Breakers name new GM
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The Newport Beach Breakers have named Jim Healy the new general
manager for the World Team Tennis franchise and will officially
introduce him tonight at a welcoming party at Palisades Tennis Club.
Healy replaces Lisa Fortman, who guided the Breakers in Newport
Beach’s first foray into World Team Tennis since 1994. He has been
the Director of Tennis at SeaCliff Country Club in Huntington Beach
for nearly 20 years.
Healy also created and chaired the Annual Top Gun Tennis
tournament, the largest charity tennis tournament in Orange County.
He is an original board member and co-founder of the Private Tennis
Club Association, and he is the owner and president of Success
Unlimited Consulting.
Corner kicks lift CdM
* SOCCER: Two corner kicks were the sparks that led to two goals
for the Corona del Mar High girls soccer team in a 2-1 Pacific Coast
League victory over host Calvary Chapel/Santa Ana Tuesday.
Taylor Fallon headed the ball inside the far post after a corner
kick by Kelly Morgan to tie the score, 1-1, in the 32nd minute.
Morgan’s corner kick bent inside the far post to give CdM the
winning goal in the 57th minute.
CdM (5-6-2, 2-1-1 in league) outshot the Eagles, 20-2.
Sea Kings Coach Bryan Middleton praised the play of junior
defender Tanisha Senaratne.
Calvary goalkeeper Jessica Poulsen made 13 saves.
CdM hosts Northwood (3-1 in league), the defending league
champion, at 3:15 p.m. Thursday.
Sailors down Hawks
* BASKETBALL: Jillianne Whitfield scored a team-high 14 points
while Victoria Swigart added 13 to lead the Newport Harbor High girls
basketball team to a 51-39 Sea View League victory over host Laguna
Hills.
The Sailors outscored the Hawks, 17-8, in the fourth-quarter to
pull away. Swigart, who grabbed 11 rebounds, hit a key three-pointer
to put Newport up by 11 with three minutes to play.
The Sailors (12-7, 3-1 in league) converted 10 of 14 free throws.
Vanessa Miller scored nine points, including a key three-pointer
at the beginning of the third quarter, Newport Coach Jen Thompson
said.
Whitfield grabbed eight rebounds.
The Hawks fell to 0-4 in league.
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Sea View League
Newport Harbor 51, Laguna Hills 39
Score by Quarters
Newport 10 15 9 17 -- 51
Laguna 11 14 6 8 -- 39
Newport -- Swigart 13, Stoltz 4, Miller 9,
Eddington 4, Lawrence 2, Trobman 1, Celek 0,
Whitfield 14, Koon 2, Melo 0, Slater 0, Deyan
2. 3-pt. goals -- Swigart 1, Whitfield 1,
Miller 1. Fouled out -- None. Technicals --
None. Laguna Hills -- Eliades 2, Gavel 2,
Radpour 0, Aitkens 0, Imber 12, Williams 4, Go
4, Martinez 6, Morese 0, Voss 9. 3-pt. goals
-- None. Fouled out -- Eliades. Technicals --
None.
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Newport nips Hawks
* SOCCER: Erin Hardy and Krystal Wright each scored one goal,
which was all the Newport Harbor High girls soccer team needed to
claim a 2-1 victory over Laguna Hills for its first Sea View League
victory this season at Mission Viejo High Tuesday.
Hardy took control after a deflection and scored from seven yards
out to give the Sailors a 1-0 lead one minute, seven seconds in.
After the Hawks tied it, Wright scored on a penalty kick in the
30th minute and the Newport defense did the rest.
Newport goalkeeper Kara DeMille made five saves.
Freshman Emily Leece and senior Barbara Julian anchored the front
lines for Newport (2-12-2, 1-2-1 in league).
The Sailors host Woodbridge at 5 p.m. Thursday.
Calvary handles CdM
* BASKETBALL: Sophomore Katie Schulte tallied 14 points, three rebounds and three assists, but it was not enough as the host Calvary
Chapel girls basketball team earned a 57-46 Pacific Coast League
victory over Corona del Mar.
Chelsea DeLuca scored a game-high 22 points and eight rebounds.
She scored 11 in the fourth quarter as Calvary outscored CdM, 24-11.
CdM had expounded lots of energy during a 19-7 third-quarter run of
its own after a lackadaisical, Sea Kings Coach James Barkalow said.
Sophomore Megan Benbow scored 11 points while Sarah Stern tallied
nine for CdM (6-11, 1-3 in league).
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Pacific Coast League
Calvary Chapel 57, Corona del Mar 46
Score by Quarters
CdM 6 8 21 11 -- 46
Calvary 7 19 7 24 -- 57
CdM -- Snell 3, Benbow 11, Marks 4, Stern 9,
Heeschen 3, Schulte 14, Skalla 2, Wayte 0,
Wadhwa 0, Duernberger 0, Long 0, Kawata 0.
3-pt goals -- Stern 3. Fouled out -- Heeschen.
Calvary -- Moore 10, Hurst 12, Kobzeff 0,
Ricker 10, DeLuca 22, Gallegos 2, Murphy 1.
3-pt. goals -- None.
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