Water polo: CdM, Sailors rolling

NEWPORT BEACH - Newport Harbor High’s boys 18-and-under water polo

team opened the U.S. Water Polo Junior Olympics with a pair of victories

at Villa Park High Tuesday.

In the opener, Newport defeated West Coast, 13-8. Steve Jendrusina and

Ryan Cook led Newport with five and four goals, respectively, while Joey

Snelgrove chipped in with two. Brandon McLain and Shawn Johnson each made

four saves for Newport.

In the second game, Newport topped Highland, 12-5. This time, Cook had

five goals and Jendrusina had four. Caine Littrell contributed two goals.

McLain made nine saves.

Newport plays two games today at El Toro High. Its first game is at

10:15 a.m. and the second is at 4:15 p.m.

Corona del Mar’s 18-and-under boys water polo squad also won two games

on Tuesday at Cypress. The Sea Kings crushed Lafayette Golden Bear in

their tournament opener, 14-5. John Mann led CdM with four goals while

Garrett Bowlus and Chriss Street each had three goals

In CdM’s second game, Michael March scored the game-winner with five

seconds left in the game to give the Sea Kings an 8-7 victory over

Stanford B. After CdM’s Marcello Pantuliano scored with under two minutes

left, Stanford tied the game with 28 seconds left before March won it for

the Sea Kings. Artie Dorr led CdM with three goals and Sherwin Kim made

12 saves.

CdM plays two games today at Villa Park High. Its first game is at

1:15 p.m., and the second one is at 4:15 p.m.

Newport Harbor’s girls 16-and-under team, which went 2-2 after the

first two days of the tournament, won two games on Tuesday. The Sailors

defeated North Shore, 8-4 and San Clemente, 8-5. It plays at Katella High

today in Anaheim. If successful in the 8:45 a.m. tiff, it will return for

a consolation semifinal contest at 1:15 p.m.