By JIMMY LIANG
Special To OCVarsity
ANAHEIM – Though Western coach Toby Howell recorded milestone win No. 100 Friday night, the victory will probably not be one for the scrapbook.
Electing to go for the win, visiting Marina was stopped on a 2-point conversion with over one minute to play as Western escaped with a sloppy 14-13 triumph at Handel Stadium.
By LOU PONSI
OCVarsity
ANAHEIM - The JSerra football team created opportunities on defense and capitalized on good field position in a 35-2 victory over Katella in a nonleague game played Friday at Glover Stadium.
The Lions (5-0) will head into Trinity League play next week with an unblemished record against nonleague opponents.
Mater Dei used its speedy counterattack and strong defense to rally past Servite, 8-5, in the Trinity League opener for school.
Junior Alex Wherry and senior Nathan Caulum each finished with three goals.
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The No. 3 Canyon Comanches girls cross country team continues to reign supreme in the Century League.
Corona del Mar senior water polo goalie Martin Babovic, a foreign exchange student from Serbia, has filed a temporary restraining order against the CIF-Southern Section in an effort to gain his varsity eligibility, Thom Simmons, director of communications for the Southern Section, confirmed late Monday night.
The touted Babovic has been restricted from varsity competition because of concerns that he was not randomly placed at Corona del Mar. The Southern Section's Web site lists Babovic as a direct placement.
Stay tuned to the water polo blog Tuesday for the latest update on this story.
A hardship waiver request by water polo standout Trey "James" Davis has been denied by the Southern Section, according to the organization's website.
Davis, a senior at Dana Hills, recently left JSerra after two seasons. As a junior, he led the Lions with 96 goals.
Top-ranked and undefeated El Toro will face No. 7 but likely to rise Villa Park tonight at 8 in the finals of the Villa Park Classic.
That's right - it also will be Griffin White vs. Josh Samuels, too.
Servite's ninth-ranked boys water polo team will face its former coach, legendary Jim Sprague, for the first time tonight at 7 when the Friars play No. 2 Los Alamitos at the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos.
Sprague guided Servite to three Southern Section titles before departing in the offseason. Sprague now is probably the best assistant coach in the nation, serving under Dave Carlson. Sprague also helped lead Sunny Hills to three section titles.
If I wasn't headed to a football game, I'd probably check this one out.
Girls tennis is finally starting to become a popular read again.
Thanks to the efforts of parents and coaches around the county these girls are getting the publicity they deserve.
Mater Dei quarterback Matt Barkley began his senior season with four interceptions in a nationally televised prime-time game against Carson.
Not long after Veterans Stadium in Long Beach had been emptied of spectators on that Sept. 3 evening, the Internet was buzzing about Barkley’s performance.
Some went so far as to say that the 2007 Gatorade national player of the year and future USC quarterback was all hype.
Not so fast.
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Live score updates from Thursday's football games:
By CHRIS TOBOLSKI
OCVarsity staff
COSTA MESA -- Fountain Valley led from start to finish in its 17-3 victory over Palos Verdes in nonleague play Thursday night at Orange Coast College.
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