Girls soccer playoff roundup: Oak Park, Buena, Oxnard, Santa Paula, St. Bonaventure, Santa Clara and Thacher won first-round matches Thursday.

Estancia (10-6-3) hosts top-seeded Hemet in the second round Saturday at 5 p.m. Upland 4, Huntington Beach 0: The Oilers fell at the top seed in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs Thursday. Huntington Beach finished 10-11-5. Troy 3, Newport Harbor 1: Sadie Pitchess scored for the visiting Sailors in the first round ...

Engage aims to further differentiate itself by offering curated experiences, something that resonates with Olson, who grew up a big USC fan in Huntington Beach, Calif. Shortly after he made the decision to have his second eye removed in 2009, he was invited to USC as a middle schooler to meet his football heroes. That experience inspired him to ...

0/0) MIDFIELDERS (6): Talia DellaPeruta (Köln/GER; Cumming, Ga.; 4/0), Katelyn Duong (Minnesota; Portland, Ore.; 3/0), Jenna Nighswonger (Florida State; Huntington Beach, Calif.; 4/1), Brianna Pinto (North Carolina; Durham, N.C.; 32/4), Alexa Spaanstra (Virginia; Brighton, Mich.; 13/2), Summer Yates (Washington; Pasco, Wash.; 4/2) FORWARDS (5 ...

Around the horn • The Newport Elks Tournament, an 80-team tournament with four divisions, begins Feb. 21. The top division is the Frank Lerner Division, named for a popular late umpire, which has Capistrano Valley, Huntington Beach, JSerra and 2019 Division 1 finalist Harvard-Westlake of Studio City in it. Information is at ...

Huntington Beach 0, Fullerton 0: The Oilers won a penalty-kick shootout 4-1 on Wednesday in a CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoff opener at home. Will Macy, Brandon Francis, Cesar Cerda and Slater Hammer scored in the shootout for Huntington Beach (9-7-6).

HUNTINGTON BEACH — The Mission Viejo boys soccer team gave up an early goal, but the Diablos then scored two of their own first-half goals and hung on for a 2-1 victory over Edison in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs on Wednesday at Edison High School. Tyler Oaksen’s header, worthy of a highlight reel, broke a 1-1 tie in ...

Senior shortstop Milan Tolentino (UCLA commit) was Trinity League MVP and senior outfielder Connor Bane (UC Santa Barbara) was all-league first team in 2019. 4. Huntington Beach (25-7): Senior outfielder Jag Burden (Cal) was All-Surf League first team last season. Senior outfielder Jake Vogel (UCLA) was all-league second team last season.

The top 10 players to watch in Orange County baseball in 2020: Jag Burden, Huntington Beach: The senior left fielder was All-Surf League first team last season and was a team co-MVP. Among Burden’s bigger contributions last season was his walk-off hit that gave Huntington Beach a 2-1 win over Bishop Amat in the CIF-SS playoffs. He signed with ...

Harvard-Westlake is the No. 1 seed in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs. It has a first-round bye on Thursday, and will take on the winner of Huntington Beach-Aliso Niguel at home on Saturday at 7 p.m. Nnenna Orji, Etiwanda: Orji averaged 12 points and nine rebounds in wins over St. Lucy’s and Chino Hills as the Eagles claimed ...