Portola High School’s girls basketball team had a memorable season. (Photo courtesy Lisa Chen). Portola High School’s girls basketball team made some history this season, advancing the farthest in post-season play than any squad in the program’s history. The Bulldogs advanced into the semifinal round of both the CIF 2AA Read More
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE WOODBRIDGE 11, SAGE HILL 0: The Warriors opened Pacific Coast League play with a victory Wednesday at Sage Hill. All nine starters collected a hit for Coach Ryan Brucker’s team (8-2, 1-0). Eight players scored a run and six players had an RBI. Vincent DeMarco earned the Read More
Sage Hill players, coaches and school officials celebrate the CIF So Cal title Tuesday night. (PHOTOS: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone). Sage Hill’s girls basketball team is headed to Sacramento for the CIF Division I state championship game Friday evening after capturing a hard-fought 52-41 victory over Windward Read More
Woodbridge players celebrate the walk-off victory Monday at Ryan Lemmon Stadium. (PHOTOS: Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). Woodbridge High School’s baseball team pushed across two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning Monday afternoon to defeat Kennedy 3-2 in a non-league game on a walk-off sacrifice fly at Ryan Read More
CYPRESS 1, EL MODENA 0 (9 innings): The Centurions (3-3, 2-0) captured their second straight Crestview League shutout win with a victory over El Modena Saturday. Nick Nelson earned the win in relief for Coach John Weber’s Centurions. Tate Belfanti pitched the first 4 1/3 innings for Cypress. Drew Slevcove Read More
Crean Lutheran’s Hunter Kaplan attempts a 3-point shot over Mira Costa’s Bryson Bryker Tuesday night in the CIF Division I State Regional. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano and Samantha Burgett). Crean Lutheran High School’s boys basketball team ended the season losing to Mira Costa 61-48 in the first Read More
Cooper Stearns is congratulated by Irvine teammates after a home CIF playoff game. (Photo courtesy Mark Bausman, For OC Sports Zone). Irvine High School boys basketball team, despite losing to Francis Parker 63-61 in the opening round of the CIF State Division II regionals Tuesday night, had a season to Read More
Note: Due to the rain on Wednesday, no baseball scores have been reported as of Wednesday evening. Cypress, Woodbridge and La Habra are among the teams that postponed games. Tuesday highlights: ESTANCIA 8, PIONEER 1: Estancia (3-2) was led by winning pitcher Lincoln Silva (1-0). He pitched five shutout innings, Read More
Santiago players react as the final seconds wind down in Tuesday’s game. (Photos courtesy Mark Bausman, For OC Sports Zone). Santiago’s memorable season came to end Tuesday night when the No. 6-seeded Cavaliers lost to No. 11 Bernstein 59-47 in the opening round of the CIF Division IV state boys Read More
DIVISION I MIRA COSTA 61, CREAN LUTHERAN 48: Crean Lutheran led after three quarters but was unable to hold on in the game at Mira Costa. Crean Lutheran (18-13) was led by Hunter Caplan, who scored 15 points. Jordan Ceballos had 12 points, Will Malual 10 points and Caden Jones Read More
