Timmons, Lewis both advance

HUNTINGTON BEACH ? Newport Harbor High product Steve Timmons and Corona del Mar High alumnus Brian Lewis each helped their teams advance past pool play on Saturday at the second annual Karch Kiraly Invitational beach volleyball tournament, part of the Bank of the West Beach Games at the Huntington Beach Pier.

Timmons and Lewis, who both played for Orange Coast College, are in the same three-team pool.

Timmons is playing on the Del Mar team, and Lewis on the Huntington Beach team.

Huntington Beach went 2-0 in pool play, while Del Mar went 1-1. But both teams advanced after Timmons and Del Mar topped Manhattan Beach (0-2).

Huntington Beach plays San Diego today at 12:30 p.m. in the first semifinal.

Del Mar faces Newport Beach at 1:45 p.m. in the second semi.

The championship match is scheduled for 3 p.m.