Kings’ Trevor Moore scores deciding goal in shootout to beat Blues

• January 25, 2026

ST. LOUIS — Trevor Moore scored the deciding goal in the shootout and had a goal in regulation in his first game since being activated off injured reserve to help the Kings beat the St. Louis Blues 5-4 on Saturday night.

Alex Laferriere, Taylor Ward and Brian Dumoulin also scored, and Darcy Kuemper made 25 saves for the Kings, who have not lost in regulation in five games.

Jordan Kyrou scored twice, Brayden Schenn and Dalibor Dvorsky added one goal each, and Joel Hofer made 24 saves for St. Louis, which has lost four consecutive games for the first time since the opening month of the season.

Moore, who missed 11 games with an upper-body injury, scored in the fourth round of the shootout. Then Kuemper denied Blues forward Jimmy Snuggerud to help the Kings improve to 8-13 in overtime games and shootouts this season.

Kyrou scored his second goal of the game with Hofer pulled to tie the game 4-4 with 2:10 remaining in regulation.

Brandt Clarke fired a shot from the point and Moore swatted the rebound past Hofer for his sixth goal of the season with 8:26 remaining in the third period. The Blues challenged the goal for offside, but a video review determined that the Kings remained onside.

Laferriere scored with 9:42 remaining in the second period to tie the game 3-3 just 1:32 after Kyrou beat Kuemper on a wraparound shot to give St. Louis a 3-2 lead.

Schen scored on a power play 6:30 into the second period to tie the game at 2-all.

Dvorsky scored just 1:03 after Dumoulin scored his first goal of the season 1:11 into the second period.

The Blues announced that 6,848 fans attended the game even though St. Louis was under a winter storm warning.

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2 men sentenced to life in prison for attack tied to MS-13 gang that killed a man and wounded his girlfriend in Lake Forest

• January 25, 2026

SANTA ANA — Two men were sentenced Friday to life in prison for a machete and knife attack that killed a man and wounded his girlfriend seven years ago at a Lake Forest apartment complex.

Jose Rafael Andrademembreno, 29, and Edwin Francisco Diaz, 25, were both convicted Oct. 14 of first-degree murder with special circumstances of lying in wait as well as conspiracy and the personal use of a deadly weapon. Orange County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Menninger tacked on an additional year to the life sentence.

Last month, Andrademembreno wrote a letter to Menninger saying he had a “bad understanding with my lawyer” on declining to testify in the trial.

“I wasn’t OK with staying quiet,” he wrote. “I wanted to go up and explain what had happened. My defense didn’t let me speak. I feel that’s why I lost in my case. Because it’s my life I just lost. And all those witnesses hid the truth. Now they make me feel/look guilty for a murder I didn’t do.”

They were convicted of the Oct. 1, 2018, killing of Marco Morales.

The trouble began when Morales sold a .22-caliber rifle to a teenager, Jose Henriquez, who angered Morales when he “paraded” the weapon on social media, Deputy District Attorney James Applegate said.

“Morales didn’t like that … and he took the rifle back,” the prosecutor said.

Morales whacked the teen over the head with the rifle and didn’t give the boy his money back, Applegate said.

Henriquez told Andrademembreno what happened, allegedly sparking the conspiracy to kill Morales, the prosecutor said.

Applegate said investigators later found Facebook Messenger data showing the suspects discussing the plan.

On the night of the attack, Morales and his girlfriend, Jessica Rodriguez, were in the apartment complex’s whirlpool spa area around 2 a.m. when the suspects coordinated the assault via text messages, Applegate said.

Xiomara Elizabeth Berrios, 25, said she was dating and living with Andrademembreno at the Forest Glen apartments in October 2018 when Morales was killed, according to court records. Berrios pleaded guilty Oct. 24 to second-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.

When Berrios saw Morales and Rodriguez in a whirlpool spa at the apartment complex early in the evening of the deadly attack, she went back to her room and told Andrademembreno they were there, according to prosecutors.

“A short time later, her brother, defendant Diaz, came to the apartment,” prosecutors said in court papers. “She saw (Andrademembreno) take a machete out of the bedroom closet.”

Then Berrios saw Andrademembreno, Diaz and a third person go to the whirlpool spa with Andrademembreno hopping a fence to open a gate, granting access to Diaz and the third person, prosecutors said.

Andrademembreno, Diaz and the third person attacked Morales as he got out of the whirlpool spa, with the two defendants shouting out the MS-13 gang name multiple times, prosecutors said. Morales grabbed a patio chair to fend off his attackers before running away with his assailants in tow, prosecutors said.

Berrios stayed behind and stabbed Rodriguez, who managed to run away and survive, prosecutors alleged.

Berrios told authorities she saw Andrademembreno and Diaz running away, still brandishing their weapons and laughing before jumping into a getaway car, prosecutors said.

Morales’ body was found around 5:40 a.m., and he had been nearly decapitated, according to court documents. Rodriguez suffered cuts to her upper chest, Applegate said.

A gang expert for prosecutors said that the suspects’ ties to MS-13 partly motivated the attack, Applegate said.

“Everything is about … respect” with the gang, the prosecutor said.

Andrademembreno, the prosecutor alleged, has been in the gang since he was 16.

“Anyone who disrespects MS-13 will be killed,” the prosecutor said.

Morales’ DNA was found on Andrademembreno’s bloodied jeans, Applegate said.

Andrademembreno’s attorney, Paul Rogers, argued that Berrios lied and pointed to multiple inconsistent statements to authorities and prosecutors and in her testimony.

“She came here because they went to her” with a deal, Rogers argued.

A mistrial was declared in June in a trial of Andrademembreno and Berrios, when Rodriguez refused to testify. After that, prosecutors crafted a plea deal with Berrios agreeing to testify in a retrial of Andrademembreno and Diaz.

Rodriguez had been granted immunity but still refused to testify, leading Andrademembreno to hold her in contempt after the first trial, court records show.

“They knew she was lying,” Rogers said of investigators. “This is a recipe for a wrongful conviction.”

Diaz’s attorney, James Crawford, argued that after the victim was slashed to death Andrademembreno let Diaz into the apartment complex, so the killing had already happened.

Crawford said the lying in wait allegations could not be proved because his client was just standing by a gate when the attack happened.

“There’s no evidence he waited for an opportunity to hack” the victim, Crawford said. “There’s no evidence Mr. Diaz even knew Mr. Morales.”

Crawford also argued Berrios made multiple inconsistent statements about what happened.

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Orange County girls basketball standings, Jan. 24

• January 25, 2026

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Standings for the Orange County girls basketball leagues through Friday, Jan. 23.

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Long Beach State can’t complete comeback against UCSB

• January 25, 2026

LONG BEACH — The Long Beach State men’s basketball team erased a 17-point second-half deficit to pull even with UC Santa Barbara in the closing minutes, but Petar Majstorovic’s final shot couldn’t send the game to overtime as the Gauchos held on for a 74-71 win at the Pyramid.

Majstorovic scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half to pace Long Beach (8-13 overall, 4-5 Big West) and spark the comeback bid. Isaiah Lewis scored 16 and Shaquil Bender added 15 points for LBSU, while Leopold Levillain contributed eight points and seven rebounds.

UCSB (13-7 overall, 6-3 Big West) shot 59% from the field in the first half, including a 7-for-12 showing from 3-point range, to build a 44-29 lead by halftime.

The Gauchos’ lead was at 17 points with less than 16 minutes left in the second half, but Long Beach found some renewed energy. Majstorovic got the hosts rolling with a three-point play, then scored two quick baskets trim the margin to 10 points in just minutes.

A jumper from Lewis got Long Beach within 56-51, and while the Gauchos answered to push the margin back to 10 points at 65-55, LBSU responded with a 7-0 run. Bender scored five quick points with a 3-pointer and a layup, then Leopold Levillain chipped in with a drive to cut the Gauchos’ lead to 65-62.

Long Beach knotted the score at 67-all on a Bender 3-pointer with 2:54 left that sent the arena into a frenzy. UCSB kept its composure and took a 71-67 lead, but LBSU pulled back within 72-71 on a Lewis mid-range jumper with 36 seconds left.

Senior guard Aidan Mahaney danced around the paint to get a layup that gave the Gauchos a three-point lead with 10 seconds left, before Majstorovic missed on his potential tying 3-point attempt in the final seconds.

Mahaney finished with 21 points on 8-of-13 shooting (3 for 5 from 3-point range) for UCSB, which won its fourth in a row and beat Long Beach for the eighth consecutive time. Colin Smith and CJ Shaw each added 11 points for the Gauchos.

The last five games between Long Beach and UCSB at the Pyramid have been decided by five points or less.

UP NEXT

Long Beach plays at UC Riverside on Thursday at 7 p.m.

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Woman gets 22-year sentence for fatally stabbing a man in a Santa Ana homeless camp

• January 25, 2026

SANTA ANA — A 41-year-old woman pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to 22 years in prison for fatally stabbing a man in a homeless encampment in Santa Ana.

Tanya Ceja pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a deadly weapon. As part of the negotiated plea deal with prosecutors, a murder charge was dismissed.

Ceja was given credit for 1,661 days behind bars awaiting trial. Ceja fatally stabbed 31-year-old Jaime Santos on Feb. 9, 2022, along railroad tracks in the 2200 block of South Beeson Lane.

According to police testimony at Ceja’s preliminary hearing, Ceja and Santos were involved in a shoving match before she plunged a knife into his chest. Santos had grabbed her from behind but she managed to get loose before stabbing him, police testified.

A friend, Jose Acosta, testified he witnessed the conflict and said Santos had a reputation for touching women in the encampment.

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Luka Doncic beats Mavericks again as Lakers rally in 4th

• January 25, 2026

DALLAS — Luka Doncic had 33 points and 11 assists, and the Lakers erased a 15-point deficit in the final seven minutes of a 116-110 victory over the Mavericks on Saturday night in the star guard’s second visit to Dallas since his shocking trade to L.A. almost a year ago.

LeBron James scored 11 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter, when Rui Hachimura had a four-point play before another 3-pointer on the next possession to put the Lakers in front for good as Doncic improved to 4-0 against his former team.

Hachimura’s 3-pointer for a 108-106 lead started an 11-2 run that Doncic capped with a driving layup for an eight-point edge, prompting the Slovenian star to turn his old bench and declare the game over.

Max Christie, who came to Dallas along with injured 10-time All-Star Anthony Davis in the trade for Doncic, scored 24 points. Naji Marshall had 21 points and 11 rebounds as Dallas’ season-best four-game winning streak ended.

The Mavericks outscored the Lakers 41-14 from the start of the third quarter until early in the fourth, turning a 13-point deficit into a 14-point lead. Brandon Williams, who scored 20 points, had eight on a 10-2 run to finish the third, which started with a 20-4 Dallas burst.

The lead was 15 points with less than 7 minutes remaining when the Lakers started their rally, sparked by James after a slow start had him with a minus-28 rating early in the fourth.

Doncic didn’t have to deal with the same emotions as his return to Dallas last season, when we wept on the bench during a tribute video before he was introduced. The NBA’s scoring leader was 14 of 15 on free throws.

Up next

Lakers: A visit to Chicago on Monday is the halfway point of an eight-game trip, the longest of the season.

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USWNT opens 2026 with dominant win over Paraguay

• January 25, 2026

CARSON — On a day when the U.S. Women’s National Team honored legendary forward Christen Press, a new crop of faces kicked off the new year in hopes of making an impression for the upcoming drive to a busy 2026 and 2027 and even beyond.

The USWNT kicked off 2026 Saturday with a roster full of players from the NWSL and eventually wore down Paraguay for a 6-0 win in front of 19,397 at Dignity Health Sports Park.

Reilyn Turner, who was making her senior national team debut, opened the scoring in first-half stoppage time.

“If you saw a big group of loud people, that was my family,” Turner, who is from Aliso Viejo, said. “There are so many players on this team that I played with in the past, so being able to play with them again is a dream come true. There’s some old chemistry and some new chemistry and I feel like I’m just really grateful to have been on the field today.”

Turner started last season in a Futures Camp, which trains alongside the senior national team. That experience, she said, was vital for her last season.

“We were able to get exposure with the full team coaches and I think that was a great opportunity for me, at least to get to know the coaches and style of play,” Turner said. “Leaving the Futures Camp knowing kind of the standard of what it takes to be on full team, just learning and growing day, has been really nice.”

The onslaught really began in the early stages of the second half as the USWNT scored five goals in a 15-minute span to blow open a once close game.

Ally Sentnor scored twice in the second half (47th and 57th minutes), Trinity Rodman capped her emotional week with a goal in the 56th minute and Emma Sears capped the scoring in the 72nd minute.

Emma Hayes said that Rodman told her not take her off until she scored.

“She’s ready to move forward and I think today symbolizes that,” Hayes said. “It’s a fresh start for her. She’s settled. She’s happy and I think knowing her future is a big weight off of her shoulders.

“I think she looked rusty, like all of them did in the many ways, but she said to me at halftime, you’re not taking me off till I get a goal, because I’ve got a celebration.”

It was a goal-scoring outburst that certainly Press would have enjoyed playing in. Press, who played the last three seasons of her professional career with Angel City FC, was honored during the pregame ceremony. She hasn’t played for the national team since 2021, but she left an incredible imprint.

Press finished her national team career with 155 appearances, ranking ninth all-time in goals scored (64) and 12th in assists (43). She was a member of two World Cup champion teams (2015 and 2019) and the 2021 Bronze Medal team from the Tokyo Olympics.

“I think when I was a player, I had this idea that once you’re off the U.S. national team, that you’re just sort of forgotten,” Press told reporters during a pregame media scrum. “A moment like this is really special. I think U.S. Soccer has done a really good job; our whole generation has been retiring, of just celebrating everybody’s career.

“I think the generation is really special. We went through drastic changes in women’s sports and obviously women’s soccer, so to have this moment to celebrate it and celebrate the growth of the game is important.”

Press finished her legendary USWNT career with 155 caps and ranks ninth all-time in goals (64) and 12th all-time in assists (43). She is a two-time FIFA World Cup champion (2015, 2019) and earned a bronze medal in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

“She has done so much for the sport and having her retire and this being her retirement match, I think means so much to our squad,” Turner said. “She has made such a big impact on the game.”

For the current collection of players, Saturday’s rout was an impressive way to kick things off. On the busy horizon for the U.S. is the SheBelieves Cup in March, qualifying for the 2027 FIFA World Cup and eventually the event itself. Also down the road is the 2031 World Cup, which could be hosted by the U.S. along with Mexico, Costa Rica and Japan.

The USWNT will head to Santa Barbara Tuesday to face Chile.

USWNT to face Japan in April 

The USWNT will face Japan three times in April during the FIFA international window, it was announced Saturday.

First, the teams will meet April 11 at PayPal Park in San Jose (2:30 p.m.), followed April 14 at Lumen Field in Seattle (7 p.m.) and April 17 at DICK’S Sporting Goods Park in Colorado (6 p.m.).

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Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday, Jan. 24

• January 25, 2026

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Scores and stats from Orange County games on Saturday, Jan. 24

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BOYS BASKETBALL

NIKE EXTRAVAGANZA

Servite 69, Los Alamitos 56

LA: Bowers 15 pts.

Ser: Johnson 25 pts; Schutt 14 pts, 15 rebs; Galvan 14 pts.

Aliso Niguel 78, Dos Pueblos 34

AN: Mysin 23 pts; Keys 17 pts; Shihad 11 pts.

Redondo Union 78, Foothill 39

RU: Sanders 22 pts.

Fh: Davidson 15 pts.

Other Nike scores

Damien 63, San Juan Hills 21

GIRLS BASKETBALL

SUNSET LEAGUE

Huntington Beach 57, Los Alamitos 49

HB: Savage 16 pts. Hoang 15 pts. Nguyen 13 pts. Miyai 13 pts

Los Al: Heng 14 pts

GIRLS WATER POLO

CENTRAL OC VARSITY TOURNAMENT

Games at Garden Grove

Ocean View 15, Garden Grove 8

Villa Park 7, Chaparral 6

Yorba Linda 16, Western 10

Ocean View 18, Santa Ana 3

Villa Park 9, Yorba Linda 4

Chaparral 13, Western 9

Garden Grove 16, Santa Ana 2

Games at Sunny Hills

Woodbridge 11, Canyon 9

Sunny Hills 17, Aliso Niguel 2

Flintridge Sacred Heart 8, Crescenta Valley 7

Capistrano Valley 7, University 5

Sunny Hills 15, Woodbridge 2

Aliso Niguel 9, Canyon 8

Capistrano Valley 13, Flintridge Sacred Heart 5

University 7, Crescenta Valley 6

IRVINE SOCAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Games at Corona del Mar

Orange Lutheran 14, Beckman 8

Goals: (OLu) Cohen 3, Jurgensen 4

Saves: (OLu) Galaz 6

Other scores

Dos Pueblos 13, Alta Loma 5

San Clemente 7, Harvard-Westlake 2

JSerra 11, Corona del Mar 8

Championship game

Orange Lutheran 13, JSerra 8

Goals: (OLu) Cohen 2, Nicoloff 2, Jurgensen 2, Palazzolo 2

Saves: (OLu) Stanley 15 saves (and 1 goal)

Third-place game

Corona del Mar 7, Beckman 6

Seventh-place game

Harvard-Westlake 10, Alta Loma 9

Games at Northwood

Ninth-place game

Los Alamitos 10, Agoura 8

11th-place game

Laguna Beach 12, Marlborough 4

13th-place game

Millikan 8, Murrieta Valley 6

15th-place game

Coronado 9, Irvine 8

NEWPORT INVITE

At Newport Harbor

Mater Dei 10, Oaks Christian 9

Newport Harbor 15, San Marcos 10

Long Beach Wilson 17, Foothill 9

Bishop’s 12, Cathedral Catholic 2

Championship game

Newport Harbor 12, Mater Dei 6

Goals: (MD) Ryan 3. (NH) Mulvey 4, Ting 2, Fahey 2

Saves: (MD) Sorensen 10. (NH) Brown 6.

Third-place game

San Marcos 11, Oaks Christian 8

Fifth-place game

Bishop’s 15, Long Beach Wilson 9

Seventh-place game

Foothill 19, Cathedral Catholic 9

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