California Interscholastic Federation

The CIF Southern Section Division 1 girls' water polo championship game featuring Back Bay rivals Corona del Mar High and Newport Harbor is scheduled for Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine. The No. 3-seeded Sea Kings (26-4)...

NEWPORT COAST — In the visiting stands at Sage Hill School, a man kept yelling, "Ánimo!" Ánimo was the boys' soccer team Sage Hill played in the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 6 playoffs on Wednesday. Ánimo is a Spanish word...

Corona del Mar High senior defenders Davis Case and Chris Von Der Ahe were each named to the All-Pacific Coast League first team in boys' soccer for their efforts in the Sea Kings' runner-up finish in league. Case and Von Der Ahe helped CdM (12-7-6, 5-...

Corona del Mar High freshman forward Natalia Bruening has earned second-team All-Pacific Coast League honors for girls' basketball. Bruening was the lone all-league selection for CdM (10-18, 1-9 in league), which finished sixth in league. She was...

GIRLS' BASKETBALL Chaminade 80, Estancia 40 WEST HILLS — Estancia could not keep up with top-seeded Chaminade and was eliminated after losing in the CIF Southern Section Division 3A quarterfinals Wednesday. Celia Duran led Estancia (20-8) with 23...

HUNTINGTON BEACH — The high school boys' volleyball showdown between Newport Harbor and host Huntington Beach began earlier than expected on Thursday. It finished that way, too. The match that featured undefeated Sunset League teams ended with...

CIF Southern Section Division 1 semifinal No. 2 Foothill (25-3) vs. No. 3 Corona del Mar (25-4) When/where: Wednesday, 5 p.m. at Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine Key Knights: Sr. utility Nikki Stansfield (team-high 61 goals); Sr. attacker Brenna...

In a move that has stunned much of the Orange County aquatics community, Corona del Mar High girls' water polo coach Sam Bailey resigned Wednesday to take the vacant boys' and girls' water polo head coaching positions at Beckman. Bailey's resignation...

CIF Southern Section Division 1 semifinal No. 1. Santa Barbara (25-4) vs. No. 4 Newport Harbor (23-6) When/where: Wednesday, 6:45 p.m. at Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine Key Dons: Sr. GK Maddie Trabucco; Sr. utility Kelsey O'Brien; Sr. attacker...

Before Shaun Vetrovec made his start on the mound for Newport Harbor High on Friday, he watched a couple of guys throw out the first pitch. One threw it pretty well and another bounced it to the plate. These guys were a lot older than Vetrovec, who's...

Costa Mesa High seniors Kellie Thorsness and Aubry Hill, Estancia seniors Alexis Paul and Ilene Umansky and Mesa junior goalie Kaitlin Hill have all earned first-team honors in the Orange Coast League for girls' water polo. Thorsness, a co-captain along...

BOYS' TENNIS Estancia 14, Ocean View 4 HUNTINGTON BEACH — Charlie Griffen swept in singles, 6-0, 6-1, 7-6, for the Eagles in the nonleague match Wednesday. The No. 2 doubles team of Sterling Gates and Erik Cerros swept, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0 for Estancia...