Oilers, Seahawks on to final four

Sunset League champion Huntington Beach and Golden West League winner

Ocean View have earned final four berths in their respective CIF

Southern Section divisions.

The Oilers eliminated St. John Bosco from the Division I playoffs

with an 11-15, 15-4, 15-7, 9-15, 13-15 quarterfinal victory on the

Oilers’ home floor.

The Oilers used a balanced attack to move on to a semifinal match

against top-ranked San Clemente.

Kenny Markwardt had another big game with 22 kills, Brandon

McLaughlin had 18 and Eric Eastman finished with 14 and setter Brock

Boyce helped keep the Braves off-balance.

Ocean View advanced in Division III play following a 15-8, 15-11,

5-15, 15-10 win at Cajon.

Outside hitters Justin Roth and Jeff Wilson paced the Seahawks

with 21 and 15 kills, respectively.

The win was the 20th of the season for Ocean View, now 20-5

overall.

“I thought Cajon was extremely athletic and fortunately for us, we

made less mistakes than they did,” said Ocean View coach Jimmy Harris

who noted that the trip to the CIF semifinals is a first for the

program.

At the CIF-SS tennis Sectional matches, Edison’s doubles duo of

Ryan Malawy and Thomas Shubert advanced out of tournament play held

at Whittier Narrows.

Malawy, a junior, and the freshman Shubert will compete Friday in

the CIF-SS Individuals round of 16 at SeaCliff Tennis Club.

The Sunset League doubles champions had a first round bye. In

second round action they defeated Valencia’s David Fogelsong and

Eddie Manio of the Foothill League 6-1, 6-1. Next they played and

defeated Crescenta Valley’s Ryan Chang and Eric Ueo of the Pacific

League 6-1, 6-1.

They now move on to the round of 16 and Edison coach Nick Friendt

says the duo “realistically has a shot of winning the whole thing” at

Friday’s Sweet 16.

“Ryan and Thomas have been unbelievable all year for us,” he said.

“The reason that we’ve won as a team is because of their spectacular

play and our team effort. Now, these guys are playing not only for

Edison High School, but for themselves. They have the opportunity to

do something that’s never been done in Edison Boys Tennis.”

Last fall, Edison’s tennis program was represented by the doubles

team of seniors Jessica Boyer and Kelly Iwanabe at the CIF-SS final

round of 16 at SeaCliff.

In CIF baseball, Edison opened the Division I playoffs with a 3-1

home win over Claremont.

Robbie Blauer drove in the winning run -- the last of two scored

in the fifth inning -- to lift Sunset League champion Edison, now

24-4.

David Huff got the pitching win on two hits with 11 strikeouts.

The win put the senior at 10-1 on the season.

Golden West League co-champion Ocean View was a 3-2 first-round

winner of visiting Troy in a Division III matchup.

The Seahawks’ offense was sparked by home runs hit by Derek Walsh

and Phil Hann.

Walsh hit a solo shot in the first inning to give Ocean View a 1-0

lead, and Hann upped the advantage to 2-0 with a solo homer in the

third.

Senior Grant Theophilus got the pitching win -- his eighth of the

year -- in a complete-game effort.

Jacob Luque made Marina a first-round winner in the Division I

baseball playoffs.

The senior’s solo home run in the bottom of the sixth inning

separated the Vikings from visiting Rancho Cucamonga and sent Marina

to a 2-1 victory.

The win was the 20th of the season for Marina. Winning pitcher Wes

Etheridge improved his mark to 7-3 and J.J. Valicenti, who entered in

the seventh inning, got the save.

In CIF softball, Marina’s season came to an end when host El Toro

scored in the bottom of the seventh inning to pull out a 1-0 victory

in a first-round Division I contest.