Sailors

BASEBALL Beach Pit Classic Newport Harbor 6, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 3 NEWPORT BEACH - Senior Taylor Parks returned to the mound and helped Newport Harbor open the tournament with a victory at home on Saturday. The Sailors (7-5) scored all of their six runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Newport Harbor resumes tournament play at home Wednesday against Laguna Hills at 3:15 p.m. * Beach Pit Classic Estancia 7, Village Christian 3 COSTA MESA - Senior Tyler Rios picked up his first victory of the season after throwing a complete game for the Eagles in their tournament opener on Saturday.

Steven Duhoux grimaced in pain on the court last week. He tried to ignore it but it was just too much to deal with, so he handled it the best way he could. Each time the ball was on the other side of the net he tried to shake off the pain. The pain was still there and it wasn't going away. The left thumb Duhoux jammed while blocking a shot hurt badly. The good news was his block put his boys' volleyball team, Newport Harbor High, two points away from taking a 2-0 sets lead at Edison.

NEWPORT BEACH - Make that 32 wins in a row for the Corona del Mar High boys' lacrosse team. And make that eight Battle of the Bay wins in a row for CdM. No team has been able to figure out the Sea Kings in two years. Friday's opponent, Newport Harbor, hasn't figured out the Sea Kings in eight years. The Sea Kings made easy work of the Sailors in the annual rivalry game, defeating them, 15-7, on Newport Harbor's field. The Sea Kings are one of the best teams in the state as they went into the night ranked fifth by laxpower.com.

HUNTINGTON BEACH - The high school boys' volleyball showdown between Newport Harbor and host Huntington Beach began earlier than expected on Thursday. It finished that way, too. The match that featured undefeated Sunset League teams ended with the Oilers sweeping it 25-17, 25-23, 25-14. They can relax now and look forward to their upcoming spring break. They're 3-0, perfect in league. They're also going away to a perfect place during their break. While the Oilers travel to Honolulu for the Kamehameha Cup, a three-day tournament, the Sailors are staying home.

BOYS' VOLLEYBALL Newport Harbor def. Fountain Valley NEWPORT BEACH - Kevin Rakestraw had 15 kills to lead the Sailors to a 25-19, 25-15, 25-17 Sunset League win Wednesday. Peirce Ward had 10 kills and Steven Duhoux had 29 assists for Newport Harbor (12-5, 3-0 in league), which plays at Huntington Beach for first place in the Sunset League Thursday at 5:30 p.m. * BOYS' TENNIS Newport Harbor 14, Edison 4 NEWPORT BEACH - Freshman Gavin Leonard won two of three sets in No. 3 singles for the Sailors in a Sunset League match on Wednesday.

CORONA DEL MAR - On the very first pitch of the game, Newport Harbor High senior Breanna Lopez bunted for a base hit. Her hit caught host Corona del Mar a bit off-guard in the softball Battle of the Bay. By the time the half-inning was over, the Sailors had put up three runs. That turned out to be more than enough. Newport Harbor breezed to a 6-0 victory on Wednesday at CdM, the Sailors' sixth straight Battle of the Bay win. And, though Newport Harbor improved to just 3-8, Coach Russell Hartman said the Sailors have been growing through their tough nonleague schedule.

Before Shaun Vetrovec made his start on the mound for Newport Harbor High on Friday, he watched a couple of guys throw out the first pitch. One threw it pretty well and another bounced it to the plate. These guys were a lot older than Vetrovec, who's 16. These guys were as old as his fastball. These 80-year-olds could've been his great grandfather. Back in 1948, these guys played on the Sailors' Sunset League championship team. Vetrovec knew they were part of the school's history.

HUNTINGTON BEACH - Friday marked the second time in four days Newport Harbor High faced Edison in Sunset League play. It wasn't supposed to play out this way, the same two boys' volleyball teams competing against each in such a short period. Newport Harbor Coach Steve Astor called the start of the league schedule odd, but he's glad it worked out this way. "I feel kind of fortunate we get to play them twice early because they're going to keep getting better and better," said Astor, who had a good reason to say that.

MISSION VIEJO - Corona del Mar High senior Brynne Wong has heard the snickering at times in the early part of the season. Two weeks ago, the Capistrano Valley relays were the first swim meet of the year. CdM showed up with its Greek twins, Stephania and Ioanna Haralabidis, who are bound for USC for water polo. What some opponents were shocked to see was that the Haralabidis sisters do not wear goggles while they swim. "Then we won the heat, and everyone kind of shut up," Wong said.

Newport Harbor High senior Carly Christian earned Player of the Year laurels in the Sunset League for the recently completed girls' water polo season. Christian is joined on the first team by fellow seniors Elissia Schilling and Avery Peterson, as well as junior goalie Cleo Harrington. Bill Barnett was voted the league's Coach of the Year. Christian, an attacker bound for UC Santa Barbara, scored a team-high 73 goals for Newport Harbor, adding 19 assists and a team-best 56 steals.