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High School Roundup: Newport Harbor boys’ water polo wins regional playoff opener

Newport Harbor's Ben Liechty (13) takes a shot on goal versus Huntington Beach at Los Alamitos High School on Oct. 27.
Newport Harbor’s Ben Liechty (13) takes a shot on goal in a game versus Huntington Beach at Los Alamitos High School on Oct. 27. Top-seeded Newport Harbor defeated La Jolla 20-10 in the first round of the CIF State Southern California Division I regional playoffs on Tuesday.
(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
By Andrew TurnerStaff Writer 

The top-seeded Newport Harbor High School boys’ water polo team defeated La Jolla 20-10 in the first round of the CIF State Southern California Division I regional playoffs on Tuesday.

Newport Harbor (26-5) plays host to No. 4-seeded Studio City Harvard-Westlake (24-6) on Thursday at 5 p.m. Harvard-Westlake beat San Diego Cathedral Catholic 16-14 to begin the regional playoffs.

Huntington Beach 20, Los Angeles Loyola 8: The No. 2-seeded Oilers rolled past the visiting Cubs on Tuesday in the first round of the CIF State Southern California Division I regional playoffs.

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Huntington Beach (20-3) will remain at home to face No. 3-seeded Mater Dei (25-3) in the semifinals on Thursday at 5:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL

Carlsbad 3, Newport Harbor 0: Emma Fults had a team-leading 10 kills, but the Sailors were swept 25-20, 25-22, 25-23 on Tuesday in the CIF State Southern California Division II regional final.

Quinn Perry had eight kills, and Anabel Kotzakov added five kills for Newport Harbor (29-9).

Top-seeded Carlsbad (24-11) advances to face No. 2 Larkspur Redwood (29-6) in the Division II state championship match at Santiago Canyon College on Saturday at 4 p.m.

BOYS’ BASKETBALL

Ocean View 68, Long Beach Rancho Dominguez 41: Senior Chico Lopez had 29 points to lead the host Seahawks in a Jim Harris Classic game on Tuesday.

Ocean View (1-1) also had junior Cole Kenrich score 12 points, while Rancho Dominguez saw senior Luke Chibueze go for 12 points, too.

Estancia 50, Anaheim 39: The Eagles were victorious in their season opener at home in a nonleague contest on Tuesday night.

Estancia will compete in the San Gabriel Tournament next week.

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

El Modena 34, Estancia 28: The Eagles dropped to 1-1 in their season-opening appearance at the Los Amigos Tournament on Tuesday.

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Andrew Turner

Andrew Turner is a sports reporter for the Daily Pilot. Before joining the Pilot in October 2016, he covered prep sports as a freelancer for the Orange County Register for four years. His work also has been used by the Associated Press and California Rubber Hockey Magazine. While attending Long Beach State, he wrote for the college newspaper, The Daily 49er. He graduated with bachelor’s degrees in journalism and history. (714) 966-4611

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