(Graphic: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone) Boys basketball SANTA ANA VARSITY TOURNAMENT Newport Harbor 53, La Habra 48: The Sailors (2-0) were led by Jack Berry, who scored 13 points and Cole Leinart and Dashielle Bastedo, who had 10 points each. Newport Harbor moves on to the semifinals Read More
Crean Lutheran players with Coach Patrick Young after winning the CIF title. (Photo courtesy Crean Lutheran Athletics). It’s been a great week for Crean Lutheran’s varsity girls tennis players and coaches who celebrated the program’s first CIF title Friday. Crean Lutheran, coached by Patrick Young, defeated Oxford Academy 11-7 in Read More
(Graphic: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone) Boys Rumble for Rosecrans Avenue Villa Park 56, Glendora 44: The Spartans (2-0) were led by Mal Johnson, who had 21 points, four steals and two rebounds; Tristan Griffin, who had 11 points, five rebounds and two steals and Jared Hoggard, who Read More
(Graphic: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone) RUMBLE FOR ROSECRANS AVENUE TOURNEY El Dorado 58, Ontario Christian 39: Ethan Chi and Andrew Salvador had 12 points each and Caleb Hendrix eight points to lead El Dorado, which led 30-15 at halftime and 47-26 after three quarters. Villa Park 74, Read More
(Photo: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone) Semifinal schedule All games 7 p.m. Division 1 Centennial Corona at St. John Bosco Sierra Canyon vs. Mater Dei, Santa Ana Stadium Division 2 Mission Viejo at Murrieta Valley Servite at Serra Division 3 St. Bonaventure at San Juan Hills Chaminade at Read More
The start of the high school boys basketball tournament on Monday, Nov. 13 includes three major tournaments: the Santa Ana Varsity Tournament at Santa Ana and Tustin, the Rumble for Rosecrans Avenue at three gymnasiums, including Sunny Hills and the Jim Harris Memorial Tournament at Ocean View. Santa Ana Tourney Read More
Ben Byszewski of Crean Lutheran breaks free for a touchdown Friday night. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano and Howard Lyon). Crean Lutheran High School’s football team fell behind early and could not recover, losing to Simi Valley 27-7 in the CIF Division 6 quarterfinals Friday night in Simi Read More
Troy players take the field as school officials mark Veterans Day during pre-game ceremonies Friday. (Photos courtesy Jim McCormack, For OC Sports Zone). A time-worn adage in football is “win the turnover battle, win the game. Lose the turnover battle, lose the game.” That theory held true Friday night at Read More
Ocean View’s William Pardue IV scores a TD Friday night as Gutierrez Gerardo of Bell Gardens reaches out. (Photos courtesy Mark Bausman, For OC Sports Zone). By ALEX SUAREZ For OC Sports Zone Ocean View High School’s football team faced off against Bell Gardens in the quarterfinals of the CIF Read More
Sonora’s Anthony Abad tries to pull away from Vista del Lago defenders. (Photos courtesy Jim McCormack, For OC Sports Zone). Sonora’s young football players learned the sad reality Thursday night that not all storybook seasons have a happy ending. The Raiders played a fast, physical Vista del Lago team on Read More
