St. Margaret’s senior Austin Hicks (Duke signee) scored five goals to power the No. 1 Tartans early in a back-and-forth 10-9 win over No. 3 Loyola in the CIF-SS Division 1 Final.
Johnny Iavarone scored the go-ahead goal on a feed from Andrew Toubin with just under two minutes to play. Freshman Brody Booen scored two goals. Eben O’Brien made 12 saves.
St. Margaret’s wins its first CIF-SS championship in first CIF-SS Final after several US Lacrosse section titles in the previous format. Tartans won last US Lacrosse Southern Section title in 2019 over Loyola before CIF-SS administration.
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San Juan Hills senior Natalie Chapman (5G) and juniors Caitlyn Enright (8G) and Sierra Chen (2G, 8A) helped power the Stallions to their first CIF-SS title game in a 17-5 semifinal win over Santiago.
No. 1 seed Stallions take on No. 3 JSerra in an all-San Juan Capistrano Division 2 Final on Saturday at Fred Kelly Stadium in Orange.
Earlier this season, San Juan Hills beat JSerra in a one-goal thriller, 10-9.
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JSerra senior Caitlin Quinn and sophomore Addi Berg each scored two goals to lift the Lions girls lacrosse team over Chaparral, 8-6, in the CIF-SS Division 2 semifinals.
Mary O’Hara scored a goal and registered an assist, Kate Berkus, Evie Devir and Lilly Peguero each scored a goal and Dorina Marquis tallied an assist for JSerra.
No. 3 seed JSerra will either play No. 1 San Juan Hills or Santiago of Corona in the Division 2 Final on Saturday.
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San Juan Hills catcher Jake Vuoso has caught the Stallions’ stable of strong arms on the mound all season, including a 6-inning, 8-hit shutout effort by Drew Nelson. Vuoso also collected two of San Juan Hills’ four hits on the day.
No. 2 seed San Juan Hills hung on to a 1-0 win over Cajon in CIF-SS Division 4 first round. Stallions will play at St. Francis or Windward in the second round on Tuesday, May 7.
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San Clemente senior Kai Schmitt helped led the way in a four-set CIF-SS Division 3 quarterfinal win for the No. 1 seed Tritons.
Tritons had swept their last four matches and have dropped just three sets in a 12-match win streak.
San Clemente hosts El Dorado or travels to Peninsula in the Division 3 semifinals on Saturday.
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Dana Hills senior Sterling Rapp tossed four innings on the mound, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks with 6 strikeouts, as the Dolphins went on to beat Capistrano Valley, 4-2.
Dana Hills (11-15, 7-5) clinched a share of the South Coast League championship.
Dolphins will learn their draw in the CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs when brackets are released on Monday, April 29.
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San Clemente senior Brady Fish scored a goal and added two assists, as the Tritons boys lacrosse team earned a share of a three-way tie for the South Coast League championship.
Fish, Trey Ghyzel, Miles Bonner, Aiden Reilly, Carson Rous and more helped lead a late league turnaround with upsets of co-champions Tesoro and Trabuco Hills.
San Clemente will host a first-round game in the CIF-SS Playoffs next week.
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San Juan Hills right-hander Drew Nelson tosses seven shutout innings, as the Stallions go to San Clemente and win, 8-0.
Nelson allowed no runs on five hits with no walks and five strikeouts.
Stallions, tied on top of the league with Aliso Niguel, host San Clemente on Thursday.
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San Clemente junior Mike Erspamer sent a two-run home run to right field in the 10th inning to put the Tritons over league-leading San Juan Hills, 4-2.
Erspamer started the game on the mound and went 6+ innings with 2 runs allowed on 5 hits and 2 Ks.
San Clemente (8-8, 3-2) hosts San Juan Hills (13-2, 4-1) on Friday at 3:45 p.m. This loss snapped San Juan Hills’ 11-game win streak.
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JSerra freshman Rosie Santos paced the Lions with 30 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists in a 65-55 win over Dana Hills, as JSerra advances to its first CIF-SS Final since 2015.
Top-seeded Lions will match-up against No. 2 St. Margaret’s in an all-San Juan Capistrano Division 3A title game next Friday or Saturday.
Santos was locked in a duel with Dana Hills freshman Kayla Rice, who scored 31 points with 8 rebounds.
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Dana Hills junior Lola Bellon scored 5 points and added 10 rebounds and 7 assists to power a full-team win for the Dolphins in the CIF-SS Division 3A quarterfinals.
Dolphins leading scorer Kayla Rice had zero points in the first half, but Dana Hills led, 23-21, at the break with five other players in the score sheet. Rice scored 16 points in the second half, as the Dolphins beat Villa Park, 49-41.
Dana Hills is at No. 1 seed JSerra in the program’s first CIF-SS semifinals on Saturday. Dolphins also qualify for first CIF State Playoffs.
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JSerra senior Zoe Gabriel scored four goals, including three goals from the penalty spot, as the No. 3 seed Lions held on against No. 2 seed San Clemente, 9-8, to advance to the CIF-SS Division 1 Final.
This is JSerra’s third consecutive championship game appearance up the CIF-SS ladder with a Division 3 title last season and a Division 4 runner-up in 2022.
Lions take on No. 1 Corona Del Mar in the Division 1 Final on Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College.
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