Sportstars
Southern California Regional Division 1 title sweep for Mater Dei, with girls soccer advancing to state final following shutout of Santa Margarita
Valentina Labuschagne, a senior, scored a first-half goal on a corner kick and assisted on a header by sophomore Lucy Mendiola following another corner kick in the 42nd minute for second-seeded Mater Dei High in California in a 2-0 girls soccer victory against top-seeded Santa Margarita Catholic High in... Read more
Mater Dei holds off Del Norte to triumph in CIF-Southern California Regional Division 1 boys soccer final, earn berth in state championship
Andres Arellano, a senior, converted a throw-in from freshman Kai Cowan in the ninth minute for top-seeded Mater Dei High in California in a 1-0 boys soccer victory against No. 3 Del Norte High of California in the CIF Southern California Regional Division 1 championship match March 7 at... Read more
Westlake edges Westview on PKs to win first CIF-Southern California Regional Division 2 girls soccer crown, reach state final
Grace Wetzel, Sydney Wise and CC Chowana-Bandhu converted penalty kicks for second-seeded Westlake in a 3-1 shootout girls soccer victory against No. 8 Westview after the teams played to a 0-0 result through regulation and overtime in the CIF Southern California Regional championship match in the Division 2 state... Read more
Santa Margarita stops Mater Dei again, secures back-to-back CIF-Southern Section Open Division girls soccer championships
Felicity Nguyen scored back-to-back goals less than two minutes apart in the second half and Presley Schumaker produced a goal in the 39th minute to lead top-seeded Santa Margarita Catholic High to a 3-0 girls soccer victory against No. 3 Mater Dei in the CIF-Southern Section Open Division championship... Read more
Mater Dei turns away Orange Lutheran to capture second CIF-Southern Section Open Division boys soccer title
Santiago Barros Schelotto and Isaih Covarrubias Macias scored first-half goals for second-seeded Mater Dei in a 2-0 boys soccer victory against No. 8 Orange Lutheran in the CIF-Southern Section Open Division championship Feb. 28 at Fred Kelly Stadium in Orange. Mater Dei captured its second Open title in three... Read more
Garces Memorial gets past Buchanan to earn CIF-Central Section Division 1 girls soccer championship
Camila Jimenez scored both goals for No. 3 Garces Memorial in a 2-1 girls soccer victory Feb. 26 at top-seeded Buchanan in the championship match of the CIF-Central Section Division 1 playoffs in Clovis. Ainsley Araujo assisted on the winning goal, with Isabella Arias-Lasalde recording eight saves for Garces... Read more
Mt. Carmel knocks off San Marcos in shootout to triumph in CIF-San Diego Section Open Division girls soccer final
Ellery Muren produced the deciding sudden-death penalty shot for No. 7 Mt. Carmel and Nina Hinchman saved a shot by San Marcos sophomore Miya Kumasaka in the sixth round of the shootout to secure a 5-4 girls soccer victory on penalty kicks against the No. 4 Knights after the... Read more
Del Norte prevails against St. Augustine to secure first CIF-San Diego Section Open Division boys soccer crown
Andre Lopez scored a rebound goal in the 23rd minute following a shot by Jared Baza to lift top-seeded Del Norte to a 1-0 boys soccer victory against No. 3 St. Augustine in the CIF-San Diego Section Open Division championship Feb. 28 at Chick Embrey Field in Wilson Stadium... Read more