By Jim Tortolano It’s a measure of how competitive the Empire League is that a team with 12 wins going into the league opener was bested Friday night by a team with […]
Irish rally to turn back Mariners
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 […]
Rancho alone atop the GGL
Rancho Alamitos won its third Garden Grove League football title in four years with Thursday’s 27-17 victory over Los Amigos at Monsoor Stadium. The Vaqueros clinched no worse than a tie last […]
Argonauts keep shutouts going
Garden Grove High’s football team added another shutout victory to its resume Friday night as the Argonauts defeated Glenn High of Norwalk 49-0 in a non-league game. Vany Rodriguez threw four touchdown […]
Tillers triumph over Mariners
By Jim Tortolano In a game that – it seemed – there were nearly more penalties than points, Pacifica’s dreams of an Empire League football title were thrown for a loss. The […]
Perez leads Oilers past Marina
By Christopher Abdelmalek When rivalry week approaches, it usually brings out the best in both schools. This year’s battle between Marina High School Vikings and the Huntington Beach Oilers was a bit […]
Some matchups worth cheering
There’s an old coaching adage: “If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best.” Some local team high school football teams will get the chance to measure themselves […]
Now who’s up and who’s who
Our second poll of the season is – we admit – a bit of a guess, like all rankings. But people like lists and ladders and such, as we are agreeing […]
Chargers are our 1st number 1
It’s Week Two for high school football and everybody’s got at least one game in. The fans are back in the stands and it’s fall – sort of – instead of spring. […]
