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USA Water Polo’s Junior Olympics begin in Orange County on Saturday

By Dan Albano

July 18, 2025 at 6:11 p.m.

Session I featuring the boys and defending 18-and-under champion Newport Beach begins on Saturday.

Manny Peñaflor, left, and his son Joe, right, coached Santa Ana High soccer for many years. Manny also coached football and track and field at Santa Ana. (Courtesy of the Peñaflor family)

Manny Peñaflor, longtime Santa Ana High coach and teacher, dies

By Steve Fryer

July 18, 2025 at 10:28 a.m.

Peñaflor, a standout football player who went on to become a longtime coach at the...

Former Santa Margarita swimmer Teagan O’Dell will race in her first, senior-level international meet for Team USA starting Friday, July 18, 2025 at the World University Games in Berlin, Germany. (File photo, Bay Area News Group)

Ex-Santa Margarita swimmer Teagan O’Dell excited for World University Games

By Dan Albano

July 17, 2025 at 4:33 p.m.

The Cal-bound O'Dell will race in her first senior-level, international meet for the United States...

Mission Viejo receiver Vance Spafford makes a leaping catch while double covered by San Clemente defenders during an Alpha League game between the two teams on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.

Football recruiting: Mission Viejo receiver Vance Spafford flips to Miami

By Dan Albano

June 27, 2025 at 12:15 p.m.

Thirty-six players from the Class of 2026 have committed to four-year schools.

New Troy girls basketball coach Kevin Kiernan confirmed three transfers and his assistant coaches on Friday, June 20, 2025 before the start of the End of Trails showcase at Fullerton College and Sonora. (Courtesy of Jesse Knowles, Troy High School OMNIA)

Three transfers join new Troy girls basketball coach Kevin Kiernan

By Dan Albano

June 20, 2025 at 4:11 p.m.

Kiernan's daughter Kaidyn from Mater Dei, Orange Lutheran's Lexi Joko and Mei-Ling Perry of La...

Mater Dei quarterback Dash Beierly (9) throws a pass against De La Salle in the second quarter of their CIF Open Division state football championship game at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (Photo by Jose Carlos Fajardo, Bay Area News Group)

Fryer: A look back at the OC high school sports year, plus what’s ahead

By Steve Fryer

June 22, 2025 at 2:28 p.m.

The highlights from a remarkable 2024-25 high school sports year that included amazing games and...

Los Alamitos freshman pitcher Jaliane Brooks is one of Dan Albano’s Diamond Club softball players of the week for June 19, 2025. (File photo)

Albano’s Diamond Club: Softball standouts from the CIF and regional finals

By Dan Albano

June 19, 2025 at 4:53 p.m.

Freshman Jaliane Brooks of Los Alamitos is one of four pitchers selected for outstanding play...

Santa Margarita swimmer Teagan O’Dell, photographed in Pleasanton, Calif., on Friday, June 13, 2025, is The Register’s Orange County Female Athlete of the Year for 2024-25. The Cal-bound swimmer set four county records in 2025. (Photo by Jose Carlos Fajardo, Bay Area News Group)

Santa Margarita’s Teagan O’Dell is the Orange County Girls Athlete of the Year

By Dan Albano

June 19, 2025 at 3:02 p.m.

The Cal-bound swimmer set four Orange County records as she led Santa Margarita to CIF-SS...

Irvine High senior Cooper Stearns, who excelled in basketball and golf, is pictured on campus in Irvine. Stearns is the Orange County boys athlete of the year for 2024-25. (Courtesy of Irvine Standard)

Irvine’s Cooper Stearns is the Orange County Boys Athlete of the Year

By Steve Fryer

June 19, 2025 at 11:37 a.m.

The Irvine senior, a basketball and golf standout, is the Orange County boys athlete of...

Jackson Harlan, a senior at Corona del Mar, is the Orange County Outstanding Competitor of the Year. Harlan, pictured at Corona del Mar High School in Newport Beach on Monday, June 16, 2025, is a standout in water polo and boys basketball. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Corona del Mar’s Jackson Harlan is the OC Boys Outstanding Competitor

By Steve Fryer

June 19, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.

The Corona del Mar senior, a standout in water polo and basketball, is the Orange...

Orange County Girls Outstanding Competitor of the Year— Volleyball and track and field standout Jaslene Massey at Aliso Niguel High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Aliso Niguel’s Jaslene Massey is the OC Girls Outstanding Competitor

By Dan Albano

June 19, 2025 at 9:54 a.m.

Massey distinguished herself in volleyball and track and field while also performing well in the...

Former Woodbridge tennis player Stefan Dostanic won the American Collegiate Wild Card Playoffs in Florida on June 18, 2025 to qualify for the U.S. Open in Aug. Dostanic helped Wake Forest claim the NCAA title in May. (Courtesy of Wake Forest athletics)

Former Woodbridge tennis player Stefan Dostanic qualifies for U.S. Open

By Dan Albano

June 19, 2025 at 3:12 p.m.

Dostanic beats NCAA singles champion Michael Zheng in the finals of the American Collegiate Wild...

Marina softball players Mia Valbuena, left, and Avi Valbuena, right, joined their mother, the former Willa Parchen, as CIF-SS champions by helping the Vikings win the Division 3 title last month in Irvine. Willa pitched on Marina’s 1990 squad that won CIF Division 5A. (Photo by Dan Albano, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Marina twins follow their mother’s footsteps to CIF softball championship

By Dan Albano

June 18, 2025 at 6:24 p.m.

Twin sisters Mia and Avi Valbuena helped the Vikings capture Division 3 to join their...