Daily Pilot – King & Storch

Thanks to the Daily Pilot for featuring Newport Harbor Field Hockey players on December 18. Go Newport and best of luck to Sydney & Stephanie with your future endeavors!

King, Storch lead Tars’ honors

Newport Harbor goalie and midfielder earn top awards in Sunset League. Newport Harbor High senior Sydney King was named Most Valuable Goalkeeper of the Sunset League to highlight a group of Sailors who earned all-league honors in field hockey.

King will play field hockey at the University of Massachusetts. She helped lead the Sailors to their third straight Los Angeles Field Hockey Assn. Tournament of Champions title last month. She was a key member of all three championship teams and was named the Sunset League’s top goalie the past two years.

Senior Stephanie Storch, Co-MVP of the TOC, was named Most Valuable Midfielder of the Sunset League, as she helped the Tars to the league title.

Festival Photos

Some of the Newport Harbor Field Hockey players, alumni and coaches had a wonderful time in Arizona this past holiday weekend. They competed with Mulligan Field Hockey Club in the 2010 National Field Hockey Festival where there were 3500 athletes in attendance, making up 219 teams. The Divots team played teams from San Diego, North Carolina, Ohio, Illinois, and New Jersey. Amanda received report that the coaches were proud and that the girls held their own. Great job everyone! Thanks for the pictures Marlon!

OC Register – TOC

The OC Register covered the recent Tournament of Championship win:

Oilers fall to Sailors in CIF final
Nov. 22, 2010

Taylor Cordeiro and Sophie Evans each scored goals to lead the Newport Harbor girls field hockey team to a 2-0 win over Huntington Beach to win its third consecutive Los Angeles Field Hockey Association Tournament of Champions title, Nov. 4, at Huntington beach High’s Sheue Field.

The victory marked the third consecutive season the Sailors have defeated the Oilers in the TOC final. Newport won after a penalty-stroke shootout in 2008, and last year the Tars scored a 1-0 victory in the final.

Cordeiro scored in the first half off an assist from sophomore Jane Layton at the 14:57 mark. Evans netted the insurance goal in the second half on an assist from Beth Bernard.

The Sailors, who shared the Sunset League title this season with the Oilers, outshot Huntington Beach, 9-4. Newport Harbor goalie Sydney King had nine saves, while Oi9lers goalie Brittney Cristini had three.

Newport Harbor senior Stephanie Storch shared tournament MVP honors with Brooke Berns of Huntington Beach.