GARDEN GROVE — The Workman boys basketball team was closing in on its first appearance in the CIF Southern Section semifinals in more than 20 years Tuesday night. It held a three-point halftime lead over Santiago of Garden Grove in the Division 4AA quarterfinals. But Santiago’s Jorden De La Mora had other plans. De La…
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LOS ANGELES — Hep Cronin, the father of UCLA men’s basketball head coach Mick Cronin, told the Southern California News Group that a post-game party was in store if the Bruins won Tuesday night to honor Mick’s 500th career win. Mick’s friend, Mark, printed 100-plus shirts with Cronin’s face on it, Hep joked 30 minutes before…
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LOS ALAMITOS — Troy goalkeeper Ave de Leest accomplished a rarely seen feat in the Warriors’ CIF-SS playoff victory over Los Alamitos on Tuesday. After a scoreless tie during 80 minutes of regulation time and two 10-minute overtime periods, the Division 1 quarterfinal match was forced to be decided on penalty kicks. De Leest made…
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WILMINGTON — It will go down as an epic final 8.2 seconds for the Los Alamitos basketball team. From strategic intentional fouls to a mad scramble that sent coach Nate Berger sprawling to the floor, Los Alamitos survived the frantic final stretch to advance to its first CIF Southern Section semifinal since 2015. Los Alamitos…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now COSTA MESA — As Newport Harbor and Orange Lutheran’s girls water polo teams were about to finish warmups for their CIF-SS Open Division semifinal on Tuesday night, the crowd burst into cheers after learning the stunning result of the other semifinal. An unpredictable…
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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA — In a game that featured two vastly different styles of play, Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks’ style won the night Tuesday against Santa Margarita. Notre Dame’s dominance inside led the Knights to a 67-59 win over Santa Margarita in a CIF-SS Open Division playoff game at Santa Margarita High. Notre Dame…
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IRVINE – The nickname Cardiac Kids has described many sports teams who live on the edge. And when it was suggested to Crean Lutheran boys basketball coach Nate Klitzing after his team’s latest pulmonary victory, he acknowledged the sentiment. “Cardiac Kids, Surviving Saints, something alliterative,” he said. And so it is. The Surviving Saints have…
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NEWPORT COAST — James Karahalios hit the game-winning jumper with 2.5 second left in overtime as Sage Hill’s boys basketball team defeated Tustin 43-39 in the CIF-SS Division 3AA quarterfinals Tuesday night at Sage Hill High. Sage Hill coach D’Cean Bryant was thrilled that Karahalios persevered despite some recent struggles with his shot. “When that (shot)…
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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 Tuesday, Feb. 18 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. TUESDAY’S SCORES GIRLS…
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The State Department had been in talks with Elon Musk’s Tesla company to buy armored electric vehicles, but the plans have been put on hold by the Trump administration after reports emerged about a potential $400 million purchase. A State Department spokesperson said the electric car company owned by Musk,…
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