Larsen, Blommer lead Dodgers

The Costa Mesa American Little League Major Dodgers came from behind in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat the National Blue Jays, 5-4 for their third come-from-behind win of the season.

Evan Larsen and Johnny Blommer proved to be heroes for the Dodgers. Larsen, the winning pitcher, delivered the game-winning hit, which produced his third run batted in, scoring Blommer, who reached after being hit by a pitch. Ryan Lether also provided a key hit and William Leiby scored a run. Grady Conner and Chandler Littley scored a run each.

Blue Jays pitcher Noah Prevel struck out six. Dodgers starting pitcher Daniel Morales struck out 11.

— Jack Morales

Minor A Division

Angels 18, Red Sox 7

Brandon Thompson and Dylan Phillips homered for the Angels, who had solid pitching from Jack Christensen.

Luke Shillington tripled, while Eric Carrasco, David Reta and Ray Welsher also had hits for the Angels. Jacob Loaeza homered for the Red Sox. Sam Heilig, Ben Lopez and Tristan Epstein also had hits for the Red Sox.

— Wade Kerley

Newport Beach Little League

Majors Division

Jack’s Surfboards 11,

Boone Action Turf 10

Jack’s Surfboards battled back to score seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning Tuesday to notch their sixth win of the season.

Tanner Smith scored the game-winning run.

Jack’s starter Conner Bock pitched three scoreless innings and didn’t allow a hit while striking out seven. Nick Fox picked up the win inrelief.

Jack’s offense was led by Collin Brandenberger’s RBI double, a double by Brenden Hueston and single by Nick Speer.

Boone Action Turf was led by Reed Quackenbush, who smashed two home runs and struck out seven in three innings pitched and Nigel Bress, who also homered. Jimmy Donnell and Will Minck each scored twice.

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Snowboarding Nationals

Chandler Hunt of Newport Beach competed April 3-9 at the United States Amateur Snowboard Assn. National Championships at Copper Mountain, Colo.

Hunt competed in the boardercross, half pipe and slopestyle disciplines in the menehune boys’ division (ages 10-11). He finished in 42nd-place in both the boardercross and half-pipe events and was 35th in slopestyle.

He came into the competition ranked 110th, overall,but left it with a No. 39 ranking.

There were168 regional champions competing in his age group.

“It was a lot of fun to meet other boys and girls from all over the country,” Hunt said. “It was cool to see all of their different riding styles. I learned that you should have one run in the half pipe and in slopestyle that you can land cleanly no matter what the conditions are. After you land that, you can go big on your second run and try your biggest tricks.

“In boardercross it helps to have your board waxed between each run. Having coaches that can help with that makes a big difference.”

While at Nationals, Hunt was invited to attend the Park City Snowboard Academy next winter.The academy is limited to 25 students in grades sixth through 12.

“I am really excited about the possibility of going to the academy in Park City next winter,” Hunt said. “It is where all of the US Olympic riders train and their coaches are amazing riders. I got to ride with some kids on their team and they are all super-friendly. Their coaches are super nice also and helped me at Nationals even though I wasn’t on their team.

“They are going to train on a glacier on Mt. Hood for three weeks this summer and I am hoping my parents will let me join them.”

Sammy Swanson, 11, of Costa Mesa also had earned a spot at the USASA National Championships but didn’t compete. He suffered abroken collar bone while training the week before leaving for Nationals. He had qualified in slopestyle, half Pipe and boardercross in the menehune boys’ division.

It marked the first time in five seasons that Swanson missed nationals.

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Costa Mesa Pop Warner Football

registration is Saturday

Costa Mesa Pop Warner Football will hold an open house and registration Saturday at Estancia High.

The festivities run between 8:30 a.m. and noon and will include a weigh-in for tackle football players as well as a raffle distribution.

The open house/registration will take place at Parsons Field on the Estancia campus. Use the parking lot’s south entrance and proceed to the rear of the school. The field is adjacent to the baseball fields.

For more information, visit the website https:/ www.costamesapopwarnerfootball.com.

— From staff reports

Newport Lightning Basketball

Club tryouts Sunday

The Newport Lightning Basketball Club will hold spring club basketball team tryouts for young men interested in playing on competitive teams at the nine-and-under through 14-under age groups (grades third through eighth).

The tryouts will be held between 3 and 6 p.m. Sunday at the Sage Hill School gym. The school is located at 20402 Newport Coast Dr.

Below are the tryout times by grade:

Grades 3-5: 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Grades 6-8: 4:30 to 6 p.m.

The Newport Lightning Basketball Club is a comprehensive, fundamentals-based youth basketball development program targeting players who would like to compete at the next level. The club operates multiple teams including high school boys’ and girls’ varsity programs and competes in regional club and Amateur Athletic Union tournaments throughout the spring and summer months.

For more on the Newport Lightning Basketball Club, visit the website https:/ www.newportlightning.com.

— From staff reports