Crean Lutheran players with Coach Patrick Young after winning the CIF title. (Photo courtesy Crean Lutheran Athletics). It’s been a great week for Crean Lutheran’s varsity girls tennis players and coaches who celebrated the program’s first CIF title Friday. Crean Lutheran, coached by Patrick Young, defeated Oxford Academy 11-7 in Read More
(Graphic: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone) Boys Rumble for Rosecrans Avenue Villa Park 56, Glendora 44: The Spartans (2-0) were led by Mal Johnson, who had 21 points, four steals and two rebounds; Tristan Griffin, who had 11 points, five rebounds and two steals and Jared Hoggard, who Read More
Fountain Valley players including leading scorer Parker Rodriguez (No. 4) and No. 33 Troy Leach exchange handshakes with Santa Ana, led by No. 31 Jack Rivera. (Photo: Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). Fountain Valley High School’s boys basketball team took charge early and went on to defeat Santa Ana 59-44 Read More
(Graphic: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone) RUMBLE FOR ROSECRANS AVENUE TOURNEY El Dorado 58, Ontario Christian 39: Ethan Chi and Andrew Salvador had 12 points each and Caleb Hendrix eight points to lead El Dorado, which led 30-15 at halftime and 47-26 after three quarters. Villa Park 74, Read More
(Photo: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone) Semifinal schedule All games 7 p.m. Division 1 Centennial Corona at St. John Bosco Sierra Canyon vs. Mater Dei, Santa Ana Stadium Division 2 Mission Viejo at Murrieta Valley Servite at Serra Division 3 St. Bonaventure at San Juan Hills Chaminade at Read More
The start of the high school boys basketball tournament on Monday, Nov. 13 includes three major tournaments: the Santa Ana Varsity Tournament at Santa Ana and Tustin, the Rumble for Rosecrans Avenue at three gymnasiums, including Sunny Hills and the Jim Harris Memorial Tournament at Ocean View. Santa Ana Tourney Read More
Ben Byszewski of Crean Lutheran breaks free for a touchdown Friday night. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano and Howard Lyon). Crean Lutheran High School’s football team fell behind early and could not recover, losing to Simi Valley 27-7 in the CIF Division 6 quarterfinals Friday night in Simi Read More
Troy players take the field as school officials mark Veterans Day during pre-game ceremonies Friday. (Photos courtesy Jim McCormack, For OC Sports Zone). A time-worn adage in football is “win the turnover battle, win the game. Lose the turnover battle, lose the game.” That theory held true Friday night at Read More
Woodbridge High School’s players and coaches show the CIF runner-up trophy Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College. (Photos John Luciano, For OC Sports Zone). The second-seeded Woodbridge High boys’ water polo team’s bid for the program’s first CIF title fell short as the Warriors lost to top-seeded Bonita 16-5 Saturday Read More
Orange’s football team, supported by the Panther cheerleaders, gets ready to take the field Friday night. (Photo Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). Orange High School’s football team, which reached the CIF Division 6 championship game last year, was trying to get back into the finals this year. But top-seeded Rio Read More
