By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING — Canada’s Captain Clutch, Marie-Philip Poulin, delivered at the Olympics again. Poulin scored twice, including her third gold-medal clinching goal, and Canada reclaimed its place atop the women’s hockey world by capping its run through the Beijing Games with a 3-2 win over the defending champion United States…
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SAN CLEMENTE >> San Clemente goalkeeper Emily Sanchez had a standout performance to lead the Tritons to a win over Mater Dei in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 girls soccer playoffs Wednesday at San Clemente High. The two teams were tied at two goals apiece at the end of regulation and two…
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LA HABRA – Sonora’s girls basketball team played like what should be expected of a team that had not played in 13 days. The Raiders were offensively out of sync at times, sometimes even sloppy. Sonora mostly, though, played more than well enough to win. The Raiders defeated Downey 47-33 on Wednesday in the second…
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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING — Mikaela Shiffrin came to the Beijing Olympics as one of the biggest stars of Alpine skiing – or any sport. She will leave without any individual medals after managing to finish just two of the five women’s races. Shiffrin’s latest mistake of the Winter Games came Thursday…
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CYPRESS – Before Wednesday night’s game, both coaches said what their team lacks in size, they make up for with speed and physical defense. And they weren’t lying. With the game close all night, it came down to whoever had the last possession and Calabasas freshman Jocelynn Townsend came away with the game-winning shot at…
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LOS ALAMITOS >> It was one of the better strikes Millikan girls soccer coach Tino Nunez has seen this season. Unfortunately, for Millikan, the goal was scored by Los Alamitos senior Marisa Salazar with less than 25 minutes to go. “I got the ball wide and took it in and I saw a little opening…
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Rickard Rakell misfired on a shot from close range while the Ducks were on a power play in the opening minutes of their 6-2 loss to the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Then he missed the net on another try moments later from even closer range. Ryan Getzlaf had a point-blank…
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As Shannon Storms Beador rushes to get ready for the luncheon she’s hosting on “The Real Housewives of Orange County” this week, she notices her blouse is wrinkled, and, well, that just won’t do. So she grabs an iron, and starts to press the wrinkles out of the shirt. While she’s still wearing it. And…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now A graduation class for the ages left Laguna Beach’s girls water polo team in the position to learn on the job this postseason. The Breakers showed Wednesday night that they’re a quick study. Second-seeded Laguna Beach put a narrow, first-round victory in its…
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HACIENDA HEIGHTS — It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t sharp. Yet the Los Altos girls basketball team found a way to advance past Yorba Linda in spite of 23 turnovers during the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 2A playoffs on Wednesday. The Conquerors needed overtime to do it, but they squeaked by the…
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