Scores from the CIF-SS baseball playoff games Friday, and the updated pairings and schedule for the semifinals. CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS DIVISION 1 Quarterfinals, Friday Notre Dame/SO 5, Orange Lutheran 4 (8 innings) Huntington Beach 12, Foothill 5 Villa Park 4, Cypress 2 JSerra 6, Harvard-Westlake 1 Semifinals, Tuesday, 3:15 p.m. Notre Dame/SO at Huntington…
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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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DOWNEY >> The Foothill girls lacrosse team cruised Friday to an 18-9 win over Santa Margarita at Downey High School to win its second consecutive CIF-Southern Section Division 1 championship. Foothill (21-1) won the inaugural CIF-SS Division 1 championship last season and has a 43-1 record in the last three seasons. “They care about each…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now. ENCINO — JSerra junior Andrew Lamb was honored by the small exchange he had with his coach in the sixth inning with the game knotted at one apiece against Harvard-Westlake. “Coach (Brett) Kay told me to do something special,” Lamb recalled. “He…
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Calling the issue “moot,” a judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit brought by the Orange County Board of Education against county and state school officials over the Orange County Department of Education’s 2019 budget. Orange County Superior Court Judge Martha K. Gooding ruled in favor of the defendants in the suit — Orange County…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now. NOTRE DAME — Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks baseball’s Brandon Gonzaga knew he was going to get the signal before he even looked at assistant coach Randy Thompson. Orange Lutheran had intentionally walked Dean West and loaded the bases in the eighth…
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CYPRESS – With the pressure on, Villa Park’s Gavin Grahovac came through with a big hit, and he did it twice Friday in the CIF-Southern Section baseball playoffs. The senior slugged a home run to start the game and then hit a go-ahead, two-run home run in the seventh inning to lead Villa Park to…
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SANTA ANA >> When the 2022 high school baseball season got underway, Huntington Beach coach Benji Medure figured offense would be the team’s strength. As the season unfolded, however, the majority of the Oilers’ victories came in close, low-scoring affairs. Then, from late April through the playoffs, the Oilers have displayed the power Medure always…
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Just for good measure, the Orioles were presented another golden opportunity. Left-hander Gregory Soto entered out of the bullpen in the ninth inning and promptly hit the first two batters he faced, then walked the bases loaded with one out. And yet, once Soto was replaced by right-hander Will Vest, Baltimore did what Baltimore had…
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CHICAGO — Aaron Hicks needed one. The Yankees centerfielder had been struggling going into Friday night’s game, on a 2-for-30 slide. In his first at-bat of the night, Hicks doubled and drove in a run in the Yankees 10-4 win over the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field. It was Hicks’ first extra base hit…
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