ALL-COUNTY GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM RUNNER OF THE YEAR Emma Hadley, Canyon A cross country runner’s goal is to peak at the end of the season when CIF championship meets are on the calendar. Canyon senior Emma Hadley did just that. Hadley was Orange County’s fastest girl at the CIF State Championships, leading the Comanches…
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The vertical steel tendons that strengthened the iconic twin domes so they could withstand the extraordinary pressure of a reactor accident? They’re gone. The four-story office building with employee cafeteria, storage space and unparalleled views of the Pacific? That’s gone, too. The demineralizers in the turbine building? They look like a string of giant snowballs…
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UCLA football coach Chip Kelly understands that the players are excited for “one more opportunity to play as a group” this season but admitted that the increase in COVID-19 cases is concerning. The Bruins were off most of last week to work on final exams before returning to a normal practice schedule this week to…
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ALL-COUNTY BOYS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM RUNNER OF THE YEAR Jai Dawson, Dana Hills Jai Dawson won just about everything he could win in cross country. The Dana Hills senior finished first in the Mt. Carmel Invitational in September, the Orange County Championships Sweepstakes Race and the Mt. SAC Invitational in October, and the South Coast…
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A bus stuffed with people can be hot and annoying, a bus stuffed with toys, now that is worth celebrating. How about a dozen buses stuffed with toys? Well … Merry Christmas! Raquel Ortiz, left, and Angela Madison of Caltrans carry armloads of Christmas toys to one of the many buses at the Orange County…
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ANAHEIM — The trip to hell and back only took four years, without help from Elon Musk. Four years ago the Ducks made the playoffs. The year before that, they lost a seven-game series of head-on collisions with Nashville in the Western Conference finals. In the past three seasons, they have lost 100 games, plopping…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now MISSION VIEJO — A new cast of players has been patiently waiting for its chance to shine with Laguna Beach’s girls water polo team. Judging by their performance Friday night, the group learned plenty from watching their successful predecessors. First-year starting attacker Lela…
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Even for a sport that considers itself the world’s oldest, 2021 was a year for the ages for global track and field. A group of young, charismatic, world record-shattering stars produced an Olympic Games in Tokyo that merited comparison to the gold standard of Olympics, the 1968 Games in Mexico City, which were immortalized by…
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ANAHEIM — The Ducks played three good minutes on Friday night at Honda Center, maybe the best attacking, relentless hockey they’ve played all season. Trouble was, they needed more than those three minutes to subdue the Arizona Coyotes and extend their winning streak to three in a row. Three good minutes simply wasn’t going to…
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MINNEAPOLIS — The magic the Lakers had against the Dallas Mavericks just days ago had a frustratingly short shelf life. Marred by injuries and the up-and-down absences of the pandemic, there was no Minnesota miracle to be had. That was clear in the fourth quarter of a 110-92 loss to the Timberwolves on Friday night,…
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