Jeff Wallace

Edison and Huntington Beach set up an early showdown in the Sunset League girls' basketball race by rolling to league victories Tuesday. The Chargers did so by downing visiting Fountain Valley, 72-53; the Oilers by taking care of host Los Alamitos, 51-36....

The first quarter of Monday's nonleague boys' basketball game between Ocean View and Huntington Beach gave every indication that a fierce battle would ensue. The teams traded early punches, one taking the lead before the other regained it. A back-and-...

The first full week in December traditionally has been the week that the Ocean View High boys' basketball tournament gets underway. Such was the case again this year, but on Tuesday, the annual event, that has drawn some of the top prep teams to the Ocean...

The Fountain Valley boys' basketball team is streaking into the holiday weekend. The Barons picked up two victories earlier in the week, the most recent a 69-52 nonleague drubbing of host Yorba Linda. "We played a pretty strong defensive game,...

The prep football season is just about to enter its most crucial period, but don't overlook the prep basketball season, which gets underway this week. Local hoops teams launch their respective seasons Saturday. During the course of the next week, the...

At the end of a 2010-11 boys' basketball season that saw him set three school career records and help guide Edison to a share of its first Sunset League championship in six years, Dylan Garrity has been named co-Most Valuable Player of the Sunset League...

Edison, Marina and Fountain Valley will be represented this weekend at the CIF State Wrestling Championships. Edison qualified four athletes and Marina and Fountain Valley each placed one to the State meet, which begins Friday and concludes Saturday...

HUNTINGTON BEACH — Coach Lou Silverman was proud of the way his Sage Hill School girls' basketball team battled inside for rebounds Friday night against a bigger Brethren Christian squad. But after the second-half scoring outburst by Warriors...

Round One goes to Edison. The first huge game of the 2011 Sunset League girls' basketball season — between Edison and Huntington Beach — took place Tuesday in just the second game on the schedule. The host Chargers parlayed a big fourth-...

If the first month of the season is any indication of what to expect in the coming weeks, then league races for the local prep basketball teams figure to be intense. The Sunset League girls' basketball race starts at 7 tonight, with Marina playing at...

Marina turned a big third-quarter performance into a key Sunset League girls' basketball road victory Tuesday as the Vikings defeated Fountain Valley, 43-29. Marina pulled away from a one-point halftime lead (16-15) by outscoring the Barons, 14-2, in...

Today marks the final day of league play — and season for some — for local prep basketball teams. And what happens on the court tonight will determine plenty. A league championship in the boys' Sunset, Golden West and Academy races is...