The Orange County scores from Tuesday’s CIF-SS boys basketball playoff games and the schedule for the semifinals Friday, Feb. 21. CIF-SS BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS OPEN DIVISION Third round of pool play, Tuesday Pool A Harvard-Westlake 61, JSerra 48 Notre Dame/SO 67, Santa Margarita 59 Fourth round of pool play, Friday La Mirada (0-2) at Santa…
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Months into his first term as president, Donald Trump was furious with the snowballing Russia investigation and ordered White House counsel Don McGahn to make sure that special counsel Robert Mueller got fired. “Mueller has to go,” McGahn recalled Trump saying. “Call me back when you do it.” Related Articles National…
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NEWPORT BEACH – Defense, contributions from the reserves and the consistent play of EJ Spillman helped return the Pacifica Christian boys basketball team to the CIF Southern Section semifinals. The Tritons beat San Juan Hills 54-38 on Tuesday in a Division 2AA quarterfinals playoff game at Pacifica Christian High. San Juan Hills center Mason Hodges,…
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Harvard-Westlake’s Amir Jones is guarded by JSerra’s Jarne Eyenga during the third round of CIF Southern Section Open Division pool play Feb. 18, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer) JSerra’s BJ Davis-Ray puts up a shot while defended by Nikolas Khamenia of Harvard-Westlake during the third round of CIF Southern Section Open Division pool play…
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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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