BOYS WATER POLO: LA CANADA EARNS MEASURE OF RESPECT FINISHES 3RD AT SOUTH COAST TOURNAMENT.Byline: Erik Boal Special to the Daily News NEWPORT BEACH Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. - Even with two Southern Section Div. III titles in the past decade on its resume, La Canada High's boys' water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. team entered this season searching for respect from several Orange County powers. The Spartans, ranked second by the Daily News, made a strong case at the three-day South Coast Tournament, winning four of five games - all against Orange County teams. Their run concluded with Saturday's 10-8 victory over El Toro El To·ro An unincorporated community of southern California southeast of Santa Ana. Founded in the 1890s, it is mainly residential. Population: 62,685. of Lake Forest in the third-place game at Newport Harbor High. ``I love playing these kinds of games,'' said La Canada coach Larry Naeve, whose team suffered its only tournament loss in Saturday's semifinals, a 13-9 defeat to Wilson of Long Beach. ``To play six games (in four days) against those teams and lose twice, including only once in this tournament, that's awesome. We've shown significant growth in the past week.'' La Canada (8-3), the No. 1 team in Div. III, lost a nonleague game Wednesday to Harvard-Westlake of Studio City - the Daily News' No. 1 team - then defeated Marina of Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. and Servite of Anaheim on Thursday. The Spartans knocked off Corona Corona, city, United States Corona (kərō`nə), city (1990 pop. 76,095), Riverside co., S Calif.; inc. 1896. The city developed as a primary citrus fruit producer and shipping center. There is also light manufacturing. del Mar Del Mar is the name of several places in the United States of America:
In the third-place game, La Canada overcame a 2-0 deficit with five successive goals, holding El Toro (3-3) scoreless for nearly 11 minutes. The Chargers got as close as 9-8 with 1:15 remaining, but Doug McNeese set up Jordan Thompson for his fourth goal 10 seconds later to seal the victory. |
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