Category: Sports News

PHOTOS: Top-seeded Crean Lutheran rolls into semifinals with win over Village Christian

Crean Lutheran’s Hunter Caplan shoots over Myles Mobley of Village Christian Tuesday night. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano, Ted Rigoni and Howard Lyon). Top-seeded Crean Lutheran dominated from the opening tip-off and cruised to an 83-58 victory over No. 8 seed Village Christian in a CIF Division 1 Read More

PHOTOS: Segerstrom’s comeback falls short in second round of CIF playoffs

Segerstrom’s Angello Ramirez drives through Rialto defenders Nee’Shaun Colvin and Lio Madrid Friday night. (Photos courtesy Mark Bausman, For OC Sports Zone). Segerstrom’s boys basketball team, after trailing by double digits at halftime, battled back in the second half to cut the lead to three points but lost to Rialto Read More

PHOTOS: Portola strikes early, counts on defense for CIF playoff win over Crean Lutheran

Portola’s Taylor Strickland and Crean Lutheran’s Allyson Hamiprodjo battle for the ball. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano, Ted Rigoni and Howard Lyon). Portola’s girls soccer team has found success with a strong defense all season long. That was again on display Saturday evening when the Bulldogs defeated Crean Read More

Crean Lutheran captures CIF Division 1 playoff road win over Santiago in two overtimes

Crean Lutheran’s Hunter Caplan drives to the baseline as Santiago guard Keziah Law pursues. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano). The top-seeded Crean Lutheran’s boys basketball team captured an 87-80 victory over Santiago Corona in two overtimes Friday night in the second round of the CIF Division 1 playoffs Read More

Cypress battles, but comes up short in CIF Division 1 playoffs vs. Rancho Christian

Cypress seniors following Friday’s CIF playoff loss. (PHOTOS: Tom Connolly, For OC Sports Zone). Despite a gallant effort, Cypress High School’s boys basketball team fell to Rancho Christian 94-82 in a second round CIF Division 1 playoff game Friday night at Cypress. Rancho Christian (21-9) advances to the quarterfinals and Read More

PHOTOS: Crean Lutheran advances to second round of CIF playoffs, faces Portola

Crean Lutheran’s Rian Gaeta battles for the ball against Brooklyn Ciccone of West Ranch. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano). Crean Lutheran’s girls soccer team opened the CIF Division 2 playoffs defeating West Ranch 2-0 Thursday on the Crean Lutheran campus. Crean Lutheran (6-3-7) moves on to the second Read More

Former Laguna Hills athletes take pride giving back as coaches, developing champions

Laguna Hills coaches from left Patrick Pollock, Kevin Macare, Sean Sargeant, Blake Corbin, Bobby Morales and Christian Castro. (Photo courtesy Ali Jeske, Laguna Hills athletic trainer; team photos Laguna Hills athletics). Six Laguna Hills High School varsity coaches enjoyed success as players during their athletic careers at the school. They Read More