PLACENTIA >> Coming into Tuesday’s CIF-SS second-round playoff game, El Dorado boys basketball coach Ryan Mounce posed this question to his team: “Why not us?” The Golden Hawks proved Mounce right as they defeated fourth-seeded Crescenta Valley in overtime 49-44 after Jacob Kang provided some fourth-quarter heroics to help force overtime and Cooper Bladow hit…
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LONG BEACH >> The motto for the St. Anthony boys basketball team this season is “32 minutes.” But on Tuesday night, the host Saints were unstoppable from both sides of the court for the final 16 minutes of the game, which included a 19-4 run in the third quarter. The second-half comeback helped St. Anthony…
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Scores from Tuesday’s CIF-SS boys soccer playoff games, and the matchups and schedule for Friday’s quarterfinals. CIF-SS BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS Games start at 3 p.m. or 5 p.m. DIVISION 1 Second round, Tuesday Servite 4, West Torrance 1 Aliso Niguel 2, San Marcos 0 Huntington Beach 1, San Clemente 1 (Huntington Beach wins on PKs,…
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The schedule wasn’t up to them, but the Clippers were up for the challenge. They chased Monday’s feel-good victory over the second-best team in the NBA with a game the next night in Phoenix – against the league’s best team, the well-rested Suns. The result was a 103-96 loss, but one they didn’t feel so…
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HUNTINGTON BEACH – The Billings brothers led Foothill’s boys basketball team to a 75-58 win over Marina on Tuesday in the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 2AA playoffs at Marina High. Carlo Billings, a 5-11 junior guard, scored 19 points, and senior guard Cruz Billlings (5-8) scored 18. Foothill (26-2) will play…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now HUNTINGTON BEACH — An 11-day break couldn’t slow Edison’s special boys basketball season Tuesday night. Neither could a mid-major, college recruit who averages about 26 points. Trey Wilborn scored 18 points and fellow senior forward added Tyler Hampton 13 as the No. 2-seeded…
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LOS ANGELES — The Kings were back on the job Tuesday night, but they were unable to pick up where they left off before their extended break, falling to the Edmonton Oilers, 5-2, at Crypto.com Arena. In their first game since Feb. 2, the Kings saw their six-game points streak snapped. Meanwhile, Edmonton improved to…
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO >> The JSerra boys basketball team put on one of its best performances of the season in a 72-44 win over Rolling Hills Prep in the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs Tuesday at JSerra High. JSerra (17-9) shot 55 percent from 3-point range, had 16 assists and were the only team this season…
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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING — The United States is out of the men’s hockey tournament at the Olympics in stunning fashion after blowing a late lead. Marek Hrivik scored with 43.7 seconds left in regulation, Peter Cehlarik had the winner and Slovakia beat the U.S., 3-2, in a shootout on Wednesday (Tuesday…
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Scores from Tuesday’s CIF-SS boys basketball playoff games and the updated matchups and schedule for Friday’s games. CIF-SS BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS All games start 7 p.m. unless noted OPEN DIVISION Pool play Tuesday Pool A Corona Centennial 71, Damien 48 Bishop Montgomery 62, Crean Lutheran 59 Pool B Sierra Canyon 60, Mater Dei 53 Harvard-Westlake…
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