For in-game updates, news and more for all the San Clemente High School sports programs, follow us on Twitter @SouthOCSports and on Instagram @South_OC_Sports. SAN CLEMENTE – Never count out the San Clemente girls basketball team in the fourth quarter. After yet another fourth-quarter surge and the lead exchanging hands in the final Read More
Quarterfinals: Tuesday, Feb. 14; games at 7 p.m. DIVISION 1 JSerra at Canyon Mater Dei at Heritage Christian DIVISION 2AA Orange Lutheran at Rancho Cucamonga Rancho Verde at Tesoro DIVISION 2A Sonora at Pacifica Christian DIVISION 3A Oakwood at Newport Harbor DIVISION 4AA Esperanza at Beaumont DIVISION 4A El Modena Read More
Sunny Hills’ Matthias Brown scrambles to recover the ball after his overtime penalty kick was blocked by Oak Park goalie Ryan Chu. (Photos courtesy Jim McCormack, For OC Sports Zone). When you go through a soccer regular season unbeaten (19-0-4) the breaks need to go your way and, at some Read More
DIVISION 1 Mater Dei 88, Crean Lutheran 61: The No. 2 seeded Monarchs jumped out to a 27-6 lead against the Saints after the first quarter. Sophomore guard Owen Verna scored 31 points and made nine three-pointers to lead Mater Dei. Zack Davidson added 15 points for the Monarchs. Crean Read More
Mater Dei’s Zack Davidson and Crean Lutheran’s Patrick Miranda battle for the ball. No. 14 for Mater Dei is Luke Barnett. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano). Mater Dei High School’s boys basketball took its game to another level Friday night defeating Crean Lutheran 88-61 Friday night in the Read More
Santa Ana junior guard Jack Rivera drives to the basket defended by Cate’s Tyler Martinez (13) and Babacar Bouye. He was fouled and finished off the three-point play. (Photos: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone). The Santa Ana boys basketball team nearly overcame a double-digit deficit with 90 seconds 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. SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – JSerra boys basketball was arguably the hottest team in Orange County down the stretch of the regular season, and while the hot hands of Read More
Crean Lutheran’s Kaiden Bailey puts up a shot as Malloy Smith of Mater Dei defends during the State Preview Classic in January. (Photo courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano.) It’s a big night of basketball in Orange County with the second round of the CIF boys playoffs. Among the big Read More
Julia Bautista of Irvine gets ready to take a shot against Temple City Thursday. (Photos courtesy Jim Tomlin). Irvine High School’s girls water polo team defeated Temple City 12-7 Thursday at the Woollett Aquatics Complex in the second round of the CIF Division 3 playoffs. Fourth-seeded Irvine will host Long Read More
Portola 82, Tesoro 41: The Bulldogs won their CIF 2A playoff opener Thursday night and guard Moka Saiki set a school record with 41 points. Saiki also made nine 3-pointers, a school record. Tesoro was led by Celine Castaneda, who had 12 points. Portola moves on to the second round Read More
