Irvine’s softball team after a second round CIF playoff victory Monday. (Photo courtesy Irvine softball). Irvine High School’s softball team advanced to the quarterfinal round of the CIF Division 5 playoffs with an 8-4 victory over Highland in the second round Monday in Palmdale. Coach Jim Knapp’s Vaqueros (10-16 overall) Read More
Jackson Cryst leads Sage Hill School’s boys volleyball team into the state tournament Tuesday. (PHOTO: Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). Orange County teams have been selected for the inaugural CIF Boys Volleyball State Championships, CIF state officials announced Sunday. In past years, only a Southern California and Northern California championships Read More
Deanna Manning Stadium in Irvine is the home once again of the CIF softball finals. (PHOTO: Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). DIVISION 1 Second round scores: Chino Hills 4, Huntington Beach 0 El Modena 7, Rosary Academy 5 Etiwanda 3, La Habra 1 Wednesday schedule: El Modena at Notre Dame Read More
Kennedy seniors Seth Sainz (left) and Logan Benda (right), following the Fighting Irish’s victory. (PHOTOS: Adam Kunin, For OC Sports Zone). For the first time since 2017, Kennedy High School’s boys volleyball team is a CIF Southern Section champion. In a highly competitive affair Saturday afternoon, the Fighting Irish defeated Read More
Sage Hill celebrates the CIF title Saturday in Santa Barbara. (Photo courtesy Sage Hill School). It was a happy trip home Saturday from Santa Barbara for the Sage Hill School boys volleyball team. The Lightning captured a 15-8 victory in the fifth and deciding set of the CIF Division 4 Read More
Tesoro players celebrate with the championship plaque after a win over Orange Lutheran. (PHOTOS: Adam Kunin, For OC Sports Zone). Top-seed Tesoro High School boys volleyball team continued its dominant postseason run, capturing the CIF Division 3 Southern Section championship with a resounding 3-0 sweep over Orange Lutheran Saturday at Read More
Huntington Beach players and coaches after Friday’s CIF final. (PHOTOS: Tom Connolly, For OC Sports Zone). Anxieties ran high as Mira Costa and Huntington Beach boys volleyball teams, the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the nation, took the court to square off for the CIF Division 1 championship Read More
Crean Lutheran’s Jayce DeJong scores on a Brady McKay RBI. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano). Friday afternoon’s opening CIF Division 2 baseball playoff game pitted two North Hills League rivals, Crean Lutheran and La Habra, against each other for the fourth time this season with the winner to Read More
Shane Wally of Long Beach Millikan watches as Foothill players celebrate the CIF playoff victory. (PHOTOS: Jacob Ramos, For OC Sports Zone). In a game headlined by strong starting pitching, Foothill High School’s baseball team downed Long Beach Millikan 6-4 Friday afternoon at Foothill to advance to the second round Read More
Irvine standouts (from left) Adam Valencia, Drake Brito and Evan Tamayo after Friday’s win. (PHOTOS: Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). Irvine High School’s baseball team was clicking on all cylinders for a CIF Division 4 playoff opener at home vs. St. Bernard in front of hundreds of Vaquero fans who Read More
