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• Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday, Dec. 6

  07-12-2025 01:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Saturday, Dec. 6.
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  SATURDAY’S SCORES
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  EUCLID EXTRAVAGANZA
  La Quinta 74, Santa Ana 42
  Rancho Alamitos 50, San Gorgonio 48
  Newport Harbor 64, Sunny Hills 48
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• Cal State Fullerton offense gets bottled up by Hawaii

  07-12-2025 08:59 via ocregister.com
  
  HONOLULU — The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team trailed by 14 points at halftime, and the Titans’ efforts to mount a second-half comeback came up short in a 69-59 loss to Hawaii on Saturday night at the Stan Sheriff Center.
  Landon Seaman finished with 17 points and five rebounds and Bryce Cofield had 16 points and six rebounds for Fullerton (3-6 overall, 0-2 Big West), which entered the game as the league’s top-scoring offense (88.4 points per game) but shot
  
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• JSerra girls basketball trounced by Ontario Christian in Troy Classic final

  07-12-2025 08:34 via ocregister.com
  
  FULLERTON — For the JSerra girls basketball team, just reaching the championship game of the Troy Classic was a major accomplishment, Lions coach Rachael Ziemann said.
  The Lions, who are ranked No. 6 in Orange County, defeated three highly rated teams to earn a berth in Saturday’s championship against Ontario Christian at Troy High School
  After the Knights, ranked No. 2 in the nation in MaxPreps and The Sporting News polls, defeated JSerra, 86-58, Ziemann found some successes in the
  
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• Beckman football beats Hillcrest in fierce battle for 4-A regional title

  07-12-2025 07:52 via ocregister.com
  
  TUSTIN — With five second-half lead changes, it seemed like whoever had the ball last would win the CIF Southern California Division 4-A Regional championship game between Hillcrest and Beckman on Saturday night.
  That came to fruition and Beckman possessed the ball for the final 7:46 of the game to beat Hillcrest 46-40 to advance to its first state championship game.
  Beckman football players celebrate with the CIF Southern California Division 4-A Regional football championship plaque in Tu
  
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• Dense fog advisory in place for 5 Freeway through Grapevine until Sunday midday – 1/4 mile visibility

  07-12-2025 07:49 via ocregister.com
  
  At 10:46 p.m. on Saturday, the National Weather Service released a dense fog advisory in effect until Sunday Dec. 7, at 11 a.m. for 5 Freeway through Grapevine.
  The NWS Hanford CA adds to prepare for, “Visibility down to quarter mile or less in dense fog.”
  “Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous,” according to the NWS. “If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.”Navigating fog: Safety tips by the NWSI
  
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• UC Irvine pulls away from CSUN for 2-0 start to Big West play

  07-12-2025 07:14 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE — The UC Irvine men’s basketball team got what it was looking for before going on a 13-day break, a second Big West Conference victory.
  The Anteaters overcame a slow start and a halftime deficit against Cal State Northridge before emerging with an 85-71 victory on Saturday night at the Bren Events Center.
  UCI (7-4 overall, 2-0 Big West) was coming off a 73-60 win against visiting UC Riverside in its conference opener on Thursday night.
  “These two Big West games at h
  
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• USC, UCLA men’s water polo teams reach NCAA title match

  07-12-2025 06:54 via ocregister.com
  
  STANFORD — The top-seeded USC men’s water polo team beat No. 4 Fordham, 16-7, on Saturday, and second-seeded UCLA rallied to beat No. 3 Stanford, 9-7, setting up a crosstown showdown in the NCAA championship match.
  USC (23-3) will play for the NCAA title for the 19th time in the past 21 seasons when it squares off with the Bruins (26-2) on Sunday at 3 p.m. at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center. USC and UCLA split a pair of one-goal games during the regular season, then USC defeate
  
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• USC, UCLA men’s water polo reach NCAA title game

  07-12-2025 06:54 via ocregister.com
  
  PALO ALTO, Calif. — The No. 1 USC Men’s Water Polo team moves past No. 4 Fordham in the NCAA Semifinals 16-7. The Trojans will play for the NCAA Championship for the 19th time in the past 21 seasons.
  In a rematch of last year’s NCAA semifinal in which USC won 18-16 in OT, USC scored first when Robert Lopez Duart scored. Fordham tied the game 1-1 with 4:14 left in the first quarter.  The Rams couldn’t score for over nine minutes as the Trojans’ lead grew to 6-1
  
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• Long Beach State men can’t catch UC San Diego

  07-12-2025 06:45 via ocregister.com
  
  LONG BEACH — The Long Beach State men’s basketball team made another late push but couldn’t catch UC San Diego in an 80-74 loss on Saturday night at the Pyramid.
  Freshman Gavin Sykes had 20 points to pace Long Beach (2-8 overall, 0-2 Big West Conference), while sophomore Petar Majstorovic added 18 (and six rebounds) as the underclassmen again paced LBSU in scoring. Rob Diaz III contributed 12 points and five assists.
  Aidan Burke had 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting (4 for 5 fr
  
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• No. 2 Indiana ends Big Ten title drought with win over No. 1 Ohio State

  07-12-2025 06:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Ohio State kicker Jayden Fielding racts after missing a field goal during the second half of the Big Ten championship NCAA college football game against Indiana in Indianapolis, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
  Indiana’s Charlie Becker reacts after catching a pass for a first down during the second half of the Big Ten championship NCAA college football game against Ohio State in Indianapolis, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
  Indiana’s Charlie Becker catches a long
  
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• Kings hammer Blackhawks with 6-goal outburst

  07-12-2025 06:05 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Kings were in the mood to buck trends on Saturday night at Crypto.com Arena, where they scalped the Chicago Blackhawks, 6-0.
  They prevailed at home, where they’d won only three of a dozen previous games this season. They scored six goals for just the second time in 2025-26, during their most convincing victory of the campaign. They tallied on the power play for the first time in five games and the sixth time in their past 65 attempts, thanks to Andrei Kuzmenko&rsquo
  
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• High school football: Saturday’s regional scores, state finals schedule

  07-12-2025 05:43 via ocregister.com
  
  The scores from the CIF Southern California Regional football finals Saturday and the schedule for the CIF State championship games.
  SATURDAY’S RESULTS
  DIVISION 1-A
  Oxnard Pacifica 42, Granite Hills 35
  DIVISION 2-A
  Rio Hondo Prep 26, Santa Fe Christian 20
  DIVISION 3-A
  Delano Kennedy 35, Carson 33
  DIVISION 4-A
  Beckman 46, Hillcrest 40
  DIVISION 5-A
  Bishop Union 47, South Gate 28
  DIVISION 6-A
  San Diego Morse 57, Grace 40
  DIVISION 7-A
  South El Monte 56, Santee 7
  CIF STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
  Friday-
  
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• High school football: Saturday’s regional scores, state finals matchups

  07-12-2025 05:43 via ocregister.com
  
  The scores from the CIF Southern California Regional football finals Saturday and the matchups for the CIF State championship games.
  SATURDAY’S RESULTS
  DIVISION 1-A
  Oxnard Pacifica at Granite Hills
  DIVISION 2-A
  Rio Hondo Prep 26, Santa Fe Christian 20
  DIVISION 3-A
  Delano Kennedy 35, Carson 33
  DIVISION 4-A
  Beckman 46, Hillcrest 40
  DIVISION 5-A
  Bishop Union 47, South Gate 28
  DIVISION 6-A
  San Diego Morse 57, Grace 40
  DIVISION 7-A
  South El Monte 56, Santee 7
  CIF STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
  Friday-Satu
  
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• Clippers edged by Timberwolves

  07-12-2025 05:41 via ocregister.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — Naz Reid made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 13 seconds remaining, Jaden McDaniels scored 27 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Los Angeles Clippers 109-106 on Saturday night.
  Julius Randle added 24 points for Minnesota. Reid’s big shot capped a 19-point night off the bench, including 5 of 8 from deep. McDaniels then made two free throws with 4.8 seconds left and the Timberwolves held on.
  Minnesota won its season-high fifth straight game. The Clippers have lost s
  
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• Swanson: UCLA’s Mick Cronin isn’t sweating Donovan Dent’s shot

  07-12-2025 05:06 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – It was the best of times, and the worst too – shooting-wise. Really, a tale of two halves.
  The UCLA men’s basketball team was on almost unreasonably hot in the first half Saturday, 15 for 27 (55.6%) from the floor. And ice bath cold after the break, 9 for 28 (32.1%).
  And still, the Bruins hung on to beat Oregon 74-63 at Pauley Pavilion: “Awful, awful shooting,” Coach Mick Cronin said. “And we still were able to win by 11. Gotta be happy with that
  
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• El Dorado boys basketball defeats La Habra to win Gary Raya Classic

  07-12-2025 04:09 via ocregister.com
  
  PLACENTIA — An underhanded, reverse layup by Evan Nam with 3.1 seconds remaining in the game lifted El Dorado to a 53-52 victory over La Habra in the championship game of the Gary Raya Classic on Saturday at El Dorado High School.
  The Golden Hawks (9-1), who are ranked No. 16 in Orange County, won the tournament for the second consecutive year. They reached this year’s championship game with a 59-55 victory in overtime over No.20 Woodbridge on Thursday.
  Acen Jimenez hit a pair of fre
  
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• Bob Baffert runs Starlet Stakes streak to 9 with Consequent

  07-12-2025 03:17 via ocregister.com
  
  CYPRESS — The Los Alamitos thoroughbred meet began with the first 15 races being won by 15 different trainers Friday and Saturday, including upsets by low-percentage barns.
  Then the surprises ended emphatically with Bob Baffert winning the Starlet Stakes.
  When Consequent and jockey Kazushi Kimura passed dueling leaders in the last 100 yards to win by a length, Baffert had his ninth consecutive victory in the $200,000, Grade II race for 2-year-old fillies.
  That extended what is believed to
  
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• Man convicted of sending multiple threats to OC judge

  07-12-2025 02:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By PAUL ANDERSON
  A 34-year-old man was convicted in federal court on Thursday, Dec. 4 of sending multiple threatening messages to an Orange County Superior Court judge who oversaw his child custody case.
  Byrom Zuniga Sanchez, formerly of Laguna Niguel, was convicted of two counts of threats by interstate and foreign communication. Zuniga Sanchez, who is scheduled to be sentenced March 5, faces 10 years in federal prison.
  Zuniga Sanchez represented himself in the trial. He asked U.S. District Jud
  
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• USC men squander 18-point halftime lead in loss to Washington

  07-12-2025 02:56 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The USC men’s basketball team outsmarted a physically imposing Washington team in the first half, but couldn’t follow up with a second half strong enough and fell to the Huskies, 84-76 on Saturday.
  Chad Baker-Mazara scored a team-high 21 points and pulled down six rebounds. He went a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line. Jordan Marsh added 17 points off the bench and Jerry Easter contributed 13 points.
  Washington’s Desmond Claude and Wesley Yates III, wh
  
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• UCLA men’s basketball holds off Oregon

  07-12-2025 02:43 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — UCLA men’s basketball has avoided a complete 40 minutes like the plague, but it got pretty close Saturday.
  With a fully healthy roster for just the third time in nine games, the Bruins were cruising. Throughout the first half, they cycled through multiple defensive looks and got contributions from a variety of offensive sources. But as things got tight in the second half, and the refs’ whistle buttoned up, they let Oregon creep back.
  The Ducks (4-5, 0-2) cut the m
  
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• ‘Coco’ star Benjamin Bratt to narrate Disneyland Candlelight Processional

  07-12-2025 01:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The secret identity of the Disney celebrity that is typically kept under wraps until the last possible moment as a surprise for VIP visitors invited to the annual Candlelight Processional at Disneyland has been revealed for this holiday season.
  “Coco” and “Andor” star Benjamin Bratt will narrate the 2025 Candlelight Processional at Disneyland on Saturday, Dec. 6 and and Sunday, Dec. 7 at 5:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. each evening, according to Mickey Visit.
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• Lakers’ Luka Doncic expected back Sunday after the birth of his daughter

  07-12-2025 00:55 via ocregister.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA — After the birth of his second daughter, Lakers star Luka Doncic is expected to be back in the lineup for Sunday’s trip-ending matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers.
  Doncic wasn’t with the Lakers for the first two games of their three-game trip – Thursday’s win over the Toronto Raptors and Friday’s loss to the Boston Celtics – with the team listing him as out because of personal reasons.
  The Lakers star shared on Instagram on Saturday morn
  
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• Hegseth speaks on boat strikes, Trump’s military focus in Reagan National Defense Forum appearance

  07-12-2025 00:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the hundreds gathered at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley on Saturday, Dec. 6, that President Donald Trump has the power to take military action “as he sees fit” to keep the nation safe and said naval strikes on alleged drug cartel boats in the Caribbean are forcing smugglers to change how they operate.
  The comments were delivered in his keynote address, and a Q&A that followed, before hundreds gathered at the Ronald Reagan Pres
  
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• SoFi Stadium will host 8 FIFA World Cup matches in 2026

  07-12-2025 00:14 via ocregister.com
  LOS ANGELES — Punctuated by a pair of 2026 FIFA World Cup appearances by the U.S. men’s national team, SoFi Stadium will host eight countries in 13 days during group stage play at the Inglewood venue.
  FIFA on Saturday revealed the tournament schedule one day after the global soccer body conducted the 48-team draw in Washington D.C.
  Joining the U.S. and Paraguay – opponents for the opening match at SoFi on June 12 – are Belgium, Switzerland, Iran and New Zealand.
  Two more
  
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• High school football: Saturday’s CIF SoCal finals — previews, scores, updates

  07-12-2025 00:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Southern California News Group (SCNG) has reporters ready to take you through Saturday night’s high school football action in the finals of the CIF Southern California Regional playoffs.
  We have previews of the top games in each area. Our reporters will keep you on top of the action by providing live updates. And at the end of the night, we’ll have game stories, a complete list of scores, photos and more.
  We have done that every week of the season  — and we’ll ke
  
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• Chargers QB Justin Herbert questionable to play vs. Eagles

  06-12-2025 23:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Questionable.
  That was the Chargers’ final assessment of quarterback Justin Herbert’s availability for their game against the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night at SoFi Stadium. Herbert was listed as a limited participant for their final practice Saturday morning in El Segundo.
  Herbert threw passes, but he did not take direct snaps from under center during individual drills, the portion of practice open for reporters’ observation, during a week of preparati
  
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• Tabby cat Mack is a shy but wants to learn to love

  06-12-2025 23:34 via ocregister.com
  
   Breed: Domestic shorthair
  Age: 4 years
  Sex: Neutered male
  Mack’s story: Mack is a shy, gentle tabby boy with handsome markings. He had a rough time before he came into rescue, so he will need someone patient to allow him time to warm up. Once he learns to trust, he will lie in your lap and snuggle. Mack is so gentle and loving and just wants a family of his own to cuddle with. Could you be the forever home he is looking for? Apply to meet him today and find out.
  Adoption fee: $250, i
  
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• $5.1 million lottery ticket sold in Corona del Mar

  06-12-2025 23:31 via ocregister.com
  
  A Mega Millions ticket sold at a CVS in Corona del Mar is worth more than $5.1 million, the California Lottery announced this weekend, making it one of the largest second-place winners in state history.
  The ticket, sold at the store at Jasmine Avenue and Coast Highway, matched the first five numbers in Friday night’s drawing — 34, 38, 42, 44 and 69 — missing only the Mega Ball, 8.
  Because no one nationwide matched all six numbers, Tuesday’s Mega Millions jackpot climbs to
  
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• Maltese Patsy needs a special home with lots of love to give

  06-12-2025 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Maltese
  Age: 3 years
  Sex: Spayed female
  Size: 12 pounds
  Patsy’s story: Patsy is a sweet-natured girl with enough love to fill a home. This darling little one charms everyone she meets with her gentle spirit, soft eyes and cuddly nature. Patsy has a condition called megacolon, which means her colon doesn’t move things along quite as smoothly as it should. With the help of medication, a special diet, and a bit of monitoring, Patsy manages beautifully — but she needs a fami
  
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• Anglers hooked for annual Trout Fishing Derby at Irvine Lake

  06-12-2025 23:25 via ocregister.com
  
   
  Marcus Fain catches his third fish of the day, an albino rainbow trout, during the fourth annual Trout Fishing Derby at Irvine Lake on Saturday, December, 6, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Warm weather and a full moon made catching fish a bit challenging during the Fishing Derby at Irvine Lake on Saturday, December, 6, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Marcus Fain shows off the 3.5-pound rainbow trout he caught during the annual
  
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