High School Roundup: Huntington Beach boys’ swimming takes fourth at CIF Division 1 finals

The Huntington Beach High School boys’ swim team finished fourth at the CIF Southern Section Division 1 finals on Thursday at Santa Margarita High.

It was the best CIF finish in program history, coach Ryan Camps said, and completed a big year that saw the Oilers win the Wave League title for their first league crown since 1938.

“We spent all year trying to be the hardest working team,” Camps said in a text message. “My athletes spent the entire ride home talking about our fourth-place finish and how we are the top public school in Division 1. They did not care about not winning races or relays but how we finished as a team. This is the team community I have tried to build at HBHS.”

Chase Dodd, the team’s only senior, set a school record in the 100-yard backstroke Thursday. Dodd finished sixth in the race in 49.78 seconds. He also placed fifth in the 200 free in 1 minute, 39.41 seconds.

Dodd’s freshman brother, Ryder Dodd, placed fourth in the 100 butterfly in 49.59.

Huntington Beach also earned top-eight finishes in all three relays. The Dodd brothers, Jayden Leiva and Caden Cunningham touched third in the 400 free relay in 3:03.19, an All-American time which Camps said was three-hundredths of a second off the school record.

Chase and Ryder Dodd, Cunningham and Finneas Tas Palcza placed fifth in the 200 medley relay (1:33.07), while Nikola Mirkovic, Tas Palcza, Dylan Crane and Leiva were sixth in the 200 freestyle relay (1:26.05).

Host Santa Margarita won the Division 1 title with 322.5 points, edging out Los Angeles Loyola (321).

GIRLS’ SWIMMING

CIF Southern Section Division 1 finals

Laguna Beach sophomore Jana Jocic finished fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke on Thursday at Santa Margarita High.

Jocic touched in 1 minute, 4.28 seconds.

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

Torrance Bishop Montgomery 69, Huntington Beach 26: Andie Payne had 13 points and five rebounds for the host Oilers on Thursday in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs.

Alyssa Real added seven points for Huntington Beach (14-3), which shared the Surf League championship with Corona del Mar this season.

Kyori Lloyd scored 25 points for Bishop Montgomery (9-4), which moves on to face Camarillo (12-1) on Saturday at home.

The first-round game featured a rematch of the teams that played in the Division 1A final in 2017. That game also went the Knights’ way by a score of 41-38.

Tesoro 54, Corona del Mar 42: Trasara Alexander paced the host Sea Kings with 18 points on Thursday in a Division 2AA first-round playoff game.

Makena Tomlinson scored seven points for CdM (14-7). Dorothy Schwenck had five points, and Haley Esquino and Sarah Audiss each had four points.

Tesoro (10-5) will be at home against Lawndale Leuzinger in the second round. Leuzinger won its playoff opener 59-49 over No. 4-seeded Orange Lutheran.

No. 2 Sage Hill 61, Lake Elsinore Temescal Canyon 26: Emily Eadie had 19 points and 12 rebounds to lead the second-seeded Lightning on the road Thursday in a first-round game of the Division 3AA playoffs.

Emily Elliott produced 12 points, 17 rebounds and three blocked shots for Sage Hill (14-6). Isabel Gomez also had 11 points, nine assists, seven rebounds and four steals, and Zoie Lamkin added 11 points and three assists.

Sage Hill will play host to Paramount (7-4) on Saturday in the second round. Paramount won at Chino 56-52 in its first-round game.

Edison 54, Palmdale Knight 20: Adelina Fredrick had a team-high 12 points to lead the Chargers in a first-round game of the Division 3A playoffs at home.

Brooklyn Chang had eight points and five assists for Edison (10-7). Cynthia Dinh added six points and five steals.

The Chargers travel to take on Perris Orange Vista (11-2) in the second round on Saturday. Orange Vista, the No. 2 seed, has won nine in a row.

South Pasadena 64, Fountain Valley 50: Kristen Ho had a team-high 17 points for the visiting Barons on Thursday in the first round of the Division 3A playoffs.

Margaret Tengan added 14 points, Caitlin Okawa had seven points, and Audrey Tengan chipped in with six points for Fountain Valley (8-8).

Rio Hondo League champion South Pasadena (12-5) will be on the road to face No. 4-seeded Northridge Heritage Christian in the second round on Saturday.

BASEBALL

Huntington Beach 7, Marina 1: The Oilers won their 13th straight game in finishing off the regular season with a nonleague victory Thursday at Marina High.

Blake Penso and Aidan Espinoza each had a pair of hits for Huntington Beach (23-4), the Surf League champion. Marina, which finished second in the Wave League, fell to 13-16 overall.

Huntington Beach, ranked No. 6 in CIF Southern Section Division 1, awaits the release of the playoff brackets Sunday.

Ocean View 10, Westminster 1: The Seahawks finished off an undefeated Golden West League campaign with a victory Thursday at Westminster High.

Caleb Hohman was two for three with a triple and three runs batted in for Ocean View (21-6, 10-0 in league). Jimmy Legg added two hits and two RBIs.

Ocean View, ranked No. 3 in CIF Southern Section Division 2, heads into the playoffs on a 14-game winning streak.

Corona del Mar 6, Fountain Valley 2: The Sea Kings wrapped up the regular season with a nonleague win Thursday at CdM.

Ethan Watson got the win on the mound and also hit a three-run home run for Wave League champion CdM (19-7), ranked No. 5 in CIF Southern Section Division 2.

Fountain Valley finished the regular season 14-14.

Los Amigos 3, Loara 2: Juan Gutierrez had the walk-off walk for the Lobos in the Garden Grove League finale Thursday at Los Amigos High.

Los Amigos (5-5 overall and in league) finished third in league to qualify for the CIF Southern Section Division 7 playoffs.

Josiah Alvarez went the distance on the mound Thursday for the Lobos.

SOFTBALL

Newport Harbor 11, Beckman 3: McKayla Cotton went three for four with a double to lead the Sailors on Thursday in a nonleague game at home.

Eliana Gottlieb had two hits, including a double, and three runs batted in for Newport Harbor. Lily Larkins and Ava Nolan also had two hits apiece.

Nolan pitched five innings, allowing two earned runs on three hits to earn the win. She struck out six and walked none.

Newport Harbor (15-8, 8-1), the Wave League champion, awaits the release of the CIF Southern Section Division 4 playoff brackets on Saturday at 10 a.m.

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