Another prep sports year has come and gone.
But it didn’t fade into the past without plenty of fanfare and accomplishment from local high school sports teams and individuals. Titles were won, playoff berths secured, records set and sheer personal satisfaction was achieved in various athletic endeavors
Here are some of the key prep highlights that were reported to the Independent during the past year:
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January-June
It was a record-setting start to the New Year on the basketball court.
Huntington Beach senior guard Nick Becker became the Oilers’ boys’ basketball career scoring leader when he scored 16 points during a Jan. 25 win at Trabuco Hills. Becker surpassed the previous school mark established in 1994 by nine-time NFL Pro Bowl tight end Tony Gonzalez of the Kansas City Chiefs.
At Edison, Eric Ferraro became the career assists leader for the boys’ basketball program during a Jan. 30 game against Newport Harbor. Another Charger, Kyle Boswell, had set the single-season scoring record for the boys’ program earlier in the season.
In the spring, Marina’s boys’ tennis team turned in the program’s best finish in 13 years. The Vikings (19-3) won their first Sunset League title during that span and reached the second round of the CIF-SS Division I playoffs, where they were eliminated by No. 2-seed Santa Barbara.
Three Edison athletes captured CIF Southern Section individual titles and set records in the process at the Division I swimming finals in May at Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach. Junior Tom Shields broke his own Division I record in the 100-yard breaststroke and also won the 200-yard freestyle. Sophomore Cindy Tran won the girls’ 100-yard backstroke with a personal-best time and senior Yasi Jahanshahi won the girls’ 100-yard butterfly.
Edison’s foursome of Tran, freshman Sarah Moss, Jahanshahi and junior Monique Wilson, won the girls’ 200-yard medley relay, and the Edison team of freshman Alli Gillespie, junior Kiersten Colesen, Jahanshahi and Tran, won the 400-yard free relay. Edison’s girls’ team finished second in the team standings to Mission Viejo, which won its 16th straight CIF-SS title.
