BOYS' VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP: O.C. HANGS ON, ADVANCES TO FINALS.

Byline: Daily News

Oaks Christian of Westlake Village advanced to its third straight Southern Section Div.IV championship match after nearly blowing a two-game lead with a 25-23, 25-22, 25-27, 23-25, 15-12 victory over visiting Norco (17-5) in Wednesday's semifinals.

The Lions (22-2) trailed 9-7 in the decisive fifth game, but regrouped quickly to go ahead 14-12 and then Blake Fol and Dominic Denham teamed up to block Norco kill and end the match.

"We got comfortable and started slow after having that two game lead," Oaks Christian head coach George Hees said. "We have done that all year and almost came back to haunt us tonight. That is the best we have faced this season. Our hat's off to Norco."

Fol, Paul Peterson and Dalton Gerlach had 18, 13 and 12 kills respectively to lead Oaks Christian. Ryan Schiedermayer had 56 assists for the Lions and Kevin Cochran added 13 digs.

The Lions will Mayfair of Lakewood Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Cerritos College in the championship.

--Jacob H. Pollon

DIV. V

Viewpoint 3, Sage Hill 0: Matt Talamantes had 21 kills and 17 digs to lead host Viewpoint of Calabasas defeated Sage Hill of Newport Beach 25-21, 25-19, 25-18.

The Patriots (29-6), who will attempt to capture their three straight Div. V titles, got off to a slow start, trailing 7-2 in the first game, but eventually swept the Lightining (18-7).

Nick Stabler had a match-high 46 assists and Hunter Carlin had seven blocks for Viewpoint.

DIV. III

Cerritos Valley Christian 3, Quartz Hill 0: Host Cerritos Valley Christian defeated Quartz Hill 25-23, 25-15, 25-17 to move on the Div. finals.