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GIRLS' BASKETBALL Northwood 43, Corona del Mar 30 CORONA DEL MAR — Karleh Wilson had 18 points and nine rebounds for the Sea Kings in the Pacific Coast League game Friday. Sam Coffman had five points and seven rebounds for CdM (9-11, 1-4 in league), which plays at Sage Hill Monday at 7:30 p.m.

When/where: Tonight, 7 at Newport Harbor High Key Sea Kings: Sr. QB Mitch Gardner (486 yards and seven TDs and one INT on 39 of 85 passing); Sr. DB Austin Jones; Sr. RB Clay Reinhardt (490 yards and five TDs on 86 carries) Key Timberwolves: Jr. QB Ricky Bautista (917 yards and 11 TDs and two INTs on 60 of 106 passing); Jr. RB Shane Boukorras (445 yards and eight TDs on 71 carries); Sr. WR Jake Neiber (14 catches for 286 yards and one TD) Breakdown: The Sea Kings (4-1)

IRVINE - Costa Mesa High's softball team took an early lead, but could not hold of host Northwood, losing, 3-2, in Pacific Coast League action Tuesday. Kaite Chapman had an RBI single, while speedy Kelly Daub, who reached first with a bunt single, scored when the ball was thrown into right field. The Mustangs (5-8, 2-1 in league) will travel to Laguna Beach to take on the Artists Thursday at 3:15 p.m. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Northwood 3, Costa Mesa 2 Costa Mesa 101 000 0 - 2 3 2 Northwood 011 100 0 - 3 7 2 Shanley and Klimkiecwz; Leyden, Lewis (6)

COSTA MESA - Costa Mesa High won the first eight matches, then lost the final six, before holding on Thursday for a 45-36 Pacific Coast League wrestling victory over Northwood on the Mustangs' mats. Matthew Grubisich, who won Costa Mesa's fifth straight to open the contest, pinned his 130-pound Northwood opponent in 35 seconds, the quickest victory of the night. Carlos Ibarra and Jorge Alvarez won by forfeit for Mesa, while Gabriel Felix (119), Silvio Estrada (125)

The Corona del Mar High boys track and field team delivered a powerful statement with a 78-58 victory over visiting Northwood Thursday in a dual meet that featured Pacific Coast League unbeatens. CdM senior Blake Dillion, one of the team's captains, stepped up with a personal record in the triple jump, recording a 39-feet, 5 1/2-inch mark that won the event. He also won the long jump and contributed to the 400-meter relay victory. On the girls side, the Sea Kings defeated Northwood, 69-57, as sophomore Melissa Swigert (200, 400)

COSTA MESA - The doubles team of Costa Mesa High's girls tennis (8-10, 4-4) carried it to a 10-8 win over visiting Northwood (6-7, 1-7) in a Pacific Coast League match Tuesday. The doubles team of Jenny Lee and Sung Lee Kim won all three matches, 6-0, 6-4, 6-1, and the other teams dropped won four of six sets. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Costa Mesa 10, Northwood 8 Singles: Havens (CM) lost to Ga. Lopez 6-7, lost to Go. Lopez 1-6, def. K. McNeal 6-1; Doan (CM)

Tony Altobelli COSTA MESA - Amazing what a little pep talk from Kirk Bauermeister can do. The Costa Mesa High baseball coach used his words of wisdom to inspire Mustangs' starting pitcher Nick Cabico and the junior followed his instructions to the letter. Cabico pitched a complete-game gem en route to a 1-0 Pacific Coast League win over visiting Northwood Friday night at TeWinkle Park. "I told him before the game to go out and dominate this game," Bauermeister said.

Barry Faulkner Northwood High Athletic Director Rick Curtis, also the first-year Irvine school's football coach, announced Wednesday the Timberwolves will play Pacific Coast League schools in varsity football next fall. The decision, which coaches at local PCL schools Corona del Mar, Costa Mesa and Estancia had all lobbied for, eliminates the need to fill one week of the league football season with a nonleague opponent, as five PCL schools did last fall.

BOYS' VOLLEYBALL Corona del Mar def. Northwood CORONA DEL MAR - Parker Brown had 18 kills, four digs and three aces to help the Sea Kings to a 25-8, 25-12, 25-14 Pacific Coast League win Friday. Joey Martino had six kills, James Christian had four kills and three blocks, and Joe Ctvrtlik had 33 assists for CdM (18-5, 7-0 in league), ranked No. 2 in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 coaches' poll. The Sea Kings play host to Loyola Saturday at 2 p.m. Loyola, which entered the week undefeated at 19-0, is ranked No. 1 in the nation by ESPN Powerade Fab 50 and No. 1 in CIF Southern Section Division 1. CdM is ranked No. 23 in the nation.

BOYS' VOLLEYBALL Corona del Mar def. Northwood CORONA DEL MAR - Parker Brown had 18 kills, four digs and three aces to help the Sea Kings to a 25-8, 25-12, 25-14 Pacific Coast League win Friday. Joey Martino had six kills, James Christian had four kills and three blocks, and Joe Ctvrtlik had 33 assists for CdM (18-5, 7-0 in league), ranked No. 2 in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 coaches' poll. The Sea Kings play host to Loyola Saturday at 2 p.m. Loyola, which entered the week undefeated at 19-0, is ranked No. 1 in the nation by ESPN Powerade Fab 50 and No. 1 in CIF Southern Section Division 1. CdM is ranked No. 23 in the nation.

In the land of swimming powerhouses, Northwood High is making waves. Northwood's boys' swimming team upended perennial power Corona del Mar earlier in the week, 106-64. The final score might have been a bit deceiving, because CdM was without five of its top swimmers, away because of obligations to their club teams. But as they say, a win is a win is a win. And a win over the defending Pacific Coast League champ is big. "This is a huge confidence builder for the boys," said Northwood coach Alex Nieto, now in his third year leading the program.

GIRLS' BASKETBALL Northwood 43, Corona del Mar 30 CORONA DEL MAR — Karleh Wilson had 18 points and nine rebounds for the Sea Kings in the Pacific Coast League game Friday. Sam Coffman had five points and seven rebounds for CdM (9-11, 1-4 in league), which plays at Sage Hill Monday at 7:30 p.m.

IRVINE - In December, the Corona del Mar High boys' soccer team agreed the New Year would be the start of its season. Forget that last month the Sea Kings played eight matches. During the stretch, CdM produced little success, just one win. In seven of those contests, the Sea Kings led. The first chance in their new season, the Sea Kings jumped out to a lead and kept it. The matches from now on are vital to CdM, which opened Pacific Coast League play with a 5-1 road victory against Northwood on Wednesday.

CORONA DEL MAR - The Corona del Mar High girls' tennis team has been running more during practice lately. No, Coach Brian Ricker hasn't started a brutal conditioning program this late in the season, but the Sea Kings have been running more relay races or laps around the court. "I told them that every time we run more, we win," Ricker said. "Maybe that gave them more stamina, or just put it in their mind that they've got to stay focused longer, through the second and the third round.

IRVINE - Someone walked over to Coach Scott Meyer during the football game to explain the overtime rule in the Pacific Coast League, just in case Corona del Mar High played overtime. The rule changed from last year, when the league did not have overtime when two teams were tied at the end of regulation. Meyer was just happy the Sea Kings didn't get to overtime on Thursday night. His defense didn't allow Northwood to tie CdM for the second straight year in a league opener.

IRVINE — It's still early in the season, and the Corona del Mar High boys' water polo team knows it will continue improving throughout October and into the CIF Southern Section Division II playoffs. The Sea Kings don't want their individual games to require such ascension. They want to start out at a high level and go from there. It again wasn't the case Thursday, in the Pacific Coast League opener at Northwood. But CdM picked it up in the second quarter and went on to beat the Timberwolves, 11-7, in a battle of two of the top four teams in Division II. Slow starts hurt the Sea Kings, the top-ranked defending CIF champion, in losses to Huntington Beach and El Toro in last weekend's South Coast Tournament.

The Costa Mesa High skate team is dominating the OC Skateboarding League school teams series this season. Costa Mesa skated against rival Estancia High School, and three other high school skate teams: Northwood, San Clemente and Mission Viejo on Friday at Volcom Skate Park in Costa Mesa. With some of the best skating of the season, Mesa’s team, led by Senior Dominick Walker, took first place with three riders in the finals: Michael Scheidt, Sterling Wright, and Walker.

BOYS' BASKETBALL Corona del Mar 78, Northwood 62 IRVINE — Marcus Bradley scored 29 points to lead the Sea Kings in the Pacific Coast League game Wednesday night. Clayton Ragsdale added 21 points and Danny Cheek had 12 points for CdM (14-7, 6-0 in league), which is ranked No. 4 in the CIF Southern Section Division III-AA coaches' poll. The Sea Kings play host to Irvine Tuesday at 7 p.m. GIRLS' WATER POLO Estancia 21, Saddleback 7 SANTA ANA — Kylie Carpenter scored nine goals for the Eagles in the Orange Coast League game Wednesday.