Santiago Canyon

COSTA MESA - With a dominating performance, the Orange Coast College men's soccer team outshot Santiago Canyon, 31-9, and cruised to a 4-0 Orange Empire Conference victory Tuesday. Billy Pena started the scoring for the Pirates (11-3-4, 7-2-1 in the OEC), taking one step and then firing a shot past Hawk goalie Nick Adams after receiving a pass from Josh Miller on the left side about 20 yards out in the 20th minute. OCC extended its lead in the second half when Jesus Cervantes scored.

COSTA MESA — Krystal Redman raced out of her home Monday night last week, hopped into the trailer she had bought four days earlier and sped off to smoke-filled Santiago Canyon on a rescue mission. The Texas native had no friends or relatives trapped in the wildfire areas, but she didn’t venture out to rescue human evacuees. As Redman maneuvered her trailer through neighborhoods tinted with flame, she and a friend roped horses, deer and other animals that wandered on the grounds their owners had fled.

Sophomore Nikki Saenz scored twice and Jaycee Mahler, Sarah Ronquillo, Vanessa Rocha, Marissa McGregor and Fernanda Velasco scored single tallies as Orange Coast College's women's soccer team routed visiting Santiago Canyon, 6-1, in Orange Empire Conference play Tuesday on the OCC campus. Eyeing a showdown with perennial rival Cypress on Friday, OCC Coach Barbara Bond was determined not to let her Pirates have a letdown against the Hawks, who entered with a 6-0 record.

TODAY Basketball College men -- UC Irvine hosting Midnight Madness practice exhibition, midnight. Football High school -- Foothill at Newport Harbor, 7 p.m.; Santiago at Costa Mesa at Orange Coast College, 7 p.m. Soccer Community college men -- Santiago Canyon at Orange Coast, 3 p.m. Community college women -- Orange Coast at Santiago Canyon, 3 p.m. College women -- Idaho at UC Irvine, 7...

CHINO HILLS - Kyle Wicks and Ryan Winston each a five-over-par, 77 for the Orange Coast College men's golf team in Thursday's four-school match against Golden West, Palomar and Santiago Canyon at Western Hills Golf Course, par 72. The Rustlers won the event with a team total of 391. Palomar was second at 395, while the Pirates (6-3, 2-2 in conference) took third at 398. Golden West's Jeff Greenfield shot a two-over 74 for the low score of the day. Erik Herbert (79)

Orange Coast College men's soccer continues on the rise following Tuesday's 3-1 victory over visiting Santiago Canyon in Orange Empire Conference play. The Pirates, now 5-4-1 overall, improved to 2-0 in the OEC as they stretched their unbeaten streak to five games. Coast took an early 1-0 lead on a goal from Weston Langdon, who scored in the seventh minute off an assist from Stanton Duke. Duke, near the goal, headed a free kick from Mike Spahr and Langdon beat Santiago Canyon keeper Robert Adams in a race to the ball to easily score from just a few feet out. In the 18th minute, Coast stretched the lead to 2-0 as Ryan Lancaster slid to kick the ball in for a goal off a long throw-in from Chance Daniel.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Orange Coast 56, Saddleback 47 COSTA MESA - Ashley Engeln scored 14 points to help the Pirates upset the Gauchos in the Orange Empire Conference game Friday. Megan Hanson had 10 points, while Jenna Arnett (eight rebounds) and Tessie Pikula had eight points each for OCC (11-16, 3-7 in conference). OCC led, 32-27, at the half. The OCC defense held the Gauchos to just 30.8% shooting from the floor (16-of-52) and forced 22 turnovers, including 13 steals.

TODAY Cross country High school boys and girls -- Whitney at Sage Hill, 3 p.m. Field hockey High school -- Fountain Valley vs. Newport Harbor, at Harper Community Center, 3:15 p.m. Golf High school girls -- Sage Hill at Estancia, at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club, 3 p.m.; Corona del Mar at University, at Strawberry Farms Golf Club, 3 p.m. Soccer College men -- Christian Heritage at Vanguard,...

TODAY Soccer College men – UC Irvine vs. Brown at Torero Stadium, noon.   MONDAY Golf High school girls – Newport Harbor, King’s High Tournament at Quail Ranch, 11:30 a.m. Tennis High school girls – Corona del Mar at Westminster, 3 p.m. Volleyball High school girls – San Clemente at Corona del Mar, 5:30...

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Orange Coast 56, Saddleback 47 COSTA MESA - Ashley Engeln scored 14 points to help the Pirates upset the Gauchos in the Orange Empire Conference game Friday. Megan Hanson had 10 points, while Jenna Arnett (eight rebounds) and Tessie Pikula had eight points each for OCC (11-16, 3-7 in conference). OCC led, 32-27, at the half. The OCC defense held the Gauchos to just 30.8% shooting from the floor (16-of-52) and forced 22 turnovers, including 13 steals.

Russell Turner turned 41 Monday and, at least by late morning, the second-year UC Irvine men's basketball coach's office displayed no signs of a party. Coming off a 13-19 debut campaign, embarking on the 2011-12 season with the least-experienced roster in NCAA Division I (including eight freshmen), and being pegged for last place in the nine-team Big West Conference preseason poll, there appears to be little to celebrate. Yet the energy and enthusiasm that created a buzz long after the former NBA, Stanford and Wake Forest assistant was hired, clearly continues to burn more brightly than the appropriate assemblage of birthday candles.

COSTA MESA — The Orange Coast College men's soccer team sent an offensive barrage at Santiago Canyon on Tuesday and it paid off in a 3-0 Orange Empire Conference win at the OCC Soccer Complex. OCC (5-2, 1-0 in conference) outshot the Hawks, 30-9 in the game as wave after wave of Pirate players took turns at scoring. After several early missed opportunities, OCC grabbed a 1-0 lead in the 44th minute when Chase Nugent found a loose rebound off of a Victor Lopez shot and slipped the ball past SCC goalkeeper Daniel Dorantes.

"It isn't whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game" is an old sports adage, maybe outdated in today's "win-at-all-costs" era. But at Irvine Valley College, women's soccer Coach Simon Davies is old school. He has to be. The Lasers play in the extremely tough Orange Empire Conference in the competitive Southern California area. So after a year in which his team went 5-16, including 3-13 in the conference, Davies keeps it all in perspective. Ask Davies how he will turn around the fortunes of his club and he jokes: "Pray harder to the soccer gods.

Orange Coast College men’s golf coach Sean Collins thought his team had enough talent to reach the state championships. The Pirates aren’t there yet, but they are peaking as the season heads toward the Orange Empire Conference tournament, Collins said. And the people doling out rankings notice. The Pirates are third in Southern California, which include 23 teams from the OEC, Western States and Foothill conferences, in rankings posted on calccgolf.com, a web site for Southern California community college golf.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL Orange Coast def. San Diego City SAN DIEGO — Brad Hemmerling had 19 kills and four aces to lead the Pirates to a 30-21, 22-30, 30-24, 30-27 Pacific Coast Conference win Wednesday night. Harrison Carroll added 18 kills and Paul Leon dished out 48 assists for OCC (12-1, 6-1 in conference). SOFTBALL Orange Coast 6, Santiago Canyon 5 COSTA MESA — The Pirates’ Kursten Evanski went four for four with two runs batted in and scored the game-winning run in the eighth inning Wednesday at OCC’s new softball complex.

Wearing a green tie in honor of Earth Day, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger dedicated Upper Newport Bay and Crystal Cove State Park today as part of a larger 50,000-acre state landmark. “Only in California can you see 50,000 acres of natural landmarks in the middle of one of the nation’s most vibrant urban and economic areas,” Schwarzenegger said in an open-air ceremony at a historic cattle ranch near Irvine. Crystal Cove and the upper bay are part of the Irvine Ranch Land Reserve.