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Foothill Beats Villa Park to Win Water Polo Title

The over-the-hill rivalry between the Villa Park and Foothill water polo teams was as intense as ever Wednesday at Foothill when the Knights scored four goals in the final quarter to defeat Villa Park, 8-5, and capture the Century League championship.

Early in the game, Villa Park (16-9, 4-1) looked determined to stop David Hay from using his size advantage at the two-meter position and sagged into the middle each time he touched the ball. This opened up the perimeter for Foothill, and Brian Brown scored twice to open a 2-0 lead.

Kevin Bobzien cut the deficit to one with a backhand goal late in the first quarter, but Hay got the ball in front of the net and scored to give Foothill a 3-1 lead.

After Bobzien added his second goal 23 seconds later on a hard shot from the left side, Cabot Weaver took a pass from Matt Schuler and scored to give Foothill a 4-2 lead after three quarters.

Another goal by Bobzien cut the lead to 4-3, but the Knights scored three consecutive goals and took a 7-3 lead with 2:44 remaining.

Bobzien scored his fourth and fifth goals of the game in the final minutes before being ejected for misconduct on Hay with five seconds left.

Hay, Schuler and Brown had two goals each to lead fourth-ranked Foothill (17-8, 5-0).

In other Century League water polo:

Santa Ana Valley 10, Canyon 9--Armando Marmolejo scored the winning goal with eight seconds remaining and Nick Rumps scored five goals to lead host Santa Ana Valley (17-6, 3-2). Canyon’s Aaron Harries scored four goals, including the goal that tied the score, 9-9. Canyon is 16-8, 2-3.

In the Empire League:

Los Alamitos 14, Katella 8--Eric Ploessel and Tim Campbell each scored four goals for visiting Los Alamitos (13-13, 4-1).

In the Freeway League:

Sunny Hills 17, Troy 8--Carlo Franzia scored seven goals as Sunny Hills (20-7, 5-0) won its 25th consecutive league title.

Buena Park 15, Fullerton 6--Greg Petro, Jason Pike and Daniel Vanciu each scored four goals for Buena Park (11-10, 3-2), which clinched third place and a playoff spot.

In the Pacific Coast League:

Laguna Beach 7, Laguna Hills 4--Christian Johnson scored four goals to lead Laguna Beach (13-9, 2-2).

In the Orange League:

Brea-Olinda 19, Savanna 0--Tucker Lowe had six goals and Tad Murphy had five for the host Wildcats (18-7, 7-0), who clinched a share of the league title. Brea plays at second-place Magnolia (6-1 in league) on Friday.

In the Sea View League:

Corona del Mar 14, Saddleback 4--Neil Hueston scored four goals to lead No. 2 Corona del Mar (23-3, 7-0) to the league championship.

Newport Harbor 20, Santa Margarita 11--Brad Pence scored five goals and goalie Jason Marsh recorded 15 saves and a long distance goal to lead Newport Harbor. The victory clinches second place in league.

Irvine 9, University 5--Jason Lezak scored five goals for Irvine (18-7, 4-2), which clinched third place.

In the Sunset League:

Servite 8, Marina 5--Rob Mattivi scored three goals for Servite (17-7, 7-0), which won the league championship in Coach Jim Sprague’s second year at the school. Marina, which fell to 6-1 in league, was led by Tim Devries, who had four goals.

Edison 9, Santa Ana 3--Brian Steiner and Jesse Griffith each scored two goals to lead Edison (15-11, 5-2), which finished third.

In the Empire League girls’ tennis finals:

Top-seeded players win--No. 1 seeded Patricia Villaroman of Katella defeated Yetunda Osunsanmi of El Dorado, 6-0, 6-4, to advance to the semifinals. Veronica Selby and Michelle Schneider of Los Alamitos, the top-seeded doubles team, advanced to the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Sarah Tobias and Brittany McMillan of El Dorado.

In the Pacific Coast League girls’ tennis finals:

Early-round upset--Unseeded Camella Jaeger of Estancia beat No. 3 Amanda Hastings-Phillips of Laguna Beach, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, in the first round at Estancia High. Jaeger was then beaten by teammate Whitney Gilliam, 7-5, 3-6, 6-1, in the quarterfinals.

In the Sunset League girls’ tennis finals:

Top singles players win--No. 1 seeded Holly Meyers of Marina beat Edison’s Suzie Krum, 6-1, 6-0, and No. 2 Eleanor Luzano of Rosary beat Edison’s Darcy McAndress, 6-1, 6-0, in the quarterfinals at Lindborg Racquet Club in Huntington Beach.

In Pacific Coast League girls’ volleyball:

Laguna Beach 3, Costa Mesa 0--Christy Collinson had 15 assists, seven kills and three aces and Hillary Kyle had seven kills as Laguna Beach (13-5, 9-0) won, 15-4, 15-5, 15-2, and clinched at least a tie for the league title.