Empire League

In other Empire League games: Cypress 61, Kennedy 50--Justin Yun had 14 points and Josh Smith had 10 points and 10 rebounds for host Cypress (14-11, 3-7). Rhema McKnight scored 16 points for Kennedy (2-8 in league). No. 9 El Dorado 62, Century 41--Quinn Hawking scored 20 points to lead visiting El Dorado (22-4, 9-1), which, combined with Loara's loss, clinched the league title for the Golden Hawks.

GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL * Alyson Jennings, Newport Harbor: Had 14 kills and 21 assists to lead Sailors (20-5), ranked No. 5 by The Times, to a 17-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-23 nonleague victory over cross-town rival Corona del Mar. * Bridgette Redmond, Newhall Hart: Had 11 kills and three aces in a 25-11, 25-19, 25-15 Foothill League victory over Burbank.

BY THE NUMBERS 0 Points scored in fourth quarter of Orange Lutheran's 56-51 Empire League victory over La Palma Kennedy. Lutheran quarterback Casey Whieldon threw five touchdown passes to Anthony Vernaglia, four in the first half. Kennedy's Robert Becker threw for five touchdowns and 419 yards on 29-for-45 passing. 13 Combined fumbles by Anaheim and Santa Ana Century in the rain during Anaheim's 31-6 Orange League victory. Anaheim lost two of four fumbles and Century lost three of nine.

CLUTCH * Jodi DeJong, scoring seven of her 10 points in the fourth quarter, made a free throw with 8.7 seconds left to give Westlake Village Oaks Christian a 43-42 victory over Pomona Catholic. * Nicole Nishinaka's only points, a three-pointer with 43 seconds left in overtime, gave Cypress a 55-54 victory over Anaheim Loara in a battle to stay out of the Empire League cellar.

In the Academy League: St. Margaret's 3, Capistrano Valley Christian 1--Kristin Petersen had two hits and scored one run for St. Margaret's (10-11, 6-3). In the Century League: No. 1 Foothill 5, El Modena 1--Trailing 1-0, Erin Mobley hit an RBI triple in the fourth, , and Caitlin Lowe hit a two-run home run in the sixth for Foothill (27-3, 9-0). In the Express League: Liberty Christian 9, La Verne Christian 8--Liberty Christian (17-6, 9-0) clinched a share of the league title.

The Katella boys' track and field team Thursday lost an Empire League meet for the first time in six years. Cypress won 12 of 16 events, including three by Mike Hicks, to defeat the Knights, 91-45. Hicks won the triple jump with a county-leading 43 feet 5 inches, the 110 hurdles in 16.1 seconds and the 300 hurdles in 42.1. Darren Shorter and David Napper won two events each for Cypress (3-0, 2-0).

Century Coach: Eddie Medina 2000 record: 11-14 League record: 3-7 Eddie Medina is the third coach in three years, replacing Shanna Stewart. Five starters return, including pitcher Crystal Soto. She will be surrounded by four other returning starters: outfielders Jessica Andrade, Jennifer Padilla and Carinee Rodriguez, and infielder Valarie Sanchez. Nicole Rivera and Elaina Mearez could also pitch.