Girls basketball: Sailors fall in tourney opener

IRVINE - The Newport Harbor High girls basketball team lost in the

first round of the South Coast Tournament to Esperanza, 61-24, Saturday

at University High.

Freshman Jillianne Whitfield led the Sailors (0-2) with nine points,

while Athena Vasquez and Nadja Topalovic each chipped in with five

points.

The Sailors will take on host University today at 3:15 p.m.

SOUTH COAST TOURNAMENT

First round

Esperanza 61, Newport Harbor 24

Newport Harbor 5 7 2 10 - 24

Esperanza 20 9 24 8 - 61

Newport - Campbell 2, Topalovic 5, Whitfield 9, Mino 1, Castillo 2,

Vasquez 5, Kerns 0, Linsday 0, Scharfe, 0 Brooks 0, Woller 0.

3 pt. goals - None.

Fouled out - None.

Esperanza - Kauffman 4, Helvey 5, Blair 17, Byfield 7, Noloan 2,

Kalogerapouloz 5, Smith 4, Clark 2, VanCuren 7, Jacobsen 8.

3 pt. goals - None.

Fouled out - Noloan.