Fountain Valley

The Newport Harbor Baseball Assn. Mustang 10U All-Stars went into their Saturday afternoon game against Fountain Valley No. 2 needing a win to stay alive in the Pony Mustang Southern California Regional Tournament. They did just that beating Fountain Valley, 13-5, to stave off elimination. The NHBA All-Stars will go up against the Anaheim 10U team Sunday at noon at Bob Henry Park in Newport Beach. After starter Simon Copeman held Fountain Valley scoreless in the top of the first inning, NHBA scored five runs in the bottom of the frame led by a two-run single by Braham Duncan , a two-run double by Trey Genova and a sacrifice fly by Luke Bashore . In the bottom of the second, Fountain Valley roared back with five runs to tie the score.

NEWPORT BEACH — The Newport Harbor Baseball Assn. enjoyed one of the benefits of playing host to the Pony Mustang Southern California Central Region Tournament. The team didn't have to advance out of two previous tournaments to make region. Getting to play on its home field at Bob Henry Park during region might be short lived. Newport Harbor is on the brink of elimination after losing to Dana Point, 10-6, on Friday. The start to the tournament for the host got off to a bumpy one. A bright spot for Newport Harbor was it put up a fight in its final at-bat.

The Newport Hills Swim Team, known as the Killer Whales, used its depth to earn a 760-532 win over the Greenbrook Gators of Fountain Valley Saturday at NHST's Port Streets pool in Corona del Mar. Newport Hills was led by its age 11-12 boys, 13-14 girls and 13-14 boys – all of which swam to first-place ribbons in each of the five individual events as well as winning both the medley and the freestyle relays. Three Killer Whale swimmers were three-time winners in individual events.

If the Orange County Transportation Authority doesn't widen the San Diego (405) Freeway in Costa Mesa, an existing bottleneck could relocate from Fountain Valley to Costa Mesa, transportation officials said Tuesday. In his update to the Costa Mesa City Council about OCTA's three scenarios to improve the 405, project manager Niall Barrett said extending the project into the section south of Euclid Street onto the Corona del Mar (73) Freeway is the best option to manage congestion.

BOYS' GOLF Orange Coast League Individual Finals LONG BEACH - Estancia High senior Jake Knapp captured the league title for the third straight year at Skylinks Golf Course Tuesday. Knapp, bound for UCLA, shot 13-under-par 131 over the two-day event, a 66 on Monday and a 65 on Tuesday on the par-72 course. Estancia's Aaron Wood finished fourth, 74-74 - 148. Knapp and Wood advanced to the CIF Southern Section Southern Individual Regional May 14 at Skylinks.

BOYS' TENNIS Ojai tournament OJAI — Third-seeded Chaz Downing, a Corona del Mar High freshman, lost to second-seeded Arash Hafezi of University, 6-2, 6-0, in the boys' 14 singles final of the 112th Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament on Sunday. Downing reached the title match by knocking off top-seeded Connor Hance, 6-1, 6-1, in Saturday's semifinals. BOYS' GOLF Pacific Coast League finals SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — Sophomore Hale Furey shot one-over-par 72 on Monday, the first day of the Pacific Coast League individual finals, in which five of Furey's Corona del Mar teammates advanced to Tuesday's final round at San Juan Hills Country Club.

BOYS' LACROSSE Newport Harbor 10, Dana Hills 8 NEWPORT BEACH - Riley Robinson had five goals and two assists to help the Sailors earn the nonleague upset Wednesday. Newport Harbor (2-3) is ranked No. 24 in the "Southern CIF" rankings by laxpower.com, while Dana Hills is No. 7. Kole Escher (two goals, two assists), Matt Porteous (one goal, one assist), Brian Team (one goal, one assist), Jake Turner (one goal), Alex Opyd (one assist) and Ritter Hagedorn (one assist)

BOYS' SOCCER Estancia 4, Costa Mesa 2 COSTA MESA - Chris Gomez scored two goals to help the Eagles overcome a 2-1 deficit and win the Orange Coast League game Thursday at Jim Scott Stadium. Vicente Lopez had a goal and an assist, Sean Bjelland scored a goal and Chris Montillo, Carlos Moreno and Carlos Barrios had an assist each for Estancia, which finished second in league. Eagles' goalie Alex Plata made five saves. * Sage Hill 3, Crean Lutheran 0 IRVINE - Sophomore Kavi Sakraney had a goal an assist for the Lightning, who finished second in the Academy League Thursday.

NEWPORT BEACH - Larry Draluck is in his fifth year as the head coach of the Newport Harbor High girls' soccer team. The Sailors are aiming for their second straight CIF Southern Section Division I playoff appearance. They're also making something more intangible, but every bit as valuable - a winning culture. "If we can make the playoffs two years in a row, we've established some continuity here and an expectation of excellence," Draluck said. "In my first few years, that didn't exist.

NEWPORT BEACH - The corner kicks racked up in the first five minutes of the game, three in a row for the Fountain Valley High boys' soccer team. Newport Harbor Coach Juan Mares did not like what he saw. More than an hour later, the Sailors had finally played with fire one too many times. Barons senior Eric Shearer scored a rebound goal off a corner kick in the 75th minute, lifting Fountain Valley to a 1-0 victory over Newport Harbor in the teams' Sunset League opener Wednesday at Davidson Field.