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Get ready for a thrilling sports event this winter! The TQ Winter Classic is all set to take place from Sat, Dec 09 at 5am until Sun, Dec 10 at 5am. This exciting tournament will be held at the Get It Done Sports Arena, located at 1871 N Delilah St, Corona, CA.

TORRANCE, Calif. - The Pleasant Valley Vikings entered the game against the Ramona Rams, seeking their third Division 5-AA State Championship in the last decade. Ramona took the lead early and shut the Vikings out in the first half, leading 21-0 after two quarters. Late in the game, with three...

(Graphic: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone). It all comes down to two high school football games in Orange County this weekend as Mission Viejo (1-AA) and Mater Dei (open) go for CIF state titles at Saddleback College. Mission Viejo meets De La Salle Friday at 8 p.m. and...

Eno Nto scored his 11th goal of the season, Bryan Dowd recorded his 11th shutout of the season and No. 2 Notre Dame beat unranked and shorthanded Oregon State 1-0 to reach the College Cup championship game for the first time since 2013

GENE AUTRY (WIkipedia). The creation of an Orange County Hall of Fame has been announced and the initial 10 selected by the Board of Supervisors. Before I get into why it’s such a lame list, here’s the lineup: Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods, Gwen Stefani, Greg Louganis, Amanda Beard, Bill Medley, Frank Jao, William Lyon and Henry Segerstrom and Walt Disney.

California high school football supremacy comes down to a massive Super 25 matchup between No. 3 Mater Dei (Santa Ana) and No. 17 Serra (San Mateo) on Saturday. The CIF State Open Division championship game at Saddleback College (Mission Viejo, Calif.) will be a final chance for both teams to showcase their top-tier talent synonymous with California high school football while significantly impacting the final Super 25 in the weeks ahead.

The fall of 2023 has seen impressive achievements from UHS sports teams and athletes, including a historic win for the boys’ football team against their rival after 12 years, recognition for senior Blaine Anderson as the Pacific Coast League Specialist MVP, and the establishment of girls’ flag football as an official CIF sport. Additionally, the UHS Varsity Girls’ Tennis team dominated the Pacific Coast League with a perfect 12-0 record, while boys’ water polo finished with a remarkable 19-11 record. Girls’ volleyball and girls’ golf faced challenges but showcased determination and team spirit.

Photos by Carlo Montalbo (www.i4pix.smugmug.com) Glendora and Ontario Christian met up for the second time in five days. Last week, the Tartans edged the Knights, 43-39, at the San Dimas Tournament. And on Thursday, GHS claimed a 47-42 victory in the Glendora Tournament. A 28-19 run in the second half...

PULLMAN, Wash. - The Washington State men's basketball team is quietly off to a great start to the season. Wednesday night in Pullman, the Cougs took care of business, beating UC Riverside 86-49 and improving to 7-1.

Editor’s Note: The stats in this story came directly from the CCCAA website. The Riverside City College football program finished 2022 at 12-1. That would seem like a dream season for most programs. That dream, however, ended on December 10th of 2022, because the Tigers were handed a 55-0...

Flintridge Prep won its sixth consecutive game on Thursday. The Wolves defeated Chino Hills, 47-42, at the Bonita-Claremont Tournament. Maddie Smith led all scorers with 23 points. Akemi Fu contributed eight points and seven rebounds. Miya Naruko added seven points and seven rebounds. Haley Chuang led the Huskies with 14...

The California Interscholastic Federation, also known as CIF, is what governs high school sports in this state. Its inclusion in Middle College High School would bring in great benefits for its students like improving health, providing opportunities for student athletes and even increasing school spirit. Unfortunately, the path for this inclusion is left unclear.

On Oct. 28, a Saturday afternoon, Beaumont High School hosted an event unprecedented in the school district’s history: its esports tournament debut, featuring 12 teams from schools around the county. Organized by the Riverside County Office of Education, the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (SSBU) tournament was the in-person debut...

The Viking girls' basketball team won a 60-16 victory over Ontario on Tuesday, Dec. 5. The game was held in the Tiger gym. Vale senior Halle Peterson scored the first points and led the game. She scored the first eight points and ended with a total of 20 points, the highest of all players.

(Graphic: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone) San Clemente 83, University 62: The Tritons (8-3) were led by Porter Hansen, who scored 28 points. Christian Fernandez had 21 points and six assists, Will Whidden 12 points and nine rebounds and Chase Tolliver eight points and 19 rebounds. Hansen and Fernandez each had 4, three-pointers. University (1-8) was led by Isaac Evans who had 31 points and six 3-pointers and Christian DeBarge, who had 20 points.

Damien secured win No. 7 of the 2023-24 season on Monday. And the Spartans put Ramona away early. Damien claimed an 86-19 victory at the Ramona-Riverside Poly Tournament. Jacob Allen had a game-high 15 points for DHS. Elijah Smith, Jayden Avina and Xavier Clinton contributed 12 points apiece in Monday’s...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Beon Riley had 21 points in Utah Tech's 72-69 win against Cal Baptist on Wednesday night. Riley added seven rebounds and three steals for the Trailblazers (5-3, 2-0 Western Athletic Conference). Jaylen Searles added 15 points while finishing 7 of 13 from the floor, and grabbed seven rebounds. Larry Olayinka was 5-of-6 shooting and 1 of 3 from the free-throw line to finish with 11 points.

The old days are done forever. Is that good or bad?. Perhaps echoing – unintentionally – the sea changes in college football’s arrangements and alignments, we shall see another bit of earthquaking in the high school football leagues for the 2024 and 2025. As enumerated in Steve...

Tae Davis posted his second straight double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead Notre Dame to an 86-65 win over Western Michigan

The Don Lugo’s Girls Varsity Water Polo team played against Webb High School on Tuesday November 28, at Webb High School and our Don Lugo team won 20 to 9 against their team. Although this game was a scrimmage, it was still very important as any regular game would be. Scrimmage games are useful not only for practice but also to have a chance to try new techniques or plays without having to worry about the scores being written down in the books. It provides learning experience for both returning and new players. Considering the season has not even started and they did outstanding with scoring 20 of their shots out of the 29 shots attempted during this game. Though this game was a team effort there were two that stood out according to Coach Deliana Thirkettle with them being Ava Spears and Joyce Toledo. Spears is a Senior that has played for all four years and Toledo a Junior that has played for three years. With her saying after the game “the two girls that stood out the most were Joyce and Ava.” These girls set a good example not only for varsity but also JV, it proves that they deserved their spots on Varsity and as their spots as team captains. There were also two girls that were moved up from JV to Varsity for this game, Hannah Carver and Jodie Hornstra both being freshmen. Considering it being their first season they did extremely well keeping up with girls who have already been playing for a long time. With this only being their pre-season they are doing well and it is no surprise with them practicing 5 days a week from 3:30 pm to 6 pm and having morning practice Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 6 am to 7:30 am. There is no doubt that both Varsity and JV will do amazing this coming season.