WALNUT — Anaheim’s players huddled near the edge of the pool after the CIF-SS Division 6 girls water polo final Saturday for a spirited cheer. “Did we do it?” the shouts began. “Did we do it?” Anaheim delivered an emphatic answer before leaping into the pool to celebrate a 5-3 victory against Nordhoff at Mt.…
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SANTA ANA – Sam Kim set the ball on the turf. She took a deep breath. Kim and her Mater Dei girls soccer teammates had battled Orange Lutheran through regulation and two overtimes Saturday, and their CIF Southern Section Division 1 semifinal remained scoreless. Penalty kicks would decide which of the two Trinity League teams…
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BAKERSFIELD — The UC Irvine men’s basketball team used a strong second-half effort to get back in the win column. Jurian Dixon scored 16 points to lead a balanced offense, Bent Leuchten recorded his 12th double-double of the season and UCI pulled away with a 46-point second half to beat Cal State Bakersfield, 73-64, on Saturday…
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA — Three McDonald’s All-Americans on the court at the same time and playing for two of the state’s best girls high school basketball teams. That’s not a scenario seen every day, but it was the case when Mater Dei faced off against Etiwanda in a CIF-SS Open Division playoff game Saturday to decide…
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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA — A year ago, the Tesoro girls basketball team won just four games. This season, Tesoro is playing for its first CIF-SS championship. The Titans beat top-seeded Savanna 53-45 Saturday in the CIF-SS Division 4AA semifinals at Tesoro High. Tesoro (22-11) will play Serra of Gardena for the championship Friday or Saturday.…
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HUNTINGTON BEACH — The Edison boys soccer team was on the brink of reaching its first CIF Southern Section final since 2000, and things looked promising for the Chargers after they took a second-half lead. But Harvard-Westlake quickly responded to tie the game and eventually won it on a golden-goal in overtime by Micah Rossen, handing…
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IRVINE – Lili Reid didn’t have a lot of time to think about it. But she had enough to formulate the words “Why not” in her head. And so Reid kicked the ball over her head and became a hero for Foothill’s girls soccer team. The sophomore – one of five sophomores in the starting…
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Danny DeVito, Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn will headline a celebrity hockey event Sunday at Crypto.com Arena to benefit fire relief efforts. Hosted by the Los Angeles Kings in partnership with the NHL, Skate for LA Strong will raise funds for the LA Fire Relief Fund. The event will be highlighted by a single-elimination hockey…
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By JAIMIE DING, ASSOCIATED PRESS Ceiba Phillips, 11, couldn’t believe what he saw when he returned to his Altadena neighborhood a month after a wildfire reduced it to rubble. The ruins of his best friend’s house and his beloved school. His house survived, but the backhouse where his grandparents lived and packed him lunch every…
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WALNUT — The El Dorado girls water polo team seemed able to score at will during the second period of the CIF-SS Division 5 championship match against Santa Paula on Saturday at Mt San Antonio College. As it turned out, the seven-minute flurry of goals propelled the Golden Hawks to a dominating effort as they…
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