Sage Hill School

BOYS' GOLF Estancia 216, Loara 267 COSTA MESA — Junior Jake Knapp shot two-over-par 39 to earn medalist honors and lead the Eagles in the Golden West League match Monday at the Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club. Courtland Lee (41), Jake Stone (45), Aaron Wood (45) and Ryan Quinlan (46) also scored for Estancia (3-0, 1-0 in league). BOYS' TENNIS Lightning Invitational NEWPORT BEACH — Sage Hill School finished second and Newport Harbor third in the five-team event Monday at The Tennis Club.

Andy Berglund brought winning baseball to Sage Hill School. He is planning to bring the same kind of success to the Czech Republic. Berglund said he has resigned after three successful seasons as Sage Hill's coach for the opportunity to guide the Czech Republic senior and junior national baseball programs. Berglund, who went 51-18 overall and 36-9 in the Academy League, led the Lightning to many firsts. In his first season in 2008, he guided Sage Hill to its first league title and first CIF Southern Section first-round playoff victory.

NEWPORT BEACH — Robbe Simon dug deep, not that the Sage Hill School junior had a choice. Serving at 4-5 and love-40, Simon faced triple match point. Yet Simon stayed steady Tuesday afternoon in the Lightning's nonleague match against Santa Margarita. "I don't know what was really going through my mind," Simon said. "I just kind of thought, 'One more point. One more point.'" He came back to win that first set over Santa Margarita's Matt Breisacher in a tiebreaker, then called it a day. Simon, a lefty, put a big ice pack on his sore left shoulder.

NEWPORT COAST — Coach Ignacio Cid stood to the side while the Sage Hill School boys' soccer team sat on the grass. The first-year coach waited five minutes before he talked to his players. Coming up with the right words Wednesday after Sage Hill saw its season end in the 78th minute was not easy. Cid and the Lightning expected the wild-card match in the CIF Southern Section Division VI playoffs to go into overtime. Victor Avalos changed those plans. The senior scored the game-winner, lifting Citrus Hill of Perris to a 2-1 victory at Sage Hill.

HUNTINGTON BEACH — Coach Lou Silverman was proud of the way his Sage Hill School girls' basketball team battled inside for rebounds Friday night against a bigger Brethren Christian squad. But after the second-half scoring outburst by Warriors senior center Rebekah Rudd, the Lightning now have to focus on rebounding for the second half of their Academy League schedule. The 6-foot-2 Rudd scored all 13 of her points in the second half and overtime as Brethren Christian outlasted Sage Hill, 37-35, at Liberty Christian.

When/where: Tonight, 7 at Sage Hill School Key Lightning: Sr. TB/DB Taylor Ross (1,302 yards rushing, 20 TDs); Jr. LB David Fenner (team-high 82 tackles, two sacks); Sr. QB/DB Randall Mycorn (690 yards passing, six TDs, two INTs); Sr. OL/DL T.J. Danner. Key Tartans: Sr. QB/S Joey Seco; Jr. TB/CB Kent Izuka; Sr. WR/LB Davis Edwards. Breakdown: Tonight's rivalry game is the Academy League opener for both Sage Hill (6-1) and St. Margaret's (4-3) … Both teams are ranked in the CIF Southern Section East Valley Division, with the Tartans at No. 5 and the Lightning at No. 7 … The rivalry has been one-sided in its history, with St. Margaret's winning all eight previous meetings … The Lightning have never gotten closer than a 42-21 loss in 2006 against their rivals … St. Margaret's has won 18 consecutive Academy League games in a row since 2004 … Ross is leading Orange County in both rushing yards and rushing touchdowns, having already set school records in both categories.

When/where: Tonight, 7 at Sage Hill School Key Lightning: Sr. TB/LB Taylor Ross; Jr. LB David Fenner; Sr. OL/DL T.J. Danner; Jr. CB Conner Ascher. Breakdown: Ross, coming off a school-record 250 yards rushing in last week's win over Fairmont Prep, will again look to lead the Lightning (1-0) in tonight's nonleague game … Tri-City Christian, of Vista, is also 1-0 after beating Borrego Springs, 35-8, on Saturday … The Eagles used a well-balanced attack, getting touchdown runs from three different players … Sage has lost to Tri-City Christian each of the last two years, including last year's 35-21 setback where the Lightning were outscored, 28-0, in the second half … Tri-City Christian, an eight-man team before 2005, posted its first winning record as an 11-man team last year with an 8-3 mark.

NEWPORT COAST — It was hard to decide what was the most unbelievable in the crazy turn of events that gave the Sage Hill School football team a come-from-behind, 33-31 victory over Tri-City Christian on Friday night at home. But Sage Hill will take it after winning the wild nonleague game when senior Taylor Ross nailed a 28-yard field goal with just two seconds left in regulation. It capped the Lightning (2-0) recovering two onside kicks and scoring 17 points in the final three minutes of the game.

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.