Sports Shorts: Sea Kings Look to Reverse 'Battle of the Bay' Trend

A number of streaks are on the line Friday night at Orange Coast College, the site of the 50th annual “Battle of the Bay” football game between neighboring Corona del Mar and Newport Harbor highs.

Corona del Mar (3-0) comes into the game and undefeated, including one victory over a Sunset League team (Huntington Beach) and looking to make it one more. Newport Harbor (0-2) has yet to win a game this season, but the Sailors have won the last four “Battle of the Bay” games.

The odds would seem to favor the Sea Kings, who have defeated Savanna, 40-7; , and . The latter two victories came courtesy late-game touchdowns by senior running back Erik Fisher, who has rushed for 361 yards. Quarterback Brent Lawson hs thrown for 569 yards and six touchdowns.

Newport Harbor’s losses have been to Pac-5 teams , and Loyola of Los Angeles, 27-0. The Sailors are still reeling from the summer transfer of running back Buzzy Yokoyama to Mission Viejo and are still trying to find their offense -- they passed for only 82 yards and rushed for 51 against the Cubs. But assuming it can reverse its trend of turning over the ball, don’t ever count out a Jeff Brinkley-coached team.

Scott Meyer, Corona del Mar’s first-year coach, is aware of the historically uphill battle his team faces -- the Sailors hold a 36-13 series edge. "It really hasn't been much of a rivalry historically because Newport's dominated the game," Meyer told the Daily Pilot. "But our kids will be excited. Kids will have a huge crowd there. Hopefully, it's a good game."

I don’t think there’s any chance it won’t be, coach.

If you can’t score a ticket -- the game sells out almost every year -- you can catch the action streamed live on FoxSportsWest.com’s “Prep Zone,” beginning with the 7 p.m. kickoff.

Sage Hill (1-2) is off this week but resumes play on Saturday, Oct. 1, with a 7 p.m. home game against La Jolla The Bishop's.

CORONA DEL MAR RUNNERS EXCEL AT CROSS-COUNTRY COUNTY CLASSIC

Sea Kings runners competed in the Cross Country Classic Friday and Saturday at Estancia High. The 31st annual meet was co-hosted by Woodbridge, Estancia, and Costa Mesa high schools and the Newport-Irvine Rotary Club, and was sponsored by Puma.

Here are results of races in which Corona del Mar runners scored among the top 10:

DIVISION 4

Varsity Girls Individuals -- 1. Scott (Bonita) 17:25; 2. Powers (Corona del Mar) 17:31; 3. Pluma (St. Joseph/Lakewood) 18:03; 4. Zambrano (Bolsa Grande) 18:07; 5. Silvas (Segerstrom) 18:15; 6. Rivera (Corona del Mar) 18:17; 7. Scott (Bonita) 18:20; 8. McManus (Granite Hills) 18:22; 9. Son (Bolsa Grande) 18:25; 10. Romero (Cajon) 18:25.

Varsity Girls Team Scores -- 1.Bonita 109; 2. Corona del Mar 111; 3. Granite Hills 133; 4. Segerstrom 175; 5. Orange Lutheran 178; 6. St. Joseph/Lakewood 198; 7. Bolsa Grande 209; 8. Yorba Linda 218; 9. Flintridge Sacred Heart 219; 10. Northview 227.

Sophomore Girls Individuals -- 1. Naruse (Corona del Mar) 18:23; 2. Stiver (Corona del Mar) 18:36; 3. Tejada (Norte Vista) 18:47; 4. Glenn (Corona del Mar) 19:12; 5. Lacey (Granite Hills) 19:12; 6. Clifton (JSerra) 19:13; 7. Pineda (Godinez) 19:21; 8. Maldonado (Godinez) 19:21; 9. Gilmartin (Flintridge Scared Heart) 19:26; 10. Peterson (Flintridge Sacred Heart) 19:32.

Sophomore Girls Team Scores -- 1. Corona del Mar 48; 2. Norte Vista 69; 3. Flintridge Sacred Heart 111; 4. Yorba Linda 116; 5. Bonita 117; 6. Godinez 133; 7. Culver City 181; 8. Cathedral City 192; 9. South Pasadena 210; 10. Cajon 250.

Freshmen Girls Individuals -- 1. Hansen (Corona del Mar) 18:42; 2. Morse (Granite Hills) 18:48; 3. Zamora (Granite Hills) 18:59; 4. Hagan (JSerra) 19:29; 5. Serna (Yorba Linda) 19:54; 6. Wolker (Corona del Mar) 19:58; 7. Gardner (Rim of the World) 20:00; 8. Liggan (El Camino/Oceanside) 20:03; 9. Prado (Bonita) 20:10; 10. Neely (Bonita) 20:11.

Freshman Girls Team Scores -- 1. Corona del Mar 21; 2. Orange Lutheran 84; 3. Norte Vista 85; 4. Oaks Christian 85; 5. South Pasadena 118; 6. Cajon 154; 7. Rancho Verde 164; 8. Mission Viejo 205; 9. Costa Mesa 250.

Senior Boys Individuals -- 1. Griego (Granite Hills) 15:07; 2. Privitelli (Crespi) 15:09; 3. Myers (Corona del Mar) 15:18; 4. Carlos (Glendale) 15:24; 5. Canlas (Glendale) 15:28; 6. Hayes (Big Bear) 15:32; 7. Bates (Whittier Christian) 15:35; 8. Blackwell (Costa Mesa) 15:42; 9. Peterson (St. Francis/La Canada) 15:45; 10. Ortiz (Katella) 15:47.

Senior Boys Team Scores -- 1. Pacifica 98; 2. Corona del Mar 151; 3. Granite Hills 159; 4. Big Bear 173; 5. Bonita 217; 6. Segerstrom 220; 7. Katella 220; 8. Coachella Valley 227; 9. Yorba Linda 229; 10. Godinez 258.

Junior Boys Individuals  -- 1. Rosales (Bishop Alemany) 15:24; 2. Zadoorian (Hoover/Glendale) 15:28; 3. Moralez (Big Bear) 15:34; 4. Ramirez (Santiago) 15:42; 5. Cortez (Crespi) 15:47; 6. MacMiller (Crespi) 16:00; 7. Thies (Sage Hill) 16:06; 8. Higgins (Bishop Alemany) 16:10; 9. Parks (Corona del Mar) 16:11; 10. Ortiz (Godinez) 16:12.

Junior Boys Team Scores -- 1. Crespi 74; 2. Godinez 89; 3. Corona del Mar 98; 4. Santiago 159; 5. Bishop Alemany 177; 6. Yorba Linda 203; 7. El Segundo 213; 8. San Diego 266; 9. La Quinta 279; 10. Segerstrom 291.

Sophomore Boys Individuals -- 1. Nobbs (Bonita) 15:41; 2. Gonzales (Clairemont/San Diego) 15:48; 3. Salas (Santiago) 15:49; 4. Bonilla (Crespi) 16:05; 5. Keith (Corona del Mar) 16:06; 6. Larson (Yucca Valley) 16:09; 7. Joshua (Cajon) 16:18; 8. Trejo (Pioneer) 16:20; 9. Velasquez (Cathedral) 16:23; 10. Leon (Rancho Alamitos) 16:24.

Sophomore Boys Team Scores -- 1. Bonita 90; 2. Santiago 179; 3. Orange Lutheran 229; 4. Yorba Linda 251; 5. Godinez 266; 6. Corona del Mar 267; 7. South Pasadena 269; 8. San Juan Hills 272; 9. Laguna Beach 287; 10. St. Francis/La Canada 288.

Freshman Boys Team Scores -- 1. Bonita 128; 2. Norte Vista 152; 3. Cathedral 153; 4. JSerra 163; 5. St. Margaret’s 181; 6. Santiago 198; 7. Godinez 205; 8. St. Francis/La Canada 230; 9. Don Bosco Tech 234; 10. Corona del Mar 248.

For complete results in all divisions, click here.

Coming up on Saturday are the Dana Hills Nike Invitational as well as the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto.

SOUTH COAST WATER POLO TOURNAMENT BEGINS TODAY

Newport Harbor's and Corona del Mar's boys water polo teams are , respectively, as they begin play today (Thursday) in the highly anticipated South Coast tournament.

Both local teams are seeded No. 1 in their pools in the competition, which continues through Saturday at four high school pools in Orange County. The championship match is set for Newport Harbor at 4:05 p.m. Saturday.

Here are where the teams will begin their two days of pool play today. Quarterfinals will be held Friday at each pool, and winners will advance to Saturday’s semifinals, which will take place at 10:40 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. at Newport Harbor.

Capistrano Valley High -- 1. Mater Dei; 2. Laguna Beach; 3. Capistrano Valley; 4. Vista; 5. Northwood; 6. San Clemente; 7. Granite Hills; 8. Buena Park.

Foothill High -- 1. El Toro; 2. Loyola; 3. Santa Barbara; 4. Foothill; 5. Punahou (Hawaii); 6. Mission Viejo; 7. Santa Margarita; 8. University.

Newport Harbor High -- 1. Newport Harbor; 2. Los Alamitos; 3. The Bishop's (La Jolla); 4. Long Beach Wilson; 5. Servite; 6. Edison; 7. Dana Hills; 8. Redlands.

Corona del Mar -- 1. Corona del Mar; 2. Huntington Beach; 3. Villa Park; 4. Dos Pueblos (Goleta); 5. Riverside Poly; 6. Esperanza; 7. La Canada; 8. Long Beach Poly.

DAVE MOHS O.C. CHAMPIONSHIPS IN GIRLS VOLLEYBALL BEGINS FRIDAY

Here are the pool assignments and schedule for pool play for the Divisions 1 and 2 brackets of the Dave Mohs O.C. Championships, which begin play at 3 p.m. Friday and resume at 8 a.m. Saturday.

Newport Harbor's team is ranked , while Corona del Mar's is .

Friday's pool schedule: 1 vs. 3; 2 vs. 4; 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3. On Saturday, it's 3 vs. 4 and 1 vs. 2. Afterward, the top two teams advance to the playoffs Saturday afternoon at Edison High.

The Division 1 final is Monday at 7:30 p.m., and it's preceded by the Division 2 final at 6 p.m. Both games are at Edison High.

DIVISION 1

Pool 1 at Edison -- 1. Los Alamitos; 2. Rosary; 3. Mission Viejo; 4. Los Osos.

Pool 2 at Corona del Mar -- 1. Corona del Mar; 2. El Dorado; 3. Tesoro; 4. West Ranch.

Pool 3 at Edison -- 1. Ediso; 2. Poly/Long Beach; 3. Bakersfield; 4. University/Irvine.

Pool 4 at Marina -- 1. Mater Dei; 2. San Clemente; 3. Marina; 4. Beckman.

Pool 5 at Newport Harbor -- 1. Newport Harbor; 2. Harvard-Westlake; 3. Capistrano Valley; 4. Chaparral.

Pool 6 at Newport Harbor -- 1. Laguna Beach; 2. Orange Lutheran; 3. Centennial/Corona; 4. Murrieta Valley.

Pool 7 at Edison -- 1. Santa Margarita; 2. Palos Verdes; 3. Wilson/Long Beach; 4. Upland.

Pool 8 at Huntington Beach -- 1. Huntington Beach; 2. Yucaipa; 3. Dana Hills; 4. Carson.

DIVISION 2

Pool 1 at Huntington Beach -- 1. Notre Dame; 2. Garces Memorial; 3. La Habra; 4. Estancia.

Pool 2 at Costa Mesa -- 1. Francis Parker; 2. Villa Park; 3. Calvary Chapel/Santa Ana; 4. Norco.

Pool 3 at Fountain Valley -- 1. Temecula Valley; 2. San Juan Hills; 3. R.E. Mountain; 4. El Modena.

Pool 4 at Marina -- 1. Trabuco Hills; 2. Peninsula; 3. Woodbridge; 4. Fullerton.

Pool 5 at Corona del Mar -- 1. Ayala; 2. Troy; 3. Stockdale.

Pool 6 at Costa Mesa -- 1. Sage Hill; 2. Carlsbad; 3. Canyon/Anaheim; 4. Costa Mesa.

Pool 7 at Corona del Mar -- 1. St. Margaret's; 2. Northwood; 3. Valencia/Placentia; 4. Silverado.

Pool 8 at Fountain Valley -- 1. Brea Olinda; 2. Laguna Hills; 3. Bonita; 4. Connelly.

SEA KING LACROSSE PLAYER SIGNS COLLEGE COMMIT

Defenseman Donald Dalton, a U.S. Lacrosse All-American from Corona del Mar High, has signed to play with Drexel College in Philadelphia.

WRESTLING OFFICIALS NEEDED FOR 2011-12 SEASON

The Orange County Wrestling Officials Assn. is looking to add officials to its rosters and is holding its first mandatory meeting for candidates for the 2011-12 high school season on Sunday at 6 p.m. in Room 240 (across from gymnasium) at Corona Del Mar High School.

For more information, contact Bruce Terry at (714) 876-7230 or drbruceterry@yahoo.com.

IVC WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL HOSTS 'DIG PINK' GAME

Proceeds from the Irvine Valley women's volleyball home match on Friday, Oct. 28, against Orange Empire Conference rival Golden West, dubbed the "Dig Pink" match, will be donated to the Side-Out Foundation, which raises awareness for breast cancer research nationwide through volleyball matches, clinics and camps.

Everyone who donates $5 will receive a pink T-shirt from ASICS and a pink spray cleaner from Simple Green. To check out the Side-Out Foundation’s website, click here.

Have some high school news or a score that you'd like to share? Send it to O.C. Patch sports editor Bob Rohwer at bob.rohwer@patch.com.