Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now A graduation class for the ages left Laguna Beach’s girls water polo team in the position to learn on the job this postseason. The Breakers showed Wednesday night that they’re a quick study. Second-seeded Laguna Beach put a narrow, first-round victory in its…
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HACIENDA HEIGHTS — It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t sharp. Yet the Los Altos girls basketball team found a way to advance past Yorba Linda in spite of 23 turnovers during the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 2A playoffs on Wednesday. The Conquerors needed overtime to do it, but they squeaked by the…
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The women’s figure skating free skate is the highlight Thursday and can be seen live on USA from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m., or on replay on NBC in prime time. Thursday, February 17 CNBC 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Curling – Semifinals 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Men’s Curling – Semifinals NBC 11…
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Scores from the CIF-SS girls water polo semifinals Wednesday and the matchups for the championship games Saturday. CIF-SS GIRLS WATER POLO PLAYOFFS Wednesday, semifinals OPEN DIVISION Newport Harbor 13, Foothill 3 Laguna Beach 10, Orange Lutheran 3 DIVISION 1 Agoura 12, King 8 Corona del Mar 11, Harvard-Westlake 5 DIVISION 2 Yucaipa 14, Glendora 3…
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LOS ANGELES — This Lakers season has been one of gradual deflation and dwindling hope. But the gentle downward slope of the franchise’s ambitions tumbled sharply along with Anthony Davis, as his right ankle twisted awkwardly toward the court during the second quarter of Wednesday night’s game against the Utah Jazz. The fall sent a shock…
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ANAHEIM — Police Wednesday sought the public’s help to identify a hit-and-run driver who left a woman moderately injured in Anaheim. The woman was walking Feb. 10 in a marked crosswalk in the area of West La Palma Avenue and Brookhurst Street, near the 5 Freeway, when she was struck by a Jeep being driven…
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Eileen Gu looks on during the women’s freestyle ski halfpipe qualification rounds at the Winter Olympics on Thursday (Wednesday night PT) in Zhangjiakou, China. Gu, who was born and raised in San Francisco but competes for China, had the two top scores of the day as she pursues her third medal of these Olympics. (Photo…
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A man brandished a gun at a shoe store in Seal Beach on Saturday and now police are asking for the public’s help in identifying him, Seal Beach Police Department officials said. Just before 11 a.m. on Feb. 12, police received reports of a man with a weapon at Private Sneakers, a shoe store that…
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Allegations that Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer made racist comments while discussing a murder case exploded Wednesday when internal memos from his office were leaked to the media. However, a Jan. 30 document written by Spitzer and released by his office within hours of the leak contend he was misquoted and taken out of…
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IRVINE >> The Woodbridge girls water polo team had to battle from behind throughout most of its CIF-SS Division 3 semifinal against Beckman on Wednesday at Beckman High School. Woodbridge finally broke through in the final two minutes of the contest, first on a game-tying goal from Lindsay Cheung with just under two minutes remaining,…
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