Ignore the poor offensive line play, and the injury-decimated receiver unit the Miami Dolphins had all last season. All of that’s fixable with better talent, and better coaching — we hope. But don’t overlook the fact that Miami had an anemic rushing attack, one that couldn’t be relied on regularly as a staple of the…
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ANAHEIM — There were playoff implications in the Kings’ 4-1 victory over the Ducks on Friday night at Honda Center, but the matchup also served to once again highlight the bright future of the Freeway Faceoff rivalry. Although both teams are tightly grouped in a race that could send them to the postseason for the…
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GARDEN GROVE >> A 3-pointer by Garden Grove’s Vidal Jimenez with less than 20 seconds remaining in the game was the biggest shot of the CIF SS Division 4AA boys basketball championship contest between the Argonauts and Fullerton on Friday at Garden Grove High School. A steal by the Argonauts’ Miguel Ortega with 17.7 seconds…
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GOLETA >> For a program making its first-ever appearance in a CIF-Southern Section boys basketball final, the Western High team sure acted like it belonged. Despite a slow start on the offensive end, the Pioneers rode a suffocating defense and leaned on the second-half effort of Ahmad Hammouri to defeat host Dos Pueblos 65-49 in…
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The Dana Hills boys basketball team lost to Bishop Diego 54-52 in the CIF Southern Section Division 3A championship game on Friday at Bishop Diego High in Santa Barbara. Freshman guard Collin Haugh led Dana Hills (19-10) with 16 points. His brother Griffin Haugh scored 14 points. Tyler Williams, a 6-3 senior forward, led Bishop…
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Scores from the CIF-Southern Section and L.A. City Section boys and girls basketball championship games Friday, Feb. 25. BOYS BASKETBALL CIF SOUTHERN SECTION Friday Open Division Corona Centennial 68, Harvard-Westlake 48 Division 1 St. Bernard 71, JSerra 59 Division 2AA Village Christian 78, Long Beach Poly 69 Division 2A San Juan Hills 59, La Mirada…
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO >> The Servite boys soccer team beat Trinity League foe JSerra in penalty kicks Friday to win its second CIF-SS Division 1 championship in three seasons. The two teams were tied at 1-1 at the end of regulation and played two scoreless overtime periods. The Friars beat the Lions in penalty kicks…
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ANAHEIM — One team was razor sharp on Friday night at Honda Center. The other was not. Or more to the point, one team’s goaltender was sharp. The other team’s goalie was not. The Kings capitalized on an early bolt of lightning in the form of a Carl Grundstrom goal and then chipped away at…
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – The St. Bernard boys basketball team usually could count on one or two players to make 3-point shots. More than one or two Vikings were making 3s on Friday. Five of them made shots from behind the arc as St. Bernard beat JSerra 71-59 in the CIF Southern Section Division 1…
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LOS ANGELES — You can say this about the Lakers and Clippers: They keep it close. Their meeting in December was decided by four points, thanks to some timely shooting by Marcus Morris Sr. Earlier this month, Reggie Jackson’s final shot went in and Anthony Davis’ didn’t – the defining sequence in a one-point game.…
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