Marina relied on its defense Friday to get a 49-41 home win over Trabuco Hills in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 2AA boys basketball playoffs. The Vikings, No. 14 in the Orange County top 25, held the Mustangs to five points in the first quarter and four points in the third.…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now One of the most talked about players in Orange County girls basketball won’t be part of the action Saturday as the playoffs begin. But make no mistake, Aliso Niguel junior Shanna Brown made the most of the games she had. The 5-foot-10 forward…
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The scores from Friday’s games in the CIF-SS boys basketball playoffs and the schedule for Tuesday’s games. CIF-SS BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS OPEN DIVISION Friday Pool A Corona Centennial 78, Bishop Montgomery 53 Damien 64, Crean Lutheran 59 Pool B Sierra Canyon 89, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 70 Harvard-Westlake 67, Mater Dei 45 Tuesday, Feb. 15,…
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The scores from Friday’s games in the CIF-SS boys soccer playoffs and the updated matchups and schedule for the second round on Tuesday. CIF-SS BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS DIVISION 1 First round, Friday Servite 3, Downey 0 West Torrance 1, Anaheim 0 Corona Santiago 3, Long Beach Poly 1 Godinez 2, Capistrano Valley 1 Aliso Niguel…
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Ducks goaltender John Gibson, right, and defenseman Josh Mahura, left, watch the puck during the first period on Friday night at Honda Center. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo) Seattle Kraken right wing Joonas Donskoi, right, vies for the puck with Ducks center Trevor Zegras, left, and defenseman Simon Benoit during the first period on Friday night at…
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ANAHEIM – Canyon might be ready for the CIF boys basketball playoffs. The Comanches walloped Servite 71-29 on Friday in a CIF Southern Section Division 2AA first-round game at Canyon High. Second-seeded Canyon (24-4) will play the winner of Saturday’s M.L. King-Shadow Hills game in the second round Tuesday. If King wins, Canyon plays at…
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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING — The United States took all the questions about youth and inexperience and had all the answers against Canada. Andy Miele responded to Canada’s early goal by tying it 70 seconds later, Manhattan Beach product Brendan Brisson scored his second of Olympics and the Americans beat their biggest…
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IRVINE >> The Damien boys basketball team overcame a 20-point deficit Friday to beat Crean Lutheran 64-59 in the first game of pool play in the CIF-SS Open Division playoffs at Crean Lutheran High. Crean Lutheran (22-4) went on an 18-1 run to begin the second quarter and jumped to a 37-17 lead. The Spartans…
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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA >> The Santa Margarita boys basketball team used clutch free-throw shooting to hold off a furious fourth-quarter rally by Los Alamitos to secure a 72-65 win in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs Friday night at Santa Margarita High. Rockwell Reynolds had a team-high 20 points for the Eagles, who…
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PASADENA — The Rose Bowl, one of college football’s great stadiums, once held the record for most Super Bowls hosted by one venue. But multi-billion-dollar, giant entertainment complexes like SoFi Stadium, and an array of other sports hubs, have local leaders scrambling to keep the 100-year-old complex relevant. The contrasts between the old and the…
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