Sports Archive

  • Garden Grove Journal Ten local baseball and softball teams qualified for post-season action this week, some of them set to start the playoffs today (Thursday) and Friday and some of...

    10 local teams in baseball, softball playoffs

    Garden Grove Journal Ten local baseball and softball teams qualified for post-season action this week, some of them set to start the playoffs today (Thursday) and Friday and some of...

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  • By Adam Stites/Garden Grove Journal A clutch player is defined as someone who is dependable in crucial situations. For the Pacifica Mariners baseball team no situation was more crucial than...

    M’s won it with Max-imum drama

    By Adam Stites/Garden Grove Journal A clutch player is defined as someone who is dependable in crucial situations. For the Pacifica Mariners baseball team no situation was more crucial than...

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  • It took until the last game of the season, but the championships of local high school baseball leagues were finally settled Thursday. The most dramatic showdown came when Pacifica won...

    Mariners stun Cents to win Empire crown

    It took until the last game of the season, but the championships of local high school baseball leagues were finally settled Thursday. The most dramatic showdown came when Pacifica won...

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  • If there’s a game of the year in the Empire League, this is it, today (Thursday) when Cypress hosts Pacifica in a battle for the league baseball championship. The Centurions...

    Cents, Mariners clash for EL title

    If there’s a game of the year in the Empire League, this is it, today (Thursday) when Cypress hosts Pacifica in a battle for the league baseball championship. The Centurions...

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  • By Pete Zarustica/Garden Grove Journal Hope springs eternal, especially in, well, the spring. Can two special events this week herald a new era for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?...

    Are Angels ready to soar? Well ….

    By Pete Zarustica/Garden Grove Journal Hope springs eternal, especially in, well, the spring. Can two special events this week herald a new era for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?...

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  • Rancho Alamitos took back control of the Garden Grove League baseball race Friday with a 7-0 win over Garden Grove on the Vaquero diamond. The lopsided win put Rancho (9-2...

    Rancho blanks GG 7-0, back in first

    Rancho Alamitos took back control of the Garden Grove League baseball race Friday with a 7-0 win over Garden Grove on the Vaquero diamond. The lopsided win put Rancho (9-2...

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  • By Adam Stites/Garden Grove Journal This school year, the Rancho Alamitos Vaqueros have already earned Garden Grove League titles in football and basketball. Now only the Garden Grove Argonauts stand...

    GGL baseball race is fit to be tied

    By Adam Stites/Garden Grove Journal This school year, the Rancho Alamitos Vaqueros have already earned Garden Grove League titles in football and basketball. Now only the Garden Grove Argonauts stand...

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  • Pacifica, a nationally-ranked softball team, finally made it to the top of the CIF Southern Section poll this week. The Mariners (20-1) are atop the Division 1 rankings on the...

    Pacifica softball ranked no. 1 in Division 1

    Pacifica, a nationally-ranked softball team, finally made it to the top of the CIF Southern Section poll this week. The Mariners (20-1) are atop the Division 1 rankings on the...

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  • PREP BASEBALL:  Some important prep baseball games coming up this week, and the biggest seems to be on Wednesday, when Pacifica hosts Cypress on the Mariner diamond. The Centurions lead...

    Monday Sports Briefs

    PREP BASEBALL:  Some important prep baseball games coming up this week, and the biggest seems to be on Wednesday, when Pacifica hosts Cypress on the Mariner diamond. The Centurions lead...

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  • Pacifica’s varsity baseball team has lots of talent and is contending for the Empire League title, but there’s lots of “young” talent getting ready for future seasons. Case in point:...

    Who’s your Hootie?

    Pacifica’s varsity baseball team has lots of talent and is contending for the Empire League title, but there’s lots of “young” talent getting ready for future seasons. Case in point:...

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