Top-seeded Mira Costa advanced to the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section Division 3 boys water polo championships with a convincing 17-7 win over visiting Corona on Wednesday.
Drew Rogerson scored seven goals, Andrew Burdiak recorded three goals and Corey Erickson, Austin Norris and Jake Tolt each scored two goals in the offensive barrage.
Mira Costa (24-6) hosts No. 8 South Pasadena (16-10) in quarterfinal action Saturday at a time to be announced.
Palos Verdes (19-11) eliminated Schurr 18-6 in the first round behind Mike Makenbach’s six goals and four goals by Zack Trotter.
The seventh-ranked Sea Kings travel to take on No. 3 Tesoro (10-5) on Saturday.
Tenth-ranked Redondo (18-8) saw its best season in many years come to an end with a 17-12 loss to No. 7 La Canada at a game played at Pasadena City College.
Davy Thomas led the Sea Hawks with seven goals and Jonathan Ortiz added two goals.
Semifinal action takes place at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatic Center in Irvine. The championship game will be held at the same venue at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23.
Brackets and results are available at cifss.org.
