ARLINGTON, Texas — A mix of bad luck and bad pitching cost Ryan Tepera and the Angels. The Angels took a one-run lead into the eighth inning but gave up seven runs in a nightmarish sequence, losing 10-5 to the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night. “That’s one I’m going to forget,” Tepera said. “It kind…
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Estancia’s Trevor Scott walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Eagles a 1-0 win over Santa Ynez in a CIF Southern Section Division 6 baseball semifinal at Estancia High. The Eagles (27-5) will play Anaheim (21-9-1) in the championship game Friday or Saturday at Cal State Fullerton.…
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SAN BERNARDINO – No seed is no problem for the Fullerton baseball team. Fullerton traveled Tuesday to play top-seeded Aquinas and, despite a failed suicide squeeze attempt, earned a 6-4 victory over the Falcons in the CIF Southern Section Division 4 semifinals. The Falcons were the top seed in the Division 4 playoffs and entered…
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Bam Adebayo chased down and blocked Jaylen Brown as if he again was smothering Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics in the 2020 Eastern Conference finals. Max Strus followed with an emphatic transition dunk, because these playoff moments have yet to prove too big for the Miami Heat’s undrafted players. And Jimmy Butler followed with…
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Twenty-six years. Sixteen coaches. Ten general managers, including Dale Tallon twice and one set of brothers, Bryan and Terry Murray. There were five owners, not counting the group of eight investors briefly fronted by beloved Miami quarterback Bernie Kosar, who said hockey was his, “first and special love” before fading away to the bigger wallet…
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Observations and other notes of interest from Tuesday night’s 118-107 NBA playoff victory over the Boston Celtics: – For all the versatility of Erik Spoelstra’s roster. – For all the grit, guts and guile elsewhere on the roster. – For all the first-half creativity in this one by Tyler Herro. – And for all the…
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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA >> The Tesoro baseball team used a fourth-inning rally Tuesday to beat El Modena 6-4 in the CIF-Southern Section Division 4 semifinals at Tesoro High. Tesoro (24-8) has reached the CIF championship game for the first time since 2004. The Titans will play Fullerton on Friday or Saturday at Cal State Fullerton.…
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Southern California Boys Athlete of the Week Athlete: Kasin Khansarinia School: San Dimas Sport: Baseball Noteworthy: Khansarinia, who is already committed to UCLA, made a huge impact in San Dimas’ 3-2 victory over Arcadia in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. Khansarinia went 3 for 4 and belted a home run in…
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Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week Athlete: Layla Jelenic School: San Pedro Sport: Softball Noteworthy: Jelenic helped San Pedro to wins over Narbonne and Carson last week that forced a three-way tie for first place in the Marine League. Against Narbonne, Jelenic pitched two scoreless innings and struck out four. The Pirates closed the…
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TUSTIN – The Tustin baseball team couldn’t figure out Burroughs pitcher Nick Forest. The junior struck out 12, including the first nine outs on strikeouts, and pitched a complete game to lead the Bears to a 2-0 victory Tuesday over the Tillers in the CIF-SS Division 5 semifinals at Tustin High. The victory sends Burroughs…
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