Mission Viejo’s Alyssa Palomino breaks the all-time OC home run record, hitting her 18th of the season against Aliso Niguel in a first round playoff matchup. The Diablos went on to win 14-0.
Interviews with Palomino, Taylor McQuillin, and head coach Troy Ybarra.
Video by Jonathan Khamis, OCVarsity.com.
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Mission Viejo led 4-3 in the bottom of the 7th with two outs, but Santa Margarita worked a walk, and a hit by pitch to win the wild card game in the Division I playoffs.
Video by Jonathan Khamis, OCVarsity.com.
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LAST YEAR’S CHAMPION: Newbury Park
TOP FOUR SEEDS: 1. Mater Dei, 2. El Toro, 3. Fountain Valley, 4. Harvard-Westlake
ORANGE COUNTY AT-LARGE TEAMS: Santa Margarita
COUNTY PLAYERS TO WATCH: Ryan McMahon, Mater Dei; Chasen Ford, El Toro; Kevin Wade, Trabuco Hills; Jason Martin, Orange Lutheran; Jake Bauers, Marina.
BEST WILD-CARD MATCHUP: Mission Viejo at Santa Margarita
These Orange County teams qualified as at-large teams …
Division 1 — Huntington Beach, Servite, Mission Viejo (fyi, Brea Olinda qualified automatically as the Century League’s No. 4 team, did not go in as at-large although league coaches indicated that would happen).
Division 2 — Yorba Linda, Laguna Hills.
Division 4 — Godinez.
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LEADING O.C. BOYS SWIM TIMES, RECORDS, RANKINGS
(updated May 11)
 BOYS SWIMMING
200 medley relay (O.C. record 1:32.88) – CdM 1:33.06 #2 all-time
200 free (O.C. record 1:33.83) – Kao (Ken) 1:36.76 (pictured, left) #4 all-time
200 IM (O.C. record 1:48.02) – Okubo (Uni) 1:48.02 O.C. record
50 free (O.C. record 19.69) – DeShon (CV) 20.72
Mission Viejo junior fullback Daniel Marx (6-2, 235) has committed to Stanford, Diablos football coach Bob Johnson said Monday night.
The Cardinal were the first school to offer Marx, Johnson said.
Stanley Johnson, left, of Mater Dei was named California Division 1 boys basketball player of the year by calhisports.com, which has been selecting all-state teams in many sports for many years, including in pre-Internet days as CalHiSports.
Brethren Christian senior Mamadou Ndiaye was named state Division 5 player of the year.
Johnson, a junior, was also named to the California overall first team and to the all-juniors team.
Mater Dei senior Elijah Brown was named to the all-state second team, and Mission Viejo senior Evan Zeller was all-state third team.
Other Orange County players selected to the various all-state teams …
This is how I voted on the Orange County baseball top 10 today. It is a media poll of five media members.
1. Mater Dei (19-1 overall, 9-0 league)
2. El Toro (15-5, 7-0 … swept Mission Viejo last week)
3. Orange Lutheran (15-4, 6-2)
4. Fountain Valley (20-1, 9-0 … just a tad below El Toro, Orange Lutheran)
5. Canyon (15-4, 7-3 … lost to El Dorado, split w/Esperanza last week)
6. El Dorado (def. Canyon, split w/Villa Park)
7. San Clemente (19-5, 6-2 … was 2-2 last week; split w/San Juan Hills and with Great Oak of Temecula)7. San Clemente
8. Cypress (16-6, 4-2 .. split with Tustin)
9. Marina (13-7, 6-3 … 2nd in Sunset; def. Huntington Beach twice last week)
10. Mission Viejo (15-7-1, 4-3 … lost to El Toro twice)
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Mission Viejo guard Evan Zeller, left, committed to Cal State Monterey Bay today, according to Mission coach Troy Roelen.
Zeller, a 6-foot-3 senior, was South Coast League player of the year and first-team All-Orange County this past season. He averaged 21 points and five assists a game.
He can sign a letter of intent on April 17, the first day of the regular signing period for letters of intent for basketball.
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This is how I, your pal Steve Fryer, voted on the Orange County baseball top 10 today. We have five media members vote on the top 10 every Monday through the end of the regular season.
1. Mater Dei (10-1 overall, 5-1 league … just won that national tournament in North Carolina)
2. Canyon (10-1, 5-1 … won three Century League games)
3. Fountain Valley (13-1, 5-0 … def. Marina and Campolindo)
4. Cypress (9-3, 2-0 … has that early-season sweep of El Toro)
5. El Toro (8-4, 4-0 … 1st place in tough South Coast League)
6. Orange Lutheran (8-4, 3-2 … idle last week)
7. Capistrano Valley (13-4, 2-2 … lost to Trabuco, def. Tesoro and a couple of Lions tournament wins)
8. San Clemente (12-3, 3-1 … def. Dana and Aliso)
9. Mission Viejo (11-5, 2-2 … def. Trabuco)
10. El Dorado (7-4, 5-1 … has won 6 of past 7; def. Esperanza twice, and Foothill … def. Canyon earlier)
Compare Steve Fryer’s vote to this week’s baseball O.C. Top 10.
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Slideshow: Hot Shots Overtime 4: Tuesday's volleyball, tennis matches (5-21-13)
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