Buena Park’s improved girls water polo team defeated host Santa Ana Valley, 12-7, to capture the Falcon tournament on Saturday.
The Coyotes improved to 15-2.
At the Western O.C. Shootout, Vista Murrieta beat Laguna Hills, 9-5, in the finals at Kennedy. Hannah Evans of Vista Murrieta Valley was selected tournament MVP.
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Here’s an update on the Falcon girls water polo tournament at Santa Ana Valley and the Western O.C. Shootout:
Saturday at the Falcon tournament:
Semifinals: Valley vs. Marina, 9 a.m.; JSerra vs. Buena Park, 10 a.m.
Finals at Valley: 1 p.m.
Saturday at the O.C. Shootout:
Quarterfinals at Kennedy: Ayala vs. Trabuco Hills, 8 a.m.; Redondo vs. Laguna Hills, 8:50 a.m.; Santa Monica vs. El Segundo, 9:40 a.m.; Vista Murrieta vs. La Salle, 10:30 a.m.
Finals at Kennedy: 4:20 p.m.
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CYPRESS (4-1, 1-0) VS. WESTERN (3-1, 0-0)
Where, when: Western High, Friday, 7 p.m.
Outlook: There is a Bug in the end zone! That would be Cypress running back Vincent “Bug” Rivera, a 5-foot-7, 185-pound senior who has scored a county-leading 16 touchdowns, twice as many as the player in second in touchdowns, Yorba Linda’s Paul Najarian. Rivera is averaging 89 rushing yards a game.
Steve Fryer, Dan Albano, and Carlos Arias break down Week 5′s best matchups from Yorba Linda high school:
Also, interviews with Yorba Linda head coach Jeff Bailey, quarterback Alex Bernstein, and wide receiver Ben Shreve.
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Sportswriters are invited to vote in the CIF-Southern Section rankings of its 13 11-man football divisions. I only vote in the Pac-5, Southwest and Southern Divisions, per my choice as those are the divisions with which I have enough knowledge to make an informed vote.
Of course, I know some of you will say I should not vote on any divisions …
The Southwest Division vote …
Corona del Mar rallied from a two-touchdown deficit to defeat Western, 22-21, on Thursday night with a furious fourth-quarter rally.
Interviews with Erik Fisher (167 yards rushing, 2 TD) and the head coaches for both teams.
Video by Jonathan Khamis, for OCVarsity.com.
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Here is the 2011 football schedule for Western High School.
Schedules are subject to change. Kick off times are 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
*League
(Home games on campus)
Sept. 2 at Ocean View
Sept. 8 vs. Paramount
Sept. 15 vs. Corona del Mar at Newport Harbor High
Sept. 22 vs. Fullerton
*Oct. 7 vs. Cypress
*Oct. 14 at Yorba Linda
*Oct 21 at Valencia
*Oct. 27 vs. Pacifica
*Nov. 4 vs. Kennedy at Western High
*Nov. 11 vs. Tustin
Postgame interview with Western running back Marcus Hays after the Pioneers’ 35-28 victory at Fullerton on Thursday.
The Empire League is going to be wild this year. Going into Friday (9/24) games, the league’s teams are a combined 17-4 in nonleague play. The only Empire team not above .500 is Yorba Linda, the new school with no seniors that is 2-2. Kennedy, Pacifica, Cypress and Valencia are all undefeated going into Friday.
The league’s winning percentage of 81 is the best of the county’s leagues.
It is a seven-team league: Cypress, Kennedy, Pacifica, Tustin, Valencia, Western and Yorba Linda. The top four teams will get guaranteed entry into the playoffs in the Southwest Division. There is room for two at-large entries in the Southwest.
WESTERN (1-1) VS. FULLERTON (2-1)
Where, when: Fullerton High, Thursday, 7 p.m.
Outlook: Western went 2-8 last year, its worst season in years, and more than the record was bad. So were players’ attitudes. It is a more committed, more mature group of Pioneers this year that could be a factor in the deep Empire League. They opened with a victory over Ocean View, and then fell to Paramount, 24-7, last week. Western takes on another good team in this game.
Jordan Hamamoto, a very good player at Western who was ineligible his senior year because of a residency issue, is going to Lake Superior State in Michigan, Western coach Joe Aihara reports. Hamamoto was Orange League player of the year as a junior. Lake Superior St is a D2 school. He probably will be a star player there.
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