Sports Shorts: Eagles Open Girls Golf Season With Win

The Santa Margarita girls golf team opened its season Tuesday with a 219-244 nonleague victory over St. Margaret’s at Marbella County Club in San Juan Capistrano, Eagles coach Amy Connelly reported.

Nicole Yson from Santa Margarita was the medalist, shooting a three-over-par 38 for nine holes. Her teammates, Kristen Gallogly and Kelly Dapper, shot 42 and 43, respectively. Allie Frost led St. Margaret’s with a 43.

Santa Margarita, which has a nonleague match with Troy Tuesday afternoon at Dove Canyon, is 1-0, while St. Margaret’s falls to 1-1.

Hossler Seventh at Junior PGA Championship

, a junior at Santa Margarita, shot a two-over-par 74 on Aug. 5 in Fort Wayne, Ind., to finish tied for seventh in the Junior PGA Championship.

He completed the 72-hole tournament at Sycamore Hills Golf Club with a one-over 289, seven strokes behind winner Cody Proveaux of Leesville, S.C.

Tesoro Girls Volleyball Wins Silver Bracket Title

Tesoro’s girls volleyball team defeated Beckman, 25-15, in the Silver Bracket final of the Foothill Queen’s Court preseason tournament that concluded Sunday at the American Sports Center in Anaheim.

Dos Pueblos of Goleta, ranked No. 2 in Division 1AA, defeated Laguna Beach, 25-19, 25-22, in the tournament’s final. The Breakers are ranked No. 3 in Division 1A and defeated Edison, 32-30, 25-21, in the semifinals.

Edison finished third and Corona del Mar, No. 2 in Division 1A, was second in Division 1. Capistrano Valley finished eighth.

Who's on First in Coast View Conference?

As you probably know by now, the Coast View Conference is made up of the 10 high schools in the Capistrano and Saddleback Valley unfiied school districts. Where these schools are placed -- in either the South Coast or Sea View leagues -- is determined on a sport-by-sport basis.

However, the makeup of the leagues is scheduled to change every two years, which means after the 2011-2012 school year, the bottom two teams in the South Coast will change places with the top two teams in the Sea View in every sport. The South Coast is considered the stronger of the two leagues.

This fall, Tesoro High will continue to play football and girls tennis in the South Coast League and will participate in the Sea View League in boys water polo, girls volleyball and golf and boys and girls cross-country.

Trabuco Hills' football, girls volleyball, girls golf and both boys and girls cross-country teams will play in the South Coast League, and the Mustangs' boys water polo and girls tennis compete in the Sea View League.

Next year? Well, we'll see.

This also is the final school year for the current CIF-Southern Section playoff groupings for football. Not that they'll change any, but there's always a league or two that would rather be in a different division.

By the way, Capistrano Valley kicks off its football season with a home game against Trabuco Hills Thursday, beginning at 7 p.m. Tesoro opens its football season on the road Friday night, playing Hart of Newhall at College of the Canyons. The game will be telecasted live over the internet at foxsportswest.com. Kickoff is 7 p.m.

Time Keeps on Ticking, Ticking...

If a football team leads an opponent by 35 points or more by the end of three quarters of play, there will be a running clock during the fourth quarter. This “mercy rule,” approved by the CIF Southern Section last spring, will be in effect for all CIF Southern Section football games -- nonleague, league and the playoffs -- beginning this fall.

During a “running clock,” the clock will be stopped only after a score, a fair catch, a charged team timeout or an official’s timeout. Coaches can agree to establish a running clock earlier in the game, but if the points gap between the teams is reduced to less than 35 points in the fourth quarter, the running clock will remain in operation.

Read more about the new "mercy rule" .

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