Pacific Tigers

The NCAA women's volleyball national tournament's final eight featured teams with three players who played for local high schools, and it is Newport Harbor's Tatum Norton playing for the national championship with the Oregon Ducks. Norton, who was an...

Russ Davis said he didn't want to name drop after his Vanguard University women's basketball team earned an impressive victory over visiting Westminster College of Utah on Saturday. But he went ahead and did so, nonetheless. "I have to give an assist to...

At 7-7, the UC Irvine men's basketball team is breaking even. It took overtime, of course, to produce the Anteaters' seventh victory of the season on Saturday, and "even" may be the theme in the Big West Conference, which tipped off with five games...

|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ HOCKEY|  Aberdeen Cougars vs. Watertown, Odde Ice Center, 1 p.m. |COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL|  North Dakota State at Northern Colorado  Providence at Trinity Bible |COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL|...

Annual Big East rivals from 1992-2003, Virginia Tech and Rutgers could well meet again at this season’s Russell Athletic Bowl. Postseason bids won’t be finalized until Sunday evening, but the Dec. 28 game in Orlando, Fla., has emerged as the...

Building seems to be the key word regarding several local girls’ basketball teams as the 2012-13 season has either just began or will do so shortly. At La Salle High, the Lancers are hoping to cement a solid foundation that included a 20-8 record...

With another order of CIF championship rings filled in March, Pasadena High remained the gold standard for boys’ basketball in the Pasadena area. Led by the play of standout All-CIF big man Brandon Jolley, now a senior, and veteran Coach Tim...

Keeping tabs on local athletes competing in college. Rishonda Napier (Bellarmine-Jefferson High), freshman, guard, Southern Illinois women’s basketball): The former Guards star has been getting playing time out of the gate in her first season on...

|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL| South Dakota| |District 3AA Championship| |at Golden Eagles Arena|  Mitchell (15-7) vs. Aberdeen Central (18-2), 7 p.m. |Region 1B Championship at Groton|  Summit (28-1) vs. Warner (30-0), 7 p.m. |Region 3B...

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY SoCal Regional COSTA MESA — Karen Silvas finished sixth invidually to help Orange Coast College finish first at Fairview Park on Saturday. Silvas finsihed the 5,000-meter course in 18 minutes, 50.14 seconds as the Pirates...

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL Irvine Valley def. Orange Coast IRVINE — Sophomore outside hitter Karlee Riggs recorded a match-high 37 kills for the Pirates, but the Lasers dealt OCC its first loss, 19-25, 25-23, 24-26, 25-17, 15-13, in Orange Empire...

VOLLEYBALL IMPERIAL — The Southwest High volleyball team beat Imperial High in Imperial Valley League to finish the season undefeated here Thursday — 25-15, 25-16, 25-18. For the Eagles, Maci Lerno had 15 kills, 13 digs, seven service points...