Day: May 15, 2022

DOWNEY >> The Newport Harbor girls lacrosse team beat Murrieta Mesa 11-6 to claim its first CIF-Southern Section Division 2 championship in school history Saturday night at Downey High School. Newport Harbor (15-9) finished the regular season tied for second place in the Sunset League. The Sailors beat Chaminade, San Juan Hills and rival Corona…

Calling the issue “moot,” a judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit brought by the Orange County Board of Education against county and state school officials over the Orange County Department of Education’s 2019 budget. Orange County Superior Court Judge Martha K. Gooding ruled in favor of the defendants in the suit — Orange County…

Are there any doughnut fans out there? I think there must be, since sales by the year 2024 are projected to top $55 million. That’s a lot of “dough,” right? Worldwide, this very popular sweet treat can be called a beignet, zeppole, puff puff and oliebol, depending upon the region and culture. Whatever you call…

Scores from the CIF-SS softball semifinals Saturday, and the pairings for the finals on May 20-21. CIF-SS SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS DIVISION 1 Semifinals, Saturday Los Alamitos 4, Oaks Christian 0 Eastvale Roosevelt 3, Gahr 0 DIVISION 2 Semifinals, Saturday Millikan 7, Corona Centennial 2 Mission Viejo 10, Torrance 0 DIVISION 3 Semifinal, Saturday Bonita 4, Temescal…

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now BOYS SWIMMING CIF State swimming championships At Clovis West High, Fresno Team results: 1. Loyola 217.5, 2. Santa Margarita 177.5, 3. Palo Alto 158, others: 11. Northwood 62, 12. Sonora 55, 13. San Juan Hills 51, 20. Laguna Hills 37 200-yard medley relay…

DOWNEY >> Colin Barker scored the winning goal in overtime Saturday to give Aliso Niguel’s boys lacrosse team a 9-8 win over Beckman in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 championship game at Downey High. Aliso Niguel (20-2) was the Sea View League champion for the third consecutive season and this is the first CIF…

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — For the St. Margaret’s boys volleyball team, the third time was the charm. After losing twice to Capistrano Valley Christian during the regular season, St. Margaret’s turned things around Saturday night and swept the top–seeded Eagles 25-20, 25-23, 25-18 in the CIF-SS Division 4 final at St. Margaret’s. It is the…

LONG BEACH >> The Newport Harbor boys volleyball team needed one set to get comfortable in its CIF-SS Division 1 championship match against top-seeded Loyola on Saturday at Long Beach City College. Once this group of Sailors, who’ve been in championship matches before, calmed their nerves and began attacking in the second set, the tone…

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Santa Margarita’s record-setting time in the girls 400-yard freestyle relay last week looked like a warm-up on Friday. The Eagles clocked a much faster time during preliminaries at the CIF State swimming and diving championships at Clovis West High in Fresno. Santa Margarita…

By Victoria Johnson, Contributing writer They dance, they hop, they bounce. Their axles contort mechanically, allowing them to pop up and cruise along on three wheels — or even just two. Music blasts from their speakers as they roll along, preening, showing off custom paint jobs with intricate, radiant designs. These are lowriders all right…

DOWNEY >> Colin Barker scored the winning goal in overtime Saturday to give Aliso Niguel’s boys lacrosse team a 9-8 win over Beckman in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 championship game at Downey High. Aliso Niguel (20-2) was the Sea View League champion for the third consecutive season and this is the first CIF…

By Victoria Johnson, Contributing writer They dance, they hop, they bounce. Their axles contort mechanically, allowing them to pop up and cruise along on three wheels — or even just two. Music blasts from their speakers as they roll along, preening, showing off custom paint jobs with intricate, radiant designs. These are lowriders all right…

Are there any doughnut fans out there? I think there must be, since sales by the year 2024 are projected to top $55 million. That’s a lot of “dough,” right? Worldwide, this very popular sweet treat can be called a beignet, zeppole, puff puff and oliebol, depending upon the region and culture. Whatever you call…

Calling the issue “moot,” a judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit brought by the Orange County Board of Education against county and state school officials over the Orange County Department of Education’s 2019 budget. Orange County Superior Court Judge Martha K. Gooding ruled in favor of the defendants in the suit — Orange County…

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Santa Margarita’s record-setting time in the girls 400-yard freestyle relay last week looked like a warm-up on Friday. The Eagles clocked a much faster time during preliminaries at the CIF State swimming and diving championships at Clovis West High in Fresno. Santa Margarita…

Just for good measure, the Orioles were presented another golden opportunity. Left-hander Gregory Soto entered out of the bullpen in the ninth inning and promptly hit the first two batters he faced, then walked the bases loaded with one out. And yet, once Soto was replaced by right-hander Will Vest, Baltimore did what Baltimore had…

Yoán Moncada felt “on time” at the plate while rehabbing with Triple-A Charlotte as he recovered from a right oblique strain. That preparation was on display Thursday when Moncada hit his first home run of the season at an ideal time for the Chicago White Sox. The Sox trailed the New York Yankees by three…

CHICAGO — With Tim Anderson on third base, Aroldis Chapman gave up a ground-ball single to Luis Robert as the White Sox rallied for a 3-2 walkoff win over the Yankees at Guaranteed Rate Field on Saturday. Anderson hit a one-out single off Chapman, who was clearly bothered by Anderson’s threat to steal second. Chapman…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON, JOHN WAWROW, MICHAEL BALSAMO and DAVE COLLINS BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A white 18-year-old wearing military gear and livestreaming with a helmet camera opened fire with a rifle at a supermarket in Buffalo, killing 10 people and wounding three others Saturday in what authorities described as “racially motived violent extremism.” Police said…

For the third time this postseason, the Miami Heat find themselves in an extended waiting game. At the start of the playoffs, it was the wait before the Atlanta Hawks emerged from the play-in round as the first-round opponent. Before the second round, Erik Spoelstra’s team had to wait until the Philadelphia 76ers emerged from…