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Football recruiting: Valencia linebacker nabs first offer

DAN ALBANO, ocvarsity.com — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:06:54 +0000

Valencia rising junior Gabriel Perez (6-4, 215) has been offered by Boise State, he confirmed Friday. The Boise State Broncos – who have identified and signed several somewhat under-the-radar O.C. players in recent years – are the first school to offer Perez. Perez was ranked No. 25 in the last OCVarsity recruiting rankings for 2013. [...]

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Ryan Hartman of Savanna

Steve Fryer — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:21:50 +0000

Savanna pitcher Ryan Hartman, who is 10-2 and has 82 strikeouts, has not signed with Cal State Fullerton. Mark that E-Fryer on your scorecard. He still is being recruited by a bunch of colleges. His teammate, catcher AJ Kennedy, has signed with the Titans, though. More baseball news from the OCVarsity blog: Ryan Hartman of [...]

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Morning roundup: What’s new on OCVarsity.com (5-18-12)

Erlina Tulabut, OCVarsity.com — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:50:03 +0000

The latest stories and slide shows from OCVarsity.com: Steve Fryer: O.C. teams stepping up in playoffs Baseball: Savanna defeated Estancia, 7-0, in the first round of Div. 4 playoffs. Baseball: Mission Viejo defeated Chaminade of West hills, 8-2, in the first round of Div. 2 playoffs. Baseball: Updated CIF-SS baseball playoff brackets Baseball: Katella defeated [...]

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Softball: Esperanza vs. Yorba Linda Live Blog Remix

CARLOS ARIAS — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:56:06 +0000

I did a live blog from Esperanza High for Esperanza vs. Yorba Linda: The Neighborhood Scrap on Thursday in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. Here’s how it all went down: LIVE FROM ESPERANZA HIGH I have the Mobile OCVarsity Press Row set up at Esperanza High for the first ever meeting [...]

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Ex-MD star will be assistant coach at Santa Margarita

Steve Fryer — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:48:59 +0000

Mike Mitchell, one of the first stars of Gary McKnight’s championships-filled tenure at Mater Dei, has resigned as boys basketball head coach at Ramona High to become an assistant coach at Santa Margarita, according to a Riverside Press-Enterprise online report. Mitchell, who played at Mater Dei in the mid-1980s, went on to play at Fresno [...]

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Girls volleyball: County players invited to tryouts for U.S. youth team

Damian Calhoun — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:36:56 +0000

County players Hayley Hodson (Corona del Mar HS), Crissy Jones (Los Alamitos), Frankie Shebby (Mater Dei) and Tia Scambray (Dana Hills) are among the 24 athletes that have been selected to the 2012 U.S. Girls Youth National Volleyball Training team roster. The athletes will be training at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, [...]

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Softball: Espy delivers elbow off the top rope

CARLOS ARIAS — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:12:43 +0000

It all comes down to this. Yora Linda has three outs left and it trails Esperanza, 6-3, in The Neighborhood Scrap. The Mustangs have their 2, 3 and 4 hitters coming up in the top of the seventh. Paige Von Sprecken flies out to center field. One down. Jordan Townsend flies out to left field. [...]

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Softball: Espy with a power surge

CARLOS ARIAS — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:03:38 +0000

Brynley Steele, LMU-bound Stephanie Maciel and Arkansas-bound Nicole Schroeder have all homered in this game for Esperanza, which leads Yorba Linda, 6-3, heading into the top of the sixth. Holly Fauria picks up a two-out single off the third-base bag for the Mustangs in the top of the sixth. Taylor Townsend flies out to left [...]

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Softball: Von Sprecken Karate chopping Espy before …

CARLOS ARIAS — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:49:23 +0000

Esperanza vs. Yorba Linda: The Neighborhood Scrap is living up to all the hype. Esperanza leads YL, 4-3, heading into the top of the fifth. Esperanza ace Hayley “The Matrix” Copeland is really spinning it right now. She has found her rhythm once again, but don’t count out the scrappy Daniel-Sons, err, Mustangs. The Matrix [...]

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Softball: Neighborhood Scrap tightening up

CARLOS ARIAS — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:30:25 +0000

Yorba Linda could have been demoralized and gone away quietly after Esperanza put four runs on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first, but the Mustangs Daniel Larusso’d up and clawed their way back into The Neighborhood Scrap to cut Espy’s lead to 4-3 heading into the top of the fourth. Hayley Copeland is [...]

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