Irvine pitcher Drake Brito (left) with catcher Nico Macalino after the game. (Photo courtesy Irvine baseball). Irvine High School senior Drake Brito threw a no-hitter Wednesday in the Vaqueros 4-0 Pacific Coast League baseball victory over Sage Hill at Irvine. “It was a great team performance highlighted by a beautifully Read More
Segerstrom’s Zack Breta waits for a pitch during Wednesday’s game. Estancia catcher is Sawyer Atkinson. (PHOTOS: Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). There were lots of smiles on the faces of Segerstrom High School baseball players and coaches Wednesday after a non-league game in light of what has been a devastating Read More
Northwood players celebrate a Pacific Coast League victory over University Wednesday. (PHOTOS: Jacob Ramos, For OC Sports Zone). University High School hosted Northwood for the first of an important two-game Pacific Coast League baseball series on Wednesday. Both University (12-11, 5-6) and Northwood (10-14-1, 6-5) entered the matchup jockeying for Read More
Tustin High School’s new varsity boys basketball coach Jonathan Antolin said this week he’s looking forward to continuing the traditions of the program and starting some new ones. Antolin, 40, was named this week to replace long-time head coach Ringo Bossenmeyer, who is moving on after 25 years to coach Read More
NON-LEAGUE ESTANCIA 7, WESTMINSTER 6: Estancia (13-9) was led by winning pitcher Athan Perez (2-1). Perez pitched two innings, allowing three runs, one earned and three hits while striking out one. Sawyer Atkinson was 2 for 2 with two runs scored and two stolen bases, Jacob Ramirez was 1 for Read More
Woodbridge leadoff hitter Payton Harris waits for a pitch in Monday’s game. The Irvine catcher is Jocelyn Knerr. (PHOTOS: Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). Woodbridge High School’s softball team struck early for four runs and went on to defeat Irvine 4-0 in a Pacific Coast League game at Deanna Manning Read More
Segerstrom starter Issac Acosta throws a warm-up pitch to catcher Zack Bretza Friday. (PHOTOS: Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). Segerstrom High School’s baseball team took the field Friday afternoon for a home Golden West League game against Kennedy just like any other game this season. In a span of 24 Read More
University High School Athletic officials announced Friday that former Beckman coach John Goins has been named new varsity boys basketball coach. Goins was head coach at Beckman from 2016 to 2022. Before that, Goins was assistant coach from 2007 to 2016. He led the Patriots to their first league championship Read More
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE NORTHWOOD 2, LAGUNA BEACH 1: Northwood continued its push for a CIF playoff berth, handing league-leading Laguna Beach (18-3, 9-1) its first league loss Friday. Paul Grossman notched his first complete game to earn the win and also scored the game-winning run for the Timberwolves (9-13-1, 5-5). Read More
Cypress was led by (from left) Noah Johnson, Paul Dominguez, Tate Belfanti and Greg Prophet III.( PHOTOS: Tom Connolly, For OC Sports Zone). Sophomore left-handed pitcher Tate Belfanti hurled five shutout innings and Paul Dominguez and Noah Johnson powered Cypress to a 9-1 victory over Foothill in a Crestview League Read More
