TUSTIN — Tustin’s boys basketball team stayed unbeaten in the Empire League with a convincing 67-42 win over Costa Mesa on Friday night at Tustin High. The Tillers (18-6, 4-0) were led by the trio of Yuri Klines, Ethan Contreras and Daniel Molina. Klines had a team-high 16 points, Contreras added 15 points and Molina finished…
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LOS ANGELES — The last time the Lakers were without Anthony Davis and in need of a player to step up offensively outside of LeBron James and Austin Reaves, they got a career night out of Max Christie. But this time, it was Reaves and James again doing the heavy lifting on Friday night, with…
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ALISO VIEJO — Capistrano Valley center Jake Davis picked a perfect time to make his first 3-point basket of the season. With 5.8 seconds remaining in the game, Davis intercepted an inbound pass by Aliso Niguel and made a game-tying 3-point shot that sent Friday’s Sea View League game into overtime. Capistrano Valley then took…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — The St. Margaret’s girls basketball program added another milestone Friday to its impressive resume under fourth-year coach Josh Markum and his experienced cast of players. The host Tartans knocked off Orange County mainstay Rosary 53-42 in the schools’ first…
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IRVINE – It was unlikely that a boys basketball team would go undefeated in the Crestview League. The five-team league is just too good and too balanced for that to happen. Crean Lutheran made sure of that Friday with a 62-51 win over Canyon in a league game at Crean Lutheran High. Canyon guard Brandon…
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JSerra dual threat quarterback Ryan Hopkins has enrolled at Trinity League rival Mater Dei, the junior confirmed Friday night. Hopkins (6-3, 195) burst onto the Orange County football scene this past season as a speedy runner with a strong arm. In his first season as a full-time starter, he earned first-team All-Trinity League honors and…
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An ocean closure off Laguna Beach prompted by a sewage spill last week has been reduced in size. Officials with the Orange County Environmental Health Division said Friday, Jan. 17, the closure will remain in effect for Treasure Island Beach to 500 feet downcoast of Aliso Creek. The reduced area remains closed to swimming, surfing,…
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Cue the wailing, again. Roki Sasaki broke the news himself on Instagram on Friday afternoon, much the same way that Blake Snell announced his signing with a doctored photo of himself in a Dodgers uniform on Nov. 26. Baseball’s latest Japanese import is now a Dodger as well, and the club’s hold on Japan might…
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“Chocolate, the fire’s coming … I’ll call you back.” Those were among the last words Anthony Mitchell V, 28, heard from his grandfather, who nicknamed him “Chocolate Red” because of his chocolate hue and how he turned “almost red” while crying as a baby. Anthony Mitchell III’s last phone call to his grandson came around…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Scores and stats from Orange County games on Friday, Jan. 17 Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday. FRIDAY’S SCORES BOYS…
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