1, Sage Hill School in Division 3 and Estancia is Division 4. Of the locals, the Lightning are the lone defending champions and they have to play the earliest.

SAN CLEMENTE — Corona del Mar High can add another CIF Southern Section championship banner inside its gym full with section titles. The latest will be for boys' golf. The Sea Kings' perfect season keeps getting sweeter as they claimed the CIF Southern Section South Coast Team Divisional title on Monday, shooting a three-over-par 363 at Talega Golf Club. Coach Mike Starkweather said the section crown is the boys' golf program's first since 1967. "When you look at the gym at Corona del Mar, where they don't acknowledge league championships like they do at most high schools, you can only get a banner up for winning a section, state or national championship," Starkweather said.

There haven't been too many boys' tennis teams that have challenged University High in the past 10 years or so. In fact, Uni coach John Kessler's biggest challenge really isn't an opposing team at all. Considering that Trojans have a dual-match record of 105-1 over the past five years, one might think Kessler's toughest opponent is complacency. Oh, sure, talent will overcome a lot, and Uni is always loaded with it. But Kessler's Trojans also overcome complacency, finding motivation in ways most teams can only imagine.

Maddy McLaren is super-competitive in just about everything she does. More than just a defender for the Newport Harbor High girls' water polo team, the senior was the Sailors' leading scorer for the second straight year. More than just a player in the water, she acted as a coach at times, verbally telling her teammates what to do in certain game situations. Not every situation was favorable for the Sailors. Not every person outside of the team believed. At the start of the regular season Newport Harbor was ranked No. 5 in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 coaches' poll - respectable, but low for the perennial powerhouse.

IRVINE - They were underdogs in the second game of their season, when they were ranked No. 5 in CIF and stunned Foothill on the road without senior Maddy McLaren. In the eyes of many they were underdogs in the last game of their season, when they played top-seeded Corona del Mar for a CIF championship. In between, the Newport Harbor High girls' water polo team became what legendary coach Bill Barnett said was the most cohesive girls' team he has ever coached. Every girl played her role to perfection.

The last time Beckman High's baseball team took the field, the game ended with a pile of bodies celebrating a CIF Southern Section Division 3 championship at Dodger Stadium. The Patriots open the new season on Thursday against Tesoro, but don't ask Beckman Coach Kevin Lavelle about "defending" the CIF crown. "We're trying to approach the year as though we don't have to defend anything," said Lavelle, whose Patriots beat Pacific Coast League rival Woodbridge, 4-1, to win CIF last June 2 at Dodger Stadium.