Mustangs’ Topps All-CIF

Costa Mesa High senior Ann Marie Topps, the Co-Most Valuable Player

in the Golden West League, has been named All-CIF Southern Section

for a third straight softball season.

The University of Oregon-bound shortstop, who belted an Orange

County-best 11 home runs this spring and represented the Mustangs in

a county all-star game, is a first-team selection in Division III.

She was a second-team All-CIF pick in Division IV as a junior and a

sophomore.

Topps hit .507 with a slugging percentage of .849. Of her 37 hits,

22 were for extra bases and she drove in 41 runs, while scoring 26.

She led Coach Rick Buonarigo’s Mustangs to the program’s first league

title and a fourth straight trip to the CIF playoffs. Mesa finished

17-11 after a 4-2 first-round loss to Redondo May 23.

Topps earned first-team all-league each of her three varsity

seasons.

AYSO registration

* SOCCER: Final early registration for AYSO Region 97 is tonight

from 6:30 to 8:30 at Newport Heights Elementary School, 300 East 15th

St.

Fees are $85 for the first player from a family, $75 for a second

child and $65 for each subsequent child from the same family. After

Tuesday, fees are $125 per player.

For information, visit www.newportayso.com.