Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Pacifica’s softball team posted another walk-off victory in the playoffs Tuesday. Sophomore Delaina Ma’ae singled in sophomore Kaniya Bragg in the seventh inning to the Mariners’ past visiting South Torrance 2-1 in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. Last week,…
Month: May 2022
Foothill baseball tops Santa Margarita with winning run in 7th inning
SANTA ANA >> Andrew Parker’s infield single in the seventh inning Tuesday helped score the winning run for Foothill in a 5-4 win over Santa Margarita in the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 baseball playoffs at Foothill High. Foothill (20-9) will host Huntington Beach in the quarterfinals Friday afternoon. The Knights have…
Russia pummels port of Odesa in attempt to disrupt supplies
By ELENA BECATOROS and JON GAMBRELL ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pummeled the vital port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday, in an apparent effort to disrupt supply lines and Western weapons shipments as Ukraine’s foreign minister appeared to suggest the country could expand its war aims. With the war now in its 11th week…
Orioles beat Royals, 6-1, behind starter Tyler Wells and Ryan Mountcastle’s plate discipline in breakout fifth inning
If there’s a difference between what Ryan Mountcastle showed at the beginning of the season to now, the obvious distinction is in the results. But at a more minute level, manager Brandon Hyde ignores those results, focusing on how anxious and jumpy the Orioles first baseman looked early on compared with the control he now…
VOTE: Southern California Boys Athlete of the Week, May 13
Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region. Each athlete is…
Rosters announced for Orange County softball game May 25
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Rosters for the Orange County Softball Coaches Senior All-Star Classic on May 25 have been announced. The nine-inning game for will be played at 6 p.m. at Bill Barber Park’s Deanna Manning Stadium in Irvine. The game is sponsored by Premier Girls Fastpitch.…
Foothill boys lacrosse knocks off St. Margaret’s to earn another shot at CIF-SS Div. 1 title
TUSTIN >> The Foothill boys lacrosse team displayed its dominant defense Tuesday in a 10-8 win over St. Margaret’s in the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 semifinals at Tustin High. Foothill (19-4) will play Corona del Mar for the Division 1 championship Friday night at Downey High. CdM defeated Mater Dei 9-5 in the other semifinal…
Kristian Winfield: Why Joel Embiid was my MVP pick this season
Three different players could have won NBA Most Valuable Player this season. But the candidate that best fit my definition of “value” this season, and whose value has been substantiated through two playoff rounds, did not hoist the award on Monday. Denver’s Nikola Jokic took the crown, according to ESPN, over Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid and…
Foothill baseball tops Santa Margarita with winning run in 7th inning
SANTA ANA >> Andrew Parker’s infield single in the seventh inning Tuesday helped score the winning run for Foothill in a 5-4 win over Santa Margarita in the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 baseball playoffs at Foothill High. Foothill (20-9) will host Huntington Beach in the quarterfinals Friday afternoon. The Knights have…
Orioles beat Royals, 6-1, behind starter Tyler Wells and Ryan Mountcastle’s plate discipline in breakout fifth inning
If there’s a difference between what Ryan Mountcastle showed at the beginning of the season to now, the obvious distinction is in the results. But at a more minute level, manager Brandon Hyde ignores those results, focusing on how anxious and jumpy the Orioles first baseman looked early on compared with the control he now…
Kristian Winfield: Why Joel Embiid was my MVP pick this season
Three different players could have won NBA Most Valuable Player this season. But the candidate that best fit my definition of “value” this season, and whose value has been substantiated through two playoff rounds, did not hoist the award on Monday. Denver’s Nikola Jokic took the crown, according to ESPN, over Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid and…
Rosters announced for Orange County softball game May 25
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Rosters for the Orange County Softball Coaches Senior All-Star Classic on May 25 have been announced. The nine-inning game for will be played at 6 p.m. at Bill Barber Park’s Deanna Manning Stadium in Irvine. The game is sponsored by Premier Girls Fastpitch.…
Russia pummels port of Odesa in attempt to disrupt supplies
By ELENA BECATOROS and JON GAMBRELL ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pummeled the vital port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday, in an apparent effort to disrupt supply lines and Western weapons shipments as Ukraine’s foreign minister appeared to suggest the country could expand its war aims. With the war now in its 11th week…
Man pleads guilty to groping 4 women along Santiago Creek Trail in Orange
SANTA ANA — A 23-year-old man pleaded guilty Tuesday to groping four women along Santiago Creek Trail in Orange. Saul Montiel-Tejada of Orange grabbed a woman’s buttocks while she was walking in the 4700 block of East Walnut Avenue about 7:40 p.m. Aug. 12, 2020, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. The victim…
Nick Madrigal and Michael Hermosillo land on the injured list, and Seiya Suzuki is scratched from the Chicago Cubs lineup
Injuries are piling up for the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs put second baseman Nick Madrigal (lower back tightness) and outfielder Michael Hermosillo (left quadriceps strain) on the 10-day injured list before Tuesday’s game against the San Diego Padres, and Seiya Suzuki (right ankle soreness) was scratched from the lineup about 75 minutes before first pitch.…
Stocks turn mixed on Wall Street a day after big sell-off
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes on Wall Street ended a choppy day of trading with a mixed finish Tuesday, after an afternoon rally in technology companies helped reverse an early slide. The S&P 500 closed 0.2% higher, snapping a three-day losing streak, after swinging between a gain…
Albano’s Diamond Club: Orange County softball standouts last week, May 9
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Makenzie Butt, Fountain Valley, So., 1B: Butt hit two home runs in the fifth inning to lead the top-seeded Barons to an 11-2 triumph against Barstow in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 5 playoffs. Kylie Loertscher, El Toro, So., P: Loertscher…
Sheriff: Alabama inmate, jailer were prepared for a shootout
By DYLAN LOVAN and JAY REEVES EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A murder suspect and the jailer who helped him escape from an Alabama lockup were carrying $29,000 in cash, four handguns and an AR-15 rifle and were prepared for a shootout when they were captured, an Indiana sheriff said Tuesday. Authorities caught up with the…
Albano’s Diamond Club: Orange County softball standouts last week, May 9
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Makenzie Butt, Fountain Valley, So., 1B: Butt hit two home runs in the fifth inning to lead the top-seeded Barons to an 11-2 triumph against Barstow in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 5 playoffs. Kylie Loertscher, El Toro, So., P: Loertscher…
Stocks turn mixed on Wall Street a day after big sell-off
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes on Wall Street ended a choppy day of trading with a mixed finish Tuesday, after an afternoon rally in technology companies helped reverse an early slide. The S&P 500 closed 0.2% higher, snapping a three-day losing streak, after swinging between a gain…