Today's Headlines
Overcast conditions gave way to sunshine Wednesday as both the men’s and women’s events got underway in Surf City.
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Team USA edged Hungary 5-4 on Tuesday in Paris, advancing to Thursday’s semifinals in its quest for its fourth straight gold medal.
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The trio put their hands and feet into cement as part of the festivities for the 2024 class on Friday morning.
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San Clemente’s Cole Houshmand is seeded No. 2 and Huntington Beach local Kanoa Igarashi is No. 3 for the annual contest on the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier.
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Cole Tapper of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia authored a backdoor sweep in the best-of-five final of the 57th Governor’s Cup on Saturday in Newport Beach.
The Newport Beach 10U and 12U girls, as well as SET 18Us, earned titles Sunday at Stanford University.
The 20-player roster is set to compete in a tournament in Panama, beginning on Friday.
Japan’s Yuto Horigome repeated as gold medalist in the final Monday in Paris. American Jagger Eaton took silver.
Maddie Musselman and Kaleigh Gilchrist never played water polo against each other growing up, but they have become great friends. They’ll try to help Team USA win its fourth straight gold medal in Paris.
The Oilers finish second behind Charter Oak in their host passing tournament. Huntington Beach won a tug-of-war competition for the linemen.
The Newport 18-and-under boys repeated as Junior Olympics champions Tuesday at Stanford University, while the 16U squad also won and the 14U boys were runner-up.
The school district recently resurfaced the Vikings’ 16 courts, allowing Marina to partner with the Southern California Tennis Assn. and host many fundraising events.
The local 13-year-olds, who have won 10 straight games, will open play at the Pony-13 World Series in Carlsbad on Friday.
The former Sunset League programs show well in reaching the gold bracket of the Battle at the Beach passing tournament at Edison High on Saturday.
Thorsness, who competed in swimming and water polo at Huntington Beach High, is set to begin her second stint as head coach of the Oilers’ girls’ swimming program.
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Nyjah Huston will be one of 12 skateboarders representing the United States at the Paris Olympics this summer.
