The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Orange County and Inland Empire Chapter is hosting a wine-tasting cruise Sunday with proceeds going to the organization, officials said. From 3 to 7 p.m., the public is invited to taste wines from around Southern California and enjoy a five-star meal prepared by Executive Chef John Kesoglou aboard the Entertainer. The yacht has three decks and can hold 300 people and will cruise around Newport Harbor. Participating wineries include Zin Alley, Hamilton Oaks, King Frosch, Justin Winery, Cielo, Prager Port, OC Custom Winery and Windsor Vineyards.
Newport Harbor (0-0) vs. Trabuco Hills (1-0) When/where: Thursday night, 7 at Newport Harbor High Key Sailors: Sr. WR-CB Landon Gyulay; Jr. LT-DT Ramsey Hufford; Sr. RB-LB Talalelei Teaupa Key Mustangs: Sr. C Zack Cody; Sr. QB Nathan Perry (187 yards and one TD on 18-of-24 passing); Sr. WR Cole Breeland (three catches for 53 yards) Breakdown: Newport Harbor, ranked No. 9 in the CIF Southern Section Southwest Division poll, starts the season against Trabuco Hills for the third straight year … Sailors will have to slow down the Mustangs' ground game, which produced a 200-yard rusher in their 35-14 win against Newport Harbor last year … Trabuco Hills kicked off the season at home last week, edging Dana Hills, 17-14 … Newport Harbor is 21-4-1 in season openers under Coach Jeff Brinkley, who enters his 27th season with the Sailors … Brinkley said the Sailors and Mustangs are very similar, both have a lot of new faces … Newport Harbor and Trabuco Hills have split their previous four meetings.
The Newport Harbor High sailing team won the Pacific Coast Interscholastic Sailing Assn. Gold Pacific Coast Championship and the Bill Wakeman Perpetual Trophy in San Diego on April 27. The team featured Campbell D'Eliscu, Sean Segerblom, Katie Calder, Briggs D'Eliscu, Jack Martin, Eliza Moody, Megan Roach, Michael Sabourin and Carter Scott. Newport Harbor and the next three teams move on to the Interscholastic Sailing Assn.'s National Championship Regatta for the Mallory Trophy on May 9-11 in San Diego.
All she does is win, win, win, no matter what. Newport Harbor High senior Marissa Robertson can relate to that DJ Khaled song. This year in the pool, she has been unbeatable for the Sailors girls' swim team. Robertson has won all of her individual races all year long. The 50-yard freestyle, 100 free, 100 breaststroke, 100 butterfly? No problem. On Tuesday in a Sunset League meet against Marina, Robertson even threw in the 200-yard individual medley for good measure. "I don't usually swim 200s," Robertson said the next day, able to laugh because she again touched first, before any of her competition.
Senior Kole Escher produced five goals, setting a Newport Harbor single-season school record for goals with 52, as the Sailors walloped Edison, 20-5, in a Sunset League boys' lacrosse finale at Davidson Field on Friday. Escher broke Zach Gagnon's mark of 49 set in 2009. Escher became the first Sailor to score a goal in each of the program's regular-season games, helping Newport Harbor win its sixth straight and improve to 8-8 overall and 6-2 in league. The 20 goals also set a single-game school record for Newport Harbor, which placed second in league.
What a game! What a game! That might be a simple way to describe what took place Wednesday night at Davidson Field, where Newport Harbor High and Marina battled in a wild and crazy boys' lacrosse game. But Sailors Coach Mark Todd probably put it best when talking about the way his guys took a much-needed 13-11 victory over the Vikings, who featured former Tars assistant Ryan Abatte as their head coach. "A perfect storm for disaster," Todd said before addressing his victorious Sailors in a post-game meeting.
The Estancia High boys' golf team captured a share of the Orange Coast League championship after defeating Calvary Chapel, 208-225, at Mesa Verde Country Club Thursday. Estancia shared the title with Calvary Chapel. Freshman Kobi Uta shot the low for Estancia, finishing at four-over-par 40. Parker Ohland (41), Gunnar Johnston (42), Davin Ortiz (42) and Brad Ehrhorn (43) also scored for Estancia (11-8, 7-2 in league). Estancia next plays in the OCL individual finals Monday at Skylinks Golf Course in Long Beach.
Newport Beach's top-performing high school students were honored at a celebration Wednesday evening for their exemplary academic achievements. Thirty students from Newport Harbor and Corona del Mar high schools and Sage Hill School, dressed in their best formal attire, attended the 53rd annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony at the Radisson Hotel. "Tonight we see the best of the best," said Mayor Rush Hill. "Looking at this group, I'm convinced that we have a good future for this country.