The race for the Sunset League boys soccer championship took an interesting turn last week.
Huntington Beach beat first-place Newport Harbor, 2-0, on Friday, ending the Sailors’ five-match league winning streak. Newport Harbor had won the teams’ first meeting, 2-1.
The Sailors had outscored their first five league opponents, 12-4.
The Sailors (5-1-0 in league) are still in first place in league with 10 points, but Edison beat Marina on Friday to improve to 4-2-0 in league for eight points. Two days earlier, Los Alamitos beat the Chargers, 2-1, putting Edison two games behind the Sailors.
Los Alamitos is in third place in league with seven points at 3-2-1.
The league championsip will be decided the first week in February when Newport Harbor travels to Los Alamitos on Feb. 1 and Edison on Feb. 3.
Newport Harbor has played all of its games on the road this season while its on-campus stadium undergoes renovation.
– DAMIAN DOTTORE
GIRLS WATER POLO
Dana Hills was among the CIF-SS Division 2 contenders to jolt the CIF Southern Section girls water polo rankings at The America’s Finest City tournament in San Diego over the weekend.
The Dolphins, ranked No. 10th in Division 2 last week, defeated No. 1 M.L. King of Riverside, 8-7, in overtime Saturday.
Dana Hills later fell to No. 5 Schurr of Montebello, 13-8, and No. 9 Vista Murrieta, 10-7, en route to a 12th-place finish.
The Division 2 rankings are loaded with changes this week, including the Dolphins (13-10) at No. 9. La Canada tops the poll followed by Agoura, the highest placing Division 2 team at the tournament, Riverside Poly and M.L. King.
Huntington Beach, tied for 10th in Division 1 this week, finished second to San Marcos. The Oilers have hung tough without standout junior Julia Rozolis-Hill, who is no longer on the team, Coach Mark Canner said.
– DAN ALBANO
FOOTBALL
Mater Dei defensive tackle Austin Faoliu committed to Oregon on Saturday, and Buena Park cornerback Elijah Gates committed to UCLA on Monday.
– DAN ALBANO
WRESTLING
The top boys wrestling dual of the regular season is Thursday night as Servite visits St. John Bosco for the Trinity League title.
The Friars defeated the Braves twice last year, 38-23 in their league match and 33-28 in the CIF Dual finals.
The match begins at 7 p.m.
– DAMIAN CALHOUN
GIRLS WRESTLING
The Empire League girls wrestling title will be on the line Wednesday when Cypress visits Kennedy.
Kennedy is 3-0 in league, having defeated Western, 66-9, Valencia, 72-0, and Tustin, 60-24. Cypress is 2-1 in league.
The dual is set to begin at 5 p.m. …
Last week, Santa Ana captured the Santa Ana City Duals, defeating Garden Grove, Segerstrom and Tustin. …
Esperanza’s Gwen McDonald (116) and Ocean View’s Angie Vu (150) won titles Saturday at the Esperanza Lady Aztecs tournament.
– DAMIAN CALHOUN
GIRLS SOCCER
The Sunset League for girls soccer was expected to be one of the most competitive in the county, based on rankings and nonleague records, but the league’s coaches probably didn’t expect this kind of tight competition.
Through 18 games, the Sunset League has produced eight overtime games with only two ties and golden goals aplenty.
Third-ranked Edison sits in first place with three wins in its three extra-session contests. The Chargers have a 2½-game lead over No. 6 Los Alamitos and Huntington Beach. The Chargers defeated the Griffins and Oilers in overtime.
Huntington Beach has played in four overtime games, including both of its games against Newport Harbor. The Oilers and Sailors split the two match-ups.
– ZACH CAVANAGH, Contributing writer
