Month: May 2022

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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…

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…

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…

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…