Tesoro senior Amanda Gehrich had long said that she wanted to make her college decision early and end the drama.
The defending CIF-State 1,600 meters champion ended speculation when she signed with the University of Utah.
Gehrich joins Capistrano...

Noble Franklin, who coached football and track and field at Saddleback and Santa Ana Valley high schools since the 1980s, died Friday. He was 58.
Franklin was found unconscious in the parking lot at Saddleback, according to Santa Ana Unified School...

BREA The future of Brea Olinda s track program was in question after their long-time distance coach Jeremy Mattern left.
Just three weeks after Mattern vacated the position to take a job at Granada High of Livermore, the Wildcats found a...

LAGUNA NIGUEL - An iPad found in a returned rental vehicle has led to the arrest of a high school track and field coach in Laguna Niguel for possessing child pornography, a sheriff's lieutenant said today.
Raymond William Henry II, 57, who coaches at...

The Register s 2015 All-County girls track and field team.
100: Sara Limp, Los Alamitos, Sr.; Hilary Ojinnaka, Cypress, Sr.; Alexis Turley-Young, Canyon, Jr.
200: Kennedy Gillian, Mission Viejo, Jr.; Sara Limp, Los Alamitos, Sr.*; Maliyah Medley,...

At year s end, he could only count his blessings.
Nathan Howard, the Los Alamitos track and field coach for the last 15 years, had entered the season with the expectation of winning the Sunset League. With talented sprinters such as Sara Limp...

Tesoro s Amanda Gehrich approached the track season with the laser-like focus of someone preparing to scale a mountain.
As the first-place finishes piled up for the junior, the only question that remained was whether she could sustain her momentum...

The final high school sports column of the 2014-15 high school sports year starts with a look ahead to the 2015-16 high school sports year.
The super-early football preseason top 10, super-subject to change between now and when our 2015 football...

The 2014-15 athletes and coaches of the year were awarded at the Marconi Museum in Tustin. Angels hall of famer Bobby Grich and former Ducks' goalie Guy Hebert were the guest speakers. Video by Jonathan Khamis and Drew A. Kelley, OCVarsity.com.
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Orange County s top high school athletes for 2014-15 broke records, won championships and left a lasting mark on their communities.
Whether they focused on one sport or two, garnered national attention or played in front of sparse crowds, our...