Sage Hill

"You look fine," said 11 dancers under the spotlight. That seemingly simple statement, delivered at a rehearsal Tuesday at Sage Hill School, contained a powerful acknowledgment of the beauty inherent in every individual. This idea lies at the core of the "Look at Me" campaign, spearheaded by Jessica Starr, a 30-year-old dancer and choreographer from West Hollywood. "Divine Direction," a nearly two-hour event, is the latest show for the 6-year-old Muse Dance Company and marks the debut of the campaign. The 24-person dance troupe will take the stage at Newport Coast's Sage Hill School at 3 and 7 p.m. Friday.

BOYS' TENNIS Lightning Invitational NEWPORT BEACH - Newport Harbor won all of its competitions Friday in the four-team, two-day tournament at The Tennis Club Newport Beach. Each dual match consists of five singles and four doubles sets in the 10th annual invitational that has a round-robin format. The Sailors have a big lead. In doubles, Newport Harbor defeated Sage Hill 2, 4-0; Sage Hill 1, 4-0; and Tesoro, 3-1. In singles, Newport Harbor defeated Oaks Christian 4-1. Tesoro defeated Sage Hill 2, 5-0 in singles and Sage Hill 1, 3-1 in doubles.

NEWPORT COAST - The sun began to set in the top of the seventh inning at Sage Hill School on Tuesday. It was getting late, and with no lights, the team needed Max Strohman to finish off Tarbut V'Torah before it got dark. Not everything went as planned in Sage Hill's 4-3 nonleague win. That tends to happen in the first baseball game of the season. With Sage Hill leading by two runs in the seventh, the first batter Strohman faced reached second base after a throwing error on an infield single.

NEWPORT COAST — In the visiting stands at Sage Hill School, a man kept yelling, "Ánimo!" Ánimo was the boys' soccer team Sage Hill played in the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 6 playoffs on Wednesday. Ánimo is a Spanish word meaning to have courage. There is no doubt the school from Inglewood played with a lot spirit on the field, especially on the offensive end. Sage Hill first-year coach Luis Turcios said he was well aware that Ánimo was a top-notch team that could score goals in bunches.

GIRLS' BASKETBALL Corona del Mar 56, Hawthorne 52 HAWTHORNE - Freshman center Krista Anderson finished with 14 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks in the Sea Kings' CIF Southern Section Division 3AA first-round playoff game on Thursday. CdM (10-17) has won consecutive opening-round playoff games for the first time in Mark Decker's seven seasons as coach. The Sea Kings play the winner of Jurupa Valley-Esperanza in the second round on Saturday at 7 p.m. Natalia Bruening had 14 points and 10 rebounds for CdM. Maria King contributed 11 points and Keaton Gaughan had nine.

RIVERSIDE - Kekai Whitford is the definition of a super-utility player for the Sage Hill School girls' soccer team. Before last year she had never played stopper, but that was her role as a freshman. Before this year Whitford had never played goalkeeper, but Coach Catie Chase put her there. Whitford has that kind of talent, even as a sophomore. And she left her sizable imprint all over Tuesday's CIF Southern Section Division 5 wild-card match at Riverside Norte Vista. Whitford scored in the 79th minute to tie the score at 1-1. Then she made big saves - and also scored - in the ensuing penalty-kick shootout.

The Estancia High and Corona del Mar girls' soccer teams have spent the season sharing the field at Jim Scott Stadium. The teams will share the field once again to open the CIF Southern Section playoffs. Both squads received home matches in Thursday's first round, as the brackets were released on Monday. CdM (15-3-4), the Pacific Coast League champion, will have the field first. The Sea Kings play against Los Osos at 3 p.m. in a Division 1 first-round match. Los Osos (14-7-4)

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.

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO - Minutes after Sage Hill School suffered its most lopsided loss of the season, Coach Jeff Beeler joked with a reporter. "Do you have to write about it?" said Beeler, who smiled, probably the only time on Saturday night as the Lightning lost at St. Margaret's, 75-42, in an Academy League boys' basketball game. The setback kept Sage Hill in a two-way tie for third place in league. Whitney, the team Sage Hill shares the league's final automatic CIF Southern Section playoff berth with, also lost.

GIRLS' SOCCER Sage Hill 7, Brethren Christian 0 NEWPORT COAST - Erika Lynn-Green scored two goals for the Lightning in the Academy League match Friday. Natalie Singarella had two assists and one goal, Janis Jin had one goal and one assist, and Tiffany Taylor, Juliette Singarella and Izzy Christian scored one goal each for Sage Hill (10-5-3, 2-2-1 in league). Goalies Kekai Whitford and Lauren Thunen had one assist each. * BOYS' SOCCER Estancia 3, Laguna Beach 3 LAGUNA BEACH - Chris Gomez scored two goals to help the Eagles rally from a 3-0 deficit in the Orange Coast League match Friday.