Laguna Beach

As the Newport Beach Breakers pursue the World Team Tennis King trophy this season, they'll do it with the help of plenty of home-grown Southern California kings of tennis. Marina del Ray resident Lester Cook and Los Angeles resident Travis Rettenmaier are the men's players for the Breakers. Their two marquee players this season are tennis legend Pete Sampras, who lives in Brentwood, and Newport Beach's own Taylor Dent. Former world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport visits Newport Beach on Tuesday, as the Breakers open their season against the St. Louis Aces at 7:15 p.m. at The Tennis Club Newport Beach.

A commission tasked with redrawing congressional district lines has suggested combining the territories of two veteran Republicans. Reps. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Costa Mesa) and John Campbell (R-Irvine) both saw major cities in their current districts combined into Orange Coast territory by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, according to a preliminary map released Friday. Huntington Beach and Costa Mesa, part of Rohrabacher's 46th District territory, and Irvine and Newport Beach, part of Campbell's 48th District, were placed in a suggested new district along with Laguna Beach.

Police across Orange County will ramp up enforcement this holiday weekend in an effort to dissuade people from driving drunk. DUI saturation patrols will be out Saturday and Sunday nights in Newport Beach, Irvine and Laguna Beach, according to a release from the Newport Beach Police Department. Sobriety checkpoints are scheduled for Anaheim, La Habra, Buena Park and Seal Beach. The California Highway Patrol will also deploy an increased number of officers to freeways and unincorporated roads through midnight Monday.

CYPRESS — Out of all nine CIF Southern Section boys' volleyball title appearances with Corona del Mar High, the latest one stressed out Coach Steve Conti. At first, he did not know why. When a reporter joked if he felt stressed Saturday because it was supposed to be the end of the world, Conti just grinned. No, it had nothing to with such shenanigans. All of Conti's stress was because the Sea Kings were supposed to win Division II. Not just win, but sweep Laguna Beach. Who cared if the Breakers were the defending champions?

The time has come for Corona del Mar High and Laguna Beach to meet in a CIF Southern Section boys' volleyball title match. The two rival schools have never played each other on this stage when it comes to boys' action. The winner becomes the first boys' program in the section to seven crowns. Saturday's Division II final pins No. 1 against No. 2 at Cypress College at 4:30 p.m. This is how the playoff committee drew it up during the pairings, giving CdM the top seed and Laguna Beach the second seed.

CORONA DEL MAR — Three matches in the CIF Southern Section Division II playoffs, three sweeps for Corona del Mar High. The Sea Kings have made the road to the boys' volleyball section final match an easy one. The latest three-set victory for CdM was at home Tuesday in the semifinals against Trabuco Hills, 25-16, 25-23, 25-13. Fans congratulated Coach Steve Conti for advancing to his ninth section finale in 16 years at the helm of the boys' program. In boys' section title matches under Conti, CdM has a .500 record.

LAGUNA BEACH — Alex Krohnfeldt was supposed to cut out by 5 p.m. The Costa Mesa High senior shortstop was set to receive a scholarship Tuesday evening at a school board meeting. The commute from Thurston Middle School in Laguna Beach back to Newport-Mesa wasn't guaranteed to be friendly, especially during rush hour. Costa Mesa Coach Nichole Maddox begged Krohnfeldt's mom for 15 more minutes between innings of Tuesday's Orange Coast League showdown at Laguna Beach. As it turned out, the shortstop stayed for the whole game even though it ended just after 5:30 p.m. "She was supposed to leave at 5 o'clock," Maddox said, smiling.

LAGUNA BEACH — The Estancia High pitching staff combined to walk eight batters and hit two on Tuesday. Half of those runners found their way home at Laguna Beach. Six games into Orange Coast League play, the Breakers appear as if they are going to walk away with the league title. They sure walked past the defending league champion Eagles, staying perfect in league with a 9-6 victory. Laguna Beach was due for a win after losing its first two games of the season last week while in nonleague action.

COSTA MESA — It's true losses hurt, especially the setbacks in high school league play. So while Estancia's baseball team somewhat dealt with the pain of losing, the Eagles couldn't help but shrug after dropping a 5-1 Orange Coast League opener to visiting Laguna Beach. Sometimes a shrug is all there's to do after such a commanding performance by pitcher Chris Paul. The Laguna Beach senior, bound for UC Santa Barbara, recorded a one-hitter, while striking out 12 with no walks Friday.

Estancia High senior Davon Joyner shared the Orange Coast League MVP award in boys' basketball after leading the Eagles to a runner-up finish in league for the second straight season and to the CIF Southern Section Division IV-AA playoffs. Joyner averaged a team-best 16.6 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game. Joyner, who is a repeat first-team selection, split the league's top honor with Laguna Beach's Tyler Masukawa. The Eagles (16-12, 7-3 in league) lost to Palos Verdes, 52-42, in the first round of the playoffs.