Fisher and the Aztecs were in on him early when bigger programs were dubious about what position best suited him. Huntington Beach unites to remember wife, mother and coach Christina Mauser Ducks continue to learn painful lessons in their ongoing search for consistency Whicker: Midcourt carries Kobe’s colors into the Santa Anita’s winner ...

Several hundred people gathered at Huntington Beach Pier Plaza on Saturday evening for a candlelight vigil in honor of Christina Mauser, a Huntington Beach resident, youth basketball coach and former educator who was one of nine people who died in a helicopter crash Jan. 26 in Calabasas. “I think the crowd here tonight is a testament to how ...

Hundreds of people in Huntington Beach gathered Saturday to hold a candlelight vigil for 38-year-old Christina Mauser, the assistant basketball coach for Mamba Academy who was killed last Sunday in the helicopter crash that also killed Kobe Bryant. It wasn't easy for anyone who knew Mauser to be present Saturday tonight. "Why someone so amazing?"

On the day, CdM also beat San Bernardino San Gorgonio (60-16), Orange Vista (39-30) and Baldwin Park Sierra Vista (57-21). Huntington Beach, the Wave League champion, lost to Montebello in the second round by a score of 48-30. Santa Margarita 7, Newport Harbor 6: Taylor Smith scored four goals for the Sailors in the fifth-place match of the ...

On Facebook, Matt defines himself as a “Singer/Song Writer/Entertainer/Dad.” Kevin Tripp of NBC News Radio wrote on Twitter, “One of the passengers on #KobeBryant helicopter was Christina Michelle Mauser of Huntington Beach. Her husband tells me that the 38-year-old mother loved helping coach basketball with Kobe’s team for girls.

Naess looks back on it as a great way to have begun his high school basketball career. Week in review: Naess averaged 21.5 points per game in leading Laguna Beach to wins over Fountain Valley and Huntington Beach last week. Laguna Beach has clinched the outright Wave League championship.

Willie Rounaghi added 10 points for Laguna Beach (19-7, 5-0). Roddie Anderson scored 13 points for Fountain Valley (14-8, 3-2), which also clinched second place in league after Huntington Beach beat Marina on Friday. Huntington Beach 59, Marina 48: The Oilers picked up their first Wave League victory Friday night at Marina High. Huntington ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH — Garden Grove’s strategy of drawing fouls and going inside as often as possible to Miguel Ortega worked to near perfection in the Argonauts’ 66-45 victory over Ocean View in a key Golden West League boys basketball game Friday at Ocean View High School. Ortega, a 6-foot-1, 215-pound forward, led the Argonauts (18-8 ...

Mater Dei also has received Lions’ offensive guard Ross Maseuli, who wasn’t cleared last season by the CIF-SS. The rest of the JSerra departures have spread out to Huntington Beach, St. Bernard in Playa del Rey and Servite. Earlier Friday, Huntington Beach coach Brett Brown confirmed that JSerra’s Sammy Green, Zamajay Duncan and Treyce ...

Mauser, who met Christina at a bar in Huntington Beach, Calif., went on to describe his wife's natural proclivity for basketball. That talent is how she caught the eye of Kobe Bryant, who hand-picked her to teach defense to children attending his Mamba Sports Academy, including his daughter, Gianna "Gigi" Bryant. "Kobe had seen her skill," the ...