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BOYS' VOLLEYBALL Orange County Championships HUNTINGTON BEACH - Sophomore outside hitter Ryan Moss helped Corona del Mar to a seventh-place showing in the tournament at Edison High on Saturday. Moss combined for 24 kills in the two matches CdM, ranked No. 10 in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 poll, played on the final day of the two-day tournament. CdM swept Edison, 27-25, 25-21, 25-14, to clinch seventh. Joey Martino recorded 10 kills, Kevin Fults six kills and Tommy Casey had seven digs for the Sea Kings.

NEWPORT BEACH - As if John Cook needed more of an advantage at the Toshiba Classic this week. The 11-time PGA Tour winner, who grabbed his ninth victory on the Champions Tour in January, doesn't totally have an edge on the Newport Beach Country Club golf course. But it's safe to say Cook is in his comfort zone. He owns a home in nearby Corona del Mar and is just "five minutes," away from NBCC. Cook calls it a bonus, as he looks to add to his hot start on the Champions Tour this year.

ANAHEIM - Inside a makeshift dressing area near the rink at the Honda Center, Tyler Maloney changed in a hurry. He didn't have much time to celebrate the Corona del Mar High ice hockey club team's championship. Maloney had to get to another rink in Orange County not as well known as the one he and his team skated on Thursday. A teammate reminded him about what was next, a practice. Yeah, Maloney had a practice to get to after he helped CdM win the Anaheim Ducks High School Hockey League Varsity 2A Division title with a 5-3 win against Edison.

PALOS VERDES ESTATES - As members of the Corona del Mar High boys' tennis team finished off their nonleague match at Palos Verdes on Wednesday, they naturally were hungry. Palos Verdes parents were grilling burgers near the tennis court. Some of the CdM players were a bit apprehensive at first, wondering if they should pay for their meal. The burgers turned out to be on the house for the players. They probably tasted a bit more delicious after a big win. Corona del Mar dominated the battle of the teams with Sea Kings as a mascot, cruising to a 14-4 victory.

Corona del Mar High's Cayman Carter and Ryan Griffin, Estancia's Ben Beck and Colby Koste, and Newport Harbor's Derek Kula and Landon Gyulay were among those honored as scholar-athletes by the National Football Foundation Orange County Chapter Monday night at the Anaheim Convention Center. CdM Coach Scott Meyer was named a Coach of the Year along with Edison's Dave White at the 43rd annual awards dinner. Laird Hayes, a Newport Beach resident and retired Orange Coast College professor, was honored as a Football Official of the Year for his work in the NFL. Hayes, a side judge, has worked in three Super Bowls in 18 seasons.

Newport-Mesa Unified School District officials are almost done gathering public input on the possibility of assigning each school zone a flagship program that students could focus on throughout their academic careers. Since November, school officials have hosted meetings where they have asked parents, students and teachers if they would like to see specialty programs and what subjects they would prefer. Each zone — Estancia, Costa Mesa, Newport Harbor and Corona del Mar — could potentially pick a signature academic and arts subject offered from elementary school through high school.

After decades of serving area families, Coco's Bakery Restaurant on East Coast Highway in Corona del Mar is set to close March 10, a restaurant manager confirmed Tuesday. The closure, which had been on employees' radar for "more than a year," was announced to staff Thursday, said manager Gerry Bermudes. "They told us we have until [March] 15, so we have five days to move out our stuff," Bermudes said. "We've been getting a lot of people upset [about the closure]. " Bermudes said he hadn't been told why the restaurant is closing, and a corporate spokesperson could not be reached as of Tuesday afternoon.

IRVINE - They were given pink crowns as they entered Woollett Aquatics Center on Saturday night. They waved white and purple and pink pompoms, the team colors of the Corona del Mar High girls' water polo team. For the Sea Kings and their fans, this was a victory that was seven years in the making. That crown? It finally fits just right. Senior Ally McCormick scored four goals and CdM held on to defeat rival Newport Harbor, 6-5, to capture its first CIF Southern Section Division 1 title.

IRVINE - The late UCLA men's basketball coach John Wooden is quoted as saying, "The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team. " Some people outside of the team, fairly or unfairly, have called the Corona del Mar High girls' water polo team a team of individuals at points this season. The Sea Kings, struggling to find their chemistry at times, never made it to the finals of any of the three in-season tournaments. But CdM Coach Sam Bailey, a UCLA alumnus, believes in the legendary Wooden and his "Pyramid of Success.

"Where did they play, out on the fields with the trees?" someone asked, wanting to know about how Native Americans played lacrosse in its early years. Brian Patterson slightly smiled before answering, "They did play out on the fields. They played among the trees. There was no out of bounds. " The answer intrigued the group of Newport Harbor High boys' lacrosse players and their families. Patterson was at the school's gym Monday night to answer questions and provide history of lacrosse.