Warriors

The Thrashers picked up an impressive victory in Howe Division play, shutting down the Warriors, 5-0, at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach. The Thrashers' offense scored three goals in the opening period, then cemented the victory by scoring two more goals in the third period. Kyler Scott, Blake Bowie, Slater Moore and Gregory Hancock each scored goals. Moore and Scott also had assists. Kourtney Kunichika got the shutout, recording 39 saves in the effort.

The Warriors won for the fifth time in seven outings in National Junior Basketball play when the team defeated the Fireballs, 50-30, in North Huntington Beach boys' Division 3 action. Three Warriors scored in double figures, with Brett Bonnani and Zack Gates each scoring 13 points. Tucker Pikula was the third player in double digits with 11 points. Tyler Hammock and Peter Russo each scored four points, Jonathan Lai had six steals, Jake Wilson had a basket, rebound, steal and assist, Andrew Bogard scored a basket and Michael Meagher contributed two rebounds.

Still feeling the effects of the nerve damage suffered when her arm broke in half while she was serving in Afghanistan, Marine Sgt. Lorie Yrigoyen stood on the podium on the first day of the Warrior Games, gold medal in hand. The following Thursday, back in Southern California, her mother, Cheryl Yrigoyen, waited patiently at her office in Newport Beach to hear if her daughter would win another gold medal in the U.S. Paralympics-sponsored event in Colorado Springs, Colo. Lorie, 29, participated in the cycling and swimming events at the 2013 Warrior Games - a competition held for injured, ill or wounded service members and veterans since 2010.

The Newport Harbor High girls tennis team captured a 10-8 Sea View League victory over visiting Woodbridge Tuesday. In singles, Jill Casserly, Chrissy Schwartz and Brittany Sturgess each took two of three sets, improving the Sailors to 7-1 overall. Sea View League Newport Harbor 10, Woodbridge 8 Singles -- Casserly def. Sendale, 6-3, lost to Call, 7-5, def. Morris 6-2; Schwartz won 6-2, lost 6-2, won 7-6; Sturgess won 6-0, lost 6-4, won 6-2. Doubles -- McKay-Cluck def. Caro-Snyderman, 6-0, lost to Cao-Fernandez, 6-2, def. Castheton-Solin, 6-1; Chinn-McIntosh lost, 7-6, won, 6-4, lost, 6-2; Dunlap-Adams lost, 0-6, 6-3, won, 6-4. Sage remains perfect VOLLEYBALL: Sage Hill School volleyball standouts Cat Dailey, Vista Murphy and Haywood Wright led the Lightning to a 25-15, 25-17, 25-18 Academy League romp over host Brethren Christian Tuesday.

This week marks the midway point of the 2011 prep football regular season and because of a rare oddity in scheduling, five of the six local teams are off. The lone local taking the field this week is Brethren Christian, which on Saturday travels north to face Los Angeles Baptist at 1 p.m. at L.A. Baptist High. The Warriors head into the nonleague clash coming off perhaps its most impressive showing to date. Last Friday at Ocean View High, Brethren Christian paired its highest-scoring offensive output of the season with a defense that yielded its fewest points, and the two-sided effort resulted in a one-sided victory, 40-7, over St. Anthony of Long Beach.

Four players got into the scoring act as the Stingray Warriors broke into the win column for the first time in the 2003 AYSO spring soccer season by downing the HB Blue Dolphins, 4-1, in a Region 117 girls' Under-10 Division game at Gisler School. Stephanie Schmidt got the Stingray Warriors off and running with a first-quarter goal, followed by Lauren Zepeda's second-quarter goal. Fourth-quarter goals by Hannah Pigors and Kim Choto completed the Stingray Warriors' scoring.

Senior Bryana Carey posted a match-high 14 kills to lead the Newport Harbor High girls volleyball team past visiting Woodbridge, 22-25, 25-22, 25-15, 22-25, 15-12, Monday in both teams' Sea View League opener. Carey also tallied four aces and four blocks as the Sailors improved to 7-6, 1-0 in league. Sophomore Megan Munce totaled 13 kills, while sophomore Jamie Heenan had 11 kills and sophomore Cassidy Gayner added eight kills. Woodbridge fell to 0-1 in league.

When the Brethren Christian football team steps onto the field Thursday to open its 2011 season, it'll do so under the guidance of a new head coach. Pat McInally is the program's leader but no stranger to Warriors football. For the past three years, he served as the team's receivers coach under head coach Bruce Eien. McInally's first squad includes 14 returners from 2010 and will don a new look. The Warriors, who relied mostly on their running game last year, will feature more of a balance between the run and pass.

Adam Black scored two goals and assisted a third Saturday to lead the Golden Warriors in a 4-0 shutout of the Fireballs in AYSO Region 5 boys' Under-8 Division action. Brian Katz and Jacob Gillett also scored, and the defensive play of Gregory Katz, Matthew Sudyka, Rocco Hipolito and Jason Mar combined in goal for the shutout as the Golden Warriors handed the Fireballs their first defeat of the season. In other games: BOYS' UNDER-11 DIVISION CFC The Wave 4, Laguna Beach 1 Nick Becker scored two goals, Alex Loeffelman scored once with an assist, Alex Gallardo's shot from the right wing hit the far post for the final goal, Gallardo and Jordan Black paced the defense, and Max Volz was solid in goal for the Wave, now in second place with a 5-2-1 record.

The Bombers came up with a huge second-period offensive onslaught to wipe out an early deficit and post a 7-4 victory over the Warriors in Howe Division play at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach. The Warriors had opened up a 2-0 lead after one period, but that lead didn't last long. In the second period, two goals by Stephen Marchand and one each by Phillip Berman, Nick Iacono, Gene Jaeger and Michael Marchand, combined with a defensive shutout, allowed the Bombers to take the lead for good.