HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP

SWIMMING

CIF Division IV finalsLONG BEACH — Sage Hill School sophomore Nick Wan finished sixth in the 100-yard backstroke championship final in 57.44 seconds, the highest individual finisher for the Lightning at Thursday night’s Division IV finals at Belmont Plaza.

The Sage Hill boys finished ninth as a team. Mark Keppel won the team championship.

The Lightning boys’ 200 freestyle relay team of senior Dan Chen, senior Perry Pang, junior Jimmy Miller and junior Beau Caillouette also placed sixth in the championship final, in 1 minute, 33.62 seconds.

Freshman Andrew Dorne was eighth in the 500 freestyle in a personal-best time of 5:04.46, and the 400 free relay team of Wan, Dorne, junior Ryan Barth and Caillouette placed eighth in 3:26.03.

In the consolation finals, Dorne was 12th in the 200 individual medley (2:07.41).

Caillouette was 13th in the 200 freestyle in a personal-best time of 1:51.69, and 15th in the 100 free in 50.65 seconds.

For the Sage Hill girls, junior Sarah Wesley was 13th in the 100 free in a personal-best time of 57.12 seconds.

CIF Division II preliminariesLONG BEACH — Estancia High junior Shea Kopp had the fourth-fastest time in the 100-yard backstroke at Thursday’s CIF Southern Section Division II preliminaries at Belmont Plaza, the only local swimmer to qualify for Saturday’s championship finals.

The top eight finishers in each race qualified for the championship finals.

Kopp finished the 100 back in a personal-best time of 59.28 seconds. She qualified 11th in the 50 freestyle in 25.04 seconds, which earns her a spot in the consolation final (qualifiers nine through 16).

Kopp, sophomore Amber Peters, junior Meagan Kunert and senior Sydney Barloon had the 28th fastest time the 200 medley relay (1 minute, 59.25 seconds).

Kunert had the 32nd best time 200 free (2:06.28).

For Costa Mesa High, junior Sam Edman had the best finish, placing 17th in the boys’ 200 free (1:46.80).

Junior James Fowler had the 26th-fastest time in the 50 free (22.66), and Edman, Fowler, sophomore Cody Serrano and junior Skyler Twohig combined to post the 32nd-fastest time in the 200 free relay (1:33.44).

Sophomore Andrea Beyaoju (24th in the 100 butterfly in 1:02.18 and 29th in the 100 breaststroke in 1:13.86) failed to advance for the Mustangs.

The Division II finals are scheduled for Saturday at 10 a.m. at Belmont Plaza.

SOFTBALL

Corona del Mar 4, University 2IRVINE — Katrina Gaar scored on an error to break a 2-2 tie in the fifth inning in the Pacific Coast League game Thursday.

The CdM win, combined with Beckman’s loss to league-champion Laguna Hills Thursday, allows the Sea Kings (13-13, 7-5 in league), to finish tied for second with Beckman in the final league standings.

Since CdM lost two of three games to Beckman, however, the Sea Kings will be the league’s No. 3 representative in the CIF Southern Section playoffs.

Lauren Tolfa earned the pitching victory and her older sister, Michelle Tolfa, picked up her first save of the season.

The CIF playoff pairings will be announced Monday.

Pacific Coast LeagueCorona del Mar 4, Beckman 2

Score by Innings

CdM 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 - 4 7 5

Beckman 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 4 4

L. Tolfa, M. Tolfa (5) and Gaar; Nobe and Halperin. W -- L. Tolfa, 2-0. L -- Nobe. Sv -- M. Tolfa (1). 2B -- Farmer (U). 3B -- Nobe (U), Wu (U).