Mann, Jorth, Pearson advance

Newport Harbor High sophomore Clay Jorth and Corona del Mar junior

Thomas Pearson have qualified for the final tryout for the men’s

junior national team, while former Sea Kings standout John Mann

achieved the same status for the youth national squad.

Jorth and Pearson will compete in the junior national tryout

during the Memorial Day weekend at Loyola Marymount University, while

Mann will be in the youth national tryout at Capistrano Valley High.

Jorth and Pearson were selected to be among a group of 30 that

qualified after a tryout in Annapolis, Md., March 26-28. During that

same weekend, Mann was selected after his tryout in La Jolla. Mann is

a sophomore at UC Berkeley.

The junior national team includes athletes born in 1985 or ‘86,

while the youth national team is for those born in 1987 or ’88.