Santa Ana Coach Dana Nguyen, shown during the CIF finals introduction of her players, will coach one of the teams in the Santa Ana Prep Classic. (PHOTO: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone). Coaches for the annual Santa Ana Prep Basketball Classic, being played this year at Santa Ana Read More
Sage Hill coach Kerwin Walters talks to his team during a timeout Tuesday. (PHOTOS: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone). It’s been quite a post-season run so far for Sage Hill’s girls basketball team, which celebrated a CIF State Division I Southern California championship Tuesday night with a 52-41 Read More
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
Cypress players after Monday’s Crestview League win over Foothill. (PHOTOS: Tom Connolly, For OC Sports Zone). Twice down to its last out, and once down to its last strike, the Cypress High School baseball team found a way to rally and recorded a thrilling 10th inning 6-5 victory walk-off win over 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
Santa Ana’s Ashley Mendoza and Alexandra Sanchez of Hillcrest fight for the loose ball Saturday. (Photos courtesy Mark Bausman, For OC Sports Zone). Santa Ana’s girls basketball team’s bid for a state championship came to an end Saturday night as the Saints fell to No. 3-seeded Hillcrest of Riverside 48-33 Read More
BOYS DIVISION I Sierra Canyon 68, JSerra 64 (2 OTs) GIRLS OPEN DIVISION Etiwanda 67, Mater Dei 57 DIVISION II Monache 55, Portola 43 DIVISION V Hillcrest 48, Santa Ana 33 DIVISION I SAGE HILL 59, BRENTWOOD 39: No. 2-seed Sage Hill played lockdown defense at home and defeated in 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
