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TODAY Football (7 p.m.) Compton Centennial at Laguna TUESDAY Boys' Water Polo (3:15 p.m.) Laguna vs. Foothill/Riverside Poly (scrimmage) THURSDAY Frosh Soph Football (3:15 p.m.) Laguna at La Quinta FRIDAY, Sept. 9 Football (7 p.m.) Laguna at La Quinta SATURDAY, Sept. 10 Boys' Cross Country (8 a.m.) Laguna at Las Vegas Invite Cross Country (8 a.m.) Laguna at Mt. SAC Fastback Shootout Girls' JV Volleyball (8 a.m.)

Name: Charley Bowman Position: Quarterback Height: 5 feet 11 Weight: 165 Year: Sophomore Game highlights: Bowman was a strong offensive leader in a 38-13 win over host La Quinta. The sophomore accounted for 225 yards of offense, including 160 in the air. He scored on a 46-yard run in the first quarter. Coach's comments: "This guy has been running the ball like Michael Vick," Jimmy Nolan said. "He turns our poor blocking into big plays.

Rain washed out the debut Friday of the Ocean View High baseball team, but the Seahawks doubled up on Saturday to win a pair of games in the Foothill Division of the Newport Elks Tournament. First, Ocean View took care of visiting Newport Harbor, 4-3. Jason Walker pitched 5 1/3 innings of shutout relief and struck out eight in the process. Nick McIsaac came up with the game-winning hit on offense as he singled home James Miller with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to seal the victory.

Huntington Beach and Newport Harbor played a tight nonleague girls' volleyball match Tuesday, and it was the host Sailors who came away with a 22-25, 26-24, 25-19, 25-22 victory. Chrissy VanDoornum, Lindsey Benac, Kellie Turner, Brooke Mullins and Stephanie Tran led the way for the Oilers offensively, with VanDoornum and Kalyn Klaess finishing with 12 and 11 assists, respectively. Tori Thompson had 25 assists and Turner added four blocks and a pair of aces to her performance. In a match where Coach Kim Clarke said her squad was "a half-second off" in all facets of its game, Huntington was swept by visiting Corona del Mar, 25-17, 25-17, 25-22, Thursday.

The Laguna Beach High football team is 2-0, but head coach Jimmy Nolan hasn't been very impressed with his team. He wasn't even pleased by last Friday's 38-13 road win over La Quinta, which came on the heels of a season-opening 40-19 victory over Centennial of Compton. Nolan didn't mince words. "Since I have been at Laguna Beach High School, I have never been so angry with my boys as I was Friday night," he said. "We continue to fumble the ball, miss assignments, line up wrong, etc. I believe we dropped more passes than we caught, and those were passes that were touchdowns.

The HB Surf City Bombers, an 8-and-Under All-Star team from South Huntington Beach Girls Softball, captured its division championship at the eighth annual Riptide Tournament in Carlsbad. The Bombers played six games over two days last weekend, including three before noon on Sunday, to win the event. Carlsbad 4, Bombers 0 The Bombers dropped their opener in pool play, despite pitcher Indiana Boes striking out eight and allowing four hits. Huntington mustered just one hit, a single by Felicia Rios.

In an intense nonleague match Tuesday, the Huntington Beach High boys’ volleyball team fell on the road to Newport Harbor on Tuesday, 25-17, 17-25, 25-14, 28-30, and 15-10. The Oilers are ranked eight in the CIF Southern Section Division I coaches’ poll. Newport is No. 4. Senior Nick Siegle led Huntington Beach (9-3) with 18 kills and senior Nick Iorfino had 15. The Sailors’ Cody Caldwell led all players with 30 kills. Both of these teams will be playing in the Orange County Championships this weekend, hosted by Edison High.

Six prep wrestlers worked their way through a tough and tenacious weekend at the CIF Masters Meet at Fountain Valley High to earn a trip to the CIF State Tournament beginning Friday. Edison qualified four and Marina advanced one to the CIF State tournament, which runs Friday and Saturday, also at Fountain Valley High. In addition, Huntington Beach resident Bryan Osuna, a student at Calvary Chapel in Santa Ana, qualified by winning his weight class (125)

HUNTINGTON BEACH – With the game on the line, Holli Floetker delivered. Ocean View's sophomore right-handed pitcher not only escaped a jam in the top of the seventh inning of Thursday's CIF Southern Section Division IV quarterfinal game against visiting Gahr, she also burst the hopes of the Gladiators with a big fourth-inning hit. Both moments keyed the Seahawks' 2-1 victory that puts Ocean View in Tuesday's semifinals. First, Floetker smashed a line-drive, two-run home run well past the fence in center-field with two-out in the bottom of the fourth that sent Ocean View to its first lead of the game.

After surviving four-straight one-run victories ? three of which came in postseason play, the Ocean View High softball team enjoyed a breather Tuesday. And of all things, it came in the semifinal round of the CIF-Southern Section Division IV playoffs. Ocean View used a big third inning to gain control of a showdown with host Pomona Catholic and rode that outburst to an eventual 6-1 victory that put the No. 4-seeded Seahawks in the division final against Del Rey League champ Bishop Amat of La Puente.

The Edison boys' basketball team ripped off four straight wins to take the championship of the La Quinta Tournament. The Chargers took top honors Saturday by edging Aliso Niguel, 50-49, in the tournament final. Senior guard Corey Foster led all scorers with 22 points, and senior guard Dreon Barlett contributed 17 points. Barlett was named tournament MVP and Foster, freshman guard Derek Molina and senior guard Cade Hernandez all made the all-tournament team. Edison scored tournament victories over Servite (62-57)

In the first week of the 2010-11 boys' basketball season, Edison High has already taken on two Sunset League foes. Too bad for the Chargers that neither game will count in the upcoming race for the league championship. Edison opened up play Dec. 6 at the La Quinta Tournament against Marina, and held on for a 40-38 season-opening win over the Vikings. On Saturday, it took on Huntington Beach in the championship game of the tournament and emerged with a 66-57 victory. Dylan Garrity hit four three-point shots and recorded a game-high 24 points, Zach Bauer had 14 points and Dreon Barlett added 11 points for the Chargers (5-0)

Two schools that have a history of success on the baseball diamond have the unenviable task of meeting early in the postseason. As openers go, the CIF Southern Section-Toyota Baseball Championships Division III playoff draw that pits Ocean View against La Quinta of Westminster might be one of the division's best first-round games. The Seahawks and Aztecs open postseason play at 3:15 p.m. today at Ocean View. Ninth-ranked Ocean View comes into today's clash as champion of the Golden West League, having marched to the title with a 13-2 record.

In an intense nonleague match Tuesday, the Huntington Beach High boys’ volleyball team fell on the road to Newport Harbor on Tuesday, 25-17, 17-25, 25-14, 28-30, and 15-10. The Oilers are ranked eight in the CIF Southern Section Division I coaches’ poll. Newport is No. 4. Senior Nick Siegle led Huntington Beach (9-3) with 18 kills and senior Nick Iorfino had 15. The Sailors’ Cody Caldwell led all players with 30 kills. Both of these teams will be playing in the Orange County Championships this weekend, hosted by Edison High.

HUNTINGTON BEACH — The Ocean View High boys’ basketball team has picked up right where it left off. The Seahawks used balanced scoring from seniors Avery Johnson and Anthony Brown, as well as junior guard Billy Keller, in a 69-52 win over Rancho Verde in the first round of the Ocean View Tournament of Champions Tuesday night. Johnson had 17 points, five rebounds, five steals and two blocks for a well-rounded effort. Brown, a Stanford commit, added 12 points and seven boards and Keller threw in 15 points.

After surviving four-straight one-run victories ? three of which came in postseason play, the Ocean View High softball team enjoyed a breather Tuesday. And of all things, it came in the semifinal round of the CIF-Southern Section Division IV playoffs. Ocean View used a big third inning to gain control of a showdown with host Pomona Catholic and rode that outburst to an eventual 6-1 victory that put the No. 4-seeded Seahawks in the division final against Del Rey League champ Bishop Amat of La Puente.

HUNTINGTON BEACH – With the game on the line, Holli Floetker delivered. Ocean View's sophomore right-handed pitcher not only escaped a jam in the top of the seventh inning of Thursday's CIF Southern Section Division IV quarterfinal game against visiting Gahr, she also burst the hopes of the Gladiators with a big fourth-inning hit. Both moments keyed the Seahawks' 2-1 victory that puts Ocean View in Tuesday's semifinals. First, Floetker smashed a line-drive, two-run home run well past the fence in center-field with two-out in the bottom of the fourth that sent Ocean View to its first lead of the game.

The fourth week of the prep football season has some intriguing matchups for the locals. Marina gets a jump on the other three local teams by hosting Colton tonight. On Friday, Ocean View hosts Bolsa Grande, Huntington Beach is at Westminster and in one of the county’s top nonleague match-ups, Edison plays Mater Dei at Santa Ana Bowl. Tonight’s game: Colton (1-2) vs. Marina (2-1) (at Westminster High, 7 p.m.) There were plenty of positives to come out of Marina’s 37-19 nonleague victory last Friday over host Orange.

The HB Surf City Bombers, an 8-and-Under All-Star team from South Huntington Beach Girls Softball, captured its division championship at the eighth annual Riptide Tournament in Carlsbad. The Bombers played six games over two days last weekend, including three before noon on Sunday, to win the event. Carlsbad 4, Bombers 0 The Bombers dropped their opener in pool play, despite pitcher Indiana Boes striking out eight and allowing four hits. Huntington mustered just one hit, a single by Felicia Rios.

An 11-run outburst over a two-inning stretch was enough to lift the Marina High baseball team to the championship in the Coachella Valley Tournament. The Vikings — who start several underclassmen, including three freshmen — played four games over a three-day period and went 4-0. Marina needed eight innings to win its opener, 12-8, over La Quinta of La Quinta. The Vikings played a doubleheader on April 3 where they rallied to defeat San Pedro (8-5) before defeating Redlands East Valley (6-5)