High School Roundup: CdM boys’ lacrosse goes undefeated in regular season
BOYS’ LACROSSE
Corona del Mar 12, Huntington Beach 2
Yale-bound goalie Hoyt Crance made eight saves and the host Sea Kings, ranked No. 1 in the state by laxpower.com, wrapped up a 16-0 regular season on Friday.
CdM is expected to be the top seed in the U.S. Lacrosse Southern Section South Division playoffs, which begin Tuesday.
Jason Simaan won 13 faceoffs for the Sea Kings, while Chad Redfearn and Brett Greenlee finished with three ground balls apiece.
Jordan Greenhall produced three goals and two ground balls and Ben Palitz had two goals and one ground ball.
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BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL
Corona del Mar def. Beckman
Ryan Moss had 12 kills, two block assists, four digs to help the Sea Kings win 25-12, 25-10, 25-21 and clinch the Pacific Coast League title Friday.
Sam Kobrine (11 kills, one block), Kevin Fults (seven kills, five blocks), Augie Miller (seven kills, three blocks), Will Hunter (five kills, four blocks) and Matt Ctvrtlik (38 assists, two blocks and five digs) also contributed for CdM, 22-6, 9-0 in league).
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Newport Harbor def. Edison
Cole Pender had 14 kills to lead the Sailors to a 25-18, 25-22, 25-22 Sunset League win Friday.
Newport Harbor is 6-7, 6-3, in league, tied for second place with Los Alamitos.
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Crean Lutheran def. Sage Hill
IRVINE — Logan Senn finished with a season-high 15 kills for the Lightning in an Academy League match that Crean Lutheran won, 25-20, 25-21, 21-25, 25-15, on Wednesday.
Sage Hill’s Zach Drobenko had 11 kills.
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BASEBALL
University 4, Corona del Mar 2
The Sea Kings could not overcome a 4-0 deficit and fell in the Pacific Coast League game Friday at CdM.
Still, CdM (15-7, 7-4 in league) is in contention for first place in league, as the Sea Kings must sweep first-place Beckman next week.
CdM will try to begin with a win on Tuesday, when standout pitcher Evan Larsen takes the mound at CdM, starting at 3:30 p.m.
Uni’s Neil Boudreau pitched a solid, complete game, allowing six hits for the Trojans (9-13, 5-6), who also have two wins against Beckman.
The Sea Kings now turn their attention to their biggest game of the season.
“Hopefully when we get Beckman on Tuesday we get back to our line drive and ground ball approach,” CdM Coach John Emme said. “If we wanted to win league we have to beat Beckman twice. We don’t have a lot of wiggle room now. We start with one game at a time. We have Evan on Tuesday at home. It’s a big game. We’re excited for the challenge.”
Robby Hurst led CdM by going three for four.
— Steve Virgen
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BOYS’ TENNIS
Crean Lutheran 9, Sage Hill 9, (76-75 games)
William Sanderson and Grant Janavs won twice in doubles action during an Academy League match that the Lightning lost in total games at The Tennis Club in Newport Beach on Friday, handing Sage Hill its first league setback.
Sage Hill, which is ranked No. 4 in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 poll, split its two matches with No. 8 Crean Lutheran and is now 7-1 in league. Crean Lutheran, which is 6-1 in league, can share the league title with the Lightning by beating Whitney on Tuesday. A Crean Lutheran loss and Sage Hill is the outright league champion.
Sage Hill closes out the regular season with a nonleague match at Laguna Beach, the top-ranked team in Division 4, on Monday at 3:15 p.m.