Sage Hill School

Newport Beach's top performing high school students attended a celebration Tuesday morning, anticipating their journey to prestigious colleges around the nation. The Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce hosted its 52nd annual Scholarship Awards Breakfast at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club, where 33 seniors from Corona del Mar High School, Newport Harbor High School and Sage Hill School were honored for their academic achievements. "They're all super smart and going to super impressive schools," chamber President Steve Rosansky said.

Corona del Mar High senior setter Kelsey Humphreys and sophomore outside hitter Hayley Hodson, and Sage Hill School senior outside hitter Maggie Danner and sophomore opposite Kekai Whitford each received All-CIF Southern Section honors in their respective divisions in girls' volleyball. Humphreys and Hodson each made it in Division 1-AA. The two led the Sea Kings to the semifinals of the CIF Southern Division 1-AA playoffs. Danner and Whitford earned spots on the Division 3-A team after Sage Hill advanced to the Division 3-A final, the program's second straight section final appearance.

BASEBALL Sage Hill 3, St. Margaret's 1 NEWPORT COAST - Conner Bock produced two hits and drove in a run for the Lightning in the Academy League game Friday. Harrison Rhee and Max Strohman added one run batted in each for Sage Hill (11-6, 8-5 in league). * Corona del Mar 4, Irvine 2 IRVINE - Baron Schwarz was two for four with two runs batted in and a double for the Sea Kings in the Pacific Coast League game Friday. Brett Olson, who was one for three with an RBI, pitched a complete-game three-hitter for CdM (8-16, 3-10 in league)

When some people think of school plays and recitals, visions of mothers piecing together costumes before their children take the stage in the school auditorium, or someone’s son or daughter playing the guitar using dad’s old amp at a school talent show come to mind. But imagine children dressed in green suits to create computer-generated images through green screen technology for a film. Or instead of playing through an amp, a choral group is mixed with instrumental music performers who blast their harmonies through a Meyer Sound System with customized acoustics and assisted resonance.

Taylor Ross ran through about as many tacklers as he avoided Friday night. It was a record performance for the Sage Hill School senior running back. Ross, who rushed for 250 yards, set the school's single-game rushing record with his performance in the 20-13 victory over Fairmont Prep. The previous record was 204 yards, which former Lightning running back Keya Manshadi rushed for in a game against Saddleback Valley Christian in 2005. Ross had touchdown runs of 80, 34 and seven yards among his 25 carries.

Estancia Tournament COSTA MESA — Sage Hill School opened a two-goal lead in the second quarter and went on to post a 7-3 win over Costa Mesa in the title game Saturday at Estancia High. Senior Beau Caillouette, senior Jimmy Miller and sophomore Andrew Dorne scored two goals apiece for the winners, who received seven saves from senior goalie Danny Harold. Costa Mesa (10-7) was paced by senior Skyler Twohig, who had two goals. Twohig scored seven to lead the Mustangs to an 18-6 win in pool play earlier Saturday.

Newport Harbor High senior guard Nic Sargeant earned first-team All-Sunset League honors in boys' basketball after he played a big role in the Sailors' first CIF Southern Section playoff appearance in three seasons and their first playoff win in six seasons. Sargeant averaged 15 points per game and made 58 three-pointers. Coach Bob Torribio said Sargeant was nine threes short of tying Newport Harbor's single-season school record held by Dennis Heenan. Seniors Kevin Rakestraw and Zach Wade each made the second team for Newport Harbor (14-14, 4-6 in league)

Gladiators, facing both mental and physical challenges, will invade Sage Hill School in Newport Beach this weekend. With trebuchets, chariots and PVC-pipe weapons, they'll compete in physical challenges. And armed with history, mythology and the Latin language, they'll compete in events testing their mental prowess Sage Hill, a small private school of more than 450 students, will be bathed in ancient culture as it hosts this year's California Junior Classical League's statewide convention Friday and Saturday.

When Mihir Worah, managing director at the asset management giant Pacific Investment Management Co. (PIMCO), arrived in Newport Beach, he had a quibble. "I moved to Orange County about 10 years ago, and I'm always complaining about how folks here don't care about science, and they're not excited," the particle physicist said. His son attends Sage Hill School on Newport Coast, so when administrators asked Worah to join a team advising the private college preparatory academy how to build a science center that would benefit the county, he agreed.

NEWPORT COAST - Dressed in sweats, Taylor Petty was closer to going to bed than playing for Sage Hill School on Saturday night. Sage Hill was without its best athlete. Bad timing when the Lighting played host to The Bishop's, the defending CIF State Division IV champion. Petty, out with a leg issue, saw the Knights run away with a 57-7 victory. The Lighting missed their senior against the program from La Jolla. Without Petty at quarterback, the offense went nowhere.