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The Sailors bounced back to beat San Marcos in the third-place match after falling to Orange Lutheran in the semifinals. Laguna Beach topped CdM for ninth place.

Edison senior running back Julius Gillick leads the Daily Pilot Football Dream Team for the 2024 season.

Liam Gray scored 26 points for the Griffins, who are in outright first place after Wednesday night’s 73-69 win over the Sea Kings.

Newport Harbor senior Keaton Robar leads the Daily Pilot Girls’ Cross-Country Dream Team for the 2024 season.

The Barons double up host Huntington Beach 4-2 on Wednesday, setting up a battle of unbeatens in league play against Edison on Friday.

Corona del Mar beat Huntington Beach 44-32 on Saturday, and Los Alamitos 50-31 on Tuesday, to take control of first place in the Sunset League.

The Edison boys’ soccer team improved to 5-0 in Sunset League play with Friday’s win at Newport Harbor.

Sage Hill lost to Fairmont Prep 63-46 on Saturday in the Kiernan Klassic at Mater Dei High. The Lightning play host to Woodbridge in a Pacific Coast League opener on Tuesday.

The Sailors avenged an earlier loss to Oaks Christian in the semifinals before falling 15-9 to Mater Dei in the final. CdM placed eighth, with Laguna Beach in ninth.

Shea Summers represented Edison in Dubai over the Thanksgiving break, then in December went to a national team training camp in Chula Vista.

Corona del Mar’s Max Douglass leads the Daily Pilot Boys’ Cross-Country Dream Team for the 2024 season.

The annual girls’ water polo tournament, which starts Friday, has some of the top teams in the CIF Southern Section attending.