Portola Bulldogs celebrate and get a big round of applause from fans after Saturday’s win. (PHOTOS: Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). Portola’s girls basketball team is headed to the quarterfinal round of the CIF Division 2 playoffs after upsetting top seeded Glendora 44-34 Saturday night in a second round game Read More
Portola’s Taylor Strickland and Crean Lutheran’s Allyson Hamiprodjo battle for the ball. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano, Ted Rigoni and Howard Lyon). Portola’s girls soccer team has found success with a strong defense all season long. That was again on display Saturday evening when the Bulldogs defeated Crean Read More
Crean Lutheran’s Hunter Caplan drives to the baseline as Santiago guard Keziah Law pursues. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano). The top-seeded Crean Lutheran’s boys basketball team captured an 87-80 victory over Santiago Corona in two overtimes Friday night in the second round of the CIF Division 1 playoffs Read More
Garrett Brehmer brings the ball up for San Juan Hills as Jalen Yim of Irvine defends Friday night. (PHOTOS: Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). San Juan Hills boys basketball is healthy and almost at full strength after going through its share of injuries the entire season. The timing couldn’t be Read More
Cypress seniors following Friday’s CIF playoff loss. (PHOTOS: Tom Connolly, For OC Sports Zone). Despite a gallant effort, Cypress High School’s boys basketball team fell to Rancho Christian 94-82 in a second round CIF Division 1 playoff game Friday night at Cypress. Rancho Christian (21-9) advances to the quarterfinals and Read More
Crean Lutheran’s Rian Gaeta battles for the ball against Brooklyn Ciccone of West Ranch. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano). Crean Lutheran’s girls soccer team opened the CIF Division 2 playoffs defeating West Ranch 2-0 Thursday on the Crean Lutheran campus. Crean Lutheran (6-3-7) moves on to the second Read More
Laguna Hills coaches from left Patrick Pollock, Kevin Macare, Sean Sargeant, Blake Corbin, Bobby Morales and Christian Castro. (Photo courtesy Ali Jeske, Laguna Hills athletic trainer; team photos Laguna Hills athletics). Six Laguna Hills High School varsity coaches enjoyed success as players during their athletic careers at the school. They Read More
Ethan Rodriguez of Segerstrom puts up a three-point shot as Jaguars wait for the ball to fall in. (Photos courtesy Mark Bausman, For OC Sports Zone). Segerstrom’s boys basketball team is headed to the second round of the CIF Division 7 playoffs. The Jaguars (19-9) host Rialto (13-14) Friday night Read More
Crean Lutheran’s Jacob Majok dunks the ball Wednesday night in a CIF playoff opener. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano and Ted Rigoni). Crean Lutheran’s boys basketball team didn’t show any ill affects from an 11-day layoff Wednesday night. The top-seeded Saints led from the start and rolled to Read More
La Habra seniors get together for one final time on the court after Wednesday’s game. (PHOTOS: Tom Connolly, For OC Sports Zone). La Habra’s boys basketball season came to an end Wednesday night as the Highlanders fell to St. Bernard’s 63-51 in an opening round game of the CIF Division Read More
