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NEWPORT BEACH - The Newport Harbor High wrestling team fell to visiting Tustin, 54-27, as the Sailors dropped to 3-8 on the season with the nonleague decision. Harbor's Bruce Lim (125 pounds), Brandon Marshall (145) and John Rolsheim (112) pinned their opponents, while Joe Madrid (160) scored a major decision victory. And Kevin Lim (103) earned a 20-5 win. NONLEAGUE Tustin 54, Newport Harbor 27 103 -- Lim (NH) technical foul over Brown, 20-5.

NEWPORT BEACH - The Newport Harbor High baseball team battled back from a 10-4 deficit to muster an 11-11 nonleague tie with Tustin Thursday afternoon. Garrett Brant went 3 for 5 with two doubles, a home run, two runs scored and four RBIs for the Sailors (7-12-1). Donovan Wong went 2 for 6, including a two-run home run and an RBI double, while Jon Vandersloot went 3 for 6 with three runs scored. Newport will resume Sea View League play at Aliso Niguel today at 3:15 p.m. NONLEAGUE Newport Harbor 11, Tustin 11 Tustin 124 300 100 - 11 12 2 Newport 202 610 000 - 11 13 5 De La Riva, Stuck (4)

Lolita Harper COSTA MESA -- The city of Tustin is asking for a percentage of any sales tax received from the Ikea component of the Home Ranch project, citing Costa Mesa may have enticed the retailer to leave Tustin by offering financial assistance. In a letter to Costa Mesa, Tustin City Manager William Huston said the proposed development agreement with C.J. Segerstrom & Sons appeared to show some intention to establish a community facilities district on the Home Ranch property.

TUSTIN - The Costa Mesa High boys soccer team blew open a close game with three second-half goals en route to a 5-1 nonleague win over host Tustin Thursday afternoon. Eli Solis and Trinidad Hernandez each had two goals for the Mustangs (3-3-1), while Zack Powell chipped in with a single goal. "We were able to put it totally together out there today, which was nice to see," Mesa Coach Eugene Day said. Day was also pleased with the strong play of junior defender Stephen Thomas.

Down by five points with no timeouts and 91 yards away from the end zone? No problem for the Costa Mesa Mighty Mite Mustangs, who pulled off a miracle 18-17 win over Tustin in Pop Warner football action. Trailing 17-12 late in the game, Tustin fumbled the ball on Costa Mesa's 9-yard-line. With 19 seconds left and no timeouts, Mark Contreras ran a sweep and scampered 91 yards to give the Mustangs the surprise win. Contreras, who also forced two fumbles on defense, finished with 145 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries.

ANAHEIM - Costa Mesa High's boys basketball team launched a furious 42-18 second-half rally to swamp Tustin, 58-38, and advance to the consolation championship in the Taco Company Invitational at Anaheim High Friday. Nate Jones led the Mustangs (2-1) with 23 points and 10 rebounds. Costa Mesa's Ryan Naff scored 15, with nine rebounds and seven blocked shots, and Rick Hatsushi had six points and five assists. Shaun Ferryman sparked the Mustangs' 25-point fourth quarter with six rebounds.

The AYSO Area 11 boys under-14 Corona del Mar all-star soccer team defeated Newport Beach, 5-1, and Tustin, 3-2. Against Newport, Camden Nicholson and Kevin Wang scored two goals apiece, while Ori Tabak added one of his own. Corona del Mar's defense was led by Kenny Cooper, James Petrillit, Karl Fletcher, Alex Mainthow, Scotty Berkhausen and Brad Jones. In the victory against Tustin, Nicholson score two more goals, while Evan McNerney added another.

The Riptide, a girls under 15 traveling fastpitch softball team from the Pacific Coast Bobby Sox, crushed Tustin, 14-4, and, 12-1, Saturday in doubleheader action. In the opener, Ann Marie Topps hit two doubles and a triple, while Lauren Gega and Julianne Bass had two hits apiece. After an Amie Benjamin home run and an RBI double by Darci Pennington tied the game at 2-2, the Riptide sent 13 batters to the plate and scored nine times in the fourth inning.

TUSTIN - Corona del Mar High will be holding tryouts for the upcoming interscholastic roller hockey season on Tuesday night from 6:30-8 at the Inline Hockey and Sports Club of Tustin. The Sea Kings, who won the Division III title last year, are looking to add to the varsity roster as well as field a junior varsity for the 1999-2000 season. The tryouts are open to all boys and girls in grades 9-12 at CdM. The Inline Hockey and Sports Club of Tustin is located at 2681 Walnut Ave. between Redhill Ave. and Jamboree Blvd.

Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich promised to drive down the price of gasoline and change the culture in Washington during a Southern California fundraising tour that included stops in Newport Beach, Tustin and Pasadena. He emphasized lower gas prices during his Monday night stop at the Island Hotel in Newport Beach, according to an interview with the Orange County Register. "I think we focus on very big ideas like $2-a-gallon gasoline, 4% unemployment, allowing young people to have personal Social Security savings accounts, and we rebuild our momentum," he told the newspaper.

Next time they won't overlook the skinny kid. Ryan O'Connor, who spreads out 145 pounds on his 6-foot frame, might not pose an intimidating presence at first glance, but put a golf club in his hands and everything changes. O'Connor, who will enter his junior year at Woodbridge High next month, schooled the field when he became the youngest golfer — at age 16 — to win the Tustin Ranch Golf Club's 2011 Club Championship in late-July. O'Connor shot a two-round total of 156, rallying from a two-stroke deficit with a 76 in the final round to win by three strokes.

Act Two between Corona del Mar High and Beckman takes place Saturday night at 7. The location is the same, Tustin High. The Sea Kings are hoping for a similar result to the first road football game against the Patriots. Much more is at stake this time around. The winner advances to the CIF Southern Section Southern Division championship game and will play against top-seeded Garden Grove. The Argonauts beat Northwood, 35-21, in the other semifinal Friday night. It has been 21 years since the Sea Kings last appeared in a section title game.

Starting Monday, Newport Coast Elementary students have one more thing to work for: free food. Zov Karamardian, the owner of Zov's Restaurants, came up with the idea of "A to Zov," a new program that rewards students for good behavior with free meals at three of her locations in Newport Beach, Irvine and Tustin. When students perform a good deed — be it social, athletic or academic — teachers can reward them with "purple dollars" redeemable for a kid's meal at the Zov's Neighborhood Bar & Café in Newport Beach and Irvine, and Zov's Bakery in Tustin.

COSTA MESA — A man accused of stealing copper was arrested Wednesday after a police helicopter spotted him on a rooftop, trying to hide from officers, authorities said. Craig Steven Bleich, 48, of Tustin, was booked on suspicion of grand theft in Costa Mesa, where police said he was trying to steal copper wire from businesses next to John Wayne Airport. About 10:20 p.m. Wednesday, a person spotted Bleich on the roof of a building at 2950 Airway Ave., a commercial area next to the airport with few lights that is usually empty at night.

TUSTIN — Inside a 17-story hangar, Tim Toone stood next to the Goodyear blimp for the first time. He never saw one hover above football games at Weber State when he played at the school in Ogden, Utah. Toone said he now knows why after talking to the blimp's pilot, Matthew St. John. "He just told me it's too high [an] elevation," Toone said. "He can't make it up there." Before chiming in Thursday on how high the airship can fly, St. John laughed. Another reason why the blimp has not cruised above Weber State is the college is not a football powerhouse.

AYSO Region 57 CdM 6, Tustin 4 Coach Chris Dunk’s Corona del Mar boys’ Under-10 team remained in first place in the Spring Select season by coming from behind Saturday to earn a win over Tustin. Six of the eight CdM players — Max Dunk, Connor Allan, Noah Wolfe, Diego Carrerras, Joey Flanigan and Nathaniel Espino sa — scored. Strong play in goal and on defense by Grant Joyce and Christian Polny were key factors. The CdM Select team is leading the league in goals with 18 in four games, a span in which Wolfe, Flanigan, Dunk and Espinosa have carried the offensive load.

More than 200 golfers either eagled, birdied, parred or bogeyed holes Monday at the Pelican Hills Golf Club at Newport Coast during the Tommy Bahama’s 11th annual Pacific Coast Classic. Abused or neglected children from throughout Orange County will benefit from their play. Each year, thousands of dollars are raised for Olive Crest, a nonprofit organization that’s transformed the lives of more than 50,000 abused, neglected or at-risk children since 1973, said Marisa Aguilar, an Olive Crest spokeswoman.

Wally Grant played football at Costa Mesa, coached at the school, and he still lives near campus. Grant said he never saw himself returning to his alma mater. The commute to the football field will be a lot smoother for the 1983 graduate next season. Grant has decided to return to his roots after spending 11 seasons at Tustin High. The 45-year-old Grant is Coach Jeremy Osso’s new defensive coordinator. “Now, that I’ve seen the kids and have gotten to know the kids better, I like the opportunity even better,” said Grant, adding that he has one year left at National University, where he’s pursuing a teaching credential and master’s degree.

Editor’s note: These people have been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of an intoxicant. As with all suspects, they are considered innocent until proved guilty. Newport Beach Nov. 26 Raymond Rando, 39, Newport Beach Nov. 27 Israel Hernandez, 18, Tustin Lawrence Johnson, 43, Anaheim Heraclio Belmontes, 21, Costa Mesa Saturday Jessica Seviane, 22, Newport Beach Marie Aguirre, 43, Newport Beach Costa Mesa Nov. 26 Benny Garcia, 22, Santa Ana Nov. 27 Danielle Weisman, 31, Irvine Luis Juarez-Ramirez, 32, Costa Mesa Saturday John Paul, 22, Newport Beach Sunday Salvador Arteaga, 37, Costa Mesa Veronica Marmolejo, 21, Tustin Baron Morledge, 32, Costa Mesa Gerald Woodson, 62, Costa Mesa Seth Bradtl, 21, Costa Mesa Monday Ruben Escobar, 36, Costa Mesa Richard Nunez, 18, Costa Mesa