Pool 5 (Corona del Mar HS)

2. St. Lucy's

3. St. Margaret's

4. Villa Park

Breakdown: Three county schools occupy this pool, and that makes for a good time. St. Margaret's needs to get past St. Lucy's to advance.

Pool play begins at 3:30 p.m. Friday

1 VS 3 – REF 2
2 VS 4 – REF 1
1 VS 4 – REF 3
2 VS 3 – REF 1

Saturday games start at 8 a.m.
3 VS 4 – REF 2
1 VS 2 – REF 4

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Pool 5

Pool 6

Pool 7

Pool 8

A funeral mass will be held Friday at St. Columban Catholic Church in Garden Grove at 1 p.m., followed by the burial at Rose Hills Memorial Park.

The Argonauts are scheduled to play Woodbridge on Thursday night at Irvine High.

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Northwood, ranked N0. 5, claimed a share of the crown last Friday by defeating No. 6 Woodbridge, 10-8. The Warriors (8-1) are the visiting team this time around against Northwood (9-0), which can claim the league championship outright by defending its home court.

"Our guys played well," Northwood coach Eric Keith said in an email, "and as we expected, it was a very close match."

Key singles sets will play a pivotal role in deciding Thursday's rematch. The Timberwovles No. 1 player Junya Yoshida defeated the Warriors No. 1 Mikey Zablan. In the second round, Woodbridge's Andre Halabi defeated Julian Ruffin, 7-5.

Yoshida's victory over Zablan gave Northwood a 4-2 lead after the opening round, and it proved the difference in the match as the teams tied 3-3 in Rounds 2 and 3.

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Records: El Toro 18-1-3, 5-0-3; Woodbridge 12-5-3, 4-2-2

How it looked: The Chargers scored both goals in the opening 15 minutes. The first was on a penalty kick, the second was an own-goal by the Warriors.

Woodbridge was slow to recover the rest of the half. However, the Warriors play increased in the second half, and as Chargers coach Ken Sjobom said. "We defended the whole half."

The Warriors just couldn't crack the El Toro defense.

Who scored: Jordan Valenciano converted the penalty kick for the Chargers in the opening five minutes.

Impact: El Toro is still unbeaten in league play and in first place by three points over the Warriors with two games remaining. Foothill (depending on its result against Trabuco Hills today) is still in the mix, but at best case will trail El Toro by a point.

El Toro has outscored its opponents 15-2 in its last four games.

High five to ...: Jacob Kaiser. The senior was playing in the backfield instead of the midfield Friday because of injuries. All the defenders played equally well, but Kaiser was the calming influence.

In a heated game, Kaiser repeatedly yelled at his teammates to focus, and not worry about a ref's call or opponent's tactics. That's senior leadership.

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Even with their depth put to the test, the Trojans were able to get a strong start that propelled them past the Warriors, 13-5, in the second round of the CIF-SS Division I playoffs at University High.

“I found out when our captain Megan Yu told me,” Kessler said. “I went into very concerned mode. I thought we were deeper than Woodbridge. But if we would have lost those two sets in the first round, it would have been a completely different match.”

The sixth-seeded Trojans led 5-1 after the opening sets, pulling out the last two to take control. University’s Kendall Heitzner escaped with a 6-4 victory over Nakisa Vahdat at No. 2 singles.

Alice Lin and Yu followed with a come-from-behind victory at No. 2 doubles. After trailing 0-3, they rallied and won in a tiebreaker.

“We kept thinking, just win one more game,” Yu said. “They were good players. It was a great feeling to come back.”

Yu said the Trojans dealt with the absence of Fateri by coming together.

“Our team is bigger than one person,” Yu said. “Our coach really helped us pull together. Everyone was cheering everyone. We were strong as a team. We thought it would be a lot closer.”

University swept the doubles in Round 2 to lead 9-3. It all but ended the Warriors' chance at an upset. The Warriors would have needed to sweep the final round and make up 11 games.

“They outplayed us in doubles,” Warriors coach Ric Barth said. “They played more consistent and played better on bigger points. They deserved to win.”

Kessler said he expected a close match before learning his best singles player was sick. He also expected Woodbridge to give them problems in doubles regardless.

“To win five of the first six doubles sets was amazing,” Kessler said.

Yu and Lin swept, while Megan Miller and Kyra Scott won two of three at No. 1. Sisters Sami and Nassim Radmehr also won two of three at No. 3 doubles.

In singles, the Trojans received a sweep from Ali Dawson, while Heitzner and Woodbridge's Jaime Lin each won two sets.

University, after playing two home matches, travels to No. 3 Palos Verdes on Tuesday.

“It's going to be very tough,” Kessler said. “We have to play our best to keep it close.”

In other matches Saturday:

Valencia 12, Mark Keppel 6: The two-time defending CIF champ Tigers led 11-1 after two rounds of play before pulling all nine starters Saturday afternoon in second round play in the Division III playoffs at Mark Keppel High. Valencia plays the winner of La Canada/Etiwanda in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. A coin flip will determine the home team.

“We were able to get 18 girls into the match,” Tigers coach Mike McCall said. “That was good. We are moving on. That's what is important.”

Dana Hills 17, Santa Margarita 1: The Dolphins continued their repeat march by defeating the Eagles on Saturday at Laguna Niguel Racquet Club. Santa Margarita reached the match up with the second-seeded Dolphins after defeating Laguna Hills on games Thursday. Dana Hills subbed out top singles player Brynn Boren in the final round. It was the only set Dana Hills dropped.

Corona del Mar 17, Mira Costa 1: The top-seeded Sea Queens moved into Tuesday's quarterfinals by sweeping the doubles sets. Corona del Mar also received sweeps at No. 1 singles from Melissa Matsuoka and Katelyn Nguyen. They lost two games combined.

“Katelyn had a really good day,” Corona del Mar coach Brian Ricker said. “She beat their No. 1 girl 6-0. That's a good sign.”  

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The game at Irvine High has reached halftime.

Facing a 14-0 deficit, Anthony Wimbley threwa 20-yard touchdown pass to Ajmal Puyehgar on a halfback option with 6:02 left in the second quarter.

The two-point conversion failed, Tim Burt reports, putting the score at Irvine 14, Woodbridge 6.