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
La Mirada players celebrate 5-1 victory that put them in the CIF title game for first time in 15 seasons. (Photos courtesy Jim McCormack, For OC Sports Zone). La Mirada’s softball team is off to the CIF Division 1 finals after defeating La Habra 5-1 Saturday in the semifinals at Read More
La Habra and La Mirada players exchange handshakes after the game. (PHOTOS: Tom Connolly, For OC Sports Zone). La Habra’s hopes for a CIF Southern Section championship came to an end Saturday. Alison Ortega pitched a complete game to lead La Mirada to a 5-1 victory over La Habra in Read More
Irvine Vaqueros celebrate after Saturday’s semifinal victory. (PHOTOS: Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). Irvine’s softball team is charging into the CIF Division 6 championship game next week at Deanna Manning Stadium. The Vaqueros broke open a 2-2 tie with two runs in the bottom of the second inning and exploded Read More
Santiago seniors (from left) Chris Areco, Kingston Loera and Michael Doolin along with Coach Rafael Rodriguez. Santiago baseball team’s playoff run came to an end on Friday afternoon as the Cavaliers fell to Temecula Prep 6-3 in the quarterfinal round of the CIF Division 9 playoffs at Santiago. Temecula Prep Read More
Rancho Alamitos players celebrate after Friday’s CIF Division 8 quarterfinal round playoff victory. (Photos courtesy John Luciano, For OC Sports Zone). Rancho Alamitos High School’s baseball team had to switch venues for a CIF Division 8 quarterfinal game with Chadwick Friday due to a malfunction in a tank possibly containing Read More
