Aliso Niguel

It's the spring of 2015, and the car rental workers at John Wayne Airport in Orange County are reporting that visitors from Pittsburgh, Kansas City, New York, Tampa, Boston and Atlanta have been making strange requests. Instead of the usual, "How do you get to Disneyland?" they're asking, "How do you get to Aliso Niguel High?" Call it the Kyle Molnar effect. Over the next three baseball seasons, the 6-foot-3 right-hander has a chance to become a pitcher who thrills scouts, excites fans and fires up opponents hoping to test themselves against the best.

Rank, School (Record), Playoff division . 1. MATER DEI (24-2) SS-Division 1¿ 2. OAKS CHRISTIAN (24-3-1) SS-Division 4¿ 3. BONITA (25-3-1) SS-Division 3¿ 4. EL TORO (21-6) SS-Division 1¿ 5. ORANGE LUTHERAN (19-7) SS-Division 1 ¿6. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (23-4) SS-Division 1¿ 7. FOUNTAIN VALLEY (24-4) SS-Division 1 ¿8. GARDENA SERRA (23-5) SS-Division 3¿ 9. ANAHEIM CANYON (22-5) SS-Division 1¿ 10. REDLANDS EAST VALLEY (22-4-1) SS-Division 2¿ 11. GAHR (20-5)

Coach: Rich Ruhlen (fourth year). 1996: 16-4, 8-2 in Pacific Coast League, lost to San Marino in Southern Section Division II quarterfinals. Key returners: Victor Carone, doubles, Sr.; Chris Flynn, doubles, Sr.; Burt Gonzell, singles and doubles, first-team all-league, reached round of 16 individual doubles; Chris Kan, No. 1 singles, Jr.; Sean King, singles, Sr.; Jonathon Lippert, doubles, So.; Dan Semaan, singles and doubles, Sr.; Tyler Verdieck, doubles, Sr.

It's the spring of 2015, and the car rental workers at John Wayne Airport in Orange County are reporting that visitors from Pittsburgh, Kansas City, New York, Tampa, Boston and Atlanta have been making strange requests. Instead of the usual, "How do you get to Disneyland?" they're asking, "How do you get to Aliso Niguel High?" Call it the Kyle Molnar effect. Over the next three baseball seasons, the 6-foot-3 right-hander has a chance to become a pitcher who thrills scouts, excites fans and fires up opponents hoping to test themselves against the best.

The Aliso Viejo Aliso Niguel boys' basketball team got on a roll Saturday night in the Southern Section Division I-A final against top-seeded Lake Forest El Toro. Michael Roll, to be exact. Roll, a UCLA-bound senior, led an offensive barrage by the third-seeded Wolverines that stretched from late in the first quarter into the fourth, providing the momentum in a 67-60 victory in the Arrowhead Pond.

Michael Eggins scored two touchdowns to lead Aliso Niguel to a 21-14 Pacific Coast League victory over University Friday night at Aliso Niguel. Eggins rushed for 110 yards in 21 carries to help the Wolverines (4-5, 3-1) clinch a playoff berth. Aliso Niguel can claim a share of the league title if it beats Laguna Hills Thursday at Aliso Niguel. University (1-7-1, 1-3) overcame 14-0 deficit to tie the score, 14-14, on a three-yard touchdown run by Gerson Contento with 8:56 remaining in the game.

Sophomore Devon Sutton gave Aliso Niguel a big boost by scoring three touchdowns in the Wolverines' 46-27 Pacific Coast League victory over Estancia. Sutton had 139 yards in 19 carries. Iman Nikzad gained 100 yards in 11 carries for Aliso Niguel (3-4, 2-0). Sutton scored on runs of two and 69 yards during a 21-point third quarter.

Aliso Niguel, the defending Southern Section Division VIII champion, had fallen on hard times this season, but all it took was a visit to Laguna Beach to lift the Wolverines' spirits. Aliso Niguel defeated the winless Artists, 47-0, Friday in a Pacific Coast League game. "We finally put the package together," said Aliso Niguel Coach Joe Wood, whose team improved to 2-5, 1-1 in league.

Scott Nemeth rushed for 164 yards in 24 carries and scored a touchdown on a 40-yard interception return to lead Aliso Niguel to a 40-21 victory over Mission Viejo at Aliso Niguel High Friday. Nemeth, normally the Wolverines' starting quarterback, filled in for running back Trent Perley, who was sidelined by a respiratory ailment. "The plan was to start with Nemeth running the ball then give him more rest and start going with the passing game," Aliso Niguel Coach Joe Wood said.

Mike Markman scored three of his five goals in overtime, including the game-winner, to lead host Aliso Niguel past Dana Hills, 16-15, in a nonleague boys' water polo game Wednesday. With the score tied, 15-15, Markman scored his fifth goal with 1 minute 28 seconds remaining in overtime. Scott Schafer, who scored six goals for Aliso Niguel (1-0), scored with 57 seconds remaining in regulation to give the Wolverines a 13-12 lead.

Los Angeles Loyola hasn't had a close basketball game in weeks, so the Southern Section Division 1A champion Cubs found themselves in a rare pressure-filled situation Tuesday night in a first-round game of the Southern California Division I regionals against Torrey Pines. With the game tied, Jacob Hazzard launched a three-point shot that missed, but Justin Childress was able to tip the ball in at the buzzer to give Loyola a 55-53 victory at Loyola. "It was an absolute battle," Coach Jamal Adams said.

There was a knock at the Owens house in Huntington Beach. Henry Owens was in no mood to answer. He was a 16-year-old sophomore pitcher who had just recorded his first loss for Edison High. He thought it might have cost his team a Sunset League title. At the door was his senior teammate, pitcher Kurt Heyer. "Come and walk with me," Heyer said. They walked around the neighborhood. Owens listened and learned. "He talked about erasing the last game and coming back the next game and throwing like I can," Owens said.

Downey High School sent its homecoming queen packing, crown and all, after she was seen making sexually suggestive moves on the dance floor a few years back. Aliso Niguel High School Principal Charles Salter made good on a threat to cancel school dances in 2006 as officials there and elsewhere fretted over how to deal with freaking, grinding and other provocative dances. Their solution: Fight explicit teen dancing with an equal dose of explicitness. Downey and Aliso Niguel are among the first schools to draft "dance contracts," binding agreements that parents and students must sign before a teenager can step onto the dance floor.

Rankings by Ben Bolch: Rk. Team (Section, Record) Last week's results (Last week's ranking) 1 MATER DEI (SS-Div. I, 11-1) def. St. John Bosco, 5-2; Orange Lutheran, 10-1. (1) 2 CHATSWORTH (City-Div. I, 12-1) def. Birmingham, 3-1; Birmingham, 13-2. (2) 3 CAPISTRANO VALLEY (SS-Div. I, 9-3) def. San Clemente, 6-4; Mission Viejo, 9-2. (4) 4 S.O. NOTRE DAME (SS-Div. II, 11-2) def. Alemany, 8-6; Alemany, 11-5; Camarillo, 5-0. (5) 5 BONITA (SS-Div.

The principal of a south Orange County high school has lifted a nearly three-month-long dancing ban he instituted after seeing teenagers' sexually suggestive moves at school dances that were "one step from events that should be occurring on wedding nights."

BOYS' BASKETBALL DOMINIQUE JOHNSON Sr., Moreno Valley Valley View * Then: Jim Long still gets ribbed by Johnson for not promoting him to the varsity when he was a freshman, but the Valley View coach wanted him to develop chemistry with his classmates. As a sophomore, Johnson scored a career-high 41 points against Banning in the championship game of the Hemet West Valley tournament and averaged 22.9 for the season. As a junior, he averaged 24.6 points and 6.

The Aliso Viejo Aliso Niguel boys' basketball team got on a roll Saturday night in the Southern Section Division I-A final against top-seeded Lake Forest El Toro. Michael Roll, to be exact. Roll, a UCLA-bound senior, led an offensive barrage by the third-seeded Wolverines that stretched from late in the first quarter into the fourth, providing the momentum in a 67-60 victory in the Arrowhead Pond.