GIRLS Second Round Division 1 Rosary Academy 68, North Torrance 48 Marlborough 55, Woodbridge 35: Woodbridge was led by Maddie Yusui, who had 10 points. Hana Watanabe had eight points and Milan Heisdorf seven points for the Warriors, who were without starting forward Lexi Gadea due to illness, according to Read More
DIVISION 1 Mater Dei 88, Crean Lutheran 61: The No. 2 seeded Monarchs jumped out to a 27-6 lead against the Saints after the first quarter. Sophomore guard Owen Verna scored 31 points and made nine three-pointers to lead Mater Dei. Zack Davidson added 15 points for the Monarchs. Crean Read More
Mater Dei’s Zack Davidson and Crean Lutheran’s Patrick Miranda battle for the ball. No. 14 for Mater Dei is Luke Barnett. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano). Mater Dei High School’s boys basketball took its game to another level Friday night defeating Crean Lutheran 88-61 Friday night in the Read More
Crean Lutheran’s Kaiden Bailey puts up a shot as Malloy Smith of Mater Dei defends during the State Preview Classic in January. (Photo courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano.) It’s a big night of basketball in Orange County with the second round of the CIF boys playoffs. Among the big Read More
Santa Ana players, including Jack Rivera (No. 31) and Alexis Neria celebrate the win. (Photos courtesy Mark Bausman, For OC Sports Zone). Santa Ana High School’s boys basketball team survived a late run by Segerstrom and held on for a 78-73 victory in the opening round of the 4A playoffs Read More
Senior center Emmanuel Lemus leads Santa Ana into the CIF playoffs. (Photo: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone). Analysis from OC Sports Zone on Wednesday’s openers. There are some potentially very exciting all-Orange County match-ups Wednesday in the opening round of the CIF boys basketball playoffs, including San Juan Read More
A big crowd turned out Friday night for the final day of the Pacific Coast League tournament at Portola. Woodbridge (right) competed against Portola. Photo Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). Hundreds of fans showed up at Portola High School Friday night for the final day of the Pacific Coast League Read More
Segerstrom Coach Shonyta Pouncey (far right) and his players celebrate a victory Thursday night. (Photos courtesy Mark Bausman, For OC Sports Zone). Segerstrom High School’s girls basketball team put together a strong second half and went on to defeat Godinez 36-31 to earn a share of the Golden West League Read More
BOYS Golden West League Third place playoff Play-in game: Godinez 46, Westminster 42 Third place game: Katella 46, Godinez 35 South Coast League Tesoro 68, San Juan Hills 45: The Titans (24-4, 7-1) geared up for the CIF playoffs, winning their second straight league title. Pacific Coast League Tournament Championship Read More
JC Schindler of Woodbridge gets past a Portola defender Friday night at Portola. (Photos Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). Woodbridge High School’s boys basketball team, led by the 29-point performance of junior guard JC Schindler, held off a pesky Portola team to capture a 73-71 victory in a consolation game Read More
