Crean Lutheran players and coaches celebrate after Friday night’s playoff win. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano and Ted Rigoni). Crean Lutheran High School’s football team made a long road trip Friday night to College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita and came away with a 37-21 victory over Read More
Irvine’s Sina Saferzadeh gains yards Friday night vs. Jurupa Hills. (Photos courtesy Jim Tomlin, For OC Sports Zone). Irvine High School’s football team came into Friday’s night’s CIF Division 8 football opener with plenty of enthusiasm and hope as the No. 2 seeded team. But Jurupa Hills dashed those hopes Read More
Ocean View players celebrate after Friday’s victory over Bolsa Grande. (Photo courtesy Ocean View Athletics). Ocean View High School’s football team celebrated its first CIF playoff victory since 2011 and second in school history, defeating Bolsa Grande, 35-28 Friday night at Ocean View in the opening round of the CIF Read More
Troy players and coaches celebrate after Friday’s victory over Monrovia. (Photos courtesy Jim McCormack, For OC Sports Zone). Typically, Michael Echaves is about as stoic as a coach can be, but even he couldn’t keep from smiling as time wound down on Troy’s 41-28 victory over Monrovia Friday night in Read More
Tustin junior running back Eimesse Essis runs for a big gain as teammate Alex Peterson applies the block to Warren’s Justice Croffie during the first quarter. (Photos: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone) They will be talking about this one for years to come. Warren quarterback Madden Iamaleava threw Read More
For in-game updates, news and more for all the San Juan Capistrano high school sports programs, follow us on Twitter @SouthOCSports and on Instagram @South_OC_Sports, and sign up for weekly South OC Sports updates straight to your inbox. Seeking to exercise the playoff demons that befell Capistrano Valley Christian last season, the Eagles couldn’t break Read More
(Graphic: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone). The first round of the CIF football playoffs continues Friday night with a full schedule of games for Orange County squads. OC Sports Zone will once again provide updates Friday night and then game coverage with photos and stories later and more Read More
Open Division First round Thursday JSerra 8, Mater Dei 4 Corona del Mar 9, Oaks Christian 8 Harvard Westlake 20, Loyola 15 Newport Harbor 15, Santa Margarita 8 Semifinal schedule Wednesday, Nov. 8 Corona del Mar at JSerra Harvard Westlake at Newport Harbor Division 1 Quarterfinal schedule Saturday, Nov. 4 Read More
Dereck “DJ” Moore with his father Dereck Moore at a University of New Mexico game. (Photos courtesy Dereck Moore). Former Woodbridge High School football star Dereck “DJ” Moore had a big game recently starting at strong safety as a true freshman for the University of New Mexico in the team’s Read More
Aaron Mitchell (left) and Nicholas Miali helped lead the Knights to the win. (Photo: Alex Suarez, For OC Sports Zone). By ALEX SUAREZ For OC Sports Zone Foothill High School’s football team defeated Aquinas 35-22 Thursday night in the first round of the CIF Division 5 playoffs at Tustin. Senior Read More
