Finishing on a high note

Huntington won a Sunset League championship, enjoyed a lofty CIF ranking throughout the season and was one of the hot teams entering the Southern Section playoffs. The Oilers knocked off defending-champion Newport Harbor on the final day of the regular season to win league. They became the first Sunset team to sweep Newport Harbor since the Sailors joined the league five years ago.

"These guys have been focused on their goals since last fall, last summer in fact," Huntington Coach Craig Pazanti said of winning the Sunset title. "They knew what they wanted to achieve, and they went out and did it. They felt that they had underachieved last year and were hungry this year."

Huntington advanced to the second round of the Division 1 playoffs, where it was edged by San Clemente in five games. The fifth-ranked Oilers ended their season at 23-3.

Ocean View turned in a 16-5 season that saw the Seahawks roll to the Golden West League title and reach the second round of the Division 3 playoffs. Their campaign ended in a loss to sixth-ranked Camarillo. Ocean View senior outside hitter Adam Wills was named to the All-CIF Division 3 team.

In boys' golf, Andre Vu (tie for ninth place) of Fountain Valley, Marina's Matt Janelli (tie for 20th) and Jake Schulze of Huntington Beach (tied for 48th) competed at the CIF Southern Individual Regional at Skylinks Golf Course in Long Beach. Vu and Janelli advanced to compete at the CIF Finals tournament at Victoria Country Club in Riverside. Swimming

In swimming, Edison went undefeated in Sunset League meet competition. At the CIF-SS Swimming and Diving Championships at Riverside Community College, Edison finished in fourth place and Fountain Valley was seventh in the girls' Division 1 team standings. In the Division 1 boys' team standings, Edison was fourth and Huntington Beach was in 28th place. In the Division 4 boys' team finals standings, Ocean View finished ninth and the girls' program placed 28th.

In boys' tennis, Fountain Valley reached the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs, where the Barons were eliminated, 13-5, by Northwood.