Irvine coach Gabriel Cota talks to his team after a CIF playoff victory. (PHOTO: Tom Connolly, For OC Sports Zone). Irvine High School baseball players Smith Spivey, Nico Macalino and Owen Song received Casey Dumont Character Scholarship scholarships from Oakwood Wealth Partners. The awards are named in honor of Dumont, Read More
Newport Harbor Sailors celebrate after winning the CIF Regional championship. (PHOTOS: Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). Newport Harbor’s baseball team made the most of a second chance, defeating Bakersfield Christian 5-1 Saturday afternoon at home to earn the CIF So Cal Regional Division II championship. A large contingent of Newport Read More
Huntington Beach players celebrate after winning the CIF Division 1 So Cal regional crown. (PHOTOS: Tom Connolly, For OC Sports Zone). Huntington Beach’s baseball team got a second chance and made the best of it. After being eliminated in the CIF Southern Section playoffs in May, the Oilers thought their Read More
Retired coaches (from left) Bob Ickes, Bob Zamora, Dave Demarest and Bob Flint were honored Wednesday night. (PHOTOS: Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). Orange County high school coaching legends who coached against each other and have remained friends after retiring were honored Wednesday night by Guy Lemmon and the Ryan Read More
La Habra Athletic Director and interim coach Paul Caffrey talks to the Highlanders after the win. (PHOTOS: Tom Connolly, For OC Sports Zone). Thursday’s CIF So Cal regional softball Division I semifinal game between St. Paul and La Habra had more twists and turns than a Formula 1 Grand Prix Read More
Justin Lopez of Villa Park is cheered on by his teammates as he accepts the South MVP honor from Rex Lyon of the Ryan Lemmon Foundation. (PHOTOS: Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). The South all-stars pushed across two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning and held on to Read More
Rancho Alamitos seniors (from left) Henry Garcia, Emmanuel Salazar, Gerardo Avila, Davian Sanchez and Leo Monroy following their final high school game Tuesday. (PHOTOS: Tom Connolly, For OC Sports Zone). Rancho Alamitos baseball team’s magical run through the post season came to an end Tuesday afternoon as the Vaqueros fell Read More
Irvine softball players after Tuesday’s CIF So Cal regional victory. (PHOTOS: Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). Irvine’s softball team pushed across three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and survived a wild top of the seventh inning to notch an 8-7 victory over Avenal in the opening round Read More
Rancho Alamitos coaches and players celebrate a CIF Division 8 semifinal victory. (PHOTOS: Tom Connolly, For OC Sports Zone). Rancho Alamitos High School’s baseball team is headed to the CIF finals for the first time in school history. Despite the recent Garden Grove tank incident, helicopters hovering overhead in the Read More
Irvine players celebrate a run in the sixth inning by Owen Song Tuesday against Kaiser. (Photos courtesy John Luciano, For OC Sports Zone). Irvine’s baseball team made it close, scoring two runs in the top of the sixth inning in Tuesday’s CIF Division 5 semifinal against Kaiser in Fontana. But Read More
