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By Mike Sciacca | May 24, 2013
HUNTINGTON BEACH - Marina High's baseball team is headed next week to Long Beach. It's the destination all CIF Southern Section Division 1 teams want to get to at this late stage of the prep season. It's the home to Blair Field, site of the Division 1 semifinals. Marina made its reservation for the division's Final Four on Friday by defeating visiting Agoura, 3-1. The Vikings, runner-up to the Sunset League title, will take on Los Angeles Loyola in one semifinal game Tuesday.
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By Mike Sciacca | May 22, 2013
The second round of the CIF Southern Section softball playoffs proved to be the undoing for three local teams. On Tuesday, Marina and Edison were eliminated from title contention in Division 1, and Ocean View the same in Division 4. Sunset League champion Marina held the lead at Etiwanda late but the host Eagles rallied in the bottom of the seventh inning to pull out a 6-5 victory to move on to Thursday's quarterfinals. Sophomore Emili Olague went two for three with a double and two runs batted in , and senior Bella Secaira had a single and RBI for Marina.
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By Mike Sciacca | May 22, 2013
Marina High is moving on in the CIF Southern Section baseball playoffs after picking up a big road victory Tuesday. For two other teams that day, the season came to an end. Marina advanced to the Division 1 quarterfinal round for the first time since 2009 after the Vikings traveled to Thousand Oaks and returned home with an 11-4 second-round win. Their Sunset League brethren, Fountain Valley and Huntington Beach, were eliminated in second-round losses,...
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By Mike Sciacca | May 22, 2013
ORANGE - Craig Pazanti cradled the championship plaque securely under his left arm while he wiped his brow with his right hand late Saturday night at center court at Santiago Canyon College. "I've been telling the kids all year that I thought they were the best team," Pazanti said, still wiping away sweat on occasion, the beads the result of an intense match his Huntington Beach High boys' volleyball team had just fought through, and survived. Pazanti was proven right - his Oilers are the No. 1 team.
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By Mike Sciacca | May 19, 2013
ORANGE - Craig Pazanti cradled the championship plaque securely under his left arm while he wiped his brow with his right hand late Saturday at center court at Santiago Canyon College. "I've been telling the kids all year, that I thought they were the best team," Pazanti said, the sweat he was still wiping away on occasion, the beads the result of an intense match his Huntington Beach High boys' volleyball team had just fought and survived. Pazanti was proven right - his Oilers are the No. 1 team.
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May 13, 2013
Marina, Edison, Huntington Beach and Ocean View softball teams learned of their respective opponents in the CIF Southern Section playoffs, as pairings were released Monday. In Division 1, Marina (24-3), the Sunset League champion, plays host to Tuesday's wild-card winner in Thursday's first round. The Vikings await the winner between Corona (17-14, Big VIII League at-large) at Moreno Valley Rancho Verde (14-9, Inland Valley League No. 3) Edison (20-10), the Sunset League second-place team, plays at Moreno Valley Valley View (13-14, Inland Valley League No. 2)
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By Mike Sciacca | May 8, 2013
Huntington Beach High and Edison are moving on in the CIF Southern Section boys' volleyball playoffs. Both the Oilers and Chargers started postseason play Tuesday, and both swept their opponents in first-round Division 1 matches. The Oilers won, 25-9, 25-23, 25-11, at home over Alemany (Mission League No. 4). The Chargers went on the road to face Aliso Niguel and knocked off the South Coast League champs, 25-17, 27-25, 25-15. In Huntington' win, Brenden Sander had 13 kills, TJ DeFalco 11 kills and nine digs, and Matt Butler had 22 assists.
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By Mike Sciacca | March 7, 2013
TUSTIN — Less than two weeks ago, the Ocean View High boys' basketball team used a torrid shooting night to nearly upset Bellflower St. John Bosco in the semifinals of the CIF Southern Section Division 3A playoffs. In the first round of the CIF State Division 3 Regional playoffs Tuesday against Tustin, the Seahawks turned to their defense to hang with the host Tillers, a team that on Feb. 28 won the CIF Southern Section 3AAA championship. That defensive effort kept the Seahawks within striking distance, but the Tillers began to pull away midway through the third quarter, and went on to post a 65-48 victory.
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By Mike Sciacca | March 6, 2013
The Huntington Beach High boys' volleyball team entered the season with a lofty ranking of No. 3 in CIF Southern Section Division 1. Tuesday on their home floor, the Oilers lived up to their preseason billing. Huntington opened its 2013 campaign with a sweep, as the Oilers defeated Servite, 25-19, 25-18, 25-19. Senior middle blocker Andrew TenBrink had 14 kills, junior outside hitter Brendan Sander 10 kills, senior setter Matt Butler 13 digs and junior middle blocker Drake Evans had three blocks.
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By Mike Sciacca | February 23, 2013
IRVINE - It wasn't the ending envisioned, but it's the journey that the Ocean View High girls' water polo program will always cherish when the Seahawks look back on the season. Ocean View played from behind the entire way of Saturday's CIF Southern Section Division 7 championship game against Hemet at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center. The top-seeded Seahawks had their dream of winning the program's first section title in the sport denied by the third-seeded Bulldogs who earned a 6-2 victory.