La Mirada

A meeting Saturday between two undefeated teams left the Huntington Beach Green Chargers perfect. Huntington combined a stingy defense with an offense that was able to penetrate a tough Costa Mesa defense to hand the Mustangs their first loss, 16-0, in a Pop Warner Football Pee Wee Division game. Treavon Coley rushed for a pair of touchdowns, and Tyler Macleod added both point-after kicks in the second quarter. Aaron Vargas and Allen Vogelsang came up with interceptions for a Green Chargers defense that also received outstanding play from Elijah Herrera, Matt Oakley, Bradley Dominick, Charles Mendola, Jake Dailey, Steven Tovatt and Peter Russo.

CHARGERS TRAVIS WILSON FS/KICKER/REC 6-0, 175, SR. Had two interceptions, six tackles, and handled kicking chores for the Chargers in their 30-7 nonleague victory over Capistrano Valley. BARONS MANUEL DIAZ RECEIVER 5-10, 170, SR. Led the county last week with 10 receptions which totaled 129 yards, and had touchdown receptions covering 9 and 25 yards in a 35-27 loss to La Mirada. VIKINGS BERNARD MITCHELL RB/FS 6-2, 205, SR. Started on both sides of the ball and rushed 14 times for 67 yards, and had six tackles, an interception, and one caused fumble in a 21-13 victory at Mayfair.

The O.C. Titans, a 10-and-under boys' baseball team, will prepare for its new season this weekend. The team is looking to add two more players to its roster, and will hold tryouts from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Huntington Valley Little League. Prospective players must be available for holiday tournaments, the first being the Presidents Day Cup on Feb. 16 to 19 in La Mirada. The O.C. Titans are mostly comprised of all-star players from Huntington Valley and Seaview Little Leagues.

Tariq Malik HUNTINGTON BEACH -- With the new year firmly in place, Councilwoman Connie Boardman says she is looking forward to not just 2001, but her entire four-year term as a city leader. Voters chose Boardman for the City Council in November, and she was sworn in a month later with another successful candidate and a returning incumbent, beating out 17 other hopefuls in one of the largest elections some residents have ever seen. "I'm very proud of her, and it is really nice to see how happy she was on election night," said Dick LeGrue, Boardman's husband.

It's not often that CIF Southern Section Division I schools play a day football game at the varsity level, but such will be the case Saturday when Fountain Valley tangles with Servite at Cal State Fullerton. The highly anticipated nonleague contest will kickoff at the odd time of 2 p.m. Said Servite Athletic Director Larry Walker about the game's unique starting time: 'Fullerton's stadium was in use Friday night, Rosary High is holding its Father-Daughter dance Saturday night - and we didn't want to conflict with that, and our principal (Raymond Dunne)

The Huntington Beach Dolphins struck quickly and the defense never let up in a 12-0 victory over the Inglewood Jets in a Jr. All-American Football Midget Division league game at Huntington Beach High. On the Dolphins' first possession, Zack Couey connected with Dontaie Ferguson on a quick slant and Ferguson went the distance to complete a 43-yard scoring play for an early 6-0 lead. Huntington scored again on its third possession of the game. This time, an 11-play drive culminated in Jeremiah "Bam Bam" Pemasa's plunge into the end zone from one yard out, which gave the Dolphins a 12-0 lead at the half.

Led by a ferocious defensive effort and an offense that scored at will, the Fountain Valley Clinic Jaguars remained unbeaten for the season by pouncing on the Corona Panthers, 46-0, in Junior All-American Football action Saturday. Stephan Robb keyed the defense with 11 tackles; and linebackers Trent Burns, Steven Santana, Nicco Boggio and Bryce Blake frustrated the Panthers by holding them to minus-40 yards for the game. Fumble recoveries by Burns and Andy Palacios -- as well as the line play of Chad Palsulich, Loren Robb, Alexander Ackel, Dennis Trejo and Benjamin Marshman -- kept the Panthers out of the end zone.

The Huntington Beach Dolphins advanced to the semifinal round of the Junior Midget Division playoffs by routing La Mirada on Saturday, 33-6, in Junior All-American Football action. The Junior Midget Dolphins used an overpowering defense to stifle the Matadors. Chris Vo and Ryan Lopez each had interceptions, and the hitting of Vo, Steven Sileski and John Martinez caused four La Mirada fumbles, one of which was scooped up by Charlie Vallas and returned 55 yards for a touchdown.

The Huntington Beach Girls' Softball 14-and-under All-Star team got its season off to a great start by winning its division at the West Garden Grove Memorial Day Tournament. Huntington Beach won all five of its tournament games, capped by a 4-3 victory over Redondo Beach in the championship game. En route to the title, the locals beat both Redondo Beach and host West Garden Grove twice and Long Beach once. Jacqueline Kent and Amanda Horowitz pitched Huntington to the five victories.

Local baseball teams opened the season last week at various tournaments, including the Loara Tournament and the Newport-Elks Tournament. Last year’s Division I finalist, Edison, is playing in the Loara Tournament. The Chargers opened their season ranked No. 1 in Southern California by the Los Angeles Times, No. 1 in the state by CalHiSports and No. 1 in the country by MaxPreps. They won their tournament opener over Aliso Niguel on Friday night, 8-2, behind a 14-strikeout performance from junior lefty Henry Owens.