Irvine teammates joined Lauren Lai (center) after the game Tuesday night to celebrate her milestone. (Photos courtesy Irvine athletics). Irvine High School senior Lauren Lai crossed the 1,000 point mark for her career Tuesday night in a 50-42 Pacific Hills League loss to Laguna Beach Tuesday night, according to Vaqueros Read More
Crean Lutheran’s Sydnee Norwood attempts a jump shot as Esperanza’s Kylie Chen and Charlotte Muller defend Friday. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano). Crean Lutheran High School’s girls basketball team, which notched a big Crestview League road victory over Esperanza Friday, is back home Tuesday to host Sunny Hills Read More
HOOP HIGHLIGHTS BOYS TARBUT V’ TORAH 90, FIRST BAPTIST 51: TVT (8-1) got back on track with a win over First Baptist of Long Beach (6-3) Thursday. After a slow start, the Lions picked up the pace in the second half behind Jake Coblentz-Brown who finished with 29 points, 22 Read More
University players after Tuesday’s PCL win over St. Margaret’s. (Photo courtesy Daryl Bogard, For OC Sports Zone). University High School’s boys basketball team broke an 11-game losing streak Tuesday night defeating St. Margaret’s 72-68 in the opening game of Pacific Coast League play. The Trojans (4-11, 1-0) fought back from Read More
Crean Lutheran, Mater Dei and Fairmont Prep girls basketball teams notched wins Saturday at special events. RANCHO CUCAMONGA CLASSIC CREAN LUTHERAN 69, BUENA PARK 62: Crean Lutheran (15-2) notched a win on Saturday at Rancho Cucamonga, tuning up for the start of league play this week. Sydnee Norwood had 25 Read More
Gavin DeGuzman and Leonard Pasadas of Kennedy put pressure on Segerstrom’s Ricky Carballea. (Photos courtesy Mark Bausman). Kennedy High School’s boys basketball team opened Orange Coast League play Friday night defeating visiting Segerstrom 51-46. To see the slide show, click on the first photo: Kai Wilson led Kennedy (17-4, 1-0) Read More
Crean Lutheran’s Will Malual takes a jump shot as Aquinas’ Jumaa Kitendo defends. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano and Howard Lyon.) Crean Lutheran High School’s boys basketball team returned home after a long road trip that included tournaments and non-league games and defeated Aquinas 65-42 on senior night Read More
NON-LEAGUE LA HABRA 69, PILIBOS 57: The Highlanders (16-4) won their final non-league game Thursday night. Acen Jimenez scored 27 points and grabbed five rebounds, Sebastian Esparza had 17 points, three assists and three steals and Baylor Wilks scored 15 points to lead La Habra, which hosts Cypress Friday night Read More
Fullerton players after winning the silver division of the Estancia Coast Classic earlier this week. (Photos courtesy Fullerton basketball). Fullerton High School’s boys basketball team, coached by Erik Kamrath, ended 2024 by winning the silver division tournament title at the Estancia Coast Classic Monday. The Indians, 11-7 overall, defeated Valencia Read More
Portola High School girls basketball standout Nina Saiki joined a special club earlier this week. At the Las Vegas Classic, the senior scored her 1,000th career point in a 63-33 victory over Paradise Honors. Saiki finished the game with 21 points. “Nina joins her older sister Moka Saiki on the Read More
