Rider Cooper competes in a meet this season for Portola. (Photo courtesy Lisa Chen). It’s been quite a senior season for Portola High School track standout Rider Cooper. Cooper captured the Division 1 400-meter title Saturday at the CIF Track and Field Finals at Moorpark High School with a time Read More
St. Margaret’s volleyball team celebrates a CIF title Saturday. (Photos: Tom Connolly, For OC Sports Zone). St. Margaret’s High School’s boys volleyball team defeated San Clemente in straight sets Saturday at Cerritos College to capture the CIF Division 3 championship. The Tartans (32-4) executed a near flawless match and earned Read More
Crean Lutheran Coach Jake Haney hugs one of his players after Friday’s loss in the CIF playoffs. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, Ted Rigoni). Crean Lutheran High School’s baseball team, after a memorable post-season run, lost to Moorpark 2-1 in the quarterfinal round of the CIF Division 2 playoffs Friday Read More
Santa Ana players prepare to take on Desert Christian Friday. (Photos: Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). Santa Ana High School’s baseball team had one of the most successful playoff runs for the program in quite a while, capturing two victories to reach the quarterfinal round of the CIF Division 7 Read More
Quarterfinals, Friday, May 10, semifinals Tuesday, May 14, finals May 17-18 at Lake Elsinore Baseball Stadium. DIVISION 1 Huntington Beach 3, Santa Margarita 2 Orange Lutheran 9, La Mirada 4 NOTE: Huntington Beach plays at Corona and Orange Lutheran hosts Harvard-Westlake in the semifinals Tuesday. DIVISION 2 Ayala 7, Canyon Read More
Beckman’s baseball team, pictured after a victory earlier this season at home, is headed to the semifinals. (Photo courtesy Rosalene Ledendecker). Beckman High School’s baseball team is moving on to the semifinal round of the CIF Division 3 playoffs. The Patriots captured a 6-1 victory over Newbury Park Friday on Read More
CIF SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS DIVISION 1 Quarterfinal round scores PACIFICA 13, OAKS CHRISTIAN 2: Senior Kaniya Bragg had four hits and six RBI and junior Michaela Meza had four hits and scored four runs to lead the Mariners (25-2). JSERRA 2, OAKS CHRISTIAN 0: Freshman Angie Jimenez hit a home run Read More
Crean Lutheran players, who bleached their hair after an opening round playoff victory, celebrate after Tuesday’s win at home. (Photo courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano). Saints face Moorpark Friday in quarterfinal round. Crean Lutheran High School’s baseball team opened some eyes in the Southern California baseball world stunning No. Read More
All games scheduled for 3:15 p.m. DIVISION 1 Canyon at Orange Lutheran Murrieta Mesa at Huntington Beach JSerra at Great Oak Pacifica at Oaks Christian DIVISION 2 Beaumont at Mater Dei DIVISION 3 Fullerton at West Torrance DIVISION 7 AB Miller at Oxford Academy For updated brackets of all divisions, Read More
Beckman players (from left) Kai Carney, Carter Head, Mark Terry, Evan Chung and Kavin Patel after Tuesday’s game. (Photos: Tom Connolly, For OC Sports Zone). It took 10 innings and nearly four hours but the Beckman High School’s baseball team pulled out its second consecutive extra inning playoff win with Read More
