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prepvolleyball.com’s national rankings of 100 girls volleyball teams recently ranked Dana Hills #43 along with 3 other teams from Orange County – Orange Lutheran #62, Los Alimitos #65, and Redondo Union #1.

Santa Margarita Catholic High School and Coach Harry Welch are announcing his retirement at the completion of the 2013 season. Coach Welch, now in his fourth season at SMCHS and beginning his 25th season as a high school head coach, has been one of the most successful coaches in the history of high school football in Southern California with 3 …

Three SMCHS Eagle Water Polo players were recently named to the 2012-2013 NISCA/Speedo Girls All-America Water Polo Team. Recent Eagle graduate and now UC Berkeley student-athlete Emily Loughlin ’13 (San Clemente, CA.), and seniors to be, Kacey Avalos (Lake Forest, CA.) and Haley Wan (Irvine, CA.) were recognized as High School All-Americans by the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association, Emily and …

SMCHS Alumna Annie Pankowski ‘13 of Laguna Hills was recently named to the U.S. Women’s National Hockey Team. The team will work and train together through a series of games in build-up to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia from February 7-23, 2014. Pankowski was selected as one of 25 players to make the team at the end …

Mission Viejo’s Alyssa Palomino hit her 18th home run of the season in the first round of playoffs against Aliso Niguel, breaking the Orange County home run record. The MV Diablos won the game 14-0.

JSerra Catholic High School’s girls swim team breaks national 400-meter record and wins second CIF Championship. The CIF Championships held at the Riverside City College Aquatics Center played host to over 70 teams in the southern section. “We were saying we’d be fine with either one,” said JSerra sophomore and US National swimmer Katie McLaughlin. “We did not expect both, …

Crean Lutheran’s Lindsey Engel and Ella Eastin not only set Orange County records, but helped the small, private school win the CIF 3 girls swimming title. Engel broke both marks in the 50 (22.53) and 100 (48.96) freestyles finals. Eastin broke the Division 3 county record in the 200 individual medley with a 1:55.15. Eastin also set a Division 3 …

SMCHS History teacher Scott McIntosh and his World War II classes were given the opportunity to hear first-hand reflections from World War II veterans RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA. – For the 5th consecutive year, History teacher Scott McIntosh provided his World War II classes the opportunity to hear first-hand experiences from three war veterans, from different military branches. Larry McCook, …

Ernst Bucher is officially the new Cougars Football coach. Bucher has seventeen years experience as an assistant or coordinator, including the past three years under coach Matt Poston. Bucher began his coaching career at La Quinta (1995-98). He has also worked at Capistrano Valley (1999-2001), Estancia (2002-04) and Aliso Niguel (2005-09) before returning to Capistrano Valley in 2010.

JSerra’s meet-record 400-yard freestyle relay on March 23rd at the Millikan Southern Section girls relays is currently the second fastest time in the nation for 2013. With a record time of  3 minutes, 24.10 seconds, the Lions team of Kaitlyn Albertoli (50.81 seconds), Karli Thuen (52.41), Rebecca Millard (51.13) and Katie McLaughlin (49.75), that time is just 2.47 seconds over …