MANHATTAN BEACH — For the second time in eight days, Huntington Beach matched up with top-ranked Manhattan Beach Mira Costa in a high-stakes fight.

And for the second time in those bouts, the Mustangs walked away with the prize, this time securing a spot in the inaugural CIF State Division I championship match for boys’ volleyball.

Cooper Keane had 18 kills to lead Mira Costa over visiting Huntington Beach 26-24, 25-20, 25-16 on Saturday in a Southern California regional final, bringing an end to an otherwise remarkable season for the Oilers.

“In any given year, we could have been CIF champs and state champs,” Huntington Beach coach Craig Pazanti said. “We were the second best team in our section, second best team in Southern California, we’ve been one of the top teams in the country all year long, and just give these guys credit. These guys have busted their butts all year long.”

Huntington Beach (36-5) took three of its losses against Mira Costa (36-2), including a five-set defeat in the Southern Section Division 1 final on Friday, May 16. The Mustangs will be heavily favored against San Jose Archbishop Mitty (40-2) in the Division I state final on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at Fresno City College.

“I feel completely lucky to be a part of it,” Mira Costa coach Greg Snyder said of his team advancing to the state finals. “To have the team that we have in the first year that it’s in existence, I feel like Mira Costa is set up to take it. I have complete respect for [Archbishop Mitty], but I feel like this team is hungry for that win.

“I’ve been dangling that carrot in front of them the entire season, and now that it’s close, I just see this team coming together, gelling and peaking just at the right time. A coach couldn’t ask for anymore.”

Grayson Bradford had seven kills and seven block assists for Mira Costa. Mateo Fuerbringer added eight kills, Alex Heins provided six kills and four block assists, and Wyatt Davis chipped in with six kills and three block assists. Andrew Chapin spread the ball around for 36 assists, adding two kills and a service ace.

The Oilers went undefeated in the Sunset League, delivering the program’s first league championship since 2016. Pazanti also noted that Huntington Beach played 21 matches against the top 10 teams in the Southern Section and went 17-4.

“We don’t duck anybody,” Pazanti said. “Year to year, we’re going to play against the best competition, and that’s how we get better. It would have been nice to get one more match, but can’t be disappointed when you have that kind of a season.”

Huntington Beach was off to the races in the first set. Snyder utilized his two timeouts after the Mustangs had fallen into deficits of 9-4 and 17-8, respectively. A late run closed the gap, and when outside hitter Colin Choi (five kills) aggravated an ankle injury upon landing after a swing, Mira Costa capitalized by taking eight of the last 11 points to claim the extended set.

Mira Costa then won the last six points of the second set to take a commanding lead in the match.

“I thought through two sets, we had probably outplayed them for about 90% of the match,” Pazanti said. “But they went on a run late in set two, and they went on a run late in set one, and that was the difference. We lose our best passer [Choi] at the end of set one. Who knows — would of, should of, could of — but I’m guessing he doesn’t get hurt, we win set one and maybe it’s a different mental approach to the rest of the match.”

Logan Hutnick had a team-leading 17 kills to go with two block assists and an ace for Huntington Beach. Ben Arguello added nine kills and two block assists. Kai Gan distributed 28 assists.

The Oilers played the match without Nick Ganier Jr. available at middle blocker, due to illness. Kaegan Ramdhani stepped up with two kills and four block assists.

“It’s just tough,” said Choi, who returned to the action in the second set after having the injury taped. “I think we just ran out of gas, but I think we put our best foot forward today, and I can’t really complain.”

Also in the CIF State Southern California regional finals:

Sage Hill 3, San Diego Clairemont 0: The top-seeded Lightning earned a 25-16, 25-22, 25-22 win at home on Saturday to advance to the CIF State Division III final.

Jackson Cryst had 32 kills to lead Sage Hill (22-11), which has won a dozen matches in a row. The Lightning will face San Francisco International (27-7) on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the state championship match at Fresno City College.

Day One Results

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (May 28, 2025) –

A trio of Northern Arizona track and field athletes have punched their tickets to the NCAA Division I National Championships in Eugene, Ore., on the first day of the NCAA West Preliminary Round in College Station, Texas.
 
Drew Bosley and David Mullarkey advanced in the 10,000-meters, while Trevor Hook qualified in the javelin.
 
Hook is the first-ever men’s javelin thrower from Northern Arizona to advance to the NCAA Division I National Championships. He threw a near personal best of 68.62-meters on his first attempt to place 11th overall after coming in ranked 24^th.
 
Bosley, who was competing in his first West Preliminary Round since 2022, qualified for his first career NCAA Outdoor Championship meet. He finished sixth in the 10,000-meters with a time of 28:19.60.
 
Mullarkey, who advanced to two-straight outdoor National Championship meets when he competed at Florida State in the 5,000-meters, finished right behind Bosley in seventh place with a time of 28:19.73 to punch his ticket.
 
Both Bosley and Mullarkey are entered in Friday night’s semifinal of the 5,000-meters as well.
 
Colin Sahlman auto-qualified for Friday’s 1,500-meter quarterfinals by finishing fourth in his heat with a time of 3:56.02. Sahlman is looking to punch his ticket to the national meet in the 1,500-meters for the third-straight year.
 
Also moving on to Friday is freshman Josiah Johnson in the 400-meter hurdles. He clocked 51.09 in the first round, finishing 21^st overall after coming into the event ranked 31^st. Johnson just missed auto-qualifying, placing fourth in his heat.
 
Desmond Lott placed 29^th in the hammer throw with a mark of 62.08-meters. He’ll be back to compete in the discus on Friday, May 30 at 11 a.m. Mountain Standard time.
 
In the 10,000-meters, Santiago Prosser improved on his 31^st-place ranking and finished 27^th overall with a time of 29:12.96. Justin Keyes finished 44^th with a time of 30:33.10. The duo will also race in the 5,000-meters on Friday night.
 
Also competing in the javelin was Clay Carbajal who placed 44^th with a toss of 57.24-meters, improving from his 48^th-place ranking in his first event since April.
 
The women are in action tomorrow, beginning with the field events at 8 a.m. MST and the track events at 4:30 p.m. MST. The meet will be broadcast on ESPN+ with live results available here.
 

The IHSA boys water polo state quarterfinals proved to be a tough one for Journal-area teams Friday, May 23 at Stevenson.
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Whitney Young Co-op 12, Palatine 10: Palatine (26-8) saw their record season come to an end in the state quarterfinals for the seventh time in program history. Before this year, Palatine reached the state quarterfinals in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2014 and 2022, but lost each time. This was the closest they ever got to a win. P…

LONG JUMP RESULTS | MEN’S 100 METER RESULTS

NEW ORLEANS – A pair of Privateers had to wait a big longer than anticipated as rain and lightning delayed procedures at the 2025 NCAA East Regional at Hodges Stadium on Wednesday evening.

Christopher Murphy got things started for the Privateers with jumps of 6.66 meters, 6.58 meters and 7.20 meters in the long jump. After two flights Murphy sat in 12^th place for almost three and a half hours as the inclement weather delayed the starts for flights three and four. When the dust settled however, the Port Allen native’s best mark placed him 30th.

After an almost four hour wait Madonna Favour ruled to have reacted too quickly when the 100M dash began at almost 10 p.m. CST.

Murphy and Favour return to action Friday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. CST when they are joined by Daryl Bachmann, and Darryl George Jr. in the men’s 4×100 relay. Fans can watch the 4×100, as well as all of Friday’s races on ESPN+. Updates will also be made available @privateersTFXC on X and Instagram.

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Sophomore Riley Marx punched his ticket to the NCAA Championship competing in the men’s javelin throw on the first day of the NCAA West Preliminary on Wednesday (May 28) at E.B. Cushing Stadium.
 
Marx finished in 4^th place with a new personal best distance of 72.58m (238′ 1″), now holding the no. 2 best throw in K-State’s all-time top-10. This is Marx’s third throw over 70 meters this season, more than five feet further than his previous best.
 
Junior Gary Moore Jr., the 2025 Big 12 men’s hammer throw champion, competed in his first of two events where he finished 22^nd in the hammer throw with a distance of 63.10m (207′ 0″). Moore Jr. will also compete in the men’s discus throw on Friday (May 30) at 1 p.m., CT.
 
In the men’s 400 meters first round, sophomore Tavon Underwood finished 21^st in 46.29 seconds, placing fifth in his heat, just shy of qualifying for the quarterfinal race on Friday. Fellow sophomore Nen Matlock also competed in the race in 46.85 seconds finishing 37^th.
 
On Thursday (May 29) five women will compete in the field events, senior Monique Hardy in the hammer throw at 10 a.m., senior Jessi Brummett in the javelin throw at 2:30 p.m., followed by senior Shalom Olotu in the long jump at 4:30 p.m., junior Claire Bybee in the pole vault at 5:30 p.m. and senior Jaycee Schroeder in the shot put at 6 p.m. The three remaining days of competition can be streamed on ESPN+ starting with the track events.
 
NCAA West Preliminary
E.B. Cushing Stadium
Bryan-College Station, Texas
 
Men’s Hammer Throw
22. Gary Moore Jr., 63.10m (207′ 0″)
 
Men’s Javelin Throw
4. Riley Marx, 72.58m (238′ 1″) (PR)*
 
Men’s 400 Meters (First Round)
21. Tavon Underwood, 46.29
37. Nen Matlock, 46.85
 
Men’s Pole Vault
Pierson Carlisle, NH
 
 

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LOS ANGELES – The USC women’s volleyball team unveiled its 2025 schedule on Wednesday (May 28). The Women of Troy—in their second season as members of the Big Ten—will play a 20-match conference schedule and has 10 non-league contests all in Southern California to open their sixth year under head coach Brad Keller.
 
The Trojans open the new season as host to Denver on a Friday night (Aug. 29) at Galen Center. USC then plays its first road contest at Loyola Marymount’s Gersten Pavilion on Aug. 31.
 
The Women of Troy host UC Santa Barbara, San Diego, and Creighton for a six-match tournament at Galen Center Sept. 5-7 and then return to Gersten Pavilion for a tournament hosted by LMU Sept. 11-12. There, the Trojans take on BYU and Western Michigan. USC closes non-conference play with a pair of matches against LSU at Galen Center (Sept. 18-19) and then wraps up the 10-match non-league slate with California—a former Pac-12 foe—on Sept. 21.
 
USC gets into the 20-match Big Ten schedule with a road trip to face defending NCAA champion Penn State (Sept. 26) and Ohio State (Sept. 27). In all, the Trojans will play 14 matches against teams that made appearances in the 2024 NCAA tournament.
 
USC faces crosstown rival UCLA, Oregon, and Washington twice each—once at home and once on the road—and matches up with each of the other 14 conference teams once.
 
Amond other road opponents, USC will visit Iowa (Oct. 17) and Wisconsin (Oct. 19) for a long midseason trip. The Trojans get a one-off road match at Minnesota (Nov. 1) and then close the season with a road trip to Michigan to take on the Spartans (Nov. 26) in East Lansing and the Wolverines (Nov. 28) in Ann Arbor during Thanksgiving week.
 
At home, USC hosts its first Big Ten opponents when Indiana (Oct. 3) and Purdue (Oct. 4) visit Galen Center. Maryland makes the cross-country trek to face the Trojans on Oct. 23 and then Northwestern visits on Nov. 6. Rutgers (Nov. 14) and Nebraska (Nov. 15) come to Galen Center in mid-November and then USC hosts Illinois (Nov. 22) for Senior Night.
 
Match times will be determined by television selections, which will be announced later. Any non-televised Big Ten matches and home non-conference contests will be carried live on Big Ten Plus.
 
Last season, the Women of Troy were awarded the sixth seed and made their 40th all-time appearance in the NCAA tournament. USC (22-10) defeated UT Arlington in a three-set sweep in the first round to advance to the second round for the 35th time. There, the Trojans were eliminated by third-seeded and 13th-ranked site host Texas in straight sets. USC reached 20 wins for the second time under Keller to earn its third consecutive berth in the tourney. Setter Mia Tuaniga set a new school record for career assists and was named to the AVCA All-America third team. She and outside hitter Ally Batenhorst were each AVCA All-Region choices and were taken with picks in the PVF Draft.
 
For more information on the USC women’s volleyball team, please visit USCTrojans.com/WVB. Fans of the Women of Troy can follow @USCWomensVolley on X, Facebook, and Instagram.