LOS ANGELES — If Game 2 was a grease fire, Game 3 left the Kings’ first-round playoff series on the verge of a six-alarm blaze. The Edmonton Oilers scored the first five goals on Friday night, and unlike in 1982 there was no “Miracle on Manchester” nor any “Frenzy on Figueroa,” just an 8-2 defeat…
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Scores from the CIF-SS baseball playoff games Friday, and the updated schedule for second-round games in all divisions. CIF-SS BASEBALL PLAYOFFS DIVISION 1 First round, Friday Bonita 6, Damien 1 El Dorado 3, Yucaipa 2 Notre Dame/SO 3, Mira Costa 0 Santa Margarita 13, Trabuco Hills 10 Bishop Amat 4, Ocean View 1 Servite 3,…
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Los Amigos got its first CIF Southern Section baseball playoff win in a big way Friday, beating Leuzinger 17-3 in a Division 7 first-round game. The Lobos (23-4) play at Big Bear in the second round Tuesday. Los Amigos last week clinched the Garden Grove League championship for the school’s first league title in baseball.…
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IRVINE — UC Irvine got its first look at the team that has dominated Big West Conference baseball in 2022, and like most teams were duly impressed. No. 25 UC Santa Barbara improved to 32-10 overall and 20-2 in conference play with a 2-0 victory over the Anteaters on Friday night at Cicerone Field, Gaucho ace…
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Jackson Hines scored six goals Friday to lead Foothill to a 13-5 win over Agoura in the quarterfinals of the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 boys lacrosse playoffs at Agoura High. Foothill (18-4) trailed 2-0 early, but went on a scoring run in the second quarter to take control of the game. Gavin Griswold scored three…
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LOS ANGELES — Maybe the Kings just aren’t ready for this yet. After the euphoria of stealing one on the road in Game 1, they’ve fallen to earth with a thud in Games 2 and 3 of their first playoff series in four seasons. A 6-0 debacle in Edmonton on Wednesday night was followed by…
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Scores from the CIF-SS boys tennis playoff matches Friday, and the updated schedule for the next round. CIF-SS BOYS TENNIS PLAYOFFS OPEN DIVISION Quarterfinals, Friday University 14, Harvard-Westlake 4 Woodbridge 9, Peninsula 9 (Woodbridge won on games 72-66) Calabasas 11, Palos Verdes 7 Corona del Mar 10, Claremont 8 Semifinals, Wednesday, 3 p.m. Woodbridge at…
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YUCAIPA – El Dorado baseball coach Matt Lucas had his top three pitchers ready to go for the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs on Friday. Yucaipa coach Ralph Grajeda had his barrel chart to look at following the game. El Dorado took advantage of some Yucaipa errors and eventually broke…
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LOS ANGELES — At the fore of a series in which matchups have become paramount lies a battle between professor and protege, that of Kings coach Todd McLellan and his former assistant, Jay Woodcroft, who now guides the Edmonton Oilers. The two shared a bench in San Jose and then in Edmonton, both times with…
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MISSION VIEJO – Trinity League coaches and athletes say it all the time, that playing in that league is a great way to prepare for what’s to come. “Every single game is a like a playoff game,” said Santa Margarita junior first baseman Luke Lavin. “You can’t take a pitch off, you can’ take a…
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