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SYDNEY, Australia — Anne Belden, a former Newport Harbor High standout, was named to the all-tournament team after she helped lead the USA women's senior national team to second-place finish at the Six Nations Tournament held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Center. The U.S. women's team lost to Australia, 10-8, in the tournament final. The game was a rematch of the famed gold-medal match from 10 years ago in the first Olympics for water polo. Kami Craig of the Americans was named the tournament MVP, while Brenda Villa and Lolo Silver also joined Belden on the all-tournament team.

Picture some of the most thrilling moments in sports. The buzzer-beating jump shot in basketball, the game-winning touchdown in football, the walk-off home run in baseball. Now imagine a two-person sailing team taking on grueling 20-knot winds and choppy ocean waves, along with competing against 20 teams from eight different countries over a seven-day, 21-race period. And picture that gauntlet of a week coming down to the last race, and that team winning it by the slightest of margins.

Olive Millicent Maxwell 1922-2009 It is with deep regret that we have to announce the passing of Olive Millicent Maxwell, nee Hagen. Olive was born April 20th 1922, in England, to Carl and Winnifred Hagen nee Holland. Dear sister of Joan Crowch, nee Hagen, deceased. Ronald Hagen, now residing in New Zealand. Kenneth Hagen, deceased. Winnifred Clarke nee Hagen, residing in England, and Maurice Hagen, deceased. Olive is survived by numerous nieces and nephews residing in, Great Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

Even the deepest pockets can't buy an advantage in the Governor's Cup. Except for their names, the racing sailboats used in this year's Governor's Cup are exactly alike. All 12 custom-made boats are identical in design, have the same pristine white hull and have spent precisely the same number of hours on the water. Keeping the boats as similar as possible ensures that this race is all about skill. "They are very equal," said Balboa Yacht Club member Karin Buxton, whose 17-year-old son, Wade, is racing in the competition.

SPECIAL EVENTS COOL IN THE FURNACE St. Andrews Presbyterian church will present "It's Cool in the Furnace," a concert featuring the Chorister Choir at 7:30 p.m. Friday. There is no charge. The church is at 600 St. Andrew's Road in Newport Beach. LENTEN CHORAL EVENSONG The Lenten Choral Evensong concert, the traditional evensong service, will be performed by St. Michael's choir and soloists at 5 p.m. April 6. It's the seventh concert in the 2002-03 Friends of Music "First Sundays at Five" Series.

Michael Cooke The United States Tennis Association (USTA) recently announced that Robert Duesler of Newport Beach, CA has been selected to play tennis for the USA Jack Crawford Cup team at the 28th ITF Seniors/ Super-Seniors World Team Championships being held October 12 – 18, in Antalya, Turkey. The United States will be defending championships in six of the 19 divisions at the Men’s and Women’s Senior & Super-Senior Championships. The American teams finished 1st or 2nd in 12 of the 19 divisions last year.

NEWPORT BEACH — One of Kaleigh Gilchrist’s friends lugged her around in front of the Newport Harbor High bleachers. Fans cheered every time the friend lifted Gilchrist in the air. Well, it was a life-sized cardboard cutout of Gilchrist in a wetsuit. The real Gilchrist was in the pool playing in a crucial Sunset League girls’ water polo match against Edison. Surfing wasn’t in the plans Wednesday night. The senior still wiped out the Chargers. Gilchrist recorded four of her five goals in the first 7 1/2 minutes, allowing the Sailors to cruise to a 9-3 home victory.

Bryce Alderton The outlook for Newport Harbor boys water polo this season is a bit brighter that last year because Sailor second-year coach Jason Lynch doesn't have to worry about losing 10 seniors from the previous season as he had to entering 2001. "We should be pretty good, we have a lot of guys returning," said Lynch, of this year's team. "Last year was my first and kind of a rebuilding year after (Newport Harbor) won the title in 2000. We lost 10 seniors from that year, so last year we had all juniors and three seniors in the program."

Deepa Bharath Cliff Dobbins could tell a story. They were more than stories. They were strange, yet delectable tales, from his days in the Korean War and World War II. (He never talked about Vietnam.) About how he and fellow marines in Korea put a deer's carcass on the top of their jeep and it was frozen solid by the time they got back to camp. It was, after all, 50 degrees below zero. And the tales he spun were not just about the war. He told eager listeners about how he once caught a fish that was 15 feet long.