CdM goes distance

Corona del Mar High’s boys volleyball team used five games to sneak

by visiting Woodbridge, 25-22, 25-23, 21-25, 24-26, 15-13, in a

nonleague match Wednesday.

The Sea Kings (3-0) were up, 23-19, in the fourth game, but gave

up a couple of unforced errors and Woodbridge (0-1) ended up stealing

it. Playing catch up in the fifth game, CdM tied it at 13 and went

ahead from there for the match win.

Sophomore Adam Smith had 20 kills and 16 digs, while freshman Gus

Ellis had eight kills and 11 blocks. Senior setter Grant Almquist had

36 assists and 12 digs.

CdM opens play in the Francis Parker tournament at 3 p.m. Friday

at Eastlake High.

Mesa downs Valley

* VOLLEYBALL: The Costa Mesa High boys volleyball team won its

second match of the season in as many starts against visiting Santa

Ana Valley in nonleague action Wednesday, 25-22, 25-15, 22-25, 25-14.

Freshman Andrew Melcer led in assists for Costa Mesa with 42.

Sophomore Garrett Walthers chipped in with 14 kills and eight stuff

blocks, and freshman Ryan Bagwell ended with 15 kills and seven

service aces.

The Mustangs will visit Rancho Alamitos on Friday in nonleague

play.

T-wolves too much

* TENNIS: Senior Tristan Cordier won two of his three sets and

lost the third in a tiebreaker, but the visiting Sage Hill School

boys tennis team proved no match for Northwood, which won, 15-3, in a

nonleague meeting Wednesday.

Cordier won his first two sets, 7-6, 6-1, and lost his third, 7-5,

at No. 1 singles for the Lightning (2-4). Northwood (3-2), ranked No.

9 in CIF Southern Section Division I, swept in all three doubles

matchups.

Sage hosts Edison at 3 p.m Friday.

Eagles crash

* VOLLEYBALL: The defending CIF Southern Section Division III

champion Estancia High boys volleyball team lost for the first time

in nearly two years (aside from tournaments) to host Fountain Valley,

25-21, 21-25, 25-21, 25-21, in a nonleague match Wednesday.

The Eagles (1-1), who were 17-0 last season in league and CIF

play, won the second game to tie the match but then lost the next

three.

Junior brothers Scott and Shaun Markley both had 10 kills and 11

digs to lead Estancia, ranked No. 3 in Division III, while junior

Dallas Kopp recorded nine kills. Setter Trevor Holmes had 25 assists

and three aces and Ian Lamb had one ace.

The Eagles open play in the Foothill tournament at 8 a.m. Saturday

at Foothill High.

Lions lose twice

* SOFTBALL: The Vanguard softball team fell in back-to-back games

to the visiting Cal State Dominguez Hills on Wednesday.

In the first game, Dominguez Hills (12-4) scored in the first

inning to put them up, 1-0. In the fifth, Vanguard’s Noelle Navarette

singled, and was brought home off a hit by Lauren Manriquez, which

tied the score at one.

In the seventh inning, Dominguez Hills pulled away after getting 4

runs off two Vanguard errors.

Vanguard’s (3-11) Lindsey Dyer scored one final run in the seventh

inning but it wasn’t enough to match Dominguez Hills, and the game

ended, 5-2.

In the second game, both teams were scoreless until a run by

Dominguez Hills in the sixth inning by Lori Moreno. Vanguard had four

hits in the second game, but was unable to score, and was defeated,

1-0.

Nonconference

Game 1

Dominguez Hills 5,

Vanguard 2

Score by Innings

*--*

D’guez 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 5 10 2

VU 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 2 6 2

*--*

Thomas, and Prestwood; Rynda, Emmel (7) and Benson. W -- Thomas,

2-0. L -- Rynda, 0-4. 2B -- Groden (D).

Nonconference

Game 2

Dominguez Hills 1,

Vanguard 0

Score by Innings

*--*

D’guez 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 4 0 VU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 3

*--*

Barrientos and Greco; Mahan, Emmel (7) and Smith. W -- Barrientos,

1-1. L -- Mahan, 0-4. 2B -- Moreno (D). 3B -- Bomgren.

Vanguard swept

* SOFTBALL: The visiting Vanguard University softball team gave up

two runs in two games, losing both, 1-0, in a Golden State Athletic

Conference doubleheader Tuesday.

Biola (18-0, 2-0 in the GSAC) scored one unearned run in the top

of the third inning and held on to win the first game. In the second

game, Biola’s Joanna Gray singled in Stacey Duncan in the first

inning for the 1-0 lead.

Vanguard (3-9, 1-3) had five hits in the second game, but stranded

seven runners, including three in the bottom of the seventh inning.

The Lions compiled three hits in the first game.

Golden State Athletic Conference

Game 1,

Biola 1,

Vanguard 0

Score by Innings

*--*

Biola 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0

Vangaurd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1

*--*

Gustaveson and Fujihara; Olvera and Benson. W -- Gustaveson, 9-0.

L -- Olvera, 2-1.

Golden State Athletic Conference

Game 2,

Biola 1,

Vanguard 0

Score by Innings

*--*

Biola 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 0

Vangaurd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1

*--*

Dinsmore, Garcia (5) and Fujihara; Keltner, Mahan (7) and Benson.

W -- Dinsmore, 6-0. L -- Keltner, 0-1. Sv -- Garcia (1). 2B -- Durham (VU).

*

Track and field

Nonleague

BOYS

Marina 77,

Newport Harbor 60,

Corona del Mar 25

100 -- 1. Garza (M), 11.4; 2. Lin (M), 11.6; 3. Rojas (NH), 12.0.

200 -- 1. McNair (M), 23.5; 2. Horton (M), 23.8; 3. Nelson (NH),

24.9.

400 -- 1. McNair (M), 53.2; 2. Martinez (M), 53.4; 3. Taylor

(CdM), 53.6.

800 -- 1. Guadagnini (M), 1:57.3; 2. Peck (M), 2:01.7; 3. Licorish (CdM), 2:04.1.

1,600 -- 1. Morrill (M), 4:33; 2. Lawson (M), 4:37.8; 3. Wong

(CdM), 4:43.7.

3,200 -- 1. Matsumoto (M), 9:57.7; 2. Wong (CdM), 10:01.1; 3.

Guthrie (CdM), 10:22.8.

110 HH -- 1. Campos (NH), 13.1; 2. Palomares (NH), 17.3; 3.

Aguilar (CdM), 17.6.

300 IH -- 1. Gallespie (M), 43.5; 2. Palomares (NH), 46.6; 3.

Engman (CdM), 47.1.

400 relay -- 1. Marina, 45.4.

1,600 relay -- 1. Marina, 3:31.5.

HJ -- 1. Turchi (M), 5-10; 2. Hedrick (NH), 5-8; 3. Beshore (CdM),

5-8.

LJ -- 1. Campos (NH), 19-2; 2. Boullon (NH), 18-4 1/2 ; 3. Garza

(M), 17-11 1/4 .

TJ -- 1. Turchi (M), 40-7 1/4 ; 2. Corcoran (M), 36-10 1/4 ; 3.

Campos (NH), 35-4 3/4 .

SP -- 1. Taylor (NH), 53-11; 2. Theriot (NH), 53-4; 3. Williams

(NH), 45-8 1/2 .

DT -- 1. Taylor (NH), 158-4; 2. Kalanz (NH), 154-2; 3. Williams

(NH), 146-3.

GIRLS

Corona del Mar 75

Newport Harbor 64,

Marina 20

100 -- 1. Swigert (CdM), 12.3; 2. Lampley (M), 12.8; 3. Lambrakis

(NH), 13.1.

200 -- 1. Swigert (CdM), 25.1; 2. Coffman (M), 26.7; 3. Lambrakis

(NH), 27.9.

400 -- 1. Morgan (CdM), 1:00.5; 2. Coffman (M), 1:02.4; 3. Horton

(M), 1:08.1.

800 -- 1. May (CdM), 2:19.9; 2. Damon (CdM), 2:20.9; 3. Randall

(NH), 2:23.5.

1,600 -- 1. St. Geme (CdM), 5:13; 2. May (CdM), 5:13.5; 3. Damon

(CdM), 5:13.6.

3,200 -- 1. Blue (NH), 11:07; 2. Cummings (CdM), 11:10.9; 3.

Slykhouse (CdM), 11:32.9.

100 H -- 1. Liu (CdM), 16.9; 2. Robson (NH), 16.9; 3. Mizusawa

(CdM), 18.5.

300 H -- 1. Chang (CdM), 53.8; 2. Cohen (NH), 54.3; 3. Corpuz

(CdM), 55.9.

400 relay -- 1. Marina, 51.8.

1,600 relay -- 1. CdM (Swigert, May, Tobiessen, Morgan), 4:34.5.

HJ -- 1. Ryder (NH), 5-4; 2. Belida (NH), 14-10 1/4 ; 3. Mead (dM), 4-10.

LJ -- 1. Liu (CdM), 16-2 3/4 ; 2. Ryder (NH), 15-9 1/2 ; 3. Belida

(NH), 14-10 1/4 .

TJ -- 1. Liu (CdM), 33-11; 2. Robson (NH), 33-4 3/4 ; 3. Clayton

(NH), 32-0 1/4 .

SP -- 1. Taylor (NH), 53-11; 2. Theriot (NH), 53-4; 3. Williams

(NH), 45-8 1/2 .

DT -- 1. Taylor (NH), 158-4; 2. Kalanz (NH), 154-2; 3. Williams

(NH), 146-3.

NM holds signups

* FOOTBALL: Newport-Mesa Junior All-American Football is holding

signups April 16th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Ensign Junior High.