The Huntington Beach High School softball team is alone atop the Sunset Surf League after a 5-2 win over Marina on Thursday. A four-run rally in the top of the third provided […]
Oilers beats Vikes, rise to 1st
Magga leads Aztecs to win
Ella Magga launched a one-girl assault on the record books Wednesday in La Quinta’s 20-8 non-league win over Portola High in softball. Magga, a freshman, nearly hit for cycle, collecting a single, […]
The mighty triumph and slip
The mighty triumphed and the mighty stumbled in local high school softball and baseball on Tuesday. In a Sunset Surf crucial, Huntington Beach defeated Los Alamitos 3-1 in a struggle between two […]
Baseball trots forward … slowly
Baseball, one of the most hide-bound of major sports – or should we say, horsehide-bound – is finally starting to change. As spring training camps open after an agreement was reached between […]
Mariners soar with bats, gloves
The high school basketball season isn’t quite over as regional finals and state championships are still ahead, but the spring sports have begun and with them some powerful local teams have emerged. […]
Baseball becoming “bore ball”
By Jim Like/AP Sports Columnist Whatever harm Barry Bonds did to baseball pales in comparison to the damage baseball inflicted on itself both at the time and since. So say what you […]
Vaccinations back on the rise
Vaccination against the coronavirus is on a slow, steady rise across the United States. According to the Associated Press, the increase is caused by senior citizens and people with previous medical conditions […]
Ocean View was diamond-bright
Ocean View High School’s athletic teams are known as the Seahawks. But they did so well this spring on the diamond they might fairly be called the Bathawks. The OVHS softball team […]
Seahawks, Panthers advance
Two local teams won first round CIF-SS baseball games Friday and will advance to the second round on Tuesday. In Division 2, Ocean View (22-6 overall) defeated Simi Valley 5-4 in nine […]
CIF baseball playoffs to start
Six area teams will open play in the CIF-SS baseball playoffs this week. Some divisions will start action on Thursday and some on Friday. A seventh team is in a wild card […]
