Trinity League champion Orange Lutheran, Sunset League No. 3 team Marina and Orange Coast League runner-up Tustin are three Orange County high school teams earning a top-four seed in this week’s CIF softball playoffs. Orange Lutheran (22-5) are seeded third in Division 1. Norco (25-3) is seeded No. 1, Etiwanda Read More
La Habra (Division 2), Woodbridge (Division 4) and Northwood (Division 5) earned No. 1 seeds in the CIF baseball playoffs, CIF officials announced Monday. Other high seeds include Sunset League champion Huntington Beach (No. 3 in Division 1), Ocean View (No. 4 in Division 5), Garden Grove (No. 4 in Read More
Sage Hill players, including Jackson Cryst (middle) celebrate match point after Saturday’s semifinal match vs. Crean Lutheran. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shuttebugs, John Luciano). Sage Hill High School’s boys volleyball team is headed back to the CIF finals. The Lightning defeated Crean Lutheran 25-21, 26-24, 25-18 in the CIF Division Read More
Matches 6 p.m. unless noted. DIVISION 1 Pool play Friday, May 9 Corona del Mar at Mira Costa, 6:30 p.m. Loyola at Huntington Beach Saturday, May 10 Redondo Union at Newport Harbor, noon Finals Friday, May 16, 7 p.m. at Cerritos College SEMIFINALS DIVISION 2 Saturday, May 10 Mater Dei Read More
CdM starter Stevie Jones throws a warm-up pitch to catcher Charlie Kaster in a game Saturday. (PHOTO: Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). Corona del Mar High School baseball players take plenty of pride in the on-campus field they play on. The hard work has paid off with the program receiving Read More
Matt Moorhouse accepts the CIF championship award on behalf of Santiago in March. (Photo courtesy Mark Bausman, For OC Sports Zone). After eight great years at Santiago High School, Matt Moorhouse has resigned as head boys basketball coach to join new Crean Lutheran head coach Austin Loeb as an assistant Read More
Mike Gerakos with former Major Leaguer Garrett Atkins and Coach Chris Conlin at the Uni alumni game in January 2022. (PHOTOS: Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). Mike Gerakos, a long-time friend and former coaching associate of Coach Chris Conlin, became emotional Saturday when talking about Conlin, who died on Tuesday, Read More
Century’s Andy Santana throws a pitch to Portola’s Zeke Abundis. (PHOTOS: Jacob Ramos, For OC Sports Zone). Century High School’s baseball team, the league champion from the Coast League, met Portola Wednesday in the final regular season game for both teams at Portola. Century won the non-league matchup 7-0 and Read More
Chris Conlin with his wife Pam and son Kevin in 2016. (Photo courtesy Carolyn Boudreau). Chris Conlin made an impact with a countless number of high school athletes he coached during his lengthy and memorable career in Southern California, including Orange County. Many of those athletes have expressed their sympathies Read More
Ocean View standouts were from left Sam Arredondo, Luke Gordon, JT Lewis and Carson Sulsona. (Photos courtesy Ocean View baseball). Ocean View High left-hander JT Lewis threw a six-hit complete game and Sam Arredondo and Luke Gordon homered to lift the Seahawks to a 13-2 victory over Fullerton in an Read More
