OCVarsity’s Michael Huntley takes a hard look at what worked, what didn’t and who earned a helmet sticker for being a top performer or leader for their team. This is a weekly online feature for OCVarsity that will appear throughout the football season.

Forty-eight paddlers finished a 30-mile ocean trek from Catalina to Newport Beach on Saturday, Sept. 11, an effort that raised $80,000 for lifeguarding and water safety programs here and afar. The annual paddle,

Starting the football week in Orange County with notes, comments and observations … 1. We’re about to find out: Los Alamitos is 4-0, and it’s kind of difficult to determine if our rankings have the Griffins correctly slotted at No.

San Clemente advanced to Dave Mohs Memorial Tournament elite bracket semifinals while Huntington Beach, Laguna Hills and Yorba Linda won their bracket’s championships.

Dan Albano votes in the weekly Orange County football top 25 poll. Here is how he voted in this week’s poll, plus his next 10 teams. Dan Albano has been a high school sports writer at The Orange County Register since 1993.

There’s been a buzz on the beach about the first-ever world championships happening just south of San Clemente and plenty of people showed up early Monday to watch the event start, which was

But sadly, many visitors left a trail of trash behind. California Coastal Cleanup Day is a way to give back to the beach, this year returning to its one-day volunteer format on Sept. 18, rather than a virtual month-long event like last year.

Barker easily wins the Division 3 freshmen girls race in a meet-best time of 16 minutes, 59.2. seconds. Aliso Niguel’s Brennan Foody turns in the best boys time of the meet.

Witnesses said the motorcycle was speeding, popping wheelies and moving erratically as it traveled south on Pacific Coast Highway, police said.

LA VERNE — Damien came oh so close to shocking undefeated Orange Lutheran, but a late score by the Lancers and overtime did them in. Orange Lutheran’s Desmin Jackson caught an 18-yard pass from Logan Gonzalez for the game-winning score in overtime to defeat Damien,