Kaiden Bailey of Crean Lutheran elevates to the basket Tuesday. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano and Howard Lyon). Crean Lutheran High School’s boys basketball team captured its home opener Tuesday, defeating Scripps Ranch 86-65 in a non-league game. To see the slide show, click on the first photo: Read More
University 81, Costa Mesa 62: The Trojans earned a non-league win Monday at Costa Mesa. University was led by Andrew Bogard, who had a career-high 23 points and four 3-pointers. Isaac Evans had his third double double of the season with 22 points and 10 assists along with seven steals. Read More
Huntington Beach players and coaches, including Tino Zaragoza (far left) celebrate after Saturday’s win. (Photo courtesy Huntington Beach athletics). Huntington Beach High School’s boys basketball team, coached by Tino Zaragoza, captured the championship of the Ed Prange Memorial Classic, defeating Sunny Hills 70-60 in the finals Saturday at Loara. “It Read More
(Graphic: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone). Boys basketball NORTH OC CHAMPIONSHIPS Cypress 47, Fairmont Prep 43: Cypress notched a win over the No. 5 team in the county Friday. Cypress was led by sophomore, Ryan Gov who had 14 points including two 3-pointers. Hayden Roberts contributed clutch baskets Read More
Girls basketball SUNNY HILLS TOURNAMENT Portola 55, Clovis East 47: Portola (8-2) was led by Kira Watanabe, who scored 23 points and Kara Niho, who had 18 points. SEGERSTROM TOURNAMENT Woodbridge 40, Cypress 37: Hana Watanabe had eight points and Lizzie Yasui six points to lead the Warriors. Suzu Irvine Read More
Mater Dei quarterback Elijah Brown leads the Monarchs in pre-game warm-ups before Saturday’s CIF State Open Division final at Saddleback College. (Photos: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone). Well before Mater Dei’s football team took on Serra Saturday night, the Monarchs were preparing for the CIF State Open Division Read More
Boys basketball NORTH OC CHAMPIONSHIPS Cypress 72, Cajon 38: The Centurions jumped out to a big early lead and never looked back, according to Coach Derek Mitchell. Michael Wright led Cypress with 14 points and 12 rebounds. Jonah Kim added 14 points with two 3-pointer and Hayden Roberts had nine Read More
San Clemente 58, Irvine 33: Porter Hansen had 14 points, Christian Fernandez 11 points and Will Whidden and Anthony Russomanno six points each for San Clemente (10-3). The Tritons host Laguna Beach on Wednesday. Irvine (7-6) was led by Jalen Kim, who had 11 points and four rebounds and Jaesang Read More
Santa Margarita basketball players and coaches after winning the tournament title Saturday. (Photos courtesy Santa Margarita basketball). Santa Margarita High School’s boys basketball team, coached by Justin Bell, capped a big weekend in Canada by winning the championship of the Tsumura Invitational Saturday. The Eagles Tobias Averill, a Carleton College Read More
Estancia High School’s boys basketball team (Division 4A) remains the only Orange County squad ranked No. 1 in its division in this week’s CIF polls released on Monday. A number of OC teams did receive high rankings. JSerra is No. 3 and Mater Dei No. 6 in Division 1, Trabuco Read More
