Sports Shorts: Tesoro, Santa Margarita Take on South L.A. Foes This Week

As part of the South Los Angeles vs. South Orange County triumvirate of intersectional high school football games this week, Tesoro (2-1) plays host to Narbonne (1-1) from Harbor City at 6 p.m. on Thursday.

After suffering a seemingly the previous week, the Matt Adam and Nate Tago-led Titans bounced all the way back on Friday, easily handling Chino Hills, 27-3.

Narbonne, which is a contender for the City Section championship, almost pulled off a huge upset Friday, finally losing to Long Beach Poly, 19-16, only after junior quarterback Troy Williams’ two late throws into the end zone bounced off receivers’ hands. It was the second year in a row that the Gauchos came within three points of upsetting the Jackrabbits, .

Tesoro is averaging 23 points per game but has given up 21. Narbonne, which operates a no-huddle offense, is averaging 25 points and has surrendered 25.5. Williams threw for 256 yards and rushed for 87 in a 34-32 victory over Palos Verdes in the Gauchos' season-opener, but was limited to 109 yards passing and minus-five yards rushing by Poly.

SANTA MARGARITA TRAVELS TO CARSON

On Friday, Santa Margarita, , leaves the county for the first time this season, traveling to Carson (1-1) for a 7 p.m. intersectional game.

Looking for their first 4-0 start since 2006, the Eagles continue to get great rushing numbers from junior Ryan Wolpin, who ran for a season-high 227 yards and a school record-tying four touchdowns in on Thursday. Of course, running behind an offensive line led by Max Tuerk (6-6, 296), doesn’t hurt.

Santa Margarita had four interceptions in the first half against Trabuco Hills, giving the Eagles 10 takeaways in three games. The defense has allowed only 21 points and has 16 sacks in those three games.

Carson (1-1), which opened its season with a 26-22 victory over Mater Dei of the Trinity League, took last week off to lick its wounds after suffering a 38-18 thumping from Long Beach Poly on Sept. 9. The Colts are led by wide receiver Darreus Rogers (USC commit), who finished with 12 catches for 211 yards and two touchdowns against Poly.

Last season, Santa Margarita defeated Carson, 56-14, at Saddleback College.

Of special note is Eagles kicker John McGrory, who, after connecting on all four of his PATs last week, has made 76 consecutive PATs, only five shy of the Orange County record, which is held by Mitch Murar (Trabuco Hills, 2008-09). That’s also the Southern Section record, held by Murar and Steve Bayer of Claremont (1984-85).

McGrory is currently tied for 12th on the all-time national list, which is led by Kim Braswell of Avondale Estates (GA), who kicked 134 in a row from 1965-68. The California record, which is runner-up on the national list, is 115 held by Roman Ferreira of San Diego Cathedral (2007-08).

The third game of the South L.A. vs. South O.C. triumvirate? Mission Viejo hosts Long Beach Poly on Friday at 7 p.m.

In another Friday game:

JSerra (2-0) at Trabuco Hills (2-1), 7 p.m. -- The Lions of JSerra are off to another impressive start with a 28-21 victory over Long Beach Wilson and a 51-13 win over L.A. Wilson, but neither of those opponents is nearly as good as Trabuco Hills. I’m sure I don’t need to remind anybody about JSerra’s impressive start (and disastrous finish) in 2010, but a similar victory over the Mustangs -- the Lions beat Trabuco Hills, 40-17, last year -- would be very impressive. Trinity League rival Santa Margarita beat Trabuco Hills, 35-14, last week. Can the Lions, behind talented seniors quarterback Jake Hall and wide receiver Jonavaughn Williams, put up those same kinds of numbers against the Mustangs and their very impressive senior running back, Mitchell Simonsen? It's going to be tough.

SCHARMANN LEADS TESORO'S GIRLS IN CROSS-COUNTRY

Tesoro’s Emily Scharmann, who won the girls rated race at the Cross Country Classic Friday and Saturday at Estancia High, has been named the Orange County Register’s girls cross-country athlete of the week.

The junior led the Titans to the third-best team time, which was the fastest among all county schools entered in the 31st annual meet that was co-hosted by Woodbridge, Estancia, and Costa Mesa high schools and the Newport-Irvine Rotary Club, and was sponsored by Puma.

"I decided to go for it and it was a big goal of mine to go under 17 minutes," Scharmann told the Register. "We made it to state last year and it's our goal to get back there and do really well this season." She finished in 16 minutes, 58 seconds.

Here are the results of races in which the Titans scored among the top 10:

DIVISION 1

Senior Boys Individuals -- 1. Fisk (Tesoro) 14:52; 2. Salas (Redlands) 14:56; 3. Duncan (Crescenta Valley) 14:57; 4 Rodriguez (El Rancho) 14:57; 5. Alwafai (Aliso Niguel) 15:00; 6. Williams (Aliso Niguel) 15:02; 7. Dougherty (La Quinta) 15:19; 8. De La Rosa (Arcadia) 15:20; 9. Orosco (Buchanan) 15:26; 10. Robles (Colton) 15:27

Junior Boys Individuals -- 1. Harper (Tesoro) 15:21; 2. Torres (Tesoro) 15:22; 3. Mejia (El Rancho) 15:25; 4. Orozco (La Quinta) 15:26; 5. Esparza (Crescenta Valley) 15:30; 6. Morgan (El Toro) 15:33; 7. Angulo (El Rancho) 15:47; 8. Cota (Patrick Henry) 15:48; 9. Happy (Arcadia) 15:49; 10. Thomas (Arcadia) 15:49

Junior Boys Team Scores -- 1. El Rancho 86; 2. Arcadia 109; 3. Tesoro 117; 4. Aliso Niguel 152; 5. Great Oak 164; 6. Desert Vista/Arizona 216; 7. El Toro 239; 8. West Ranch 242; 9. Trabuco Hills 263; 10. Ayala 277

Sophomore Boys Individuals -- 1. Tran (Arcadia) 15:25; 2. Collison (Crescenta Valley) 15:30; 3. Moussa (Arcadia) 15:43; 4. Ngo (Arcadia) 15:44; 5. Moorhead (Cedar Park) 15:45; 6. Kniss (Serrano) 15:46; 7. Ponce (Long Beach Poly) 15:51; 8. Boval (Tesoro) 15:52; 9. Curran (Tesoro) 15:53; 10. Beatty (Crescenta Valley) 15:56

Sophomore Boys Team Scores -- 1. Tesoro 58; 2. Arcadia 92; 3. Crescenta Valley 130; 4. Cedar Park 147; 5. Great Oak 162; 6. El Rancho 212; 7. Desert Vista/Arizona 245; 8. Serrano 285; 9. Long Beach Poly 293; 10. Hart 294

Freshman Boys Individuals -- 1. Gonzalez (Warren) 15:58; 2. Rodriguez (Warren) 15:59; 3. Kaufman (Hart) 16:03; 4. Rubira (Hart) 16:08; 5. Tapia (Great Oak) 16:18; 6. Voth (Buchanan) 16:34; 7. Kushen (Tesoro) 16:39; 8. Jacobs (Aliso Niguel) 16:47; 9. Liebman (Hart) 16:49; 10. Arvizu (Great Oak) 16:56

Freshman Boys Team Scores -- 1. Great Oak 52*; 2. Hart 52; 3. Tesoro 112; 4. Warren 112; 5. Desert Vista/Arizona 190; 6. Crescenta Valley 236; 7. Ayala 244; 8. Rancho Buena Vista 247; 9 Paramount 256; 10.Arcadia 298

*Awarded first place based on better finish of sixth place runner

Rated Girls Individuals -- 1.Scharmann (Tesoro) 16:58; 2. Joerger (Thousand Oaks) 17:07; 3. Eisele (San Clemente) 17:14; 4. Elliott (Tesoro) 17:30; 5. Lapidus (Tesoro) 17:31; 6. Grego (Edison) 17:31; 7. Gonzalez (Bullard) 17:33; 8. Van Loan (South Pasadena) 17:33; 9. Desai (University) 17:37; 10. Liem (Tesoro) 17:44

Rated Girls Team Scores -- 1. Tesoro 45; 2. Thousand Oaks 93; 3. Great Oak 94; 4. Rancho Buena Vista 144; 5. San Clemente  184; 6. Edison 218; 7. Fountain Valley 221; 8. West Torrance 248; 9. The Woodlands, TX 258; 10. Mater Dei 286

DIVISION 1

Sophomore Girls Individuals -- 1. Takeshita (J.W. North) 19:00; 2. Webster (Tesoro) 19:20; 3. Phillips (West Ranch) 19:34; 4. Turati (El Toro) 19:57; 5. Rinaldi-El Abd (Tesoro) 19:57; 6. Gomez (Warren) 19:58; 7. Bannister (Trabuco Hills) 20:00; 8. Peterson (El Toro) 20:04; 9. Neshiem (West Ranch) 20:08; 10. Pook (El Toro) 20:11

Sophomore Girls Team Scores -- 1. El Toro 73; 2. Trabuco Hills 100; 3. Tesoro 102; 4. Great Oak 107; 5. West Ranch 111; 6. Long Beach Poly 203; 7. Fountain Valley 204; 8. Warren 211; 9. Upland 242; 10. Murrieta Valley 254

Freshman Girls Individuals -- 1.Melnyk (Crescenta Valley) 18:45; 2. Scharmann (Tesoro) 18:51; 3. Padilla (Great Oak) 18:53; 4. Evans (Redlands East Valley) 18:58; 5. Witzeman (Crescenta Valley) 18:58; 6. Taylor (Los Alamitos) 19:23; 7. Hebb (Redlands East Valley) 19:27; 8. McCullough (Long Beach Poly) 19:32; 9. Nolte (Crescenta Valley) 19:45; 10. DeFrank (Great Oak) 19:46

Freshman Girls Team Scores -- 1. Great Oak 53; 2. Crescenta Valley 61; 3. Trabuco Hills 98; 4. Long Beach Poly 123; 5. Ayala 157; 6. Murrieta Valley 190; 7. Redlands East Valley 203; 8. Tesoro 214; 9. El Toro 262; 10. El Rancho 280

For complete results in all divisions, click here.

Coming up on Saturday are the Dana Hills Nike Invitational as well as the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto.

TITANS BEAT EAGLES ON THE TENNIS COURT

In a nonleague girls tennis match between neighboring schools on Tuesday, Tesoro defeated Santa Margarita, 13-5,.  The Titans clinched the match after two rounds, leading 10-2. Mayci Jones continued her domination as the junior has dropped a set this season.

"I am so proud of the girls today,” Tesoro coach Tim DiLeo said. “They went out on the courts with a mission to dominate and played great. ‘The Rumble at the Ranch’ does not just apply to the football field.  We take a lot of pride in our program and the girls showed today how much their hard work pays off."

TESORO ADVANCES TO VOLLEYBALL SEMIFINALS

Tesoro’s girls volleyball team advanced to the semifinals of the Aloha Cougar Classic Saturday at Capistrano Valley High.

The Titans lost to eventual champion Yucaipa, 15-25, 25-23, 17-15. Yuciapa defeated Chino Hills in the championship match, 19-25, 28-26, 15-7. Tesoro setter Brooke Legaux was named to the all-tournament team.

Speaking of volleyball, here are the pool assignments and schedule for pool play for the Divisions 1 and 2 brackets of the Dave Mohs O.C. Championships, which begin play at 3 p.m. Friday and resume at 8 a.m. Saturday.

Friday's pool schedule: 1 vs. 3; 2 vs. 4; 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3. On Saturday, it's 3 vs. 4 and 1 vs. 2. Afterward, the top two teams advance to the playoffs Saturday afternoon at Edison High.

The Division 1 final is Monday at 7:30 p.m., and it's preceded by the Division 2 final at 6 p.m. Both games are at Edison High.

DIVISION 1

Pool 1 at Edison -- 1. Los Alamitos; 2. Rosary; 3. Mission Viejo; 4. Los Osos.

Pool 2 at Corona del Mar -- 1. Corona del Mar; 2. El Dorado; 3. Tesoro; 4. West Ranch.

Pool 3 at Edison -- 1. Edison; 2. Poly/Long Beach; 3. Bakersfield; 4. University/Irvine.

Pool 4 at Marina -- 1. Mater Dei; 2. San Clemente; 3. Marina; 4. Beckman.

Pool 5 at Newport Harbor -- 1. Newport Harbor; 2. Harvard-Westlake; 3. Capistrano Valley; 4. Chaparral.

Pool 6 at Newport Harbor -- 1. Laguna Beach; 2. Orange Lutheran; 3. Centennial/Corona; 4. Murrieta Valley.

Pool 7 at Edison -- 1. Santa Margarita; 2. Palos Verdes; 3. Wilson/Long Beach; 4. Upland.

Pool 8 at Huntington Beach -- 1. Huntington Beach; 2. Yucaipa; 3. Dana Hills; 4. Carson.

DIVISION 2

Pool 1 at Huntington Beach -- 1. Notre Dame; 2. Garces Memorial; 3. La Habra; 4. Estancia.

Pool 2 at Costa Mesa -- 1. Francis Parker; 2. Villa Park; 3. Calvary Chapel/Santa Ana; 4. Norco.

Pool 3 at Fountain Valley -- 1. Temecula Valley; 2. San Juan Hills; 3. R.E. Mountain; 4. El Modena.

Pool 4 at Marina -- 1. Trabuco Hills; 2. Peninsula; 3. Woodbridge; 4. Fullerton.

Pool 5 at Corona del Mar -- 1. Ayala; 2. Troy; 3. Stockdale.

Pool 6 at Costa Mesa -- 1. Sage Hill; 2. Carlsbad; 3. Canyon/Anaheim; 4. Costa Mesa.

Pool 7 at Corona del Mar -- 1. St. Margaret's; 2. Northwood; 3. Valencia/Placentia; 4. Silverado.

Pool 8 at Fountain Valley -- 1. Brea Olinda; 2. Laguna Hills; 3. Bonita; 4. Connelly.

SOUTH COAST WATER POLO TOURNAMENT IS THIS WEEKEND

The highly anticipated South Coast Tournament in boys volleyball will take place Thursday through Saturday at four high school pools in Orange County, with the championship match set for Newport Harbor at 4:05 p.m. Saturday.

Here are where the teams will begin their two days of pool play today. Quarterfinals will be held Friday at each pool, and winners will advance to Saturday’s semifinals, which will take place at 10:40 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. at Newport Harbor.

Capistrano Valley High -- 1. Mater Dei; 2. Laguna Beach; 3. Capistrano Valley; 4. Vista; 5. Northwood; 6. San Clemente; 7. Granite Hills; 8. Buena Park.

Foothill High -- 1. El Toro; 2. Loyola; 3. Santa Barbara; 4. Foothill; 5. Punahou (Hawaii); 6. Mission Viejo; 7. Santa Margarita; 8. University.

Newport Harbor High -- 1. Newport Harbor; 2. Los Alamitos; 3. The Bishop's (La Jolla); 4. Long Beach Wilson; 5. Servite; 6. Edison; 7. Dana Hills; 8. Redlands.

Corona del Mar -- 1. Corona del Mar; 2. Huntington Beach; 3. Villa Park; 4. Dos Pueblos (Goleta); 5. Riverside Poly; 6. Esperanza; 7. La Canada; 8. Newport Harbor B.

WRESTLING OFFICIALS NEEDED FOR 2011-12 SEASON

The Orange County Wrestling Officials Assn. is looking to add officials to its rosters and is holding its first mandatory meeting for candidates for the 2011-12 high school season on Sunday at 6 p.m. in Room 240 (across from gymnasium) at Corona Del Mar High School.

For more information, contact Bruce Terry at (714) 876-7230 or drbruceterry@yahoo.com.

IVC WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL HOSTS 'DIG PINK' GAME

Proceeds from the Irvine Valley women's volleyball home match on Friday, Oct. 28, against Orange Empire Conference rival Golden West, dubbed the "Dig Pink" match, will be donated to the Side-Out Foundation, which raises awareness for breast cancer research nationwide through volleyball matches, clinics and camps.

Everyone who donates $5 will receive a pink T-shirt from ASICS and a pink spray cleaner from Simple Green. To check out the Side-Out Foundation’s website, click here.

If you have results or news that you'd like to share, please send it OC Patch sports Editor Bob Rohwer at bob.rohwer@patch.com.