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

Peñaflor, a standout football player who went on to become a longtime coach at the school, died July 7 of heart failure. He was 84.

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)

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

Cameron Chinn to coach baseball at Los Alamitos

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Laguna Hills’ football program is fundraising for assistant coach Dan Collins, who suffered multiple spinal injuries from a motorcycle crash on Dec. 17, 2024. The team and family hope to purchase an electrical wheelchair and a wheelchair accessible van to help the coach return to the sideline. (Courtesy of Caitlin Collins)

Laguna Hills football raising money for coach injured in motorcycle crash

The Hawks are rallying to support linebackers coach Dan Collins, who is aiming to return from a serious spinal injury.

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Westlake’s Mathis Dritz, #33, drives downcourt as Calabasas Erin Topacio, #1, defends on the play during first period action at Westlake High school on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Fairmont Prep girls basketball adds major transfer and touted freshman

High-scoring Mathis Dritz of Westlake and Aaliyah Mack from Arizona have joined the Huskies.

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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

Dostanic beats NCAA singles champion Michael Zheng in the finals of the American Collegiate Wild Card Playoffs to earn a berth in the U.S. Open in late August.

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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

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

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San Juan Hills’ Cooper Javorsky (71) celebrates with San Juan Hills’ Timmy Herr (2) after Herr’s touchdown during a game between San Juan Hills and Yorba Linda in a Bravo League game at Yorba Linda HS on Friday, Oct. 11…..(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)

Football recruiting: San Juan Hills lineman Cooper Javorsky commits to UCLA

The recent commitment by the offensive lineman gives Orange County 27 pledges from the Class...

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Corona High stars, from left, Seth Hernandez, Billy Carlson and Brady Ebel could all hear their names called Sunday on the first day of the MLB Draft. (Hernandez by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer; Carlson by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG; Ebel by Andrew Foulk Contributing Photographer)

MLB draft: All eyes on Corona High trio on Day One

Seth Hernandez, Billy Carlson and Brady Ebel headline a deep class of regional talent –...

High School Softball

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

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

High School Track

Santa Margarita’s Leo Francis won the long jump and finished third in the 200 meters at the CIF State Track and Field Championships. Earlier this season he won three individual events — 100, 200 and long jump — at the Orange County Championships for track and field on Saturday, March 29, 2025. (Photo by Steve Fryer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

All-Orange County boys track and field team, athlete of the year 2025

Leo Francis of Santa Margarita is the boys track and field athlete of the year;...

High School Swimming

Santa Margarita senior Teagan O’Dell is The Register’s 2025 Orange County girls swimmer of the year for the fourth consecutive year. She exited the high school ranks holding six Orange County records. (Photo by Dan Albano, Orange County Register/SCNG)

All-Orange County girls swimming team, swimmer of the year 2025

Santa Margarita senior Teagan O'Dell leads the All-Orange County girls swimming and diving team for...

High School Volleyball

Sara Moynihan, left, and Emma Champagne of JSerra are the Orange County beach volleyball players of the year for the 2025 season. (Courtesy of Melissa Hill)

All-Orange County beach volleyball team, players of the year 2025

JSerra's Emma Champagne and Sara Moynihan are the co-players of the year for 2025 after...

Athlete of the Week

Fountain Valley junior Josh Grack helped the Barons advance to the CIF Southern Section Division 2 baseball semifinals. (Courtesy of Fountain Valley High baseball)

Orange County boys athlete of the week: Josh Grack, Fountain Valley

The Fountain Valley pitcher/first baseman has been chosen for the weekly Orange County honor.

High School Scores

Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday, June 7

Scores and stats from Orange County games on Saturday, June 7

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