Diablos can't keep pace with Mater Dei, the state's top-ranked team, and see its season end in the second round of the Southern California Regional Championships.
For the third time this school year, Santa Margarita Catholic goes as far as it can go in state or regional competition as Samantha Trenary delivers the game-winner late in the match.
Sophomore Alex Suchesk edges Justin Schneider to win the 100 meters, and Max Tuerk wins the shot put by two feet.
Victories send both teams to championship games. For Aliso Niguel, it will be playing for the No. 1 spot in the nation.
Mission Viejo will play Mater Dei next. Capistrano Valley nearly scored the upset of the tournament.
Behind goalkeeper Connor O'Brien, Santa Margarita beats San Jose Bellarmine at the Honda Center for a state championship in the first season since the death of its fitness coach.
Santa Margarita wastes little time in an easy first-round win, while Aliso Niguel scored a close victory in Division I.
The girls' soccer teams could play for another week as the CIF tries to crown a SoCal champ. San Clemente did not receive a berth.
Southern Section playoff losses don't do teams any favors if they hope to win state championships. That doesn't apply to the Laguna Hills girls.
Arizona recruit scores 28 as Orange Lutheran defeats top-seeded Mission Viejo, 64-58, to win the Southern Section Division 1A title.
San Clemente advances to the finals for the fifth consecutive season. St. Margaret's also wins.
Mission Viejo wins but Capo Valley loses in the semifinals. El Toro girls can't keep up with Huntington Beach.
Santa Margarita upsets top-seeded Corona del Mar in the marquee game. All four Division 1 semifinalists are from South County.
The favored teams hold serve in Division 1A, but that's bad news for El Toro.
Jerry DeBusk, the retiring Santa Margarita basketball coach of 20 years, reflects on his final home game and a lifetime of coaching.
A hot team will play No. 1 Corona del Mar as Division 1 features South County teams against the Trinity League. Capo Valley among the boys still playing.
Tesoro shocks the division, Santa Margarita avenges a bitter defeat, and the South Coast League continues to roll.
Mission Viejo and Capistrano Valley, seeded 1-2 in Division 1A, both win first-round games; Corona del Mar and Santa Margarita will face each other in the 3AA quarterfinals.
Santa Margarita football coach says he wants to 'do the right thing,' but says little else as he looks to move past recent events.
Here is the rundown for the girls' basketball playoffs with the brackets that include teams from Patch cities.
Here's the rundown for the CIF Southern Section boys' basketball championships for divisions that include teams from Patch cities.
Some local teams have a slugger's chance, but Division 1A shapes up as a battle for supremacy of south Orange County—and Orange Lutheran.
Capistran Valley remains atop the Division 1A boys' basketball rankings, but there's plenty of local company.
Wednesday was the day that many high school athletes had been waiting for, when they sign their national letter of intent. Here's the list of what we know, but we're looking for everyone to update us as the day develops.
The Giants and Patriots meet Sunday in Indianapolis. Will the game rise to the occasion or be a bust?
In his 20th season as the varsity boys' basketball coach at Santa Margarita Catholic, Jerry DeBusk announced this will be his last season.
South Orange County continues to be major player, holding the top three spots in two different girls' sports.
The senior guard makes a three-point basket in the final minute as Capistrano Valley overcomes an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat Mission Viejo, 46-43.
Capistrano Valley boys basketball and Corona del Mar girls' water polo assume top spots in the polls.
Ceremony comes during a busy week for the football team that won Pac-5 and State Bowl championships.
Orange County icon qualifies for the 2012 Olympic Trials in the 400-meter freestyle, an event that's not even her best. And she's (gulp) 40.
Santa Margarita Catholic's John McGrory boots a 45-yard field goal to decide a 19-16 victory for the South in the Literary Classic. JSerra lineman Juan Diego Temple also makes a monster play.
South Coast League dominates the 1A rankings in boys' basketball with three teams in the top 5. El Toro has both boys' and girls' teams ranked in the top 5.
Faced with the prospect of replacing the Wizard of Westwood, the UCLA basketball coach lasted only two seasons. He was 81.
Santa Margarita wins a State Bowl Championship against long odds, trailing by nine points in the fourth quarter. Here's a look at some of the plays that will never be forgotten.
Junior quarterback runs and passes the Eagles on a last-minute drive, scoring on fourth-and-goal from the one, to beat Bellarmine of San Jose Friday at Home Depot Center in Carson.
A look back on the games that helped define the Eagles.
Santa Margarita Catholic plays Bellarmine Prep of San Jose on Friday.
Santa Margarita Catholic will be selling tickets on campus for Eagles' Division I game against Bellarmine of San Jose There are several ways to follow the action if you can't make it to the Home Depot Center on Friday night.
Surprising Eagles (12-2), who muscled their way to the CIF-SS Pac-5 title, will meet the Central Coast champion Bells in the Division I bowl game Friday at the Home Depot Center in Carson.