SANTA ANA — Just one day after longtime Mater Dei coach Bruce Rollinson announced that this will be his final season, the Monarchs dominated JSerra 54-14 Friday in the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs at Santa Ana Stadium. Mater Dei (11-0) will host Los Alamitos in the semifinals on Friday, Nov.…
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The scores from the CIF-SS high school football playoff games Friday, Nov. 11. CIF-SF FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS QUARTERFINALS DIVISION 1 Mater Dei 54, JSerra 14 Los Alamitos 52, Long Beach Poly 42 Mission Viejo 31, Centennial 28 St. John Bosco 49, Orange Lutheran 14 DIVISION 2 Sierra Canyon 42, Serra 16 Bishop Amat 64, Oak Hills…
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EUGENE, Ore. — DJ Davis scored 24 points, hitting six 3-pointers, as UC Irvine stunned No. 21 Oregon 69-56 on Friday night. Dawson Baker added 11 points for UC Irvine (2-0), which is picked to finish fourth in the Big West Conference this season. The Anteaters made 12-of-28 3-pointers. The Ducks were led by N’Faly…
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CLAREMONT — Northwood’s No. 3 doubles tandem of Kelly Zang and Zoe Guo came away with a somewhat surprising sweep in their three sets, providing a huge boost to the Timberwolves in a 12-6 victory over No. 1 seed Sage Hill to win the CIF-SS Division 3 girls tennis championship Friday at The Claremont Club.…
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By JONATHAN J. COOPER (Associated Press) PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly won his bid for reelection Friday in the crucial swing state of Arizona, defeating Republican venture capitalist Blake Masters to put his party one victory away from clinching control of the chamber for the next two years of Joe Biden’s presidency. With…
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A large fire broke out in a San Juan Capistrano commercial building around 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, authorities said. The blaze, which was described as “well-involved,” was reported at 7:51 on the 3200 block of Calle Perfecto, according to Orange County Fire Authority spokesperson Capt. Sean Doran. The fire was upgraded to a third-alarm…
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Although votes are still being counted, we’re starting to get a better sense of who Orange County voters want to represent them in Sacramento. So far, it appears most incumbents are holding onto their seats — when they aren’t pitted against one another. And one Assembly race is proving the adage “every vote counts” to…
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Several of the contests that will determine who runs the city of Orange remained difficult to call on Friday, as the Orange County Registrar of Voters continues counting thousands of ballots that were dropped off or mailed on or just before Tuesday’s election. The office of mayor and four council seats were on the ballot.…
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By Jim Salter | Associated Press President Joe Biden’s plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to $20,000 apiece in federal student-loan forgiveness has been blocked by a second federal court, leaving millions of borrowers to wonder if they’ll get debt relief at all. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman ruled that the…
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By Nicholas Riccardi and Ken Ritter | Associated Press LAS VEGAS — With control of the U.S. Senate on the line, Nevada’s protracted ballot count ground through a fourth day Friday as election officials tallied thousands of votes ahead of a Saturday deadline to accept finally arriving mail-ins. Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto was running…
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