SANTA ANA – Despite Godinez scoring an early goal to take the lead, Kenneth Flores and his teammates on the Fullerton boys soccer team kept their composure Thursday evening. Flores, a senior, scored the next two goals to lead Fullerton to a 2-1 victory in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs at…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now A roundup of Orange County girls basketball games Thursday in the first round of the CIF Southern Section playoffs: DIVISION 1 No. 14 Woodbridge 61, No. 12 Orangewood Academy 52: Junior forward Milan Heisdorf scored 26 points to lead the visiting Warriors (17-10)…
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By GARY HOROWITZ The Associated Press CORVALLIS, Ore. — Amari Bailey scored a career-high 24 points and did his best work after halftime to lead No. 7 UCLA to a 62-47 victory over Oregon State on Thursday night. Bailey, a freshman guard, was 10 for 16 from the field and scored 18 points in the…
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Stoplights over spotlights. Yellow lights on a good day. So far, the Clippers’ Kawhi-and-PG era has been stop-and-go, somewhere between a slog and a slow burn, dissatisfying because the goal, of course, is for the Clippers to claim their first NBA championship. The deals the team made at Thursday’s trade deadline didn’t quicken anyone’s heart…
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About 100 people gathered in prayer in Irvine — thousands and thousands of miles away from where a deadly earthquake killed more than 20,000 people in Turkey and Syria — to honor the victims and pledge aid. Leaders from different faith groups gathered at the Anatolia Cultural Center in Irvine on Thursday night, Feb. 9,…
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Lakers forward LeBron James speaks during a ceremony honoring him as the NBA’s all-time leading scorer before their game against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. James surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to take over the record during Tuesday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Lakers great James Worthy, right,…
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BREA – The Orange Lutheran girls basketball team beat Brea Olinda 49-40 in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs Thursday night because junior guard Shea Joko had a fine game. So did Orange Lutheran’s Kelly Garrity, and Madi Bogan. And Taliyah McFerson. And Heaven Johnson, and … “Even if I…
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LOS ANGELES — If the Lakers remember one particular moment from Thursday night’s tilt, it might just be a second-quarter possession, when Austin Reaves found himself one-on-one with Giannis Antetokounmpo. Rather than step back and shoot over the 6-foot-11 forward, or simply pass out of an isolation against the 2020 Defensive Player of the Year,…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Los Alamitos’ girls water polo team carried an ambitious defensive strategy into its CIF-SS Open Division first-round match Thursday night. The Griffins’ desire to advance was even bigger. Los Alamitos executed its defensive plan against reigning Open Division champion Newport Harbor and added…
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Right before the 2020 Del Mar summer meet, jockey Juan Hernandez was looking to relocate from the Northern California circuit. He needed an agent, someone to handle his book on a Southern California circuit that includes some of the top riders in the nation. Craig O’Bryan, who has represented such Hall of Fame riders as…
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