Category: Sports News

Team photos and final scores from 26th annual Ryan Lemmon Senior Baseball Showcase

Players from the Empire League and Pacific Coast League exchange handshakes after Saturday afternoon’s game. (Photo: Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone; team photos courtesy Ryan Lemmon Foundation). High school seniors took part in the 26th annual Ryan Lemmon Senior Baseball Showcase Friday and Saturday. One game was held Friday and Read More

Santa Ana College baseball team headed to state championships for first time since 2011

Santa Ana College players celebrate Saturday after winning the regional. (Photo courtesy SAC Sports Information). With a sweep of the No. 13 seeded Fullerton Hornets (26-22) in the Southern California Regional Finals, the Santa Ana College Baseball team has punched its ticket to the California Community College Athletic Association State Read More

Fullerton players help Freeway League defeat Golden West in Ryan Lemmon Senior Showcase

Fullerton Coach Shaun Hill was joined by his seniors (from left) Kyle Kim, AJ Hernandez, George Papadatos, Nate Norman, Mathew Carbajal, Niko Savage and Conor Sunderland at the Ryan Lemmon Senior Showcase. Players from Fullerton High School’s Freeway League championship team helped the Freeway League defeat the Golden West League Read More

PHOTOS: Canyon sets tone early and defeats top-seeded Crean Lutheran for CIF Division 4 title

Canyon players react as Coach Jason Smith shows them the CIF championship plaque. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs / John Luciano). Canyon High School’s baseball team set the tone early and didn’t let up Saturday morning. The Comanches got outstanding pitching and some clutch hits to defeat top-seeded Crean Lutheran Read More

Capistrano Valley celebrates first CIF championship with decisive victory over Santiago

Capistrano Valley players display their championship patches after Saturday’s final. (Photos: Tom Connolly, For OC Sports Zone). Madi McDonnell homered and pitched a complete game to lead Capistrano Valley to a 6-1 victory over Santiago of Corona in the CIF Division 3 softball championship game Saturday afternoon at Deanna Manning Stadium. Read More

PHOTOS: Top-seeded Irvine falls behind early and loses to Liberty in CIF finals

Irvine players cheer on their teammates during the championship game. (Photos: John Luciano, For OC Sports Zone). Irvine High School’s softball players made history by advancing to the CIF softball finals for the first time in 30 years. But Liberty from Winchester dashed the Vaqueros title hopes Friday. Liberty struck Read More