HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP

GIRLS’ TENNIS

Newport Harbor 13,

Esperanza 5

NEWPORT BEACH — Seniors Nelly Radeva and Liz Kramer swept at Nos. 2 and 3 singles and the No. 1 doubles team of Natalie Small and Jeanne Frei also swept to help the Sailors clinch the outright Sunset League championship Thursday at Newport Harbor.

Coach Kristin Case said it was the Sailors’ first league title since 2004 and the first since they rejoined the Sunset League in 2006.

“The tennis today was phenomenal,” Case said of the play of her team, which improved to 16-3, 9-0 in league.

Esperanza’s only two league losses have come against the Tars.

Case said she aligned Radeva and Kramer down one spot from their typical lineup position in order for Radeva to gain a warm-up set before taking on the Aztecs’ No. 1 singles player, Bianca Modoc.

Sunset League Newport Harbor 13, Esperanza 5 Singles – Arnold (NH) lost to Modoc, 0-6, lost to Abella, 4-6, def. Banon, 6-1; Radeva (NH) won, 6-3, 6-1, 6-0; Liz Kramer (NH) won, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0.

Doubles – Small-Frei (NH ) def. Do-Doan, 6-4, def. Reim-Kramer, 6-2, def. Nielson-Wackerman, 6-4; Conway-Waterman (NH) lost, 5-7, won, 6-2, (sub) Conway-Struttner (NH) won, 6-1; Aiello-Mathies (NH) lost, 5-7, 3-6, won, 6-3.

BOYS’ WATER POLO

Costa Mesa 8, Tustin 7

TUSTIN — The Mustangs erased a 6-3 halftime deficit by holding the Tillers to one goal in the final two periods of the nonleague contest Thursday at Tustin High.

Senior Garrett Frazier, who missed the Mustangs’ Orange Coast League title showdown with Laguna Beach Wednesday due to illness, returned and proved invaluable for the Mustangs (17-7). His shot from 10 meters out ricocheted off the goalie’s shoulder and into the net to break a 7-7 tie with eight seconds left, Mesa Coach Justin Taylor said.

Senior Dustin Serrano led the winners with three goals, while junior goalie Jackson O’Connor had six saves. O’Connor also missed Wednesday’s 20-8 loss to Laguna Beach with a sprained ankle.

Joey Dinh scored the second of his two goals to pull the Mustangs even with about 2:30 left, Taylor said, and the defense continued to stand firm against the Tillers (16-9).

Nonleague

Costa Mesa 8, Tustin 7

SCORE BY QUARTERS

CM – D. Serrano 3, Frazier 2, Dinh 2, Afuang 1. Saves – O’Connor 6.

Newport Harbor 11,

Esperanza 7

NEWPORT BEACH — Zach Lucas led the Sailors with three goals in their Sunset League game Wednesday.

Jack Yeager, Andy Hayes and David Linden scored two goals each for Newport Harbor (15-6, 3-1 in league), ranked No. 6 in CIF Southern Section Division I. Hayes also led the Sailors with three assists, while Yeager and Matt Russell had two assists each. Linden and Russell had two steals apiece.

Sunset League

Newport Harbor 11, Esperanza 7

SCORE BY QUARTERS

E – Vriens 3, Morgan 2, Lenhart 1, Brown 1. Saves – Schiffmacher 11.

NH – Lucas 3, Yeager 2, A. Hayes 2, Linden 2, Osadche 1, Russell 1. Saves – Holbrook 6.

CROSS COUNTRY

Pacific Coast League

cluster meet

LAGUNA HILLS — Junior Melanie Powers finished first to lead the Corona del Mar High girls to a team victory Thursday at Laguna Hills High.

The CdM boys finished third.

Powers finished in 18 minutes, 33 seconds over a course that Coach Bill Sumner said was slightly extended past its original three miles, due to a traffic detour.

Laura Bilder (second in 18:55), Kim Condino (fifth, 19:11), Kristen Rivera (seventh, 19:21) and Marissa Cummings (eighth, 19:24) also scored for the Sea Kings, whose 23 points were 55 better than runner-up Laguna Hills.

Senior Matt Haug paced the CdM boys with a sixth-place time of 16:32.

Austin Barvin (11th, 16:42), Sebastien Welch (13th, 16:49), Peter Morris (22nd, 17:05), Jeff Jones (28th, 17:05) and Julien Crockett (30th, 17:35) also scored for CdM.

Beckman was the top boys’ team.

League finals are Thursday at Irvine Regional Park.

Orange Coast League

cluster meet

COSTA MESA — Estancia’s Fernando Orozco and Mariah Chapin won their races at Fairview Park Thursday.

The Eagles’ George Martin finished second with the same time as Orozco in 15 minutes, 47 seconds. James Stucker took fifth for Costa Mesa in 16:14. Wes Barloon (16:21) and Damian Leon (16:39) finsihed sixth and seventh, respectively. The Mustangs’ Drake Burnette came in 10th in 16:42.

Team scores were not known after the meet, Estancia Coach Charlie Appell said.

On the girls’ side, Erica Garcia finished with the same time as her teammate Chapin for second place in 19:28.

Sierra Gordon came in sixth for Estancia in 19:46. Costa Mesa’s Hunter Strodel (20:09) and Kaitlin Yamamoto (20:23) followed in eighth and ninth, respectively, and Estancia’s Heather Flores was 10th in 20:26.

SURFING

Newport Harbor 89,

Laguna Beach 79

LAGUNA BEACH — Canon Call, Chase Wilson and Bobby Okvist earned first-place finishes in the boys’ shortboard to help the Sailors win Tuesday at Salt Creek Beach.

The winner was not decided until the final shortboard heat. The boys’ shortboarders won that event, 50-34, to help the Sailors improve to 3-1. Okvist registered the high score with a 7.8.

Newport’s Kaleigh Gilchrist won the girls’ shortboard with the top score of the day, 7.3, winning for the fourth straight time this season.

Joe Suzuki won the bodyboard event for the Sailors.