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ORANGE — The Orange Coast College women's cross country team won its 17th straight Orange Empire Conference team title on Friday, thanks to a dominating performance at the OEC Meet at Irvine Regional Park. The Pirates used a 1-2-3-4-6 finish to...

Among the UC Irvine women's soccer team's greatest attributes is a sense of urgency. After a 4-7 start against a brutal schedule that included a nine-game, 39-day stint without a home game earlier in the season, Coach Scott Juniper's two-time-defending...

|TODAY| |MEN’S CITY LEAGUE BASKETBALL| |at Washington Street Gym|  6:30 p.m. — Kessler’s/Miller Lite vs. Coke Zero.  7:45 p.m. — Rem Dogg/Barnett Vision/Kleffman Const. vs. Lager’s/First State Bank/LB Ins.  9 p.m....

The SEC (a.k.a., BCS) standings were released this week and it was a surprise to see that former Big 12 Conference member Texas A&M is the only Southeastern Conference school ranked between 13th and 25th. The SEC really needs to upgrade its...

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY Highlander Invitational RIVERSIDE — Junior Steven Melena placed second to lead UC Irvine to the team title on Saturday at UC Riverside. Melena completed the 6,000-meter course in 17 minutes, 45.8 seconds to lead five Anteaters...

|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL| South Dakota|  Aberdeen Central vs. Huron, Golden Eagles Arena, 7 p.m.  Aberdeen Roncalli vs. Ipswich, Roncalli Gym, 8 p.m.  Bison at Dupree  Brandon Valley at Brookings  Britton-Hecla at Langford  Deuel vs....

Vanguard University senior Amanda Couch has been named Golden State Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week in women's soccer. Couch had a goal and an assist in Saturday's 3-0 home conference win over Arizona Christian and added a goal in a 2-...

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL Orange Coast def. Riverside COSTA MESA — Sophomore Karlee Riggs had 17 kills and 10 digs to lead the host Pirates' 25-11, 25-18, 25-14 Orange Empire Conference triumph Friday. Isabel Emrich had nine kills and hit .471 for the...

Will he start or will he sit? That’s the almost all-consuming question around Pasadena High football practice as speculation swirls around the recovery of senior Brandon Cox, the Bulldogs’ standout quarterback who has verbally committed to...

The following are updates on local athletes at the collegiate level. Jenna Orlandini (Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, 2008) senior libero, University of Washington volleyball: For the first time since 2006, the Huskies knocked off two top-five opponents...

Through the last two weeks, the Pasadena High football team has found a way to survive. Over that period, the Bulldogs have played without blue chip quarterback Brandon Cox, who injured his left foot on Sept. 8, which required him to miss a minimum of...

IRVINE — Beating UC Santa Barbara for the first time in Coach Paula Weishoff's four-year tenure was no small feat for the UC Irvine women's volleyball team. The Anteaters shrugged off their propensity to shrink in the Big West Conference caldron...