Orange Coast

Estancia High senior striker Cristian Gomez shared the Orange Coast League Offensive MVP award for the second straight season as his boys' soccer team finished third in league. Gomez is joined on the first team by teammates Cristian Montillo, Kevin Pizarro and Alex Esquivel, as well as Costa Mesa's Franco Ramirez and Cesar Pineda. Gomez led Estancia with 12 goals in 10 matches. With Gomez, the Eagles (10-6-7, 4-2-4 in league) reached the CIF Southern Section Division 5 playoffs, their second straight postseason appearance under Coach Robert Castellano.

BASEBALL Vanguard 6, Westmont 1 SANTA BARBARA - Four Westmont errors led to four unearned runs to help visiting Lions pitcher Kamakani Usui earn the victory with seven strong innings in Golden State Athletic Conference play on Wednesday. Bryce Arroyo went two for five with one run batted in, John Collins was two for three and Thomas Mobley singled and added an RBI for the winners (15-20, 8-14 in conference). Usui allowed six hits and one unearned run to improve to 3-4. Clayton Voetching had two hitless, shutout innings to close it out. Also in the completion of a game suspended earlier, Westmont prevailed, 12-9.

Estancia High junior guard Celia Duran shared the MVP award in the Orange Coast League after helping the Eagles earn their second league title in three years. Duran was joined by Estancia teammates, senior post player Gianna Jason and freshman point guard Maya Van Den Heever, as first-team all-league selections. Costa Mesa senior forward Molly Settles and junior point guard Danielle Obong were also on the first team. Duran averaged a team-high 16.3 points, five assists and four steals per game for the Eagles, and was second with 4.6 rebounds per contest.

Costa Mesa High seniors Kellie Thorsness and Aubry Hill, Estancia seniors Alexis Paul and Ilene Umansky and Mesa junior goalie Kaitlin Hill have all earned first-team honors in the Orange Coast League for girls' water polo. Thorsness, a co-captain along with Aubry Hill, led the Mustangs (17-9) with 96 goals, 12 assists and 26 steals. She helped Costa Mesa finish second in league and return to the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs. Thorsness' goal total placed her second in single-season annals in program history, only behind Sarah Bowman, who scored 122 goals in 2005.

COSTA MESA - Ricardo doMonte is the new boys' volleyball coach at Costa Mesa High. The person who referred him to the job is his friend Paul Muñoz, the coach at the rival school, Estancia. Muñoz might be regretting his decision after Thursday. The new man in charge of the Mustangs led them to their first win of the season, a 31-33, 25-22, 25-12, 25-15 result coming in an Orange Coast League opener at Estancia. Through eight matches, the Eagles are winless. It took the Mustangs seven matches to end their losing skid.

MEN'S GOLF Orange Empire Conference meet SANTA ANA — Marcos Mercado-Kiel and Kyle Pollema both shot two-under-par 70 to earn medalist honors and help Orange Coast go 7-0 Wednesday at Santa Ana Country Club. Kyle Melchiorre (73), Michael Chen (73), Riley Murphy (74) and David Pelekoudas (75) also scored for the Pirates (16-5 in conference. OCC finished at 360, followed by Santiago Canyon (374), Cuyumaca (378), Cypress (381), Riverside (385), Palomar (387), Irvine Valley (389)

COSTA MESA - Coming off a big victory against its rival to start the Orange Coast League race, Estancia High baseball coach Nate Goellrich was hoping his team had the same emotional fortitude it displayed for that opener when it took on Laguna Beach Tuesday . The Eagles, who started their league campaign Friday with a 10-2 win over Costa Mesa, didn't come out with that same emotion against the Breakers. They fell behind early, committed fielding errors and were tamed by Laguna pitcher Kurt Rebone, who threw a one-hitter as the Breakers pulled away for an 8-0 victory.

BASEBALL Vanguard 7, Biola 3 LA MIRADA - Bryce Arroyo went three for five with two runs batted in for the Lions in the Golden State Athletic Conference game Friday. Adonis Tountas went two for five with two RBIs for Vanguard 9-8, 4-8 in conference. Biola is 13-10, 5-8. * Portland 2, UC Irvine 0 IRVINE - The Pilots scored two runs on Anteaters' starter Andrew Thurman in the first inning and held on for the nonconference win Friday. Thurman (1-1)

BASEBALL Orange Coast 7, Southwestern 1 COSTA MESA — Zach Nehrir (one run batted in) and Ricky Navarro both went two for four to help Pirates Coach John Altobelli collects his 499th win Wednesday in nonconference action. Greg Espinsoa had two RBIs for OCC (10-2). Evan Porcella pitched six innings. He struck out five and allowed one run and six hits to improve to 2-0. * Vanguard 5, Menlo 2 COSTA MESA — The host Lions managed just five hits, but took advantage of six walks in the nonconference game Wednesday.

MEN'S BASKETBALL Orange Coast 78, Santa Ana 70 SANTA ANA - Sophomore Marquis Ransom finished with 25 points and made 11 of 12 free throws in the Pirates' Orange Empire Conference game on Friday. Robert Grepo had 12 points for OCC (11-14, 2-8 in conference), which ended Santa Ana's three-game winning streak. The Pirates converted 24 of 27 free throws. Santa Ana is 15-9, 5-5.