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Friday football: Lions, Argos, M’s, Aztecs win
Pacifica 38, Cypress 8 The Mariners kept their CIF playoff hopes alive with the upset win Friday at Western High’s Handel Field. With star running back Jake Brito sidelined for much of the game due to...
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Argonauts grab a league football title
By Jacob Wilson/Garden Grove Journal Argonaut running back C.J. Del Real breaks through the line against Rancho The Argonauts are back on top. After winning a CIF title in 2010, back-to-back trips to...
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Thursday football: Vaqs win; M’s, Panthers fall
Rancho Alamitos 46, Santiago 13 In the final regular season game of the season for both teams, the Vaqueros used a powerful ground game to defeat the Cavaliers Thursday night at Bolsa Grande Stadium....
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Four local teams in CIF playoffs
Garden Grove Journal The second season of local high school football is open to begin for four teams from the Garden Grove-Stanton-Westminster area. Garden Grove, Westminster, Rancho Alamitos and Los...
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Don Alexander: College football crucial games coming
It’s all comes down to the last three games of the college football season! And somehow a year ago I made plans to go on a two-week cruise for the first two weeks of it! Did I have a brain freeze?...
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Friday CIF football: Argonauts, Lobos win
Garden Grove 35, Beckman 0 Playing their CIF-SS Southern Division opener at home, the Argonauts jumped out to an early lead and went on to the win Friday night. In a rematch with the team they defeated...
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Mike Trout is AL Rookie of the Year
Mike Trout and the Angels NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Trout and Bryce Harper were teammates on the Scottsdale Scorpions last fall. The outfielders arrived in the major leagues on the same April day this year,...
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Grove faces Segerstrom in second round
By Jacob WilsonGarden Grove Journal These aren’t your older brother’s Argonauts, but they might be just as good. Garden Grove (9-2) opened up the CIF Southewrn Division playoffs last Friday with a 35-0...
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CIF play: Grove to grid semifinals
One local school is headed into to the CIF football semifinals and another is in the girls’ volleyball finals. Here’s a look at Friday’s football action and a note about the volleyball contest....
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Don Alexander: An inside look at Fenway Park
Don Alexander A couple of months ago I guided you through Wrigley Field, partly through the eyes of my Son, Dan Alexander. Today we use those eyes and ears to see Fenway Park; It is 100 years old and...
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Argos to face Laguna in CIF football semis
Sione Masoe carries for Garden Grove. vs. Segerstrom. By Jacob Wilson/Garden Grove Journal When the offenses get tough, the defense gets tougher. Garden Grove (now 10-2) has won seven straight games by...
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Don Alexander: Quotes that go the distance
Don Alexander Time to catch up on some of my favorite quotes I’ve come across in my 27 years of writing this column. You won’t believe long distance running can be so competitive. Cross country and...
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Grove beats Breakers, heads to title game
Garden Grove High’s football team advanced to the CIF–SS Southern Division finals with a 35-21 semifinal win over Laguna Beach Friday night on the Argo field. Grove (11-2) was led by Angel Martinez,...
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Grove faces Corona del Mar for CIF crown
Garden Grove High’s football team. By Jacob Wilson/Garden Grove Journal Three out of four ain’t bad. In fact it’s incredible. But two out of three would be even better. Garden Grove will play in the...
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Argos fall to CDM in CIF football finals
By Jacob Wilson/Garden Grove Journal The Garden Grove Argonauts lost to Corona Del Mar 35-10 Saturday at Angel Stadium in the CIF Southern Division Finals. Defense set the tone for the Sea Kings early...
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Argos will be back, says Puga
Garden Grove vs. Corona del Mar in the CIF finals. By Jacob Wilson/Garden Grove Journal Garden Grove’s season ended where they expected it but not how they wanted. The Argonauts lost to Corona Del Mar...
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Angels can’t wait to put Josh into lineup
Josh Hamilton By Beth Harris/AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, California (AP) –Feeling “a little upset’’ that Texas didn’t move quickly enough to re-sign him, free-agent outfielder Josh Hamilton donned a Los...
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Don Alexander: What I’d do with $125 million
Don Alexander I was just thinking that if I made $25 million a year for five years, like Josh Hamilton and the Angels just announced, how would that affect my Christmas shopping budget? I guess I would...
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Angels find pitching help by trading Morales
Kendrys Morales (at right). By Tim Booth/AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) – The Los Angeles Angels got the pitching depth they wanted. The Seattle Mariners got the power-bat they so desperately needed....
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Hesla leading Argonauts
Garden Grove High’s boys’ basketball team won three games over the weekend and improved their record to 7-5, ranking them fourth in the Journal’s weekly High 5 of top basketball teams in the Garden...
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