Corona doesn't whittle

Corona doesn’t whittle

December 30, 2010 | 10:48 p.m.

CORONA DEL MAR — The Corona del Mar High girls’ water polo team was a young team with a first-year coach and a 1-3 record entering the Holiday Cup.

None of these three facts worry Coach San Bailey and the Sea Kings.

They know they’re among the elite teams in Division I. On Thursday afternoon, they turned to an old CdM standby — the counterattack — to defeat Santa Margarita, 13-3, in a quarterfinal of the Holiday Cup at CdM.

CdM (3-3) advances to the semifinals, where the Sea Kings will play Laguna Beach at 11:45 a.m. today at Newport Harbor High. Top-seeded defending champion Dos Pueblos plays Foothill in the first semifinal preceding the Sea Kings and Breakers.

The final is scheduled for 4:05 p.m., also at Newport Harbor.

The Sea Kings’ relative youth doesn’t matter too much when Ally McCormick can counter all day. The lefty and fellow sophomore Cassidy Papa each scored four goals in the quarterfinal win over Santa Margarita, and half of the eight goals were on the counterattack. Most of those came off long, precision passes from CdM junior goalie Alex Musselman (11 saves).

“It’s great,” McCormick said. “That’s definitely one of the things that sets us apart, because not many goalies can throw it three-quarters of the way down the pool. We condition a lot — we’re a fast team — and that can make or break the game.”

As CdM parents watched the action, they also watched a large sheet covering the CdM boys’ aquatics logo on the wall above the scorers’ table. They wanted to make sure the sheet didn’t blow up on the windy day, revealing graffiti underneath it.

The tagging, which is two explicit phrases, was discovered as the Holiday Cup began Thursday morning. It’s unknown when it occurred or who is responsible.

One parent was upset, as she said the painted-on logos cost ,500 when the pool was renovated.

In the pool, the No. 2-seeded Sea Kings played well. Santa Margarita (3-3) scored the first goal of the game on a power-play strike by freshman Haley Wan, but the Sea Kings had a 3-1 lead by the end of the first quarter as Papa, McCormick and junior Pippa Saunders (penalty shot) all found the back of the net.

By halftime, it was 7-2. Saunders and senior Devon Greenlee each scored twice for the Sea Kings, and junior Diana Murphy added a goal from set.

Permanent documents of the Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education at the West

Annual report - American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

Medical and surgical directory of the United States

Annual report

Poor's directory of railway officials