Day: November 3, 2024

PHOTOS: Crean Lutheran wraps up regular season with victory over Laguna Hills

Crean Lutheran seniors (from left) Nico Sanchez, Kyle Birmingham, Mason McCullough and Ben Byszewski before the game. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, Samantha Burgett and Howard Lyon). Crean Lutheran High School’s football team, which had already clinched a CIF playoff berth, defeated Laguna Hills 35-7 in an Epsilon League game Read More

PHOTOS: CIF football playoff brackets reveal exciting first round games, some surprises

(PHOTO: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone) After a 2-8 regular season, Cypress High School’s football team wasn’t expecting to see its season continue, said Coach Rick Feldman. But the Centurions got some good news Sunday morning when it was announced Cypress will play at St. Pius/St. Matthias (1-9) Read More

Orange County teams earn high seeds for CIF football playoffs this week (brackets)

(PHOTO: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone). Mater Dei (Division 1), Huntington Beach (Division 5) and Beckman (Division 8) earned top seeds for the CIF Southern Section football playoffs that begin this week, CIF officials said Sunday. The playoffs include 218 teams in 14 divisional brackets, according to CIF Read More

Irvine ATM sting leads to the arrest of two Anaheim men suspected of stealing from EBT accounts

Over the past few months, the Irvine Police Department’s Investigations Bureau has been investigating a complex county-wide fraud scheme where thieves withdraw Electric Benefit Transfers (EBT) funds shortly after they are deposited into victims’ accounts. Yesterday, the police conducted a large-scale surveillance operation across Irvine to monitor ATMs. Detectives observed Read More