Newport Harbor reaches S&R; semifinals

The Newport Harbor High boys water polo team won its first two games

in the S & R Sport Southern California tournament Friday at Irvine

High.

Newport defeated Acalanes, 19-4, in the morning, then came back in

the afternoon to beat Clovis West, 9-3.

Against Acalanes, Brett Auer led the way with six goals. Parker

Gregory, Telford Cottam and Jared Yocum added three goals each and

Evan McLain made 10 saves in goal.

Against Clovis West, Cottam led the charge with a game-high five

goals and Evan McLain blocked 14 shots.

The Sailors (11-1) are playing without Clay Jorth, who is

competing for Team USA in the Junior World Championships near Buenos

Aires, Argentina, until Oct. 15, at the Pan-American Stadium in Del

Mar Plata.

However, the Sailors will play in the semifinals today at 3 p.m.

at Irvine High. The finals are slated for 8 p.m.

S & R tournament

Newport Harbor 19, Acalanes 4

Score by Quarters

*--*

Newport 1 5 8 5 -- 19

Acalanes 1 2 0 1 -- 4

*--*

Acalanes -- Shnugg 2, Andron 1, Spitler 1.

Newport -- Auer 6, Gregory 3, Cottam 3, Yocum 3, B. Hill 2, C.

Hill 1, Sherman 1, Clint Jorth 1. Saves -- E. McLain 10, B. McLain 5.

Newport Harbor 9,

Clovis West 3

Score by Quarters

*--*

Newport 3 5 0 1 -- 9

Clovis West 2 0 1 0 -- 3

*--*

Clovis West -- Daniels 2, Baxter 1. Saves -- Micarell 10.

Newport -- Cottam 5, C. Hill 1, B. Hill 1, Sherman 1, Yocum 1.

Saves -- E. McLain 14.

Sea Kings split two

* WATER POLO: The Corona del Mar High boys water polo team played

two games Friday at Irvine High. The Sea Kings lost the first game,

12-7, to Clovis West but came back to beat Alcalanes, 12-11, in the

second game to increase their record to 7-7.

Kyle Hersh led the offense with three goals against Clovis West

while Tom Money and Jacob Murphy each had two.

Goalie Jamie Kline had four saves and Phillip Di Giacomo helped

out with one.

In the second game Murphy put in four more goals while Hersh and

Ryan Hultman each had three. Money added two goals to help defeat the

Alcalanes.

Estancia tames Lions

* CROSS COUNTRY: Estancia High’s boys cross country teams beat

Westminster in a Golden West League dual meet Thursday at

Westminster, 15-50. Ernesto Castaneda and Hector Gomez tied for the

lead at 19:04. The next six Eagle runners were CJ Buckman (19:05),

Fernando Orozco (19:05), Josh Garcia (19:06), Enrique Vivar (19:08)

and Willi Rodriguez (19:09)

The Estancia girls team defeated Westminster, 15-43. The Eagles

placed the top five runners against the Lions. Sydney Barloon

finished first with 22:07. Paula Negrete (22:38), Magali Onofre

(22:57) and Cindi Ramirez (24:11) all finished ahead of the first

Lion runner.

In Friday’s Edison invitational at Fairview Park, Estancia boys

took second place with 67 points.

Ernesto Castaneda had a second-place finish in the three-mile run

with a time of 15:49. C.J. Buchman helped out by placing fourth with

a time of 16:07. Hector Gomez took 14th place and Enrique Vivar

finished in 23rd while Fernando Orozco took 24th. Jose Garcia and

Willi Rodriguez also participated in the event.

The Estancia girls finished fifth with 167 points Friday as Sydney

Barloon was sixth in 19:11. Paula Negrede was 27th place. Magali

Onofre came in 35th place while Karina Rios and Sindi Ramirez

contributed by placing 53rd and 54th.

Pirates move to semis

* WATER POLO: The Orange Coast College men’s water polo team

picked up two victories Friday to reach the semifinals of the Citrus

College tournament. In the first game, Orange Coast defeated Citrus,

15-7. Nikola Popovic led the way with seven goals and Ivan Bjelica

added three goals.

In the second game, No. 8-ranked Orange Coast upset No. 2-ranked

Long Beach, 10-9. Popovic had four goals and Nick Sullivan added

three goals. Orange Coast plays in the semifinals today against Mt.

SAC at 10 a.m. The finals are slated for 3:30 p.m. at Citrus College.

OCC still undefeated

* VOLLEYBALL: The Orange Coast College women’s volleyball team

swept Fullerton, 30-19, 30-16, 30-26, Friday in an Orange Empire

Conference match.

Kiwi Wrinkler led the offense with 22 kills and Brittney Ray

helped out with 17. Ashlee Moon had four service aces and setter

Caitlin Parker finished with 22 assists to help defeat Fullerton

(4-6, 1-2 in conferce).

The Pirates (9-0, 3-0 in conference) will play again Wednesday at

Saddleback.

CdM sweeps Calvary

* TENNIS: The Corona del Mar girls tennis team swept Calvary

Chapel, 18-0, in Pacific Coast League action Friday. CdM is 5-0 in

league play and has increased its overall record to 9-2.

Pacific Coast League

Corona del Mar 18, Calvary Chapel 0

Singles -- Atkins (CdM) def. Gyswyt, 6-1, def. Sullivan, 6-0, def.

Smith, 6-1; Norman (CdM) won, 7-5, 6-2, 6-0; Zotovich (CdM) won, 6-1,

6-0, 6-0.

Doubles -- Bryan-McKitterick (CdM) def. Artman-Morrissey, 6-1,

def. Wollerman-Arnett, 6-0, def. Dugan-Franklin, 7-5; Claure-Devin

(CdM) won, 6-0, 6-1, sub Claure-Peyton (CdM) won, 6-2;

Norton-Carnahan (CdM) won, 6-3; sub Lee-Kaiden (CdM) won, 6-0, 6-0.

Sage sweeps Oxford

* VOLLEYBALL: The Sage Hill School girls volleyball team swept

visiting Oxford Academy, 25-14, 25-22, 25-20, Friday in an Academy

League contest.

Cat Dailey tallied 18 kills, Vista Murphy slammed 12 kills and

Haywood Wright added 11 kills for Sage, ranked No. 2 in CIF IV-A.

UCI falls to UCSB

* SOCCER: The UC Irvine women’s soccer team (3-9-1, 0-2) lost to

UC Santa Barbara Friday in Big West Conference play at Anteater

Stadium.

Freshman goalie Rosie Aguilera had four saves for the Anteaters.

Estancia downed

* WATER POLO: The Estancia High boys water polo team lost a

nonleague game, 13-8 to La Quinta Friday. The Eagles will play again

Monday in the Estancia varsity tournament at Costa Mesa High.

Orange Coast edged

* SOCCER: In an Orange Empire Conference game against Golden West,

the Orange Coast College men’s soccer team lost, 2-1. David Barnett scored the Pirates only goal in the 87th minute assisted by Adam Uhl.

Goalie Trent Painter had two saves against the Rustlers (7-2-2, 3-1-0

in conference). OCC dropped to 7-4-3, 2-2-0 in conference.