By Jim Tortolano A game marked by cold shooting – sparked in part by red-hot defense resulted in (pardon the pun) a barnburner of a Garden Grove League boys’ basketball game Friday […]
Defense wins the game for Mats
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This is the time when sports from the fall and winter overlap just a bit. Here’s a quick tour of what’s going in high school athletics in the West Orange County area. […]
Saxons win CIF-SS football title
The Loara High football team on Friday night completed a most unlikely journey in winning the CIF-SS Division 14 football title at Glover Field in Anaheim. After building an early 14-0 lead, […]
Number one in Division 14
In this new era of “competitive equity” for high school football, one of the premier success stories is Friday’s game between the Rialto Knights and the Loara Saxons at Glover Stadium in […]
Loara advances to title game
The Loara High Saxons football team, which finished fourth in the Garden Grove League, is now just one victory away from winning a CIF-SS championship. On Friday night the team defeated the […]
Saxons into the semifinals
The realignment of divisions for football teams this fall by the CIF-SS is working out pretty well for Loara High of Anaheim. On Friday, the Saxons (8-6) will visit Alhambra (6-6) in […]
Edison falls, but Saxons win
Edison High’s football team was knocked out of the CIF-SS Division 2 quarterfinals by Inglewood 22-16 on Friday night. The Chargers, who finished the season 8-4, led at one point, but couldn’t […]
Mariners fall and Saxons win
Pacifica High’s football team ended an otherwise successful season on a disappointing note Thursday night, losing 35-14 to Mira Costa in a first round CIF-SS Division 7 game at Bolsa Stadium. The […]
Nine area teams in CIF football
Nine area high school football teams qualified for the CIF-SS football playoffs starting on Friday. Those teams will compete in 14 divisions, arranged based on a new system of “competitive equity,” in […]
Pacifica outlasts Canyon, 54-49
Edward “Jun” Ramos rushed for four touchdowns and quarterback Darius Cowens ran for three TDs and passed for another as Pacifica outlasted Canyon in a 54-49 non-league victory Thursday night at Bolsa […]
