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High school football scores: Week 1 results

CIF Southern Section and City Section high school football scores from Week 1:Saturday’s scoresSOUTHERN SECTIONNONLEAGUEAliso Niguel 34, Silver Valley 6Arrowhead Christian 52, Riverside Notre Dame 13Canyon Country Canyon 43, Hueneme 6Diamond Bar 43, Chino 36Rio Hondo Prep 47, Pasadena Poly 21Santa Rosa Academy 52, Nuview Bridge 22Trinity Classical Academy 26, Bosco Tech 6Webb 64, Workman 0INTERSECTIONALAdvertisementH...

CIF Southern Section and City Section high school football scores from Week 1:

Saturday’s scores

SOUTHERN SECTION

NONLEAGUE

Aliso Niguel 34, Silver Valley 6

Arrowhead Christian 52, Riverside Notre Dame 13

Canyon Country Canyon 43, Hueneme 6

Diamond Bar 43, Chino 36

Rio Hondo Prep 47, Pasadena Poly 21

Santa Rosa Academy 52, Nuview Bridge 22

Trinity Classical Academy 26, Bosco Tech 6

Webb 64, Workman 0

INTERSECTIONAL

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Heritage Christian 36, El Camino Real 19

Mater Dei 48, South Jordan (Utah) Bingham 14

Newbury Park 25, Bakersfield Centennial 0

San Diego Maranatha Christian 7, Azusa 0

Heritage Christian 36, El Camino Real 19

San Juan Hills 31, San Ramon California 14

St. John Bosco 20, Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Aquinas 7

8-MAN

NONLEAGUE

Academy of Careers & Exploration 58, Calvary Baptist 20

Avalon 66, Valley Oaks CES 0

Downey Calvary Chapel 68, Vista Meridian 0

INTERSECTIONAL

California Lutheran 24, Escondido San Pasqual Academy 22

Flintridge Prep 56, Chula Vista Victory Christian 14

Laguna Blanca 22, Orcutt Academy 12

Oceanside Coastal Academy def. Leadership Military, forfeit

Laton def. SLO Classical Academy, forfeit

Friday’s scores

CITY SECTION

NONLEAGUE

Arleta 15, Chatsworth 12

Bernstein 37, Reseda 36

North Hollywood 56, Canoga Park 15

San Fernando 14, Chavez 0

Fairfax 25, Sylmar 20

Legacy 42, Fremont 6

Gardena 18, Crenshaw 13

Granada Hills Kennedy 60, Lincoln 22 (corrected)

Cleveland 38, Grant 15

Hawkins 42, Rivera 22

Taft 28, Los Angeles 0

Los Angeles Hamilton 38, Manual Arts 12

Los Angeles Marshall 20, Monroe 15

Palisades 42, Los Angeles Roosevelt 14

Marquez 21, South East 12

Panorama 34, Sun Valley Poly 13

Santee 41, Roybal 6

San Pedro 45, South Gate 14

Verdugo Hills 55, Van Nuys 7

Westchester 16, Huntington Park 0

SOUTHERN SECTION

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NONLEAGUE

Hesperia 27, Adelanto 0

Irvine 42, Anaheim Canyon 14

Golden Valley 32, Antelope Valley 6

Chaparral 28, Apple Valley 24

JSerra 45, Aquinas 13

San Marino 26, Arroyo 6

Etiwanda 28, Ayala 20

Beverly Hills 27, Vasquez 14

Corona 48, Big Bear 41

Bonita 34, Ontario Christian 31

Brea Olinda 48, California 21

Buena Park 70, Savanna 0

Santa Fe 52, Burbank 28

Burbank Burroughs 41, Fillmore 14

Millikan 48, Cathedral 34

Century 32, Saddleback 2

Chino Hills 21, Charter Oak 17

Compton 57, Compton Centennial 6

Corona del Mar 41, Cypress 24

Covina 40, South Hills 14

Culver City 72, San Jacinto 63

Los Osos 55, Don Lugo 36

Edison 17, Leuzinger 0

Colony 21, El Modena 17

Santa Monica 36, El Segundo 20

Downey 35, El Toro 10

Tustin 36, Foothill 35

Marina 13, Fountain Valley 7

Gahr 21, Cerritos Valley Christian 20

Gardena Serra 27, Warren 0

Pomona 49, Garey 7

Westminster La Quinta 23, Godinez 0

Diamond Ranch 56, Grace Brethren 13

Hart 41, Oxnard 14

Oak Hills 28, Highland 7

Hemet 38, Indio 13

Desert Hot Springs 34, Jurupa Valley 8

Sunny Hills 50, Katella 0

Artesia 41, Keppel 0

Simi Valley 55, Knight 0

La Quinta 56, Heritage 14

Los Alamitos 25, La Serna 6

Laguna Beach 24, Dana Hills 10

Tahquitz 35, Lakeside 12

Lakewood 14, San Dimas 7

Barstow 28, Lancaster 0

Bloomington 42, Littlerock 8

Estancia 50, Loara 7

Long Beach Jordan 7, Peninsula 6

Redondo 35, Long Beach Wilson 0

Damien 35, Loyola 14

Placentia Valencia 63, Magnolia 0

Crean Lutheran 43, Mary Star 0

Mayfair 41, Bellflower 16

St. Francis 34, Mira Costa 21

Mission Viejo 38, Citrus Valley 14

Cantwell-Sacred Heart 12, Montebello 0

Mountain View 28, Bassett 21

Muir 22, St. Pius X-St. Matthias 15

Murrieta Valley 35, Great Oak 14

Upland 37, Norco 0

North Torrance 28, St. Genevieve 7

La Canada 50, Norwalk 43

Calabasas 48, Oak Park 28

Sierra Vista 49, Ontario 6

Cajon 42, Orange Vista 28

Perris 48, Miller 37

Pioneer 14, Costa Mesa 13

Portola 35, Irvine University 34

Redlands 21, Hillcrest 20

Rialto 69, Victor Valley 0

Rio Mesa 48, Camarillo 35

Beaumont 52, Riverside North 7

Arlington 13, Riverside Poly 7

Riverside Prep 30, Pacific 12

San Gabriel 29, Rosemead 0

Montclair 42, Rowland 6

Laguna Hills 23, Santa Ana 12

Corona Centennial 34, Santa Margarita 21

Santa Paula 44, Channel Islands 6

Segerstrom 49, Santa Ana Valley 7

Serrano 12, Patriot 10

Rancho Cucamonga 34, Servite 31

Sierra Canyon 30, Oaks Christian 14

St. Anthony 62, West Torrance 29

Oxnard Pacifica 24, St. Bonaventure 13

St. Monica 34, Hawthorne 20

Bishop Amat 29, St. Paul 28

Liberty 35, Sultana 22

Salesian 14, Summit 13

Temecula Valley 17, Elsinore 7

Temple City 50, Gabrielino 6

Troy 43, Claremont 0

Canyon Springs 38, Twentynine Palms 0

Thousand Oaks 17, Ventura 0

Viewpoint 32, Eastside 27

Vista del Lago 34, Valley View 0

Esperanza 25, Walnut 0

West Ranch 61, Pasadena 0

Western Christian 34, Whittier Christian 16

Agoura 21, Westlake 20

Woodbridge 35, Cerritos 23

Xavier Prep 27, La Salle 6

INTERSECTIONAL

San Diego Lincoln 58, Alemany 6

Arroyo Valley 45, San Diego O’Farrell 0

Firebaugh 38, Bakersfield Del Oro 0

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 41, Birmingham 0

Sonora at La Habra 14, Calexico Vincent Memorial 7

Capistrano Valley 28, Chula Vista Eastlake 9

Coachella Valley 41, Blythe Palo Verde Valley 21

La Puente 40, Contreras 15

Crescenta Valley 55, Eagle Rock 19

Garfield 41, Crespi 0

Dominguez 43, Locke 0

Inglewood 44, Dorsey 6

Duarte 37, View Park 34

Dymally 47, Buena 41

El Centro Southwest 24, Banning 14

Fallbrook 31, Linfield Christian 17

Glenn 46, Rancho Dominguez 0

South Torrance def. Jefferson — Forfeit

Brentwood 48, King/Drew 8

Las Vegas Bishop Gorman 60, Long Beach Poly 15

Lynwood 27, Los Angeles University 16

Lutheran 35, Concord De La Salle 14

Glendale 19, Mendez 9

Las Vegas (Nev.) Sierra Vista 34, Northview 26

Palos Verdes 50, Peoria (Ariz.) Sunrise Mountain 8

Chaminade 40, San Diego Cathedral 30

Bakersfield Independence 8, Sotomayor 0

Harvard-Westlake 13, Venice 7

Angelou 38, Verbum Dei 14

Village Christian 45, Granada Hills 8

8 MAN

CITY SECTION

NONLEAGUE

New Designs University Park 14, East Valley 6

Fulton 34, USC Hybrid 14

SOUTHERN SECTION

NONLEAGUE

Windward 55, Rolling Hills Prep 0

Santa Clarita Christian 40, Santa Clara 26

INTERSECTIONAL

Cornerstone Christian 74, Sherman Oaks CES 6

CSDR 28, El Cajon Foothills Christian 26

Mammoth Lakes Mammoth 36, Hesperia Christian 35

Southlands Christian 48, Rancho Santa Fe Horizon Prep 16

Lancaster Desert Christian 41, Trona 6

Fresno Christian 50, United Christian 14

Thursday’s scores

CITY SECTION

NONLEAGUE

Wilmington Banning 63, Bell 7

Carson 49, Franklin 7

SOUTHERN SECTION

NONLEAGUE

Redlands East Valley 35, Alta Loma 12

Ocean View 22, Anaheim 7

Rim of the World 14, Arcadia 6

Baldwin Park 52, El Monte 33

Beckman 62, Bolsa Grande 0

El Rancho 35, Bell Gardens 0

Bermuda Dunes Desert Christian 14, California Military 13

Schurr 50, Campbell Hall 0

Capistrano Valley Christian 48, Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 21

Granite Hills 40, Carter 14

Castaic 36, Royal 12

Diamond Ranch 56, Grace Brethren 13

La Habra 40, El Dorado 16

Fontana 29, Indian Springs 13

Ganesha 29, Hoover 26

Garden Grove 19, Garden Grove Pacifica 14

Glendora 27, Jurupa Hills 13

Trabuco Hills 31, Huntington Beach 28

Ramona 28, Kaiser 17

Paloma Valley 27, Moreno Valley 20

Rancho Verde 38, Corona Santiago 0

Citrus Hill 32, Rubidoux 15

Los Amigos 28, San Bernardino 27

San Gorgonio 36, Chaffey 28

Norte Vista 49, Shadow Hills 6

Yucaipa 35, Silverado 0

Western 48, St. Margaret’s 13

Newport Harbor 17, Tesoro 14

Villa Park 42, Orange 8

Los Altos 35, West Covina 19

West Valley 43, Maranatha 24

Rancho Christian 40, Yucca Valley 19

INTERSECTIONAL

Temescal Canyon 35, Chula Vista Hilltop 21

Desert Mirage 24, Calipatria 23

South Pasadena 68, Maywood CES 6

Paraclete 21, Bakersfield Garces 14

Narbonne 41, Paramount 6

8 MAN

SOUTHERN SECTION

NONLEAGUE

Lucerne Valley def. Entrepreneur via forfeit

High School Sports | VOTE: Southern California Girls Athlete of the…

Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region.Each athlete is then entered into the overall Southern California Athlete of the Week vote.Click on the newspaper links below the athlete’s name t...

Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region.

Each athlete is then entered into the overall Southern California Athlete of the Week vote.

Click on the newspaper links below the athlete’s name to read about their performance from last week, and then vote for who you think deserves the top honor.

Readers are allowed to vote multiple times. Voting ends at midnight, but final totals aren’t always immediately reflected due to processing.

The overall winner will be announced on Friday, December 23.

Voting poll at bottom of the page.

Janessa Rodriguez, San Dimas: The Saints’ leading scorer had 11 points, 10 rebounds, four blocks and four steals in a 47-46 victory over Los Altos to finish third in the San Dimas tournament. In a 49-43 semifinal loss to Roosevelt, Rodriguez scored 10 points and grabbed nine rebounds. She also had 14 points with 10 rebounds in a 68-30 win over Einsenhower. San Dimas is 9-2 overall.

Kylie Ray, Crescenta Valley: Ray is emerging as one of the better guards in the area. She is averaging 16.4 points and 3.3 rebounds per game this season. She tallied 17 points and six rebounds in a win over Pasadena before notching 12 points, six assists and eight steals in a win over Hoover.

Peyton Marinos, JSerra: Marinos helped the Lions win the Best in the West Tournament. She scored twice in a 2-1 victory against Los Alamitos in the semifinals and once in the shootout in the final against Villa Park.

Nyemah King, Lakewood: King scored a game-high 23 points in Lakewood’s 57-30 win against rival Millikan to open Moore League play on Friday, Dec. 16. The 5-foot-9 sophomore guard is averaging more than 20 points per game this season. The Lancers are on an eight-game winning streak.

Sydney Bushman, Mira Costa: Bushman’s long-range free kick in double overtime gave the Mustangs a 1-0 win over rival Redondo in the final of the South Holiday Tournament. Bushman was selected MVP of the tournament.

Rare weather conditions are fueling California’s ‘major and unusual’ snow, blizzard warning

“All systems go for a major and unusual storm,” the National Weather Service said in its forecast on Wednesday.The powerful winter storm moving through California is expected to drop heaps of rain, sleet and snow across much of the state, including Southern California, where several feet of fresh powder could fall in the mountains of Los Angeles and Ventura counties at elevations as low a...

“All systems go for a major and unusual storm,” the National Weather Service said in its forecast on Wednesday.

The powerful winter storm moving through California is expected to drop heaps of rain, sleet and snow across much of the state, including Southern California, where several feet of fresh powder could fall in the mountains of Los Angeles and Ventura counties at elevations as low as 1,500 feet Thursday into Friday.

The event is unusual even in a winter of unusual events, climate experts say. The state already defied forecasts for a dry winter driven by La Niña when a series of nine atmospheric river storms pummeled California in January — the wettest three-week period on record, according to state officials.

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Now, portions of Los Angeles and Ventura counties are under a blizzard warning — only the second such warning ever the weather service is aware of. Should forecasts manifest, the mountain areas could receive the “largest amount of 24- [to] 48-hour snowfall seen in decades,” rivaling a winter storm in 1989, forecasters said.

Daniel McEvoy, a regional climatologist with Western Regional Climate Center, said the rare system is part of a larger-scale circulation pattern in the Western U.S. that has been in place through much of winter and has locked in a lot of cold air.

“This has been one of the coldest winters in many decades for a lot of places,” McEvoy said. “The fact that we’re having another cold storm this winter is not that surprising, but the magnitude — and how the ingredients are setting up to impact Southern California especially — is looking pretty rare.”

The system is being driven by an area of low pressure off the coast of California that is slowly moving south from Canada, he said. Within that main system are multiple “waves of energy” due to the flow of the jet stream, or the air currents in the upper level of the atmosphere that guide weather systems across the globe.

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Though it is not like the “classic” atmospheric rivers that hit the state in late December and early January, the system will connect with moisture over the Pacific as it moves through California, signaling heavy rain and snow.

“The forecast has a lot of snow, and snow at really low elevations, as opposed to the storms that we saw in early January that had a completely different flow where the jet stream was coming from the west, or even the south, and bringing up warmer air, which led to really high snow levels during that series of storms,” he said.

The effects of the storm are expected to be wide-ranging and potentially dangerous, including road closures, power outages, downed trees and other hazards. Residents are being advised to avoid travel during the brunt of the storm unless absolutely necessary.

Though Southern California will feel some impacts, it’s far from the only part of the state bracing for snowy weather, with winter storm warnings in areas ranging from the Oregon border to Mexico.

“This is a rare setup for us,” said Brayden Murdock, a meteorologist with the weather service in the San Francisco Bay Area. “If this whole system was pushed a little more off to the east, it probably would have been more of a dry, strong wind event, but since it gets the opportunity to interact with the Pacific, that’s why we’re getting all this moisture on top of it.”

Indeed, it was only months ago when forecasters called for a drier-than-normal winter driven largely by La Niña, a climate pattern in the tropical Pacific.

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But La Niña is transitioning into a more neutral pattern, said National Weather Service meteorologist Lisa Phillips. The latest seasonal outlook issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration now shows equal chances of wetness or dryness in almost all of California through May.

McEvoy, the climatologist, said the moist system speaks to the challenges of long-term forecasting. Since about November, the jet stream has been digging out an area of low pressure that has been persistent over much of the West Coast, he said.

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“The atmosphere has gotten locked into this pattern this winter, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to be breaking anytime soon,” he said.

David Sweet, a meteorologist with the weather service in Oxnard, called it a “complex and complicated scenario.”

“It’s bringing all of that cold air down to Southern California; we’re getting the full brunt,” Sweet said.

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“It’s got the cold air, it’s got the moisture, it’s got strong winds,” he added. “It’s an ideal situation for a big weather maker with huge impacts.”

Temperatures were expected to be as much as 20 degrees below normal, and by Wednesday afternoon, snow was already starting to fall in portions of the Antelope Valley, while hail was pounding the pavement in Highland Park and Pasadena. Residents reported a dusting of snow in La Crescenta, and 50-mph gusts battered Thousand Oaks and Agoura.

The biggest effects will be Thursday through Saturday, when Southern California could see several feet of fresh powder in the mountains around Los Angeles.

Southern California braces for cooler temps, heavy rain and lower elevation snow

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.Southern California is bracing for the coldest storm of the winter and likely the coldest storm in many years, which will bring rain and lower-elevation snow to the region.The weather will shift dramatically Tuesday afternoon with cooler temperatures and winds ranging from 30-50 mph in the valleys and coas...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.

Southern California is bracing for the coldest storm of the winter and likely the coldest storm in many years, which will bring rain and lower-elevation snow to the region.

The weather will shift dramatically Tuesday afternoon with cooler temperatures and winds ranging from 30-50 mph in the valleys and coastal areas, according to the National Weather Service. Wind gusts in the mountains and foothills could reach as high as 80 mph.

High temperatures will be in the low-to-mid-60s for metropolitan Los Angeles, then fall dramatically in the evening.

“This storm will pack a one-two punch as the winds will be accompanied by extremely cold air,” NWS said.

Chances for precipitation increase on Thursday and Friday and will continue into the weekend.

“As the storm moves onshore, it will pack a big punch,” said KTLA meteorologist Henry DiCarlo. “The atmosphere is really poised for a lot of rain.

DiCarlo is forecasting 4 to 5 inches of rainfall in the coastal areas and valleys through Saturday, and snowfall as low as 1,000 feet in elevation, meaning possible snow or graupel in the San Fernando Valley, Santa Clarita Valley and La Crescenta.

At 1,500 feet, the 5 Freeway through the Grapevine is expected to see dangerous driving conditions due to snowfall. Snow accumulation in the mountain above 2,500 feet will range from 6 to 12 inches, NWS said.

“I think this is the storm that gets us over our seasonal average for moisture. It’s been years since we’ve talked about that,” DiCarlo said.

The Los Angeles County Public Health Department issued a cold weather warning due to wind chill temperatures that are expected to be below freezing.

“Children, the elderly, and people with disabilities or special medical needs are especially vulnerable during cold weather. Extra precaution should be taken to ensure they don’t get too cold when they are outside,” said Dr. Muntu Davis, Los Angeles County health officer. “There are places where people can go to stay warm, such as shelters or other public facilities. We also want to remind people not to use stoves, barbeques or ovens to heat their homes due to the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.”

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority has a Winter Shelter Program available for those in need. Locations and transportation information can be found online at www.lahsa.org or by calling the L.A. County Information line at 211.

VOTE: Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week, December 23

Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region.Each athlete is then entered into the overall Southern California Athlete of the Week vote.Click on the newspaper links below the athlete’s name t...

Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region.

Each athlete is then entered into the overall Southern California Athlete of the Week vote.

Click on the newspaper links below the athlete’s name to read about their performance from last week, and then vote for who you think deserves the top honor.

Readers are allowed to vote multiple times. Voting ends at midnight, but final totals aren’t always immediately reflected due to processing.

BOYS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK VOTING

The overall winner will be announced on Friday, December 23.

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Janessa Rodriguez, San Dimas: The Saints’ leading scorer had 11 points, 10 rebounds, four blocks and four steals in a 47-46 victory over Los Altos to finish third in the San Dimas tournament. In a 49-43 semifinal loss to Roosevelt, Rodriguez scored 10 points and grabbed nine rebounds. She also had 14 points with 10 rebounds in a 68-30 win over Einsenhower. San Dimas is 9-2 overall.

Kylie Ray, Crescenta Valley: Ray is emerging as one of the better guards in the area. She is averaging 16.4 points and 3.3 rebounds per game this season. She tallied 17 points and six rebounds in a win over Pasadena before notching 12 points, six assists and eight steals in a win over Hoover.

Peyton Marinos, JSerra: Marinos helped the Lions win the Best in the West Tournament. She scored twice in a 2-1 victory against Los Alamitos in the semifinals and once in the shootout in the final against Villa Park.

Nyemah King, Lakewood: King scored a game-high 23 points in Lakewood’s 57-30 win against rival Millikan to open Moore League play on Friday, Dec. 16. The 5-foot-9 sophomore guard is averaging more than 20 points per game this season. The Lancers are on an eight-game winning streak.

Sydney Bushman, Mira Costa: Bushman’s long-range free kick in double overtime gave the Mustangs a 1-0 win over rival Redondo in the final of the South Holiday Tournament. Bushman was selected MVP of the tournament.

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