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Why are they playing?

Steve Fryer — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:40:44 +0000

Tweet No matter who wins or loses tonight’s Orange Lutheran-JSerra game at Irvine Valley College, a 7 p.m. game that decides who in the Trinity League finishes in third place — the league’s final guaranteed playoff berth — both teams will go to the playoffs. There will be plenty of at-large berths in their divisions, [...]

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Orange Lutheran-JSerra third-place game

Steve Fryer — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:21:09 +0000

Tweet Orange Lutheran and JSerra will play Friday, at 7 p.m., at Irvine Valley College to decide which team gets the Trinity League’s third and final guaranteed playoff berth. They are tied for third with 5-5 league records. While it is most likely that the Trinity League’s No. 4 team will get an at-large berth [...]

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What’s happening with OLu football?

Steve Fryer — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:12:38 +0000

Tweet Gregg Pinick, Orange Lutheran’s executive director, indicated today that the school is in the early stages of selecting a replacement for Jim Kunau, who has been reassigned at Orange Lutheran after 19 excellent years coaching the school’s football team. Mr. Pinick said via email: “We are in the process of collecting information now to [...]

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Basketball: Ocean View’s Clifford gaining interest from colleges

Steve Fryer — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:04:37 +0000

Tweet Ocean View 7-foot center Conor Clifford has played well these past few weeks, including 26 points and 13 rebounds Saturday when Ocean View beat Mission Viejo by 12 points in the Nike Extravaganza at Mater Dei. He is very agile for his frame, with a great touch around the basket and a good level [...]

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A little trouble at La Habra

Steve Fryer — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:35:26 +0000

Tweet La Habra coach Frank Mazzotta confirmed today that three football players have been disciplined as part of a number of school-wide suspensions and expulsions of students there. Mazzotta was not at liberty to discuss the situation in detail. But he understands that rumors can make something like this appear much worse than it truly [...]

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Welcome back, Al Hrabosky!

Steve Fryer — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:48:32 +0000

Tweet Al Hrabosky, left, was one of the top relief pitchers of the 1970s, most of which he spent with the St. Louis Cardinals. Look him up at wikipedia. Hrabosky, known as “The Mad Hungarian” (again, look him up), is being inducted in the Savanna athletics hall of fame Tuesday at halftime of the Magnolia-Savanna [...]

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Fryer’s top 10 vote

Steve Fryer — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:32:30 +0000

Tweet An interesting week for the vote … last week, Ocean View beat Mission Viejo; Orange Lutheran lost twice, yes, but to the top two teams in the state rankings (Mater Dei and Long Beach Poly) … My vote, one of six that are used to compile the top 10, went like this today … [...]

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Final: Windward 65, Mater Dei 62

Steve Fryer — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:01:36 +0000

Tweet Windward of Los Angeles, the No. 1-ranked team in California, beat Mater Dei, the state’s No. 2 team, in an entertaining game in the Nike Extravaganza at Mater Dei. Mater Dei took a 3-point shot in the corner that was blocked by Windward’s 6-foot-7 Imani Stafford. She is very good player, really moves extraordinarily [...]

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Football: La Habra’s Mazzotta to Orange Lutheran?

Steve Fryer — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:38:28 +0000

Tweet La Habra football coach Frank Mazzotta said he is not among the 50 applicants for the Orange Lutheran football coaching position, and he won’t add an application to the stack. “I’m not going to apply for it,” Mazzotta said. “Are they taking applications already?” Yes, they are. Mazzotta has been wildly successful at La [...]

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Tickets still available for Nike Extravaganza

Steve Fryer — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:25:03 +0000

Tweet Tickets, at $12 and $22 are available for the two-day event at Mater Dei. It begins Friday, highlighted by two good ones — Mater Dei boys vs. St. John Bosco at 7:30 p.m.; Windward girls, No. 1 in California, vs. No. 2 Mater Dei girls at 9 p.m. Saturday has a bunch of good [...]

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