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High School Roundup: Season over for Sea Kings

High School Roundup: Season over for Sea Kings

BOYS' BASKETBALL

 
Estancia bows out

Estancia bows out

By Matt Szabo

COSTA MESA — The Artesia High boys' soccer team played the ball ahead late in the first half, and an Estancia defender seemed to...

 

High School Roundup: CdM loses at La Canada

GIRLS' BASKETBALL

Sailors surge to semis

By Bruce Bourquin, Special to the Daily Pilot

PALOS VERDES — For the first four-and-a-half minutes Saturday of a CIF Southern Section Division 1 girls water polo quarterfinal,...

 

CdM wins wild one

By Matt Szabo

GOLETA — For the second time this season, a Corona del Mar High girls' water polo game came down to a fraction of a second at the...

 

Corona del Mar High School

Sea Kings take on Knights

Girls' Water Polo

CdM breaks through

CdM breaks through
By Matt Szabo

CORONA DEL MAR — Corona del Mar High senior Melanie de Arakal loves her football analogies.

CdM moves on

CdM moves on
By Matt Szabo

COSTA MESA — Members of the Corona del Mar High girls' soccer team said Friday that there's pressure with being the top seed in the...

CdM coasts to win

CdM coasts to win
By David Carrillo Peñaloza

CORONA DEL MAR — The Corona del Mar High boys' basketball teams gets to travel to the Central Coast again.

CdM plays loose
By Steve Virgen

CORONA DEL MAR — The question lingered.

CdM girls' soccer falls to Mater Dei

GIRLS' SOCCER

Costa Mesa High School

Aguilar stepped up for Mesa

Aguilar stepped up for Mesa
By Matt Szabo

On both ends of the floor, Costa Mesa High senior girls' basketball player Nancy Aguilar came up huge.

Gage remembered as hard worker

Gage remembered as hard worker
By Steve Virgen

Jules Gage, a former basketball coach and athletic director at Newport Harbor High and Costa Mesa, died in his sleep Feb. 4.

Mesa's season ends
By David Carrillo Peñaloza

COSTA MESA — With less than three minutes left in the third quarter, the Costa Mesa High coaching staff yelled at the scoreboard...

Beck banks in winner

Beck banks in winner
By David Carrillo Peñaloza

COSTA MESA — A couple of days ago, Ben Beck tried to call the second contest in the Battle for the Bell rivalry just another game.

Mesa makes history
By Steve Virgen

COSTA MESA — Bryan Rice began as a ball boy for the Costa Mesa High boys' basketball program.

Mesa can ring bell

Mesa can ring bell
By David Carrillo Peñaloza

COSTA MESA — The last time the Costa Mesa High girls' basketball team faced Estancia, one player lit up the Mustangs for 34 points.

Estancia High School

Eagles fall in a funk

COSTA MESA — The Estancia High girls' basketball team picked a bad time to play its worst game of the season.

Eagles lose ground after tie with Laguna

Eagles lose ground after tie with Laguna

COSTA MESA — The visiting sideline erupted in cheers as the final whistle blew Tuesday at Jim Scott Stadium.

Eagles claw back

COSTA MESA — The game again looked like a loss.

Mesa rallies for win

Mesa rallies for win

COSTA MESA — Saaeed El-Assadi said he is used to going up against a 6-foot-7 center. All last season, he guarded a big man who was...

Beck shines in win

COSTA MESA — Through three quarters Tuesday, Estancia High guard Ben Beck was on track to outscore Saddleback all by himself.

Estancia scores late to tie Costa Mesa

Estancia scores late to tie Costa Mesa

COSTA MESA — The game got more than a little chippy in the second half.

Newport Harbor High School

Sailors take on Breakers

Girls' Water Polo

McLaren motivated

McLaren motivated

Casual water polo observers who don't know the intricacies of set defense still recognize Maddy McLaren.

It's not by Chance

It's not by Chance

Chance Beauchamp kept hearing his coaches tell him that one of these nights, he and his Newport Harbor High teammates would hit their shots.

Sailors back in playoffs

Sailors back in playoffs

NEWPORT BEACH — The senior class of the Newport Harbor High girls' soccer team assembled under threatening skies Tuesday afternoon.

Nordstrom tough for Sailors

Nordstrom tough for Sailors

The left side of Ben Nordstrom's body has sure given him issues the past two years around this time.

Revenge of the Sailors

Revenge of the Sailors

IRVINE — It has become almost a tradition for the Newport Harbor High girls' water polo team every year.

Sage Hill School

Sage Hill falls in OT

NEWPORT COAST — On Senior Day, the Sage Hill School girls' soccer team honored the seven seniors who have been the backbone of the...

Sage's great season ends in regional semis

The tone in Dan Thomassen's voice had a mix of disappointment and content during a phone interview Saturday night.

Sage Hill denied in clash

Sage Hill denied in clash

NEWPORT COAST — Sage Hill School's second soccer match against St. Margaret's began like the first one.

Kreitenberg now leads

Kreitenberg now leads

In terms of height, Zoe Kreitenberg has not grown much during her four years at Sage Hill School.

Sage Hill denied by rival

NEWPORT COAST — The last time the Sage Hill School girls' soccer team played host to rival St. Margaret's, the game was scoreless...

Sage begins new run

Sage begins new run

NEWPORT COAST — A week ago, the Sage Hill School girls' volleyball team believed it ended Viewpoint's season.

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