Eagles

Estancia High golf coach Art Perry and members of the Eagles' boys golf team volunteered their time to help with operations at Tuesday's Jones Cup at Santa Ana Country Club. Christopher "Storm" Hagen, Kyle Jones, Andrew Ayala, Kyle Anderson and Matt Kirchberg held leaderboards and did other tasks throughout the tournament, while Gordon Bowley also volunteered his time. Mesa Verde Country Club head pro Tom Sargent chipped in from the fringe on the 418-yard par-4 16th hole for his lone birdie of the day. Sargent's chip was from about 30 feet out and below the pin. Mesa Verde Country Club senior champion Bryan Rolfe hit a 300-plus-yard drive and reached the green in two on the 503-yard par-5 ninth hole.

Estancia High football supporters in the mood for a little deja vu this fall, might want to pop a 2004 game videotape into the VCR and stay home on Thursday and Friday nights. For, in addition to a new coaching staff, directed by first-year head man Brian Barnes, new uniforms and a new commitment program wide, there figures to be plenty of novelty in terms of those making plays. Returners were responsible for about 1.4% of last year's 1,290 rushing yards and a mere 14.1% of the 1,118 passing yards (including passing and receiving stats)

Drew Exon called it random. Amazing or stunning would also be appropriate adjectives. Exon, a 17-year-old who spends most of his free time pounding balls or honing his touch around the practice greens at Mesa Verde Country Club in Costa Mesa, reached rare territory with his feat at the Costa Mesa junior golf championships July 26. The blond-haired Irvine resident eagled three straight holes on the back nine on...

Dave Brooks Bird enthusiasts enjoyed a rare treat this weekend when a bald eagle visited several natural areas along the Orange Coast. The predatory bird was spotted as far inland as the Upper Newport Bay and as far west as the Bolsa Chica Wetlands in Huntington Beach. The bird, tagged "K13," is said to be from a Catalina Island breeding program looking to reintroduce the national symbol back into the wild. Bald eagles were once found in great numbers along the Southern California coast and the Channel Islands, but massive residential and commercial development, along with the introduction of several pesticides, greatly reduced their numbers.

VIC LEIPZIG AND LOU MURRAY Russ Paxson is one of the leaders of Boy Scouts of America Troop 1 in Huntington Beach. When he joined the troop at age 10, it was 1933. Russ said that he's been involved in scouting ever since, "except for the war." That's quite a commitment to scouting. We had the pleasure of meeting Russ Saturday when we worked with Eagle Scout candidate Justin Legg on the first phase of Justin's habitat restoration project. We had permission from developer Hearthside Homes to collect coastal prickly pear and coastal cholla cactus from the south slope of Bolsa Chica mesa.

VIC LEIPZIG AND LOU MURRAY A bald eagle has spent the past few weeks plying the Santa Ana and Los Angeles rivers. This formerly endangered species is a rare visitor to our area. This particular eagle has an orange wing tag numbered 13. In its three years of life, eagle No. 13 has been seen from San Diego to Oregon. It was tagged as a nestling by the Institute for Wildlife Studies on Santa Catalina Island in 2001. This group is trying to reintroduce bald eagles to the Channel Islands where they formerly nested.

JERRY PERSON Those of you, who have followed the past year of high-profile trials and of high-priced attorneys will enjoy this week's column. Many of us grew up watching the antics of Perry Mason and Ben Matlock. Our courtroom drama to took place here in Huntington Beach in 1941. Orange County was largely unpopulated and illegal gambling was rampant at the time. To combat those gambling dens, Orange County Sheriff Jesse Elliott and his men made several raids.

The Mesa View Middle School track and field team returned to the Mount SAC Relays for the first time in 11 years, and the appearance at last Friday's event yielded plenty of success. With 52 Eagle athletes competing in Walnut, Mesa View, under coaches Kelly Painter and Mike Vlachos, returned back to Huntington Beach with 83 medals. Mesa View, the first school in the Ocean View School District to participate in the relays in 1985, had not competed in the event since 1993.

Mesa View claimed the Jr. High Division championship by defeating the Jr. Griffins, 10-5, in the division final at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach. Goals went to Eric Morejon, Mark Miller and Troy Bosiljevac. Miller also had an assist. Damian Raburn finished with 21 saves. Justin Castagna led the Jr. Griffins with three goals, Stephen White had a goal and assist, Brad Brandenburg scored once and John Thompson, Kevin Morrison and Jeffrey Sabraw each had an assist.

Matthew Braun burned the net for eight goals to lead a potent Dwyer Oilers offensive attack during a 15-9 victory over the Mesa View Eagles in a Jr. High Division game at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center. Braun scored his team's first four goals during a six-goal first quarter explosion by the Oilers. Kyle Impelman posted three goals and Jamie Schlegel was the other multiple goal scorer for the Oilers with two. Jackson also led the team in assists with four, while Schlegel had three assists and Braun finished with two. Shayne Nelson recorded 19 saves.